Media gush over ‘the trademark John McCain wit.’
Media gush over ‘the trademark John McCain wit.’
During a press conference today, Time’s Karen Tumulty asked Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) whether he was still considering former senator Phil Gramm for a Cabinet position. McCain replied, “I think Sen. Gramm would be in serious consideration for ambassador to Belarus,” a country still covered in radiation from Chernobyl. “Though I’m not sure the citizens of Minsk would welcome that,” he added. The media were delighted with his response, ignoring the fact that he dodged the original question:
Kelly O’Donnell, MSNBC: “Well that is classic McCain. He is using a sort of salty humor to make a point. We see that kind of a spark from John McCain all the time.”
Chris Cillizza, Washington Post: “John McCain trying to use the trademark John McCain wit.”
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Yeah, John McWar is so funny, I’m splitting a gut laughing.
July 10th, 2008 at 2:57 pmAssgramm will be laughing all the way to the bank.
July 10th, 2008 at 3:00 pmThe only trade mark this has been owns is the pool shoe one.
July 10th, 2008 at 3:00 pmYeah, he a regular Groucho Marx. Guess my sense of humor is quite poor, because I do not see anything funny about him. I would love to be able to attend one of his town hall meetings, then get close enough to spit in his face.
July 10th, 2008 at 3:00 pmIf humour is such a great trait for being Prez, I nominate J Stewart/S Colbert. They are much funnier! ….. and WAY smarter!
July 10th, 2008 at 3:00 pmSo THAT’S what “Straight Talk™” Looks like!
July 10th, 2008 at 3:01 pm“Why, Senator McSame, what’s that sticking out of your mouth?”
“That’s Kelly O’Donnell’s nose”
July 10th, 2008 at 3:03 pmIt’s interesting how up to recently I hadn’t heard of Mcy’s sense of humor, but I’ve been hearing about his temper for years. His raging temper hasn’t been mentioned this whole campain (all 18 months of it).
July 10th, 2008 at 3:06 pmHe is using a sort of salty humor to make a point
True, but when the point is “my advisors are a bunch of morons” I don’t think that helps him much.
July 10th, 2008 at 3:06 pm“Trademark McCain Wit” = 1/2
July 10th, 2008 at 3:09 pmTanqueray Says:
keep your nutz covered.
Are you volunteering for the job, Tanq? Not usre you are up for it, they are pretty big!
July 10th, 2008 at 3:09 pmWell, I suppose that joking about sending somebody (even if it IS Gramm) to a radiation-contaminated place is a notch above joking about killing Iranians by sending them cigarettes, but McCain has a fair way to go before any of this could rightly be called “wit”.
July 10th, 2008 at 3:10 pmEarning special seats on McCain’s plane and BBQ invitations.
July 10th, 2008 at 3:11 pmpaleolib Says:
He is using a sort of salty humor to make a point
True, but when the point is “my advisors are a bunch of morons” I don’t think that helps him much.
But it has kept Dubya in office for 8 years, so maybe there is a pony in there somewhere.
July 10th, 2008 at 3:11 pmYeah, he’s the guy we all want to have a beer with – NOT! Why does the MSM love him so much? Howard Fineman (MSNBC) was on Countdown the other night and mentioned that Obama might get the kind of treatment McSame gets if Obama we ‘more accessible’. I guess that means the media will support and assist the candidate who wins a pundit popularity contest?
Is that who the media wants to run this country: the candiate who rubs their belly the most? Too much…
July 10th, 2008 at 3:12 pmApparently the closer McCain comes to death the more he likes to use it as a punchline.
July 10th, 2008 at 3:12 pmWhat is with that troll Tanq that he can’t keep his terminology straight?
It’s “Terrorist Fist-Jab™“, Tanky. Keep it in mind. I heard your supervisor at Troll Central is gonna dock you a nickel each time you use the wrong term. That’s a fifty-percent pay cut, Tanky. I know this tough economy is all in our minds, but still…
July 10th, 2008 at 3:14 pmSome of McCant’s greatest hits:
“Only the most deluded of us could doubt the necessity of this war.”
“Thank God for our form of government. The media won’t let there be any cover-up. ”
“Do you know why Chelsea Clinton is so ugly? Because Janet Reno is her father.”
“I hate the gooks. I will hate them as long as I live.”
“Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran”
On exporting cigarettes to Iran: “Maybe thats a way of killing them.”
Oh, that McCain wit! He’s so funny!
July 10th, 2008 at 3:16 pmPiggybacking on JudyinNM:
McIIIrd trademark wit = less
July 10th, 2008 at 3:17 pmThe corporate media’s coverage of politics is abysmal. It’s no surprise that the American electorate is so ignornat of the issues and the world at large.
July 10th, 2008 at 3:19 pm“Media Twits gush over ‘the trademark John McCain Twit.’”
Corrected the headline for you =)
July 10th, 2008 at 3:22 pmJohnny Boy’s ‘humor’ could just about make us forget that other assklown, Dubya and all his jokes and gaffes.
There is enough material between the two of them to become the next Rowan and Martin of Laugh-in II.
July 10th, 2008 at 3:27 pmI think I am going to throw up.
July 10th, 2008 at 3:33 pmReporters are falling over themselves for McCain, while Obama is asked to walk a labrinth to the presidency. It’s like he is in a maze, with every passageway blocked with another Republican smear or lie, or it’s another Democrat putting up a roadblock, or it’s a reporter asking him to explain, for the 7th time, the same consistent statement, hoping to trip him up.
What sort of salty humor is that Kelly? Mean spirited and not funny?
July 10th, 2008 at 3:34 pmOh, crap. Why don’t they all just give McBleep a blow job and get it over with???
July 10th, 2008 at 3:36 pmI’m with you Marie. Obama can’t do anything right and McCain can’t do anything wrong. And that’s true of the media and the party members.
July 10th, 2008 at 3:36 pmAnd all this time we’ve been looking for somebody to give W one so we could impeach him. Why didn’t we think of the media?
July 10th, 2008 at 3:37 pmOK Media…enough already.
Agreed, John McCain does speak in complete sentences however, wit?? Give me a break.
Next you will try to convice us that George W. is not a smart a**.
July 10th, 2008 at 3:38 pmGrampy McSame says – My friends back in the day we had to make up our own humor, yes sir, we didn’t have writers to make up funny stuff, no sir, not at all, now a days all government staff have comedy writers, I know, because the public seems to be laughing all the time at us, or crying, hard to tell the difference, now I don’t have to have a comedy writer, no sir, I can write my own stuff, I’m as sharp as a rock, my mind is like some young whipper-snapper, full of wit and stuff, I think of all kinds of humor, like killing people, that is just funny, I used to laugh as I dropped bombs on those pesky VC, I laughed real hard, till I got shot down, then… not so much….I think I sat in a vat of bacon grease.
Yeah, we know republic humor, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb….Bomb, Bomb Iran…yeah, really freaking funny. But of course the Corporate Controlled Media is going to give you a pass on everything, so just say what you want John, no one is going to critical of anything that comes out of your pie-hole.
July 10th, 2008 at 3:38 pmWell at least now we know why the polls have Obama and McCain almost tied.
The MSM is woefully in the tank for the GOP, it seems.
July 10th, 2008 at 3:39 pmOnce again, Kelly O’Donnell shows her witlessness. Not only isn’t this funny or commendable, it’s not “salty.” The woman doesn’t even know the meaning of the word. Salty humor would be crude, earthy.
But why are we surprised? Look at how the MSM raved about how funny Bush was, and weren’t his nicknames for people cool (as opposed to vulgar and insulting). They even laughed at his little Press Club film where he “looked for” WMD under the White House desk.
July 10th, 2008 at 3:39 pmThe dumbing down of the media. This is the media that were gushing over Grampa Fred Thompson and Cross-dresser Rudy Guiliani. And now Grandpappy Mcsame has what? Wit? McSame is not yoda from Star Wars. It is painful yet laughable to see most of the media act like a bunch of gerbils gushing over Teflon John while giving him a free pass on every buffoon flip flop statement and comment.
July 10th, 2008 at 3:42 pmShayne Says:
Leftside Annie Says:
Oh, crap. Why don’t they all just give McBleep a blow job and get it over with???
And all this time we’ve been looking for somebody to give W one so we could impeach him. Why didn’t we think of the media?
Butt, Butt ……. Wasn’t Jeff Gannon in the media??
July 10th, 2008 at 3:44 pmIt’s damned sad, isn’t it, Shayne…?
I remember the days when politicians used to be scared of the press; today it’s the other way ’round.
…and I’m totally showing my age here, aren’t I?? *sigh*
July 10th, 2008 at 3:45 pmIf anyone actually trademarked the John McCain wit, they would end up a business of whiners, because they would have no product.
Here’s some John McCain wit for ya.
Just say NOPE!
July 10th, 2008 at 3:47 pmHey ralph the wonder llama, how do you superscript the “TM”?
July 10th, 2008 at 3:49 pmShayne Says:
And all this time we’ve been looking for somebody to give W one so we could impeach him. Why didn’t we think of the media?
Don’t you rmember? The entire news media did give Bush one continuous blow job from Sept. 11, 2001 until August 29, 2005.
The problem was, nobody realized it because the news media wouldn’t cover their own oral pleasuring of the president.
July 10th, 2008 at 3:49 pmMarie Says:
I think I am going to throw up.
Reporters are falling over themselves for McCain, while Obama is asked to walk a labrinth to the presidency.
Yeah, it was such a hard decision for Obama to make, voting to keep the 4th amendment or taking Telco money and voting their interests against ours.
July 10th, 2008 at 3:51 pmAfter Obama’s Bushbot cave-in on FISA, he made his own roadblock by screwing over all Americans.
Never underestimate the ability of the Democrats to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
On the bright side, it is a step above the “pull-my-finger”, and “please don’t let me die, heh, heh” jokes of the current dickweed.
A small step perhaps, and they both have the same sophomoric sense of humor
July 10th, 2008 at 3:51 pmWe see that kind of a spark from John McCain all the time.
Usually when something emits sparks, it has a short, or a loose wire. That’s a BAD thing. If you ignore it, a fire could result.
Time to check McStain in for a tune-up.
July 10th, 2008 at 3:52 pmHe’s such a wit! Sharp as a piece of “American Cheese”.
July 10th, 2008 at 3:52 pmExtemporaneous speaker, extraordinaire./sarc
I never thought the newsies would purposefully show themselves to be witless. They do it on their own quite often without knowing. But to admit to having a battle of wits with someone unarmed, and losing?
July 10th, 2008 at 3:54 pmkelly odonnell is sooooo out of her depth. she reminds me of a friggin grown up shirley temple. ‘gollygeewillackers, mr mccain, did you really just say that…gigglegigglegiggle’.
i watched her on dancin’ dave gregory’s show last nite and she literally had nothing insightful to say; it’s all just the rehashed talking points that were chewed over the previous day.
July 10th, 2008 at 3:54 pmFirst things first Ray. We have to make sure McCain never gets anywhere near the red button, and simultaneously make sure Phil Gramm never gets near the Treasury Dept.
July 10th, 2008 at 3:55 pmAfter November McCain would be a good candidate for being the host of a new comedy show on Fox! Oh the hilarity!
July 10th, 2008 at 3:56 pmIgnoranceIsNotBliss Says:
how do you superscript the “TM”?
I use MSWord – insert Symbol/Special Character. All kinds of fun stuff there, IINB. ;o)
~ Annie®
July 10th, 2008 at 4:00 pmYeah, I thought of that Leftside Annie, but I was wondering if there was a html tag out there somewhere that I’m not finding.
July 10th, 2008 at 4:03 pmKatie Couric tossed him her softballs last night and dared America to unbutton that last button holding her sweater together. Sexy news there, Katie. Thanks for helping to keep America dumb and distracted.
July 10th, 2008 at 4:04 pmKatie Couric is why I no longer watch CBS News.
July 10th, 2008 at 4:08 pmWhat’s “funny” is how Kelly O’Donnell wasn’t nearly as understanding of the “humor” of another Vietnam vet who attempted a “joke” while running for president.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Video/061031/nn_odonnell_kerry_061031.300w.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15499174/&h=222&w=296&sz=11&hl=en&start=16&tbnid=IMFyvfCGzDJvyM:&tbnh=87&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3DKelly%2BO%25E2%2580%2599Donnell,%2BMSNBC%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den
(see the video next to the article)
July 10th, 2008 at 4:15 pmI watched David Gergory show yesterday evening and Kelly O’Donnel was on the show.
The discussion was about ‘Iranian missiles’ and she kep saying how McCain’s response showed his experience on the issue of National Security…
She kept talking about how McCain got the experience needed because he said we should act…
The woman looked dull,stupid and simply repeating the same thing put in diferent words..
How could McCain be good on national Security if he gets this country in more wars?!!
What did McWar mean when he said yesterday responding to Iran launching missiles:”we should act now and not wait until January…”
Does he mean to start another war..?!!
And why January?!!!..
Does that mean McWar is going to start a new war on new year…or he simply just talking?
O’Donnel seems ,like all talking heads, to think that just because McCain had served in the military that means he will lead this country to peace and prosperity.
July 10th, 2008 at 4:16 pmBut the words coming out of McCain’s mouth do not indicate we will be heading toward peace and prosperity if McCain is elected.
Katie Couric is one good reason not to watch CBS. The rest of last nights news on CBS included about 15 seconds on FISA and several minutes on Jon Benet Ramsey, who was sickeningly referred to as a “beauty queen”. A six year old, horribly victimized, then exploited after her death, even ten years later, a “beauty queen”. How sick can you get, MSM? I’m sure we haven’t found out yet.
July 10th, 2008 at 4:16 pmI’m on a Mac, so I type option-2 to get ™. Don’t know how it works in Windows.
July 10th, 2008 at 5:00 pmCut it from ralph™’s post and save a little text file on your desktop.
July 10th, 2008 at 5:03 pmYou have got to be kidding!!!
July 10th, 2008 at 10:35 pmI’m trying to think of another stupid and witty (in his own mind, anyway) President….
Still thinking.
July 11th, 2008 at 2:14 am