McCain the Pufferfish.

[Pryderi]

After watching Rachel Maddow and Chris Matthews, I had a vision of McCain as a pufferfish.

Biologists think pufferfish, also known as blowfish, developed their famous “inflatability” because their slow, somewhat clumsy swimming style makes them vulnerable to predators. In lieu of escape, pufferfish use their highly elastic stomachs and the ability to quickly ingest huge amounts of water (and even air when necessary) to turn themselves into a virtually inedible ball several times their normal size. Some species also have spines on their skin to make them even less palatable.

A predator that manages to snag a puffer before it inflates won’t feel lucky for long. Almost all pufferfish contain tetrodotoxin, a substance that makes them foul tasting and often lethal to fish. To humans, tetrodotoxin is deadly, up to 1,200 times more poisonous than cyanide. There is enough toxin in one pufferfish to kill 30 adult humans, and there is no known antidote.

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/pufferfish.html

[casus belli]

1. Well, he IS toxic to the American people...

So I'm definitely in the "maybe" camp on this one.

[Pryderi]

2. He panics more often than a Microsoft operating system.

[Solomon]

4. His whole campaign is nothing but a series of

pamic reactions.

[casus belli]

5. LOL! Awesome....thanks for that :) n/t

[QC]

3. I have two green spotted puffers. They are charming and intelligent creatures.

I'm sure they would be very hurt if they were to read this thread.

[Pryderi]

6. My sincerest apologies to your pufferfish.

[QC]

7. I will tell them you didn't mean it.

:-)