Fred Barnes was apparently unconvinced by my advice to let John McCain be John McCain and has some advice of his own:
BARNES: In particular, gays in the military for one. We know Barack Obama is for allowing gays in the military, and Bill Clinton tried to do, but backed off. This is not a popular issue. Gay marriage is another one. These are both issues that I think McCain’s going to have to use. You can’t ignore the right. If he does, he’ll lose.
It sounds like John McCain hasn’t engaged in enough gay-bashing to satisfy Barnes’ hunger. But I think McCain can kill two birds with one stone if he stops telling people to eff off and starts calling people ‘fags’. Ann Coulter employs this strategy and just look at her book sales. This strategy is consistent with the advice I laid out and it has the added advantage of making Fred Barnes happy.
