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McCain Says Obama Lead Growing Because ‘Life Isn’t Fair’

Life's a cunt!
Let this mark the first time in American History that Wonkette used the exact real-world news headline as the funny comedy news headline. Thanks to Wonkette Operative “Facehead” for the find. [CNN Wire]


3:04 PM on Thu October 2 2008
By Ken Layne
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  1. tunamelt says at 3:07 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    AND YENNO WHAT, I’M TELLING MY MOM!

  2. Delicious says at 3:07 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    Loser.

  3. Advocatus_Diaboli says at 3:08 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    Good to Walnuts finally facing reality.

  4. SelfDeprecatingFed says at 3:08 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    Let me get this straight. You get tortured for five and a half years, but losing an election is what prompts you to complain about life? Priorities Mr. Nuts… Priorities.

  5. ShortShadey says at 3:08 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    Funny, that’s exactly the same thing Palin says to pregnant raped women.

  6. Texan Bulldoggette says at 3:09 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    Dang Walnuts, you need some Palin Syrah wine to go with that whine.

  7. Bostoprov says at 3:11 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    “Get off my lawn,” mumbled McNuts, furtively.

  8. tonashideska says at 3:11 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    Please let me know when CNN has this on a T-shirt.

  9. SayItWithWookies says at 3:11 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    Yeah, if life was fair, he wouldn’t be saddled with a witless moose sniper who thinks living 600 miles away from Russia is a foreign policy credential. Oh, wait.

  10. tunamelt says at 3:12 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    And people say that my generation suffers from entitlement.

  11. facehead says at 3:12 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    Today we are all faceheads.

  12. Walnuts! That quote should turn things around for the campaign.

  13. sarahconnor says at 3:12 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    Does this mean we are winning the war now? Hooray!

  14. tunamelt says at 3:13 pm, October 2nd, 2008
  15. SelfDeprecatingFed says at 3:13 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    SayItWithWookies: Now now now… He did that to himself

  16. Cogito Ergo Bibo says at 3:13 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    “I suffered five and a half years to tank this campaign! Why don’t you wuv me? I haz a sad.”

  17. Hairy Reed says at 3:13 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    Nice find, Facehead

  18. mikey mike says at 3:14 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    That’s right. Life isn’t fair to the guy who owns 12 houses, has a bazillion dollars and left his crippled first wife for a younger, hotter, richer version.

    I’m unemployed and can barely afford rent. Fuck you, McCain.

  19. “Obama lead continues to grow after McCain spends entire debate mumbling “I coulda been a contender.”

  20. ShortShadey: That’s funny as hell. Also a little sad.

  21. shortsshortsshorts says at 3:14 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    MAVERICK is so MAVERICK he doesn’t want to be elected at all, by anyone, ever. WHAT A MAVERICK!

  22. facehead says at 3:15 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    It would be even funnier if the Onion bought the story from cnn and put it in their paper word for word.

  23. Hairy Reed says at 3:15 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    PS when does the economy get bad enough that I can steal a jalopy and do this?

  24. If life was fair the U.S. Government would get paid back for all those wrecked airplane you Jackass!

  25. How Tina Fey of you.

  26. tunamelt says at 3:16 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    facehead: someone call the onion.

  27. Gopherit v2.0 says at 3:17 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    SayItWithWookies: Laughed out loud. Glad my officemates aren’t here.

    Witless moose sniper. Heh.

  28. Aurelio says at 3:17 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    From the article: “[Obama]certainly did nothing for the first few days,” McCain said Thursday on Fox News. “I suspended my campaign, took our ads down, came back to Washington, met with the House folks and got on the phone, and also had face-to-face meetings.”

    Right, Walnuts. You went in and fucked things up. In a fair world, all the fuck-ups would be rewarded. What went wrong? Is there no justice?

  29. Tommy Says Soooo says at 3:17 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    facehead: Epic win. Today I salute you.

  30. ManchuCandidate says at 3:17 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    I’m sure the guy who McCain bumped from US Navy flight school (it is very odd to say the least when a ass end grad gets a flight school slot) feels the same way.

  31. Gopherit v2.0 says at 3:18 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    Walnuts is right. Life isn’t fair. Where’s my goddamn beer heiress!!!

  32. Tommy Says Soooo says at 3:18 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    I hope Harvey Weinstein gets Roberto Benigni to play Walnuts in the title role.

  33. obfuscator says at 3:18 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    “Senator McCain then commented on the relative toughness of titties & noogies, after which campaign advisor Mark Salter went on to describe on the manner in which cookies crumbled.”

  34. Gopherit v2.0 says at 3:19 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    If he only had a beer to cry into….alas, he only has budweiser.

  35. Gopherit v2.0 says at 3:21 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    And if McBitter want’s to see how unfair life can be, he should watch the shredding of his running mate tonight. It would be more kind to just throw her in a wood chipper.

  36. I hear ya Walnuts. If life was fair my four Aces wouldn’t have lost to that fucking straight flush two weeks ago. (in this metaphor Obama is the straight flush)

  37. Cue the world’s smallest violin! Cry me a river! Boo-hoo! Somebody call a waaah-mbulance! GIVE ME A BREAK!

  38. schnooten says at 3:23 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    tonashideska: It’d be like “Shit Happens… to WALNUTS!!”

  39. freakishlystrong says at 3:23 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    Yeah well, lucky for us, WALNUTS!, life isn’t too long either…

  40. For McCorpse, trying to win voters in Michigan would be like trying to ask patients at Walter Reed to re-enlist.

  41. Doglessliberal says at 3:23 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    My husband’s response to this headline: “maybe he did have a stroke”.

  42. Doglessliberal says at 3:24 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    Aurelio: right, and he suspended his campaign by giving interviews and making blatantly partisan comments. What a hypocritical, lying twit.

  43. american mutt says at 3:24 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    Life has been known to have a liberal bias.

  44. Serolf Divad says at 3:24 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    When he loses the election McCain will explain it by noting that “shit happens.”

  45. soymocha says at 3:25 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    Why not just yell, “The black kid gave me a wedgie!” and be done w/ it?

  46. McCain needs his blankey and teddy.

  47. ihasasad says at 3:27 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    Where’s his fucked up I-sued-my-first-daughter-in-law-and-then-lied-on-the-bible-about-it momma? Maybe he needs to go put his head in her lap and quit whining all over the airwaves. cocksucker

  48. magic titty says at 3:28 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    Tra: “…instead of a bum, which is what I am…let’s face it…”

  49. ManchuCandidate says at 3:29 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    Life’s Been Bad
    John McCain (Joe Walsh)

    I have some mansions, forgot to count
    Ain’t never been there, they tell me it’s nice
    I live with a trollop, drugged out all the time
    I have accountants pay for it all

    They say I’m crazy but I have a mad time
    I’m just looking to blame at the scene of the crash
    Life’s been unfair to me so far

    My SUV costs one-eighty-five
    I lost my Skyhawk, now I don’t fly
    I have a limo, ride in the back
    I lock the doors in case I’m attacked

    I tell fake stories, my supporters can’t wait
    They write me letters, tell me I’m great
    So I got me an office, VC skulls on the wall
    Just leave a message, maybe I’ll call

    Lucky I’m insane after all I’ve been through
    (Everybody say “I’m mad”……”He’s mad”)
    I can’t complain but sometimes I still do
    Life’s been unfair to me so far

    I go to parties, sometimes until four
    It’s hard to leave when you making them ribs
    It’s tough to handle this fortune and fame
    Everybody’s so different, I haven’t changed

    They say I’m senile but it takes all my time
    (Everybody say “Oh, yeah”….. “Oh, yeah”)
    I keep on goin’ guess I’ll never know why
    Life’s been unfair to me so far

  50. tunamelt says at 3:30 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    Doglessliberal: It’s beginning to seem like the only logical conclusion.

  51. superfecta says at 3:30 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    Gopherit v2.0: True dat.

  52. american mutt says at 3:31 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    Barry: HOPE.
    McCain: Life isn’t fair. Here’s a cookie. I ate it.

  53. magic titty says at 3:32 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    american mutt: Win.ner.

  54. Cogito Ergo Bibo says at 3:32 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    Somehow, I imagine him watching the VP debate all by himself somewhere. Drinking something other than the “goddamned Budweiser that bitch wife of [his] makes [him] drink,” throwing stress squeezee balls at the screen and mumbling incoherently to himself about how no one in this country knows how to treat fucking hero.

  55. NoStyleHere says at 3:33 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    “He certainly did nothing for the first few days,” McCain said Thursday on Fox News. “I called up more troops for a Michigan surge, readied the Unicorn Extermination Team, and called my wife a cunt. Repeatedly. Meanwhile Obama stole my lead. Life isn’t just unfair, it’s UNAMERICAN.” After a brief pause for blinking and twitching McCain added, “Kathleen Parker is cunt, too.”

  56. Cogito Ergo Bibo says at 3:34 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    Doglessliberal: You know, couple this with this morning’s incoherent rambling on Morning Joe, and you might have a point. It honestly could be a medical condition.

  57. obfuscator says at 3:34 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    Life is in the tank for Obama?

  58. Voyou Charmant says at 3:36 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    tonashideska: yes plz.

  59. I think McCain needs to make it clearer to the American people that he is owed the Presidency as a result of his service. If he put it like that, they’d probably want to vote for him more.

    http://thesebastards.blogspot.com/

  60. picardia says at 3:49 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    In all seriousness, I think John McCain essentially sold his soul in 2004, agreeing to stand beside torture-fan George W. Bush in the election, b/c GOP higher-ups told him if he did so, the next go-round would be his. Now he is facing the fact that he sold his soul to lose hard. You’d be bitter too.

  61. Doglessliberal says at 3:53 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    Cogito Ergo Bibo: tunamelt: That’s what I told my husband–that I think he is right. Let’s hope McNastypants stays alive, but slightly off center through the election so people see more and more odd behavior from him. He cannot die or become incapacited before then or we could end up with Pres. Mittens or something like that

  62. dkissam says at 4:03 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    Wait.

    Obama’s poll numbers are rising as the economy as sinking, and it’s the former rather than the latter that sends McCain into a sulk? Life isn’t fair *because you’re getting beaten*, not because other people are losing their homes and jobs?

  63. fenster1977 says at 4:04 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    Damn. Phil Gramm was right…there is alot of whining going on.

  64. Outstando says at 4:05 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    OMG! Check out McCain’s new ad:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYzsskE5ObA

  65. King of Pants says at 4:09 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    Remember, folks: life owed McCain the presidency. Just keep that in mind.

  66. Doglessliberal says at 4:10 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    Outstando: nice!

  67. McCain is crazy, spoiled and childish. I know that’s obvious to most of us, but not all. Spread the word in swing states.

    http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=ksloew

  68. keepinitrealyo says at 4:35 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    picardia: That’s pretty astute for this place.

  69. obfuscator: Yes, and Mikey is in the tank for Obama, too, because although Mikey hates EVERYTHING, Mikey actually likes Life cereal.

  70. NotthatLC says at 4:48 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    The press is SO over him. Keep bringing on the the Yummy political crack! More of McCain publicly imploding, please!

  71. Outstando: DUDE! ya gotta give a a warning about N-words in videos like that. Whole office turned and looked at me when I played that! Sheez!

  72. Outstando says at 4:54 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    azw88: NSFW! Sorry! Tell them it was ironic?

  73. populucious says at 4:56 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    I remember when my pappy, Admiral General Farnsworth McCain, used to take me out in the backyard for some waterboarding…they didn’t call it waterboarding in those days, they called it watering the lawn…and, I was a kid you know, had a immature way of looking at things, and I would look up at him, choking and spitting our water, and say “Other kids get to have paddle pools in their backyard, it’s not Fair”, and he would say “Goddamn it you p*ssy! I don’t care if you are 4 years old! Life’s Not Fair! Now go sit in the box!”

    So, you know, that’s when I learned…that’s what I told Cindy when she brought home the two lil Bangaloredeshy kids…”I said Cindy, you can keep them both if you can name all of your other children.” and she said “But Johnny, That’s not FAIR”, and I sprayed her with the hose and said “Fair shmare! Leave the other one on the plane!”

    So that’s why I’m losing right now…not enough waterboarding of young children…to much backtalk from the wife…is any of it Fair? F*ck no, but the American people are p*ssies and what can you do?

  74. Gopherit v2.0 says at 5:05 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    azw88: You mean you don’t automatically assume NSFW coming here?

  75. Giant Robot says at 5:40 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    Oh Hillary, shut the hell up… I mean Bill… I mean McCain… all of you shut up!

  76. Schadenfried says at 7:15 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    Speaking of WALNUTS, why haven’t our editors reported about his alleged affair with funny looking boob?

    http://gawker.com/5058219/did-john-mccain-and-pj-orourke-share-a-love-triangle-with-this-lady

  77. Schadenfried says at 7:22 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    Schadenfried: Shit, that should have LADY with the funny looking boob.

  78. Schadenfried says at 7:24 pm, October 2nd, 2008

    ihasasad: Sued her daughter-in-laws? Details!

  79. I think he meant ‘fair-skinned’.

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