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John McCain’s Hilariously Canned One-Liner About Barack Obama And Jimmy Carter!

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Hold the bacon.John McCain enjoys a well-deserved reputation as a charismatic, maverick jokester with a devastating wit. Plus, he likes Ernest Hemingway, so he knows good writin’! So it’s no surprise that, a minute and a half into an interview with Brian Williams, he would bust out with a fantastic bit of silver tonguery about Barack Obama being the second coming of Jimmy Carter — and then laugh uncomfortably at his own joke while Brian Williams asks, “Why do you say that?” See the excruciating footage after the jump. MORE »