This morning on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Mary Matalin — former Dick Cheney adviser and current Mitt Romney flack — made what appeared to be a back-handed swipe at John McCain’s family. Romney has “what all Americans want in the White House,” Matalin said, “which is an all-American family”:
I think there’s something else about Romney that’s attractive. … He’s also the future. They call it change, but it’s a really good example of what campaigns are always about — which is the future. He is the future.
He understands global economics. He understands how to run things. He’s fresh. He’s new. He’s got what all Americans want in the White House — which is an all-American family.
Watch it:
Here’s a picture of Mitt Romney’s family:
Matalin seems to be suggesting that there’s something about this picture of McCain’s family that just isn’t truly “all-American”:

If Matalin wasn’t talking about McCain, was she suggesting that Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton don’t have “all-American” families?
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