Walter Reed Middle School? Is John McCain that out of touch?

Did the McCain campaign put up a huge photo of Walter Reed Middle School in North Hollywood, Calif., when they meant to put one up of the Walter Reed Veteran’s Hospital?

From Josh Marshall:

I’m surprised this hadn’t occurred to me. But several readers have suggested that perhaps one of the tech geeks charged with setting up the audio/visual bells and whistles for the evening was tasked with getting pictures of Walter Reed Army Medical Center but goofed and got this instead. At first I thought, No, that’s ridiculous. This is a major political party with big time professionals putting this together. Nothing is left to chance. I mean, is this the RNC or a scene out Spinal Tap or Waiting for Guffman? I still have a bit of a hard time believing they’re quite that incompetent. But when you figure in what appears to be the utter lack of any logic for this school being behind McCain and the fact that it has ‘Walter Reed’ in its name, I’m really not sure you can discount this possibility.

Maybe there’s a significant reason for showcasing a middle school in North Hollywood. But at this moment, it appears the McCain campaign just handed Obama a golden ticket. Because if it was an error, it encapsulated just how out of touch John McCain and the Republicans are when it comes to caring about veterans.

–WKW

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