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Friday, October 17. 2008

Roast

McCain roasts Obama at the Al Smith Dinner in NYC last night (h/t, Tiger). Amusing and good, as McCain tends to be (even if he cannot pronounce Zoroastrian. But who cares? Obama says "The Reverend Wright married Michelle and I..."):

Posted by The News Junkie in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 10:13 | Comments (10) | Trackbacks (0)

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Nice job . . .

Maverick.

Hey, I have reason to believe that likability can even get unlikely people . . .

Elected.

President.
#1 Everyman (Link) on 2008-10-17 10:51 (Reply)
McCain was so hilarious I couldn't believe it. Too bad the debates aren't white tie. oh... and begone with the stuffy moderators and put in someone funny who has no bias. We'd all feel better.
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#2 Meta on 2008-10-17 11:14 (Reply)
This is definately the best campaign performance so far. He mocked and ridiculed the One in true comedy fashion, then picked him up, dusted him off and laid him out again. Almost made me feel sorry for Barry...not!!!

Masterful performance!!!

Wonder how many of those Manhattan Democrats will be voting for McCain in the privacy of the voting booth??? I'm betting more than anyone is expecting.

I'm with Dr. Mercury...I think lots of people have enjoyed seeing an African-American go this far, but many are not prepared to vote for the young, inexperienced and far left candidate - at least this time.
#3 phil g on 2008-10-17 12:00 (Reply)
Yup, no doubt an old fighter pilot will have a far better sense of humor than a.....community organizer, a pretty grim, angry lot. Obama's humorless preaching is starting to wear thin what with the Joe The Plumber fiasco and the roof caving in on the massive voter fraud operation known as ACORN.

And still we haven't had the October Surprise, which may be the coup de grace on the Obama Campaign. I can just feel that the other shoe hasn't dropped yet, and I sense the Obamas are living in dread of it.....the "Mo" is shifting to McCain-Palin for the final stretch drive, just as I have predicted all along that it would.

Now, dig in, troops, now is not the time to go wobbly, as Maggie once admonished Bush 41! Dig in and game it to the wire, this is starting to be more fun than I had dared hope!
#4 greenmtnpunter on 2008-10-17 14:18 (Reply)
Thanks for putting that up, NJ. I had missed it.

Great job by McCain. Funny as hell. And best... biting wit. He scored a few points on the Messiah... who could only laugh at himself though he must have had a cringe hidden inside.

Is there a clip of Obama's performance out there anywhere?
#5 Luther McLeod on 2008-10-17 16:25 (Reply)
I heard clips of Obama's performance and it wasn't nearly as good as McCain's. It was flat as would be expected. Liberal politicians have a hard time with humor - their mission of saving the world is just to serious.
#6 phil g on 2008-10-17 19:55 (Reply)
One other thing that jumped out in Obama's performance...apparently Obama had not prepared any gracious comments towards McCain as McCain had for Obama as it was very evident that Obama was ad libbing in his awkward way trying to say something to match McCain's generous comments. Obama is a schmuck.
#7 phil g on 2008-10-17 19:59 (Reply)
Class act. Thanks for preserving some of the funniest political humor yet. Hillary's response was worth a million.
#8 J. Main on 2008-10-17 22:20 (Reply)
I think McCain was much much better then Obama. In fact, I think his attempt to make a joke of the AIG fat cats was in extremely poor taste. A lot of people lost their jobs with that farse of a company and even more were appalled at their "celebration" on taxpayer's dime. Maybe it was just me, but it left me with a sour taste in my mouth.
#9 kristy on 2008-10-17 23:29 (Reply)
Thanks for the reviews of Obama's performance. Most telling was the observation about his lack of gracious commentary for McCain. Why am I not surprised.

Shows who was the real man standing up there.
#10 Luther McLeod on 2008-10-18 01:14 (Reply)

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