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Jon Stewart and company look at John McCain’s attempt to allow voters to get to know him better by stopping at important locales of his personal biography, like Annapolis, where he attended flight school. Hmm…do you think he mentioned graduating at the bottom of his class? Watch how the media–if they pay any attention to him at all–goes along with this nostalgia tour without picking up on the fact that so much of Grandpa McCain’s history happened so long ago, like Harry Smith conveniently coming out with McCain’s high school yearbook (without pointing out that it’s been more than 50 years).
Anyway, this type of bus tour is bound to give McCain the kind of coverage he’s craving. He spoke at Annapolis this morning at 9:17 am. Let’s see how the cable news covered him: [shows MSNBC] oh, that’s gotta hurt. Obama giving a speech at the same time. McCain got Barack-blocked. Alright, how about the other networks? [changes to CNN] CNN? They’re talking about the mortgage crisis. [changes to FNC] Fox has…kids with weapons. [changes to C-Span] C-Span, really? C-Span isn’t covering it? Oh, what about the 24 Hour All Arizona Senator Channel? There’s a 50% chance that they’ll cover… [turns to speech by Sen. John Kyl] Really? Oh, the other guy? What else is on, is anybody covering McCain? [changes channel] Oh there’s Law & Order. [changes channel] There’s another Law & Order. [changes channel] There’s a Law & Order with…oh Christ, Fred Thompson’s getting more coverage! There’s not a…[change channel] oooh, a Law & Order SUV, that’s on…what about…what about..[changes to Grandpa Simpson on The Simpsons] ooh, there’s McCain. Alright. Oh wait, that’s not the case. You know what? Close enough, let’s hear what he has to say.
Correspondents Jason Jones, Samantha Bee and Rob Riggle have fun tracing back important dates in McCain’s history.
No Trackbacks To “The Daily Show: Welcome to McCain’s Monsters of Nostalgia Tour“
Come on Jon!!!!!! Cover McCains “accidents” requiring pants changes at some of these various campaign stops he’s doing.
Forget ‘Old Age’ — McCain ‘Bio Tour’ Proves He’s a Man of the ‘Middle Ages’
Oh man that was funny. And Stewart likes McCain.
Connor MacLeod… John McCain… hmmmmm.
There can be only one.
Mc Cain seems to imply that he DESERVES to be President given his family tree…..sorry pal, ain’t gonna happen.
Wow! Another riot by TDS writers and players… hilarious! And right on target again too!
As they say:
Young people speak of the future because they have no past.
Old people speak of the past because they have no future.
Not to change the subject (well, yeah, to change the subject) How come it’s OK for the Fed to bail out Bear Sterns and they didn’t bail out WorldCom where I lost my benefits and ahuge chunk of stock grants? Riddle me that.
Maybe Cindy McCain gets drunk, gets naked, and dances on a table with a lampshade on her head in the tour bus lounge so John has a reason to keep on keeping on.
♣Bangkok Bob♠ @ 8:
Riddle Solved. We’re getting screwed.
I suppose McCain is hoping GW Bush’s campaigning principles will work for him, too.
GET TO KNOW ME! You’ll like me! Vote for me because I’m somebody you’d love to have a beer with.
Well, McCain’s campaign will surely omit his screaming temper tantrums and senior moments, as GW’s campaign omitted his stupidity and fondness for farting at his staff to throw them off-message.
“Make a few promises know-nothings” is the commonality of Bush and McCain, and some people might genuinely LIKE them. But I like a lot of people that I know would be unable to be president of the US.
L.A. Confidential @ 9:
Got to get that picture out of my head … she must be the jockey, cause i don’t think he can ride.
Riggles made me spit out my coffee in the last bit.
Maybe that should be McCain’s campaign motto “There can be only one!”
♣Bangkok Bob♠ @ 8:
WorldCom probably didn’t contribute enough to the RNC coffers or support Bush for his takeover of the White House. (insert sarcasm) Shame, shame on WorldCom.
♣Bangkok Bob♠ @ 12:
LOL ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Just a small gripe - but why do you allow Murdoch’s propaganda rag to advertise on your site? I guess that you’re yet another one for whom money is money.
Sad to see.
I don’t think harping on McCain’s issue is really important. I think everyone gets it -
HE”S OLD.
However, the media doesn’t let people know that McCain flip-flopped on torture, can’t tell Iraq from Iran, coddles the loony rightwing Evangelicals, and is breaking the LAW on campaign finance.
THOSE are the real issues.
Harping on McCain’s AGE. Sorry.
ThunderMonkey @ 14:
In May 2003, the company was given a no-bid contract by the United States Department of Defense to build a cellular telephone network in Iraq. (After Ebbers was neatly disposed of.)
ChrisM70 @ 18:
Agreed but in his own way, Stewart is showing how ridiculous it is. Sort of when everyone started adding the name, “Hussein” to theirs to show how ridiculous that was. Maybe the age thing will go away now so the media can concentrate on the next shallow and vapid (is that redundant?) non-issue.
Even a liberal dose of rock & roll ain’t gonna wake up McSnoozer’s base.
18 minutes ago
NEW YORK - Gasoline prices extended their record run at the pump Thursday, but took a breather in futures trading as investors collected profits from the previous session’s huge advance.
Oh the investors yeah nice guys.
And know what else?
McCain is really old.
r @ 5:
Worked for Shrubbie, didn’t it?
mccain has something in the sho-biz world known as ’stage absence’… this anti-charismatic quality is going to hinder his run to be the wargasmic president.
i did get a kick out of the barack heckler footage yesterday. it was filmed in south philly’s italian market, and it was about 6 blocks from mi casa. ahhh, south philly loudmouths, luv ya!
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/vid.....eckler.cnn
L.A. Confidential @ 22:
You didn’t expect them to stay in real estate, did you?
I thought the bit was weak. Yes, McCain is fairly old, but I really don’t think he shows his age. He’s not Fred Thompson, barely able to stay awake. There are many more constructive things on which to make fun of the prevaricating “maverick”.
Blue Lensman @ 26:
Oil is the new “Gold”. Safe Haven.
r @ 5:
Uh, look at the current resident of the White House. It could happen again, if America doesn’t pay attention to this pattern of achieving fathers and grandfathers and underachieving, screw-up offspring!
Pennsylvanianne @ 29:
L.A. Confidential @ 30:
Sorry edit goof.
Biggus Diggus @ 27:
i do agree that concentrating on his age is a smokescreen, as the man is dangerous and his policy views, foreign policy dictates and coddling of right wing extremists should disqualify him from serious consideration.
that said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MruExQJF06A
Pennsylvanianne @ 29:
Speaking of it whats McCain going to achieve at his age?
Waking up in the morning and getting through the day without keeling over.
I mean come on already.
ChrisM70 @ 18:
Hey…Grandpa is the one who keeps bringing it up.
Blue Taliban Osama Buddha @ 4:
Blue Taliban Osama Buddha @ 4:
Conner MccLeod , Yea ! .
All this week, Republican presidential nominee John McCain is highlighting his biography during a “Service to America” tour designed to reintroduce himself to voters. Unfortunately, with each new stop, McCain only raises disturbing new questions about his past.
For the details, see:
“John McCain’s Bio Waste.”
Samson- @ 32:
You got to consider his age. He should be retired in Sun City not running for President at 72/73. Rev Wright is a smokescreen and is used over and over again. The Dems have to fight back. You can’t be nice against these folks. They won’t be nice to the Dems believe me. They use the race card, use the age card. If you ever saw McBush without makeup and the right lighting, Old…ddddddddddddddddddd. Grampa Simpson, Brilliant. Read the papers. They are saying nothing negative about McBush and picking on every word Obama and Clinton say. FIGHT BACK NOW. TAKE NO PRISONERS. REMEMBER SWIFTBOAT?
Err… Navy doesn’t have flight school in Annapolis, that’s where the Naval Academy is. Flight school is (and was) in Florida.
Big endorsement last week for McCain - Wilfred Brimley, who just may be younger than McCain.
Hey - where’s his vote against The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in Arizona, Jon?????
Si @ 16:
LOL - What was it Cindy Lauper said??
Money changes everything…
The Daily Show: Welcome to McCain’s Monsters of Nostalgia Tour
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnFu4njuoew
Annie @ 40:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl2c9G1R_a8
Oh, this is just what this country needs…..an old fart with lot of family stories to nauseate us with. I think I’m going to be sick.
This is really the best the repugs could do. Everyone else is under criminal investigation or they bailed out to become lobbyists before the deadline passed. God bless (HELP) America. We are in real trouble.
The media is such a sad joke when it comes to covering the “sweet old war hero”. I think I want to throw up again. This old far IS NO WAR HERO!!! He is a “war survivor”. The same as me and a few hundred thousand other war survivors. We lived to tell our ugly story. He was tortured. Ouch…that had to hurt, but then, by today’s standards it’s really just “enhanced interrogation”. But he is NOT a hero. Heroes are people who do something that puts their life at risk for the welfare and safety of others. mcbush never did that. He simply survived. He told them what they wanted to hear so they wouldn’t “enhance” him anymore.
This old fart is such a sad joke. This country and the media are such a sad, broken joke. Please….please, let this old fart retire to AZ where he can tell his stories to his wife and daughter, and keep them on the edge of their seats for the rest of his twisted life.
We don’t need another baboon’s ass in the White House EVER…..not even in 2012, 2016, 2020, etc. EVER!!!
Swashbuckler @ 38:
Swash, I’m always amazed at how little the public knows about the military. Naval aviators don’t learn to fly at Annapolis, they learn how to row a boat. Anchors away!
“Hmm…do you think he mentioned graduating at the bottom of his class?”
Nice reporting crooks and liars. Actually he did mention that repeatedly. What are you guys, fox news for Democrats?
Here’s the Baltimore Sun report:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/ne.....2174.story
“During a campaign speech at Navy’s football stadium yesterday, he joked about his rebellious years at the academy, where he graduated near the bottom of his class and accumulated “an impressive catalog of demerits.”
“By my reckoning, at the end of my second class year, I had marched enough extra duty to take me to Baltimore and back 17 times - which, if not a record, certainly ranks somewhere very near the top,” said McCain, who often makes self-deprecatory references to his academy experience.”
ronhohn @ 7:
Thanks for saying it again.
Si @ 16:
It’s a Google Ad, which rotates, based on keywords. Since we focus on the conservative political crooks and liars, it filters for that as a keyword. We can’t control what comes up, and taking it down would result in a significant loss of revenue necessary to keep the site going. Unless all our readers want to pony up some cash to pay the overhead, the ads are a necessary evil.
Annie @ 40:
Annie, I’ve watched you make insinuating comments about the integrity of this site for several days now. If you feel that way, please find another site more to your liking, but I’m not interested in any more of your bizarro liberal purity notions about this site. Everyone here works too hard to have someone like you constantly questioning and castigating us. If you make another comment like that, I will have the site team ban your IP.