With the all the hub-bub surrounding candidate children and photo-op exploitation (or sexploitation, in the cases of poor young Bristol and Levy--when do you think they were informed they had to get married?), one candidate child has been notably missing on the various convention stages and magazine spreads. This is a shame because Bridget McCain, John and Cindy's infamous 'Black' (actually adopted Bangladeshi) baby, the one who arguably cost him the South Carolina primary and perhaps the entire presidency back in 2000, is almost certainly the most interesting candidate-child around, notwithstanding the fierce competition from special-needs Trig and promise-ring Bristol (and bizarrely-named Track, so dubbed, if we are to believe press releases, in order to pay tribute to 'high school track meets').
To see a regrettably unflattering picture of Bridget look here.
http://bigheaddc.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/mccain-sisters.jpgEveryone always whines about how awful it must be for candidate children to have to endure the withering media spotlight, but how do you think it feels to be the only kid around barely getting any attention at all? Is it because Bridget isn't white? or not pretty enough? or not pregnant enough? I know virtually nothing about Bridget McCain, but I demand to know more. It's time the folks at the National Enquirer gave me a Bridget scandal, because everyone knows it isn't any fun to be left out.
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Glazek, you're wrong about Bridget McCain. She was treated to prominent airtime at the convention on Tuesday night when another adoptive parent and child came on stage to credit the McCains with facilitating the adoption. This was a few speakers before Fred Thompson. It was not quite as treacly as the closeups of the Palins, but it was close. —Xian
I think the lapse belongs more the media than to the McCain camp. I'm not suggesting she's been hidden, but rather expressing wonder that she's attracted such little interest.
Bridget also figured prominently in the Cindy McCain, Albino Vampiress of the Desert, speech. —Xian
And there Bridget is in the lead of this New Yorker piece about Cindy McCain:
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/09/15/080915fa_fact_levy
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