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John McCain, Gentleman Scholar

Here is a video clip of John McCain declaring that he graduated fifth from the bottom of his class in the Naval Academy. This is supposed to make all you elitists turn purple with rage that such a terrible slacker would ever dare to run for president, when in fact it just shows that John McCain was cool, once: too cool for school, in fact, in the years before school was officially invented. The bit about his wife having to turn on his computer for him is just embarrassing, though. [YouTube via AmericaBlog]


11:19 AM on Wed July 16 2008
By Sara K. Smith
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  1. JeffGoldblum says at 11:21 am, July 16th, 2008

    We have a Naval Academy now? Gay.

  2. nbawriter says at 11:22 am, July 16th, 2008

    Ha! His Coolidge self-crack was funny … except that it stole my thunder.

    I’ll have to stash Rutherford B. Hayes for another time.

  3. DarkSynergy says at 11:23 am, July 16th, 2008

    He tried clapping twice, but the PC wouldn’t boot.

  4. MrAgro says at 11:23 am, July 16th, 2008

    “ROBOT HOUUUUUSE!”

  5. stolichnayaaa says at 11:25 am, July 16th, 2008

    This guy would be much more entertaining if there was zero chance that he could be president of the U-nited States. I feel much the same way about our current president.

  6. SayItWithWookies says at 11:27 am, July 16th, 2008

    He doesn’t know if he uses a Mac or a PC? I’ll bet that’s because half the time he’s trying to log on to the microwave.

  7. Banzai77 says at 11:28 am, July 16th, 2008

    Way to go, Moran!

  8. nbawriter says at 11:29 am, July 16th, 2008

    He got an F in Sloop engineering.

  9. Rev. Peter Lemonjello says at 11:29 am, July 16th, 2008

    I think i read somewhere that Cindy can order a case of Vicodin and a new black baby in under 30 sec. Impressive.

  10. DieOnTheTurnpike says at 11:33 am, July 16th, 2008

    When McCain needs computer help, does he hit the cuntrol button to summon that trollop ferrin’ beer selling wife of his?

  11. RuperttheBear says at 11:35 am, July 16th, 2008

    The troubling point, as always, is describing the target audience. McCain is appealing to stupid people who make it a point to dislike smart people.

  12. queeraselvis v 2.0 says at 11:37 am, July 16th, 2008

    SayItWithWookies: I doubt he’s even upgraded to microwave yet. He probably still uses an Amana Radarange.

  13. tsunami says at 11:38 am, July 16th, 2008

    you can’t make that stuff up.

    thank goodness foreigners are well, foreign, so they don’t see what goes
    on in the good ‘ol usa.

    it’s not bad enough that mcstupid is such a dope, it’s that more
    than 2 people are going to vote for that asshole to be prez…after bush!

    hell…75% of repugs think iraq is going “well.” compared to what?…
    hiroshima after the bomb?

    i can’t take it any more and it’s only july.

    sorry for the lack of humor. aarrrrgh.

  14. jagorev says at 11:39 am, July 16th, 2008

    nbawriter: He did manage a gentleman’s C in both counter-piratery and yardarm management.

  15. SayItWithWookies says at 11:39 am, July 16th, 2008

    So he was 894th out of 899 in his class? Not a big deal — George Armstrong Custer was last in his class at West Point, so that’s no determination of success. Oh, wait.

  16. Rodney Badger says at 11:40 am, July 16th, 2008

    I like to mute McCain videos that have him moving around and stuff. Then I turn on Mr. Roboto and dance along. It’s new and chill. I yell “Turn it out McAinamatronic” at the screen because that is his Break Dance Name.

  17. Thanatopsis says at 11:40 am, July 16th, 2008

    WALNUTS! is a Mac user - here’s a picture of his laptop:

    http://www.switchingtomac.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/firstapple.jpg

    This was an upgrade after he made the big switch from his old PC:

    http://www.evanagee.com/images/blog/pc_of_future.jpg

  18. SuperRounder says at 11:41 am, July 16th, 2008

    This totally explains the Czechoslovakia thing.

  19. Monsieur Grumpe says at 11:41 am, July 16th, 2008

    What is it with the Republicans and their need to revel in their stupidity?

  20. NebraskashireGentry says at 11:46 am, July 16th, 2008

    won’t this help him?

    I, like most Americans, hesitate to elect a President who will make me feel like I couldn’t do his job.

  21. madirishman says at 11:52 am, July 16th, 2008

    SayItWithWookies: General George Pickett of the Army of Virginia finished dead last in his class at West Point–and he had a WONDERFUL day at Gettysburg.

    As for Walnuts–at least he didn’t mention how Cindy has to dress and feed him every morning.

    Monsieur Grumpe: War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. And now dissent is terrorism.

  22. madirishman says at 12:01 pm, July 16th, 2008

    NebraskashireGentry: Not me. I want the guy with the nuclear codes to be MUCH smarter and wiser than me. And Walnuts ain’t it! The jury’s still out on Hopey.

    For that matter, I can’t imagine why someone would WANT to be President–on the job 24/7/365, everybody second-guessing you, third-world tinpots trying to take a chunk out of your hide, home-grown nutcases wanting to shoot you, living in the Secret Service bubble the rest of your life. I’m surprised more Presidents haven’t died in office from heart attack or stroke.

    Maybe Walnuts has a death wish?

  23. Combover says at 12:15 pm, July 16th, 2008

    Thanatopsis: That second picture has a steering wheel??!! WTF?!!

  24. Gopherit v2.0 says at 12:28 pm, July 16th, 2008

    Our last slacker president worked out great.

  25. ManchuCandidate says at 12:42 pm, July 16th, 2008

    Walnuts would have succeeded if he had Lou Gossett Jr as his DI.

  26. Lascauxcaveman says at 12:57 pm, July 16th, 2008

    Thanatopsis: Yeah, that was back in the good ol’ days, when you had to cut down an apple tree to get the wood to make a real apple computer. And we wore an onion on our belts, which was the custom of the time.

    Damn! I want one of those Rand corp PC’s. That big chrome steering wheel, sweet!

  27. The C students will inherit the earth.

  28. BobLoblawLawBlog says at 1:25 pm, July 16th, 2008

    Is he trying to court the votes of anti-nuke hippies like me by claiming he wouldn’t be able to push the button because he’s technologically retarded and/or arthritic?

  29. Thanatopsis says at 1:39 pm, July 16th, 2008

    Combover: Yes, the steering wheel is the original Wii controller; works for Poll Position, too.

    Lascauxcaveman: It was right after his friend, George W. (the Original) chopped down a cherry tree to make some teeth.

  30. gurukalehuru says at 2:47 pm, July 16th, 2008

    If Cindy’s the one who is,literally, pushing the buttons, then I reckon Cindy oughta be steppin’ up to the plate to answer some questions, the trollop.

  31. So he didn’t study hard enough to fly his plane, which he crashed in Nam, got caught, didn’t leave when they offered, and we are supposed to feel sorry for this mcdick

  32. pondscum says at 3:35 pm, July 16th, 2008

    madirishman: I don’t get it either. They also get paid CRAP! I guess there are the book deals and speaking that follow…

  33. Mo MoDo says at 4:38 pm, July 16th, 2008

    Way to distance yourself from Chimpy, John. Anything he can do, you can do worse.

  34. RuperttheBear says at 10:40 pm, July 16th, 2008

    1ofUS: Ugh. Evolution = Lowest Common Survivanator.

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