Walter Reed Middle School Becomes Political Backdrop and National Talking Point

John McCain’s campaign is getting a lot of flak over showing a picture of Walter Reed Middle School, located in Los Angeles rather than Washington’s Walter Reed Medical Center. Of course, it was a lot better than Senator Sen. Lindsey Graham speaking about how successful the Administration has been with a backdrop of row after row of graves.

For the original picture, you will find it on the home page of the middle school.

Look it could be worse. I worked on the Kennedy presidential campaign in 1980 when the campaign purchased a cutting edge live television package directed by a famous director for the Wisconsin primary. Everything seemed to go wrong (a signature for the campaign) and, at one point, an astronaut seemed to be walking on the Senator’s face. It is the perils of interactive speeches. The GOP, like Kennedy’s people, may have gotten a bit too inventive and ambitious in the technology.

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