Orlando

I agree. Which is why they will pay dearly.

 

Sure, I'm not blaming the parents. I'm pretty sure most of us would not be thinking about an alligator attack on a private beach. Especially if you're not familiar with Florida. I was just saying that the thought had crossed my mind about a 2-year-old being so close to the water. We're not "water people" so it's just something I wondered about.

 

I don't think he ever recovered from 2008.

 

The child was apparently wading at the edge of the water at the little resort beach. The father was close enough to try to get him back when he got grabbed. Close enough to snatch your kid out if he steps in a hole or falls is different from close enough to prevent a stealth predator from grabbing him. Gators routinely kill by grabbing their prey and pulling it underwater to drown. They stash it and come back later to eat.

I imagine it all happened so fast that neither the baby or the father had a chance.

Yes, I agree about babies and water, but dad could have been ten or fifteen feet away, which is plenty close normally.

 

I think you're right. Up until then he was popular with the right, respected by the left and had a great relationship with the press. I think he felt he compromised himself in '08, and at the same time managed to piss off the right, left, and media at roughly the same time. (He also had to know that it was his last good shot at the presidency and the race mostly came down to economic issues, and McCain isn't even good at pretending to care about economic stuff.)

 

If Trump getting crushed by Hillary somehow also means John McCain loses his Senate seat, it might all be worth it.

 

Sorry if I misinterpreted that you were blaming the parents. We're definitely "water people," so to speak, so I wouldn't question having a 2-year-old standing in the water. If anything, we take heat from our friends and family that our 13-month-old only just got her feet in the sand and water for the first time a couple weeks ago.

I'm probably more adventurous in terms of letting our little guy explore land and sea than my wife is, but it makes for a good mix - checks and balances, and such.

 

I don't think I can even attempt to watch that.

 

Nope, not watching it either.

 

Nope

 

Good, I hope that happens to every GOP candidate who doesn't have the balls and foresight to distance themselves from Trump.