• May 26, 2012
SLEEPWALKER MCCAIN

October 1, 2008

McCain Gets Lost On Campaign Stage

by Ken Layne  


We aren’t convinced this is anything beyond not knowing how to get off the thousandth stage he’s stood on this year — AmericaBlog says he maybe had a stroke, because of his twitchy eye — but here’s your “oh dear christ Sarah Palin could really end up as president if McCain doesn’t kill us all first” video moment for the day. [AMERICABlog]

{ 80 comments }

NoWireHangers October 1, 2008 at 1:56 pm

I hear he drove his Buick into the crowd after the event.

ManchuCandidate October 1, 2008 at 1:56 pm

Helllloooo Cleveland!

Vanity Smurf October 1, 2008 at 1:59 pm

Stroke. Any day now. Please, please, please, dear Sweet Baby Jesus. Stroke. Bonus if it’s in front of a teevee crew.

sarcasticusername October 1, 2008 at 2:00 pm

i’m still waiting on the old man i’ve fallen & i can’t get up moment a la castro, so close but yet still so far…

Cogito Ergo Bibo October 1, 2008 at 2:00 pm

Watch as he whirls like a dervish! Round and round and round, Grampy goes. Where he’ll stop, only the Straight Talk Express, knows.

Q2 October 1, 2008 at 2:00 pm

Dear God,

This is your world, and therefore everything which happens in this world is your will. But please don’t allow this fucking asshole to manipulate his way into the presidency.

Sincerely,

Q

shortsshortsshorts October 1, 2008 at 2:00 pm

Well we know he has Dimensia for fuck sake. Give him a geography test.

SayItWithWookies October 1, 2008 at 2:01 pm

Hell, that’s not confusion. If you want confusion, put Sarah Palin inside a giant lampshade and watch her bump around in circles until the lightbulb fries her to death.

AnnieGetYourFun October 1, 2008 at 2:01 pm

A stroke does not cause twitching. Please, can the amateurs leave the medical diagnoses to people like us? We at least come up with fun stuff. Like, herpes of the face.

Q2 October 1, 2008 at 2:02 pm

[re=116914]Vanity Smurf[/re]: Stroke? Smurfie no mean that God. Smurfie make a bad snark. Smurfie no want President Palin to lead us in The End of Days. Bad Smurfie…bad!

Aurelio October 1, 2008 at 2:03 pm

“Wandering” is a criterion of incipient senile dementia.

emmbob October 1, 2008 at 2:03 pm

I thought Palin was the one that needed the leash!

Botswana Meat Commission FC October 1, 2008 at 2:03 pm

[re=116905]NoWireHangers[/re]:
Nah, he drove the wrong way onto a divided highway and killed a busload of viet cong orphans.

slappypaddy October 1, 2008 at 2:04 pm

first he goes t’the right, then he goes t’the left, then he goes t’the right, then he goes… is he a maverick, or a flip-flopper?…

facehead October 1, 2008 at 2:05 pm

That’s what you get for no flagpin.

Godot October 1, 2008 at 2:07 pm

Today we are all stumblebums.

freakishlystrong October 1, 2008 at 2:08 pm

Dear God! He’s becoming Ronnie Raygun!

NotUrEvryDayWEzl October 1, 2008 at 2:08 pm

[re=116932]Botswana Meat Commission FC[/re]: That cindy then adopted posthumously.

Vanity Smurf October 1, 2008 at 2:08 pm

[re=116929]Q2[/re]: Of course not. I want the mean old fucker to stroke out on stage before the election. Really leaves nothing in doubt when the choice is Bible Spice or Hopey.

Delicious October 1, 2008 at 2:09 pm
PortlandSmartAss October 1, 2008 at 2:09 pm

That’s not a twitch. He was winking at America, saying “I know this is all crap coming out of my mouth, but someone has to do it!”

RadioFreeBabylon October 1, 2008 at 2:09 pm

Now ya’ll are just bein’ mean, wishin’ ill on the Mav-Man. Don’t hope that way, ’cause with him outta the way, the BASE gets what they been prayin’ for.

greatgooglymoogly October 1, 2008 at 2:09 pm

Can I buy stock in SNL?

qwerty42 October 1, 2008 at 2:10 pm

well, after the full thermonuclear exchange with Russia, this will all seem so unimportant. let’s keep this in mind and not go overboard.
wait …

facehead October 1, 2008 at 2:11 pm

[re=116919]Q2[/re]: Amen.

ms_mcgee October 1, 2008 at 2:12 pm

[re=116923]AnnieGetYourFun[/re]: My grandfather has had several strokes and it has been (according to doctors) the cause of one eye being lazy and not in sinc with the other. Just saying…

ProfessorJukes October 1, 2008 at 2:13 pm

[re=116914]Vanity Smurf[/re]: No no no. Do NOT hope or pray for a stroke for anybody. That’s just wrong.

But yes, if he does have one, let’s hope it’s in front of a camera.

But is that a metaphor for his campaign, or what? Go to the capital, not the debate. No, wait… not the capital, campaign headquarters. OK, go to debate. Then some place else. Then, ehhh … Iowa? I know my way – I don’t have to stop for directions!! Dammit!!

My fav quote so far this week:
Some Republicans are …wondering why, for example, he’s back in Iowa this week, a state few independent analysts see as being in play and where public polls this month show Obama enjoying a double-digit lead even before the economic meltdown. Asked why McCain was in Iowa, one veteran Republican there replied: “Because he’s running a senseless, non-strategic campaign. Why else would he come here?”

Jobbotch October 1, 2008 at 2:14 pm

[re=116950]greatgooglymoogly[/re]: Saturday Night Live or Savings and Loan? Cause McCain’s a goldmine for both.

ihasasad October 1, 2008 at 2:14 pm

As I said before thousands of times, this was not filmed at a press conference but in his 90000000 square foot house and he was looking for the potty.

Wag Das Hund October 1, 2008 at 2:15 pm

Wait, how did he get ON the stage? Did they beam him in? Was he rolled in on a crate and released?

WadISay October 1, 2008 at 2:15 pm

“…and we would all be better if we kept the example of this fine American* in front of us.”

*Vicki Iseman.

Noodle Salad October 1, 2008 at 2:15 pm

I thought he was going to be on that stage for FIVE AND A HALF YEARS, ALAN.

Seanibus October 1, 2008 at 2:16 pm

The twitchy eye thing is definitely new, at least in the last could of years. But he did have a big hunk of flesh cut out of that side of his face in the skin cancer surgery – that might have something to do with the funny eye thingy. I mean, when was the last time you saw Joan Rivers blink normally?

Josh Fruhlinger October 1, 2008 at 2:19 pm

[re=116923]AnnieGetYourFun[/re]: But how would he have caught herpes of the faARGH DON’T VISUALIZE IT NO NO NO NO

madtowngooner October 1, 2008 at 2:19 pm

[re=116914]Vanity Smurf[/re]: Noooo! That would get him oodles of sympathy votes from the brain damaged demographic! Whoops, he’s already got that, OK, AL, KS, UT, NE, ND, SD, AK, etc.

NoWireHangers October 1, 2008 at 2:22 pm

God, I’d love to play Marco Polo with WALNUTS!…in the desert…

Sweetfoot October 1, 2008 at 2:23 pm

More McCain fodder at:

http://www.democratbydesign.typepad.com

Democrat by Design Poster Project

sarcasticusername October 1, 2008 at 2:23 pm

@Delicious: please God let it happen. I hear you don’t really dig prayers asking for bad things to happen to others, but please just this once could you make an exception? even you’ve got to have a sense of humor, you know you want to do it!

contentsunderpressure October 1, 2008 at 2:24 pm

Like rolling your ’73 Nova into a parked car whilst holding the drivers door open and pojectile puking onto the street. Or not.

Jackie Treehorn October 1, 2008 at 2:24 pm

[re=116950]greatgooglymoogly[/re]: I think you’ll need to buy some stock in Sheinhardt Wig Company, as NBC is a subsidiary of them.

Also, I thought WALNUTS! had foreign stage experience?

Monkey October 1, 2008 at 2:25 pm

You need a brain to have a stroke.

shoeho October 1, 2008 at 2:26 pm

I was reading Anna Q’s editorial in the back of last week’s Newsweek this AM–yeah, I’m behind–and I found myself tearing up. I never agreed with JSMc much, but I respected him, as she did, as a worthy adversary. I don’t know who this ‘bot is. It’s sad to see the depths he’s sunk to. No snark, just deeply disappointed.

Smoke Filled Roommate October 1, 2008 at 2:27 pm

Where was the vaudeville hook?

contentsunderpressure October 1, 2008 at 2:31 pm

[re=116979]contentsunderpressure[/re]: “projectile”, mutherfuker!

facehead October 1, 2008 at 2:31 pm

STOP THE TOOBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/01/sarah-palins-beauty-pagea_n_130901.html

The next installment of Palin’s talent is here!

Bask in the glory that is Sarah Palin.

Sussemilch October 1, 2008 at 2:32 pm

It’s pretty obvious that the campaign has kicked the crap out of him. Most candidates get run down, even if they’re young and healthy going into the race, and McCain has been fighting Romney, Huckabee, Guiliani, Clinton, Edwards, and Obama since November of 2006. He’s got two choices today. Bow out and retire to his 6 1/2 houses, or end up bunking with the crypt keeper.

ManchuCandidate October 1, 2008 at 2:33 pm

[re=116990]facehead[/re]:
I was disappointed. I thought they were talking about skin flute.

irisheyes October 1, 2008 at 2:33 pm

I don’t know guys. This is getting awfully easy. I mean, my snark is wearing thin as this thing goes on, and on, and on…

d4g33z October 1, 2008 at 2:35 pm

“Could” really end up president? Will!

Itsjustme October 1, 2008 at 2:37 pm

Hopey needs to buy him a hand-held GPS.

Vanity Smurf October 1, 2008 at 2:37 pm

Ok. I will give those who are appalled by my cold heartlessness a half-back pedal. I don’t wish him any particular or specific ill. I wish upon him that which is appropriate karmic justice for a man who has lived as he has.

ihasasad October 1, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Sussemilch October 1, 2008 at 2:39 pm

[re=116990]facehead[/re]: Just how we like her, crosseyed and lips puckered to blow the tube.

dropright October 1, 2008 at 2:40 pm

His left eye isn’t twitching – his right eye sinply isn’t blinking like the left one. Also, the right side of his mouth isn’t curling when then opposite side does….. and he’s obviously disorientated.
Now if his speech had been incomprehensible, apart from the content of it, I’d rush this man to the hospital…

grendel October 1, 2008 at 2:42 pm
ihasasad October 1, 2008 at 2:42 pm

[re=117009]Sussemilch[/re]: Good. I thought it was just me thinkin that she had a bug on her nose.

Itsjustme October 1, 2008 at 2:43 pm

[re=117009]Sussemilch[/re]: OMG! speaking of Cross-eyed people. Is Sarah cross-eyed on the video Hufpo has of her playing the flute?

slomojoe October 1, 2008 at 2:43 pm

[re=116990]facehead[/re]: She IS an accomplished flutist. She can see Flute Glacier from her window, and once met Severino Gazzelloni. What more do these elitist gotcha-journalist want?

AnnieGetYourFun October 1, 2008 at 2:46 pm

[re=116955]ms_mcgee[/re]: Lazy, yes. Twitching like that, no. I’ve seen my fair share of stroke victims, and usually, one side of the body is significantly slowed. Twitching may occasionally happen, but more likely, the limbs/face of the affected side simply can’t/don’t move as much.

Q2 October 1, 2008 at 2:47 pm

[re=117003]Vanity Smurf[/re]: There was a time — around 2000 — when I admired the man…seriously. But immediately thereafter John McCain started selling out, and it has snowballed until now he…like Bush before him…hasn’t a modicum of credibility. Eat shit John McCain. I’m damn tired of eating yours. Don’t die brother…but do, please, eat shit.

natoslug October 1, 2008 at 2:49 pm

[re=116923]AnnieGetYourFun[/re]: Neurosyphilis, not herpes.

2druk2phluq October 1, 2008 at 2:51 pm

[re=117012]grendel[/re]: Turn on the charm… LOL — smile, no, not like a shark. Awesome.

ihasasad October 1, 2008 at 2:52 pm

[re=117014]Itsjustme[/re]:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/artsandliving/style/features/2008/rhetoric/gallery.html
Half way down we see her do some sportz commentatin. The bug is on her nose again.

Sussemilch October 1, 2008 at 2:53 pm

[re=117014]Itsjustme[/re]: If you can’t see it, here’s a still: http://www.geocities.com/nullacct/xeyed.jpg

Slutty_Chola_Cobbler October 1, 2008 at 2:54 pm

Nice, Walnuts has a wonky eye!!

nietzscheprojectile October 1, 2008 at 2:56 pm

[re=116934]slappypaddy[/re]: Maybe it’s just his version of the hokey-pokey.

V572625694 October 1, 2008 at 3:12 pm

[re=116905]NoWireHangers[/re]: But the turn signal was on.

[re=116990]facehead[/re]: She’s a terrible flute player, off key half the time which I wouldn’t have thought possible. Then the bank plays louder to try and drown out her tootles. Then she stops and stands there as if to say: “I’m pretty, though!”

Itsjustme October 1, 2008 at 3:19 pm

[re=117031]Sussemilch[/re]: Even looks a little like Mary Lou Retton…

Beans October 1, 2008 at 3:22 pm

Sweet Jesus. The WTF campaign continues. Were Hopey white, he’d be what, 70 points ahead?

It’s not that I want Grumpy Dwarf to die–just to grab his heart briefly and turn blue, on stage, with cameras running. Then, having shocked the world into realizing Two-Guns Sarah is locked and loaded and ready to take the White House, surely common sense will prevail and Obama will ride to victory.

Anyway, that’s my daydream (along with winning the Powerball). What’s yours?

DoctorCulturae October 1, 2008 at 3:28 pm

[re=117082]V572625694[/re]: If she played any lower she’d be playing in trombone range. Oh yeah, she’s got teh talent and smartz too. Douche chills on top of douche chills.

It’s a nasty biz and pathetic to watch. But even with the Blinkster getting spread thin the Hopemeister simply HAS to keep the heat on.

disgustedcitizen October 1, 2008 at 3:34 pm

My Friends, let me tell you about my last colonoscopy…

Hedley Lamar October 1, 2008 at 3:41 pm

Walk toward the light Johnny. Your work is done here.

TGY October 1, 2008 at 3:54 pm

[re=116923]AnnieGetYourFun[/re]: Yeah, it’s more like a..a…walnut contraction…or something. The..uh..walnuts..uh..in his face..kinda spasmed. No doubt that happens before the schizophrenic killing rage comes on.

Poor John.

Sussemilch October 1, 2008 at 4:00 pm

[re=117101]Itsjustme[/re]: Good call. Total Mary Lou hair.

garmahis October 1, 2008 at 4:04 pm

What do you think McCain looks like more: Casper, Dr.Evil, Cotton Hill, Evil Monkey, Husky, Jubba the Hut or Evil Overlord?
Have a look at this funny video: John McCain looks like

trondant October 1, 2008 at 4:25 pm

[re=117118]Beans[/re]: surely common sense will prevail
hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
ha. no.
this is America, remember?

slappypaddy October 1, 2008 at 4:47 pm

[re=116990]facehead[/re]: ah thank ahm in luv! iss not everday y’see a purty young thang smile so sweet an shy while she’s a-blowin…

Maus October 1, 2008 at 6:56 pm

[re=116970]Josh Fruhlinger[/re]: Lobbyist splooge.

skippy October 1, 2008 at 7:18 pm

I thought we were done with the goddamn blingee competitions?

WABishop October 1, 2008 at 7:39 pm

[re=117241]garmahis[/re]: Although I see similarities between Cotton Hill and Jamacain in behavior, appearance-wise the ribbon goes to Jim Lehrer. See for yourself:
Cotton: http://z.about.com/d/animatedtv/1/0/Y/o/koh_DeathPicksCotton_gr1f.jpg
Jim: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/aboutus/images/photo_bio_lehrer.jpg

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