Posted by
polipat on Thursday, January 31, 2008 7:18:12 PM
My friend? is this code for: my enemy? McCain better start learning how to translate "my friend" into Arabic and Russian and Mandarin. Whenever McCain says "my friend" to someone I cringe for them. Their time is up. It is the ultimate put down. Will he say "my friend" to Bin Laden if and when he catches him? " So happy to be invited to your cave my friend." But I dare say or shall I say this: I advise McCain not try "my friend" on Hillary. He will feel the wrath of a woman down to the center of his bones. Nor would I try "my friend" on Obama. Obama would simply laugh at him making McCain his own personal court jester.
I suppose Shakespeare understood it best: Friends Romans countrymen.
NOTE: mi amigo McCain already knows the Spanish translation.