MINNEAPOLIS-SAINT PAUL — The campaign of Republican presidential nominee John McCain announced today that their candidate will give his acceptance speech here next week from within the confines of a 5′x5′ box
The box, or Hanoi Hilton Lite as some surrogates are unofficially calling it behind closed doors, will be made to look like a Vietnamese prison cell, circa 1968.
McCain representatives said the move was designed to bolster their candidate’s image as a war hero, and his willingness to again go through excruciating circumstances to become the nation’s next commander-in-chief.
“This is the environment that molded John McCain into the maverick we’ve always known him to be, and to reconnect with today’s younger Americans who might have missed out on those 5 1/2 years of John’s life, he is putting himself back inside the box. For change,” said a McCain campaign adviser today.
The diminutive cell will come complete with a barred door and windows. The McCain campaign is also considering shipping in a handful of North Vietnamese interrogators to whip and taunt the GOP nominee as he delivers his acceptance speech.
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