Like a bunch of monkeys “fkn” footballs pretty much sums up McCain’s campaign organization since he announced his selection of Palin.
Even then, I was surprised McCain would do his monkey business on stage at the debate – and equally surprised when an actual monkey scientist commented online last night.
I think people really are missing the point about McCain’s failure to look at Obama. McCain was afraid of Obama. It was really clear–look at how much McCain blinked in the first half hour. I study monkey behavior–low ranking monkeys don’t look at high ranking monkeys. In a physical, instinctive sense, Obama owned McCain tonight and I think the instant polling reflects that… (emphasis added)
So McCain may have given away his status as a low-ranking monkey. I’d never even considered monkey rank.
Late Monkey Science Update: In case anyone’s wondering, I looked up TPM Reader TB’s page at the University he teaches at. And no doubt about it, he appears to be a genuine monkey scientist, or to be more specific a researcher on social cognition and behavior in primates. I’d link to his page. But readers remain anonymous, save for their initials, until they tell us otherwise. (emphasis added)
Low ranking monkey, a reader post on TPM today, picks up from there. Continue reading “Monkey business in Presidential Debate”