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Silent Debate: Who Will Win?


Hey, what is that Harry Shearer up to now? This damned thing, is what! [Harry Shearer]


1:59 PM on Mon October 27 2008
By Ken Layne
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  1. Damn you and your elitist youtubes!

  2. Shearer= One of America’s greatest voices, (literally, just listen to the timbre and tone of it).

  3. Gopherit says at 2:04 pm, October 27th, 2008

    This would have saved me a savage hangover.

  4. So that must be the sound of silence.

  5. I’m switching my vote to McGrommits.

    Nothing against the negro. But McCain’s tea drinking style, with a pinky firmly touching the cup, just inspires the sort of confidence I look for in a leader.

  6. Hairy Reed says at 2:10 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Wait–what just happened?

  7. NoWireHangers says at 2:12 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Barry just looks so smiley and sexy when he’s silent. The man can do no wrong!

  8. Styrofoam Boots says at 2:12 pm, October 27th, 2008

    HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!

  9. slackdaemon says at 2:13 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Harry Shearer, still not funny, after all these years…

  10. Sussemilch says at 2:13 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Well, Omaba’s side was a little empty, but McCain was simply vacuous.

  11. Worlds End says at 2:14 pm, October 27th, 2008

    walnuts just used air quotes again.

  12. GlennBecksTaint says at 2:14 pm, October 27th, 2008

    From Spinal Tap to Mr. Burns, Harry Shearer lives the good life.

  13. 3dollarbill says at 2:15 pm, October 27th, 2008

    blader: nothing sez “maverick” like drinking tea in the same style as all those bridge club ladies to be found in the original “manchurian candidate”

  14. Anonymous Office Zombie says at 2:17 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Very Space Ghost Coast to Coast. All it needed were the cut-aways to Zorak and that weird humming noise.

  15. Not_So_Much says at 2:19 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Walnuts just sitting there reading the sports page makes him seem almost human.

  16. rmontcal says at 2:19 pm, October 27th, 2008

    ” “

  17. RadioFreeBabylon says at 2:19 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Brokaw picking lint off his leg is a great metaphor for Brokaw has linty legs.

  18. Texan Bulldoggette says at 2:22 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Can we get Fox News Channel to convert to this format?

  19. SelfDeprecatingFed says at 2:24 pm, October 27th, 2008

    I want the last 4 minutes of my life back.

  20. Special Agent Jack Mehoff says at 2:25 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Obama was clearly more attentive to being silent. McCain looked like he was phoning it in with his paper reading and his tea/coffee drinking.

  21. McCainsThirdNipple says at 2:28 pm, October 27th, 2008

    I must say, this was McCain’s best debate performance. He really spoke to me when he said nothing. And when he was silent, that really hit home. Obama never seemed to have a reply to anything McCain didn’t say.

  22. Chief Grinning Eagle says at 2:33 pm, October 27th, 2008

    My friend Russ Grazier died on the Forrestal on July 29th 1967. I learned that he was “Joe the Electrician” in the Navy from one of the memorial pages. His favorite expression when I knew him was “when in danger when in doubt, run in circles scream and shout.”

    McCain’s favorite expression must have been “Daddy get me out of this mess.”

    Wreck planes? He was just praaaaacticing.
    You know - to get to Carnegie Hall.

  23. The Cold Sea says at 2:45 pm, October 27th, 2008

    John McCain thinking
    Why did I listen to Schmidt
    Should have picked Romney

  24. swarm of bees says at 2:48 pm, October 27th, 2008

    When Walnuts! sat there silently, swallowing, you could see his under chin/neck area puff out like a frog. I feel sick…

  25. lazynamepicker says at 2:49 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Off the subject, but OMG! OBAMA STOLE CHRISTMAS!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doChINcDTJU&feature=channel

  26. Internally valid says at 2:51 pm, October 27th, 2008

    I’d say on substance it was a tie. Maybe McCain won narrowly on points. Nobody scored a knock-out blow, really. Which is to say that there was no buzzer-beating, Ussain Bolt type run-up-the-score home runs. But I think in the end, a tie goes to the runner and clearly Obama is the faster runner here.

    But, perhaps the most interesting part of the debate may have been when McCain read the sports page. That was clearly an attempt to appeal to the regular-Joe-six-plumbers of America. And I think it just might work. We’ll have to wait and see how that plays out in our focus group of undecided chubby white racists.

  27. Tommy Says Soooo says at 2:51 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Strangely, 25 undecided Columbus voters who expressed the wish that the candidates would just shut the f*** up are still undecided.

  28. shortsshortsshorts says at 2:53 pm, October 27th, 2008

    If only Joe Biden could follow this example.

  29. Lemming Caution says at 2:55 pm, October 27th, 2008

    is it just me, or does Senator McCain have terrifying pitch-black shark eyes? I had not noticed this before.

  30. President X says at 2:55 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Harry Shearer is no vampire - he looks older and older every year!

  31. bitchincamaro says at 3:00 pm, October 27th, 2008

    I call foul! Walnuts was farting the whole time.

  32. Obama won hands down. The Luo tribesman are renowned for their ability to silently sneak up on prey.

  33. Mike Gravel’s putdown of both these guys was perfect.

  34. Condiments-Only Diet says at 3:09 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Snore. I couldn’t get through it. Is my attention deficient?

  35. sublicon says at 3:09 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Bwahahaha

  36. tednugentslover says at 3:17 pm, October 27th, 2008

    McCain’s neck looks almost exactly like my scrotum.

    Which makes me think I need to Botox my scrotum.

  37. East of Sweden says at 3:21 pm, October 27th, 2008
  38. DoktorZoom says at 3:24 pm, October 27th, 2008

    As usual, a Harry Shearer bit is about 40% longer than it really needs to be.

  39. Mr Blifil says at 3:29 pm, October 27th, 2008

    That was pure art. Of course I just sat through the documentary on Zidane and liked it, so what the fuck do I know?

  40. Poor Harry Shearer. He really looks old. Is he a chain-smoker or something?

  41. bluebrazos says at 4:24 pm, October 27th, 2008

    tednugentslover: epic win

  42. O brave new world, that has such people in it…

    ‘Nuff not said.

  43. PeteJayhawk v2.0 says at 7:58 pm, October 27th, 2008

    slackdaemon: Earlier this year on a business trip to Chicago, I caught Shearer’s “Le Show” for the first time, on WBEZ. I listened for a while because hey, Harry Shearer might be funny.

    Nope. Holy crap it was uncomfortably unfunny. I went online when I got home to learn more about this radio abortion - apparently he’s been doing that crap for over 20 years? The entire show seems like a tribute to Shearer, by Shearer. Like he thinks he’s genius.

  44. LuckyJim says at 10:31 pm, October 27th, 2008

    I don’t know what you’re talking about - this is comedy GOLD!

    Granted, the fact that Shearer’s default voice is Whelan Smithers is somewhat disconcerting…

    GOLD!

    (cough)

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