McCain’s stand up comedy routine.
By on Feb 4th, 2008 at 10:02 am
McCain’s stand up comedy routine.
During a campaign stop in Boston this morning, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) elicited very little laughter from his audience with a series of awkward jokes about his age, southern accents, and lawyers. Watch it:
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What shouldn't be funny to this guys is the "let's stay in Iraq forever" montra the guy keeps spouting.
He sounds disconnected at best
February 4th, 2008 at 10:07 amIts a joke just watching a Repuke trying to be funny. And he tries to equate is mother's age to himself. That kind of logic flies well with his base. Ann Coulture would be proud.
February 4th, 2008 at 10:11 amMcCain, leave the (R) comedy to Colbert, please, he's professional.
February 4th, 2008 at 10:15 amWhat's REALLY not funny is that so many Rs think this guy would make an adequate president.
February 4th, 2008 at 10:20 amDid McCain open with his national anthem? You know the one, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran.
February 4th, 2008 at 10:20 amHere's proof what happens when you torture someone. Are you watching bushco? Operation Enduring War.
February 4th, 2008 at 10:21 amWow. That was about as funny as a fart in an elevator.
February 4th, 2008 at 10:23 amMcCain's problem with humor is his hubris, which comes out when he's trying to be self-deprecating. You can't be the butt of your own jokes, when it's obvious you don't care about anything but youself. It just sound insincere, and tacky.
February 4th, 2008 at 10:23 amoh my... that was painful... way too bad...
and i don't think he should be endouraging ANYone over 90 to be driving around... ANYwhere...
reminds me of this editorial i read in my paper... do, read it:
February 4th, 2008 at 10:26 amhttp://www.creators.com/opinion/susan-estrich/the-wrong-line.html
He's a zero, a loser, a national joke, a Bush ass-kisser and suckup. he should quit before he embarrasses himself further.
February 4th, 2008 at 10:30 amMaybe he'll pick Shecky Greene or Jackie Mason as a running mate.
What can I say about such lame jokes except it must be a sign the writers strike is still ongoing.
Just say no to Johnny Chuckles.
-GSD
February 4th, 2008 at 10:33 am"Hey you kids, get off my lawn"
February 4th, 2008 at 10:38 am~McLame
Yup. TIMING.
February 4th, 2008 at 10:42 amMust've forgot his meds... or taken too many. Happy to hear him insult the entire south though. That should win him a bunch of Republican votes. Damn inbred hillbillies talk like morons! Oh, please vote for me. Damn lawyers are evil too. But we're a nation of laws!
February 4th, 2008 at 10:48 amOh, please vote for me. Damn lawyers are evil too. But we’re a nation of laws!
Comment by Stupid Git — February 4, 2008 @ 10:48 am
i see that Lieberman took his tongue out of mcCain's ass long enough to laugh at his "jokes".
February 4th, 2008 at 10:55 amWhat's the difference between John McCain and a senile old coot?
February 4th, 2008 at 11:05 amHow many people when faced with the rental car situation could actually just buy the car? If it's true it just perpetuates the rich old white guy stereotype of the rep's.
February 4th, 2008 at 11:07 amalso, did it look like his hip was hurting, the way he was jittering around the stage?
Really, honestly, has there ever been a more unqualified front runner? This is getting embarassing.
February 4th, 2008 at 11:16 amReally, honestly, has there ever been a more unqualified front runner? This is getting embarassing.
Comment by vandrop
Bush...
February 4th, 2008 at 11:18 amThe Democratic candidate is not going to need to spend huge sums of money producing commercials. They'll simply have to acquire news footage of McCain's campaign speeches and musings....he'll sink himself.
February 4th, 2008 at 11:25 amIs this part of McCain's War on Humor?
February 4th, 2008 at 11:25 amI work in Boston.
Being this close to EVIL is ruining my day.
Imagine what this narcissistic WarMonger will do for this country if he gets in. God help us all.
McLoser is a NeoCon to be feared.
February 4th, 2008 at 11:25 amI should have said : "imagine what this narcissistic WarMonger will DO to this country"
February 4th, 2008 at 11:27 am"Is this part of McCain’s War on Humor?"
Thanks. That made me snort. :^)
February 4th, 2008 at 11:41 amI have to hand it to McCain.
February 4th, 2008 at 11:48 amHe wins the contest to see which Repub is most like Ronnie Reagan.
Unfortunately for him though, he's like the Ronnie Reagan in the beginning stages of Alzheimers.
The guy is a jerk. He once said that Chelsea Clinton was so ugly because her father was Janet Reno. This man has an ugly soul. He has also called Asians "gooks". Not very Presidential.
February 4th, 2008 at 11:50 am"so there was this travelling salesman, see, and he stops at a farm to sleep for the night.....And the salesman say's "that's not my bellybutton!" and the farmer says, "that's not my thumb."
February 4th, 2008 at 11:52 amConservatives HATE him. He's driving Limbaugh over the edge and splintering the Republican party. Hearing the neocon talking heads talk about how bad he is, now that cracks me up.
February 4th, 2008 at 12:10 pmThank you! I'll be here all week
February 4th, 2008 at 12:12 pmCaption:
**YAWN**
A∞Ω
February 4th, 2008 at 12:16 pmWhat's the difference between Benito Mussolini and John McCain?
One is a militaristic, war mongering megalomaniacal fascist who parlayed a war wound into a national political position, and has allied himself with one of the worst war criminals of all time ,
and the other was the prime minister of Italy.
Back atcha, you creepy, anachronistic fossil.
February 4th, 2008 at 12:21 pmNew campaign slogan for John McCain............
"McCain is Insane".
February 4th, 2008 at 12:42 pmNot that it makes sense why he's doing it, but CNN also needed to show it?
I suppose it shows the blathering he does, but it's not news.
He spoke clearly, clearer than Bush at least since the election, and it still is stupid.
February 4th, 2008 at 1:00 pmFURTHER PROOF....FOLKS....TAKE NOTICE PLEASE
Wolf Blitzer has one agenda and one agenda only Just watch and read about it if you don't believe me.
He is all about Israel...not America....just Israel and America giving $$$ to Israel.
This is why he is behind the constant birage of anti-Clinton campaigns. He knows McCain can beat Obama and McCain's entire life is based of war......It is the only thing the old coot knows.
February 4th, 2008 at 1:01 pmCorrection: Clearer than Bush when he isn't reading a speech, when he actually has to talk he either has trouble or puts on an act.
February 4th, 2008 at 1:01 pmi just heard a blurb on the AP radio news...
john mcCAVE asking his crowd "Now what do you want -- a bridge to nowhere or a $1000 tax credit for every child in America?"
that $1000 should put quite a dent in the $30,000 that each child, and person, owes on the national debt...
February 4th, 2008 at 1:08 pmHe can't be seen in your still photo, but that classic goober Phil Gramm has been showing up at McCain's rallys. Whose idea was it to include this yahoo?
February 4th, 2008 at 1:25 pmJohn McInsane was joking ?
About what ?
His complete lack of knowledge on economics , healthcare , and education ?
And , excuse me ; since when does being a war prisoner for 5 years in Vietnam make someone a "national security expert" in the US ?
Does being a drunk for years make Chimpy an "expert" on the drug cartels ?
February 4th, 2008 at 1:34 pmDoes being a drunk for years make Chimpy an “expert†on the drug cartels ?
Comment by MCMetal — February 4, 2008 @ 1:34 pm
i think the coke-snorting gives him an edge.
February 4th, 2008 at 1:43 pmConservatards just don't get humor, their humor gene is messed up. I have yet to meet a repuke who could do humor well, bad delivery, spoiled punch line, just generally they are not funny, of course they think they are.
Buck Fush
February 4th, 2008 at 1:43 pm#22-After yesterday, I guess you guys in Boston know a lot about losing...
February 4th, 2008 at 1:49 pmMcCain’s problem with humor is his hubris, which comes out when he’s trying to be self-deprecating. You can’t be the butt of your own jokes, when it’s obvious you don’t care about anything but youself. It just sound insincere, and tacky.
Comment by barfly
it's because every joke they tell must be at someones expense.....otherwise it's not funny to them.....someone must be humiliated.
some great ones on this thread though.....loved reading them...
I think we can rest assured my friends, that johnny will soon be doing viagra commercials......
February 4th, 2008 at 1:51 pmbartolo ;)
graham ... uh ... HEY SHUT THAT CLOSET DOOR! ... excuse me... can be excused, being a repug and all...
but this guy, LIEberman, needs to be got rid of, pronto.
McCain Calls For More Conservative Judges As Lieberman Looks On Lovingly
February 4th, 2008 at 2:04 pmGod, I hope he doesn't win the Republican nomination.
February 4th, 2008 at 2:13 pmI guess that Joe Lieberman is a scum sucking bottom feeder... And that McCain has lost his vote...
Lieberman received his BA in Politics and Economics from Yale University in 1964; he was the first member of his family to graduate from college. At Yale he was editor of the Yale Daily News and a member of The Elihu Club. He then attended Yale Law School, receiving his LLB law degree in 1967. After graduation from law school, Lieberman worked for a New Haven-based law firm, Wiggin & Dana LLP.
February 4th, 2008 at 3:24 pmThat is the best ad I've seen yet, for Obama. McCain & Lieberman & Graham, and McCain's supporters personify exactly what Obama is claiming we need a change from.
Imagine the debate between McCain (obviously suffering from dementia) and Obama (eloquent as all hell). Contrast.
Maybe, I've decided whom I'll vote for tomorrow...
February 4th, 2008 at 3:52 pmThe vast majority of the people McCain lists on his web site as "endorsers" or supporters are lawyers (as, I suspect, are many of his contributors), so apparently he hasn't learned the first lesson a dog learns, which is don't s**it where you eat.
However, if he had qualified his lawyer "joke" to include only the ones who support him, he might have had a point.
February 4th, 2008 at 4:02 pmI dunno, I didn't think it was that horrible. I mean, I didn't laugh, but I didn't stop it within 10 seconds either, as I do when Lieberman or Shrub talks.
February 4th, 2008 at 7:31 pmMy god is he boring. McCain cannot motivate a hungry puppy to eat.
February 4th, 2008 at 9:17 pmWolf Blitzer has one agenda and one agenda only Just watch and read about it if you don’t believe me.
He is all about Israel…not America….just Israel and America giving $$$ to Israel.
This is why he is behind the constant asus silver m67n battery,asus silver m68n battery birage of anti-Clinton campaigns. He knows McCain can beat Obama and McCain’s entire life is based of war……It is the only thing the old coot knows.
October 15th, 2008 at 4:04 am