Dukakis in Tank, Kerry windsurfing and now this the ultimate campaign ender

[grantcart]

edited to add



shit we could have saved all that time and money and just had this lol

another angle from bill219

[WCGreen]

1. You mean I gotta wait til 4:30 for the special....

[VolcanoJen]

110. Just watched the repeat on CNN, and BAM! There it is!!!

It comes right after they shake hands, and McCain says "good job! good job!"



I'm dyin'!!!!!!

[K Gardner]

154. Is there video of this anywhere yet?

[krkaufman]

291. It's from McCain goofing around with Bob Schieffer ...

... trying to figure out which side of the desk to circle around in order to shake hands.

So very un-Presidential.

[msongs]

2. that picture WITH obama included is gonna be famous nt

[Bill219]

5. You mean this one

[grantcart]

10. adding that to the OP with your permission

[Ikonoklast]

67. LOOK OUT, BARACK!!!

[kenny blankenship]

73. He's on your six!

4 stars and closing!

[Kaleko]

106. This is nothing.

You should see him after midnight...



...when the transformation is complete.

[bugisbug]

151. Oh, thank you...

I just peed my pants a little.  

[slampoet]

196. soker number two. er ah one.

[Greyskye]

244. SOMEBODY flip one of these photos and put McCain in there. Please?

[goclark]

275. Are you sure he was not having a seizure of some type

Could that happen with a TIA?

Seriously, I'm concerned about his health.

[jwirr]

285. Yes, that does not look normal. I am assuming it was when he was

staggering the wrong way around the table at the very end. Old man lost.

[trusty elf]

289. Nice idea! Here you go.

I made him a hunchback.

[Greyskye]

331. EXCELLENT! Thanks!

[ElboRuum]

276. Are you equating McCain with Nosferatu??!??!?!

Ok, I can accept that.

[Kaleko]

283. Let's see... Bloodsucker? Check. Undead? Yep.

Creepy nocturnal activities... Just ask Cindy Mc.

There's so much more we haven't yet found out.

[Phredicles]

72. Someone who makes a t-shirt of this will earn $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$...

[DangerousRhythm]

107. How about a magnet and a sticker? McBraaaaains!

http://www.cafepress.com/McBrains

Look out Barack! He's trying to suck out your sweet brain juice... NOOOOOO!!

[tblue]

190. Enough to cover the bailout! Oh my gosh, that is SO FUNNY!

[Connonym]

116. dupe

[Richard D]

216. Brains . . . .

[SuperTrouper]

156. NOSFERATU!!!!

[CatsDogsBabies]

3. I think you are right

Was he doing the same thing in the group photo? What in the world was he doing?

[Cha]

4. Not photoshop? What's he gacking

about now?

[grantcart]

24. recheck the OP with new angles

[Cha]

27. Thanks I will..it's just an incredible

look and posture. One that you imagine mccain is capable of but here it is in living color.

[jhrobbins]

247. What exactly was the context of that weirdness?

[Cha]

37. Wait till Obama sees it! Which I'm sure he

has by now Weirdo.

[willing dwarf]

124. He was trying to figure out which way to exit the stage.

I can't help feeling pity for him. I saw it happen, and I wondered who would be so cruel as to play it up. So long as he doesn't get elected, I'm comfortable enough just pitying him.

[WinkyDink]

143. "Cruel"???? Listen, "CRUEL" is our DEAD and MAIMED from IRAQ, OKAY??

[renate]

179. who among us hasn't done something like that? not me, that's for sure

Ellen DeGeneres or Paula Poundstone--I think it was Ellen--had a routine about how when you're walking down the street and trip, and people see you, you do a little hop as if to say "I meant to do that," or you start running to cover it up. This is similar--making a goofy face to laugh at yourself so others won't beat you to it.

I think this humanizes him. It's hilarious, but it also makes him seem like a real person. It reminds me of the old John McCain, who could laugh at himself.

[xxqqqzme]

193. sorry - 'old' mclame

was not programmed to laugh at himself. He was a boozin', carousin', border-line compulsive gamblin', hot-tempered assh*le from all accounts.

We really don't need two consecutive boozer assh*les in the white house.

[PopeRatzo]

313. "who among us hasn't done something like that?"

Never in front of 70-plus million television viewers when you're trying to make them believe that you'd be a good leader during a time of several very serious crises, and that you're the steadier, more serious candidate.

Nope, never done that.

It's retirement time, John. I'm not even sure Arizona wants him back now.

[RobertSeattle]

180. McCain is exitting alright, stage FAR RIGHT.

[TankLV]

6. oh common, that's GOTTA be photoshopped!

right?

right?

[Lisa0825]

9. No, it's real!!!! I saw it live from another angle!

He did a little sidestep while trying to figure out which way to go to shake the mod's hand, and he made that face. It just looks much funnier closeup and from that angle, but it really was on the video!

[flpoljunkie]

169. Photo with caption.

US Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) reacts to almost heading the wrong way off the stage after shaking hands with Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) at the conclusion of the final presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, October 15, 2008. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

[krkaufman]

292. The caption misstates the actual context

McCain wasn't having trouble finding his way off the stage.

This undignified moment came just after Obama had reached across the desk to shake hands with Bob Schieffer after the debate, when McCain and Schieffer started heading in the same counter-clockwise direction around the debate desk to do likewise. Seeing they were heading in the same direction, McCain lunged right-and-left, goofily, and stuck out his tongue, before heading back around the desk, to his left, clockwise, to meet and shake hands with Schieffer.

The point, to me, is how un-Presidential McCain is. I don't want another 4 years of a goofball Presidency.

[anigbrowl]

323. Captions are supposed to be brief

I think the caption describes it perfectly - adding more detail is a news report, not a caption.

[krkaufman]

334. Interesting.

If the caption is factually inaccurate then I'd think it's short of perfect, especially since McCain wasn't exiting the stage at that point. Once finally shaking hands with Schieffer, McCain remained on the stage with his wife for some time, waving to the crowd, so it is factually inaccurate.

As for brevity...

US Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) reacts to almost heading the wrong way off the stage after shaking hands with Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) at the conclusion of the final presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, October 15, 2008. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

And I'd hardly call this caption brief, nor would it have been lengthened much by reporting the incident accurately.

YMMV, but I'd prefer to not follow in the path of the Right Wing and would like to stick with the reality-based community.

[pipi_k]

238. I saw it too

from another angle, but it's waaaaay funnier in a photo

[blossomstar]

11. It's real.

It happened when they were walking off the stage. It is bizzare in still form. People are not amused this time around. He's acting like monkey bush and it isn't pretty.

[grantcart]

15. look at the OP added to include two other angles

[1Hippiechick]

99. It was when they were leaving the stage, and McCain realized that he was going in the wrong

direction - following Obama off stage when he should have turned and gone off stage the way he came in. Just his reaction at his own gaffe. Too bad we don't have other photos of his raised eyebrows and that God-awful smirk.

[krkaufman]

293. No, it happened when McCain was trying to circle the debate desk ...

... to shake hands with Bob Schieffer. Obama and Schieffer shook hands across the desk, but McCain and Schieffer both began circling the desk counter-clockwise to meet and shake hands. At which point McCain did his undignified back-and-forth jig with his tongue stuck out before heading clockwise to meet with Schieffer and shake hands.

[1Hippiechick]

321. And wasn't that at the end of the debate?

[krkaufman]

335. Yes, it *was* at the end of the debate.

But neither man was leaving the stage at that point. McCain was reacting to the confusion between him and Bob Schieffer in accomplishing their post-debate handshake. After which, both Obama and McCain remained on the stage for some time, with their spouses, waving to the crowd.

[Overseas]

199. I remember that tongue way out moment. Very odd.

I wondered what that weird dance was about. What's with the tongue flapping?

I thought his earlier tongue darting around was due to whatever his prescription cocktail for the evening might have been.

But his kind of -- Yee Haw I'm Done, stick out tongue and do some steps -- stood out as quite the goofy moment.

[Bushies gotta go]

255. Nope, no PS... and nobody noticed...

how when they came on stage at the beginning, Barack was gracious enough to shake Bob Schieffer's hand... but McCain just ignored him while tripping over himself trying to get over to Barack to shake his (Barack's) hand...

[gateley]

7. Is that a legit photo? If so, what on earth was going on? Thanks. nt

[grantcart]

13. three angles look at the OP now

[bigtree]

17. yes, it's legit

they're posted on the yahoo photo page

[politicasista]

333. And was live at the end of the debate

When he was nervously shaking hands with Obama.

[blossomstar]

18. It's real. I couldn't believe my eyes when it was happening.

This is the end for McCain. Thank God.

[Madam Mossfern]

21. Look at him at the end of the debate

His behavior was beyond bizarre. He was sort of jerky dancing and the "Good job good job good job to Obama was frenetic. He obviously felt good about himself in his little pixie dance.

[psychopomp]

22. Yeah, I saw it at the close of the debate

He went on, after that, shuffling around aimlessly onstage just like dumbya in China.

This will be McLame's final impression on the American people!

[grantcart]

32. youtube classic in the making 5 million hits by Nov 4th

[RagAss]

8. I'm pissing my pants here......!

[D23MIURG23]

12. LMAO... what the fuck?!

If McCain wasn't such a douchebag I might actually feel sorry for him. Worst. Candidate. Ever.

[bunkerbuster1]

125. Huh? So it's real and not photoshopped... holy cow!

[ProSense]

14. Sorry, why do you need to throw Dems in with this loser? n/t

[grantcart]

19. man the juxtaposition is unbelievable

[ProSense]

34. Sorry,

it sucks. The photos of McCain are damning enough.

[Arugula Latte]

16. Halloween came early this year, my friends.

[depakid]

28. I still don't trust that this is real

if it is, we'll find out in a couple of days.

[Lisa0825]

39. It's real. I saw it live. nt

[MidwestTransplant]

41. I totally noticed when it happened. He and the moderator were trying to figure out which side of

the table to meet on.

[depakid]

76. I'm rewatching the debate right now to do a non-verbal assessment

(something I was too riled up to do properly the first time)- so I will look for that bit.

[depakid]

92. Just finished the re-watch

It's real alright- and was very creepy- and highly inappropriate under the circumstances.

btw: as to non-verbals: the low ranking monkey on MSNBC: Gregory- didn't get the smiling deal- though he surely recognized and acted threatened by it.

[depakid]

94. Tell me now that McCain isn't Bush

[crazylpn]

230. OMG!!! That's too funny!

I agree depakid!! They're both fucked up!!

[1Hippiechick]

100. I thought it was at the end of the debate when they were LEAVING the stage - McCain should have

turned and gone out the way he came in rather than follow Obama off stage.

[teknomanzer]

84. Its real... very real... I saw it live...

When I saw it live I didn't think much about it... but the picture, wow, that is priceless. I've got some strange mixed feelings about it. On the one hand I feel bad for the old codger, but I just can't stop laughing every time I see it.

Folks, this is history right here. This has been, without a doubt, the most bizarre election I have seen in my lifetime. And this final debate has been the topper. I'm thinking of watching the whole thing over again just so I can verify McCain's strange facial expressions - just to see if what I thought I was seeing was in fact really there. I am certain I saw McCain roll his eyes when Obama suggested that we should stipulate that workers be treated fairly and allowed to organize as part of any trade agreement we make with another country. There were also moments were McCain appeared to be seething with rage. At other points he was just plain condescending. And then at the end where he was saying "Great job" it just seemed so strange - the icing on the cake was when McCain couldn't figure out which way to go around the table and he makes that goofy face. Truth be told that pretty much sums up his whole campaign. John McCain, he doesn't know which way to go.

I have a very guarded optimism because of the way the elections ended in 2000 and 2004, but I am going to say that this is pretty much over except for the counting.

[windbreeze]

127. yep...how true this is...

"I have a very guarded optimism because of the way the elections ended in 2000 and 2004, but I am going to say that this is pretty much over except for the counting."

key words in this sentence...."this is pretty much over except for the counting"....unfortunately, that seems to be right where the biggest problem is...wb

[mhatrw]

224. It would be pretty much over except for the counting.

[tavalon]

326. In a fair fight, we won 6 weeks ago,

but in this atmosphere of GOP hijinx, I will not be okay until Senator Obama is in the White House.

[dave29]

88. it's real. He was confused (again) about which way he was supposed to go. He made that face

then turned around and went the other way, after being momentarily disoriented

[LooseWilly]

91. I second that.

It was real. He thought he was being cute, covering up his phrenetic confusion about which way to exit.

Must be using meth to keep himself "focussed"...

[dchill]

102. Real.

[VolcanoJen]

111. Totally for real. Just watched the repeat on CNN.

It comes at the very end of the debate, right after they shake hands and McCain says, "good job! good job!" and goes to leave the stage. He was (I can only guess here) trying to be funny. But it totally truly honestly happened, I can assure you.



I'm dyin'!!!!

[krkaufman]

294. No, it wasn't when they were "leaving the stage."

I'm amazed at the number of people unable to accurately report the circumstances of McCain's foolishness. The tongue-extension and back-and-forth jig came when McCain was looking to circle the debate desk to shake hands with Bob Schieffer, but saw they were both headed, fruitlessly, counter-clockwise around the desk. After the undignified dance, McCain headed the other direction and shook hands with Schieffer, before exiting the stage.

[VolcanoJen]

322. ohfergawdssake

I'm reasonably certain I wrote "goes to leave the stage." Sorry I wasn't verbose enough in my Daily McCain Humiliation for you; I was just attempting to point out that the thing wasn't a photoshop and that moment really happened.

[krkaufman]

336. Certainly reasonable. But there are far too many people in this thread ...

... who are/were trying to gin-up another "McCain lost on stage" moment, and I'd rather not have that as a post-debate talking point. I wouldn't want the story of the goofiness and undignified behavior to be undercut by protests of ageism.

Peace be with you. And good luck down there with the GOTV. Hope you're seeing more support.

[VolcanoJen]

338. Come to Ohio and lend a hand

Let this inspire you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYZ54575V4E

Great Illinois DUers like mopinko are coming... come. Fight. Work. Don't let it ever be said that you were a bystander.

(I sound like my mother with this guilt thing!!)

[krkaufman]

343. I just voted early here in Illinois ...

... and will be heading down to my hometown, on the border of Missouri, in the next few days to see about doing some canvassing and GOTV across the river.

[Stuckinthebush]

150. I saw it live and laughed

He was making a silly gesture as he caught himself walking off the stage the wrong way.

[tblue37]

167. Real. I saw it while watching the debates. At the end he does it when he

starts to leave to the wrong side. When the debate vids are up on YouTube you'll see it. It looks much worse in a still shot, but it looked pretty bad in the actual live action shot.

Then later, when the candidates and spouses are at the front of the stage together facing the audience, he does another tongue-out face. Very bizarre. And before that second sticking-tongue-out face at the end, he does several weird thumbs up gestrues--frantic, freaky, not ordinary thunmbs up gestures.

I think he was on meds.

[jwirr]

286. Many of us watching saw this moment for ourselves.

[graywarrior]

20. *chocking on my own laughter*

[grantcart]

25. lol

[Born_A_Truman]

23. OMG LMAO

[apocalypsehow]

26. Lord have mercy. I'm NOT gonna say it

but I want to reeeeeel bad....

[grantcart]

40. its alright go ahead

[kenny blankenship]

43. You're among friends...

[MidwestTransplant]

29. I almost felt bad for McCain there. His nerves were shot. He knows he is finished.

[KingFlorez]

30. I'm on the floor, rolling right now

This whole thing has drove McCain out of his mind

[Joe Chi Minh]

131. He seems to look older and angrier than ever each time he appears.

He really seemed to be trying to be civil this time, but I believe he still couldn't bring himself to say "Senator Obama," though I didn't catch the whole programme.

At the stage I came in to watch it, McCain seemed to be studiously facing front at the camera. Then it showed him and Obama looking across at each other, and I wondered if they'd indicated to him that he should face Obama and look at him, or whether the brief, earlier angle had been a legitimate one, just different.

Anyway, that presidential campaign trail is no place for an old geezer, especially when he starts off angry. It seems strange going on about his anger, because it's been a particularly stupid jibe against Democrats - but then if they're weren't angry, feeling and expressing the anger of the people, they would be morally impaired. Some things demand a sense of human outrage, but what's McCain got to be angry about? He wants to win the thing, crazy as it sounds, so his stress is self-inflicted. Where is is his moral compass? Why is he a Neocon, like any other? Looting the country and its people without evincing any sense of shame. Where is he shame about his role in the deregulation, for example, in which he played a very vociferous role?

[thewiseguy]

31. OMG! WTF is this?

[Danger Mouse]

33. What. the. fuck.

[Starry Messenger]

35. I remember this scene in "Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas"

with Johnny Depp playing HST. Flapping his tongue. Brr.

[file83]

270. It seems McCain "took too much" of the Adrenachrome....

from the little brown bottle!

Even so, I'm sure HST would NOT approve of the beast in this photo!

[meow mix]

36. the ultimate in campaign killing images.

this one will NEVER be beat

[bluedawg12]

64. The picture matches his ethics. n/t

[1Hippiechick]

101. As does his VP choice - bottom of the barrel. n/t

[cbc5g]

38. Geez and I thought the golfcart and "property of #41" was the worst

[pirate_satellite]

42. I always knew

McCain was using his Lizard Brain, but like a Spiderman villain it looks like it's taken him over completely.

[Withywindle]

44. GET OUTTA THE WAY! NOSFERATU'S HAWKIN' UP A HAIRBALL

seriously,

[bluedawg12]

55. Call an exorcist! n/t

[Stuckinthebush]

153. LMAO!

That made me spit coffee this morning!

DUzy!

[d_b]

45. heres the song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzNoXjU-5kg

now someone go make a YTMND

[DB1]

46. Obviously he is channeling the Bushes, puking and losing his way off stage simultaneously.

[bluedawg12]

63. LMAO! That big lying tongue will tell. LOL! n/t

[PADemD]

325. DUZY!

[nannycee]

47. I laughed when this happened live!

He was headed the wrong way and realized it and made that face and went the other. Cracked me up!

[BREMPRO]

48. Mcgag looks SO presidential... HA!

[bluedawg12]

60. Mchairball can't pick his chair

without repug talking points on his legal pad to guide him.

[chknltl]

49. Will we ever know what Burns added to McCain's Geritol???

[Canuckistanian]

50. He looks like he's coughing up a furball

And WTF is he doing with his hands?

[pipi_k]

240. OMG the tears are spewing from my eyes...

a furball!!!!

bwahahahahahahahahahahh

[Blue_In_AK]

51. Oh, my God, I'm choking.

That is HILARIOUS.

[TTUBatfan2008]

52. Obama should make an ad with this...

seriously. This old codger is not fit to be President. It's pretty clear. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words! LOL.

[bluedawg12]

53. Just look at those two!

OMG- one is calm and dignified and the other is like the picture of Dorian Grey come to life.

Jeebus, is the man possessed?

Picking a chair must be one tought decision for him.

[TheDonkey]

54. wtf is the context behind this???

Time to trot out the McClown nickname again. WTF is he doing.

[bluedawg12]

58. Trying to pick his chair! Really.

Without KKKarl can't make a decision.

[Zookeeper]

75. I think this was immediately after the debate. Although he may...

have acted goofy before the debate, also, and I just missed it.

[Joe Chi Minh]

133. I thought a good caption for the clip where Tom Brokaw asked him

who he would choose as a replacement for Paulson, and he replied, "Not you... Tom..., would have been "Tom and geri."

[Fla Dem]

155. He got confused about which way to exit the stage.

Seems to be a problem for Repugs.

[quiet.american]

56. Seriously, what's the deal? Was he having a convulsion, or just being a fool? nt

[Drunken Irishman]

61. From the video, he began walking behind Obama and then decided to stop and walk the other way.

Why he did that, I don't know.

[kenny blankenship]

65. Maverick!

He doesn't know why either.
Actually, I expect they had the two candidates enter from opposite sides, and as Letterman advised him last week, you should leave the way you came in. McCain is so used to being led by Obama now that he just naturally started to follow him off the stage.

[Joe Chi Minh]

136. Children and very old people often tend to speak and act spontaneously.

Remember the grandmother in the Golden Girls?

[formercia]

146. Late onset Tourette Syndrome

or, perhaps Mc was just showing off his new tongue job.

John, you have to do something about that bifurcated tail of yours.

[Matariki]

57. oooh - I see a viral email

[TTUBatfan2008]

59. Hopefully...

Letterman, Leno, O'Brien, and Ferguson will pick up on this. LOL.

[kenny blankenship]

68. They have a fiduciary responsibility to make the most of this material

Technically, they have to use it. They can be sued for negligence by their respective networks' stockholders if they do not.

[firedupdem]

62. My son was on the floor laughing! He kept rewinding it and

laughing until I sent him to bed. That man looked crazy as hell. All he needed to do was go the other way...all that tongue action was disgusting!!

[autorank]

66. Well this is amazing but I've got to tell you

that this is really sad. There's no way, no conceivable circumstance at all, that McCain- Palin
should win more than 20% of the vote even if this were not an issue.

BUT, good grief, there are some serious health factors here.

Obama was terrific tonight and I'll bet he knows on some level that he's dealing with a fragile
person, no matter what nastiness comes forth. I'll bet that's why he didn't just wipe the floor
with him. Very classy move on his part.

[Withywindle]

69. Obama had to debate Alan Keyes so he knows how to deal with fragile and batshit.

[grantcart]

79. lol

[autorank]

83. This points to a profound decency on Obama's part.

When McCain started up with Joe the Plumber I was waiting for something like The Undertaker's "last ride" I mean the plumbers union endorsed him! He didn't do it and I was wondering why? The smack down in the second debate on "doesn't understand" was right up there with the great ones - elegant and effortless but utterly devastating. So why didn't he go for it with a plumber union reply - 'Joe the plumber ought to talk to his' fellow members of the plumbers union. They just endorsed me." McCain: "Joe's not in the union." Big win Obama. I learned something about him tonight very positive.

Keyes was training for Palin

[Withywindle]

242. That's one thing that I love about him even when it frustrates me.

The part of me that's not a very nice person really wanted to see McCain't goaded into a full-on frothing cussing meltdown on live TV. He was so close to the edge and Obama wouldn't even have had to look bad to provoke it. It would have been so easy. And he didn't. He was courteous and beat the nasty old coot in a fair and classy way.

[msanthrope]

215. I'd forgotten the Keyes debate--I wonder if the McCain camp

ever reviewed that reel....

[New Dawn]

70. K&R

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

71. I knew I'd seen those hands somewhere before:

[Zookeeper]

74. I'm glad I wasn't the only one who noticed McCain's nervous...

freaky attempt at humor!

Also, right before Michelle and Cindy came on stage, he did another weird little dancing around thing.

[Sunnyshine]

77. Oh my side hurts. I think I just died LMFAO. Do NOT vote for odd lizard like men for President!

It is forbidden.

[Uzybone]

78. Holy shit!

[Jim Sagle]

80. 'Th...th...th...that's all, folks. Badeeb adeeb adeeb...'

[4lbs]

81. LMAO! You really need to put a "not beverage safe" warning on these things

so that people don't snort liquids out their noses.

[ecstatic]

82. holy... is that real or photoshopped? I assumed it was photoshop wtf

[grantcart]

85. real he was following Obama around to the front and realized that would not

be a good picture so he made a little funny move and went around the other way - didn't turn out to well for him.

[OneSelf]

90. It's easy to spot a photoshop

[beac]

108. BRAVO!!

And quick work too!

(You should post the PNG for McTongue for a DU Photoshop challenge. )

[OneSelf]

201. Great idea!

Here you go.



It's not perfectly clean (especially the hands), but it should be good enough to do some chops.

[beac]

206. Thank you!

I posted your excellent work and a challenge here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[OneSelf]

207. Excellent!

I look forward to seeing the replies when I get home from work tonight.

Thanks again!

[Connonym]

118. DUZY ALERT!!!

[OneSelf]

202. Hey thanks!

[racaulk]

166. OMFG that's hilarious!!!!

[OneSelf]

203. LOL

Thanks racaulk.

[Politicalboi]

212. That's a great

Picture

[mhatrw]

227. LOL! That explains the tongue. n/t

[tammywammy]

261. LMAO!

[drowz1]

327. Inspired by Dawn Of The Dead

[Forkboy]

339. LOL....McCain must inspire zombie comparisons a lot.

Great minds think alike.

Welcome to DU!

[WindRiverMan]

86. Oh SHIT is that funny!

[Pisces]

87. This is so funny, I woke my dog up laughing!!

[grantcart]

93. lol

[chknltl]

89. Speaking of peeing on parades....

I DO hope someone posts this in the freep republkkk soon. I checked over there about an hour or so ago and most of 'em felt Mccain won!!!!

[EFerrari]

95. John McCain does Steve Martin?

[grantcart]

96. lol

[EFerrari]

97. Jackie's ghost would freak over those state dinners!

[WinkyDink]

147. "Mother?"

[chknltl]

98. McCain needs thought balloon: "(Is that a fly on his butt?)"

[nolabels]

105. Now i know why Palin thinks dinosaurs roamed the earth so recently

[EFerrari]

219. LOL!

[VolcanoJen]

103. Shut UP this is real??!!??????

Saw this somewhere else and thought "Oh, that's cute."

But you're telling me this shit is REAL?????? NFW!!

[1Hippiechick]

104. who is that in the middle pix? Is someone filming behind a 2-way "window" or is it a reflection?

[Monk06]

109. Mc Gramps is Eric, the Phantom of the opera

Here he is offering Sarah the VP spot on the ticket

[krispos42]

112. McCain's trying to get his hands on the "seat of government"

FAIL

[DangerousRhythm]

113. Senator Government!

[Waiting For Everyman]

114. McSpazz attack!

[victoryparty]

115. THANK YOU for posting this!

Since he says he's not GWB, these pictures now officially supercede the ones of him hugging Bush.

[terrya]

117. That can't be real. I love it, but it can't be real.

[tblue37]

173. Oh, it's for real. We who watched the debate saw it live. nt

[Eugenian]

235. It's an actual wire service photo.

http://timesonline.typepad.com/uselections/2008/10/what...

http://www.svd.se/nyheter/inrikes/bildspecial/artikel_1...

[RBInMaine]

119. PRECIOUS !! GO VIRAL WITH THIS !!!

[file83]

271. It's already viral - I got an email from a friend who NEVER sends emails

about politics. And I got it before I saw this thread - so it's official: Gone Viral.

[City Lights]

120. What a way to start the day!

[formercia]

121. He was just showing off his new body mod.

Mc had a forked tongue job.

[Liberalboy]

122. WTF is he doing????

[alphafemale]

123. kick!

[Teaser]

126. OH MY GOD. IT'S THE "ELAINE DANCE" FROM SEINFELD.

"like a full body dry heave..."

[Coexist]

128. that is an actual photo??

[berni_mccoy]

129. He's AN ALIEN FROM the show "V"... A Lizard that's gonna EAT OBAAM! LOOK OUT OBAMA!

[BelgianMadCow]

280. OBAAM, that's good. Appropriate sound for Nov the 5th :-) nt

[windbreeze]

130. Apparently this picture is being seen world wide....

but the funniest caption I have seen so far...is one from another site, ...McCain was speaking in tongues, in order to get more of the Christian vote....made me lol (I almost woke my dog up too)...wb

[psychmommy]

132. i can hear britehorn's obama boy song in the background

sung in john mccain voice: i'm in love with obama.
i caption the pic of them together-"and i thought sarah had a nice bottom, she has nothing on obama. must touch bottom!" hahahaha
grantcart, you are bad and i love it, this is my screen saver now.

[pleah]

134. Yep, the creep factor if off the charts! n/t

[bullwinkle428]

135. He looks like my cat when she coughs up a furball!

[seabeyond]

137. ok, now seriously. what physical condition/illness causes a body to do this

this was out of control, .... body acting on own. look at the first picture and the tightening of muscle. the body is doing something

what illness.

man, that looks bad

[WinkyDink]

148. Republicanism.

[seabeyond]

158. lol lol lol. i love

when i got o read a reply and humor is not a thought and then boom.... lol lol i get a chuckle. thanks.

[Eugenian]

243. I think he was making a funny face to be funny in a

self-deprecating way (if someone with his ego is capable of self-deprecation).

But he has, in previous debates, had a habit of doing weird stuff with his tongue:



Some medications (some antidepressants; amphetamines such as Adderall; etc.) can cause tongue ticks. I'm not a doctor and I don't even play one on TV. I'm just sayin'.

[Ladyhawk]

259. God, I love Stephen Colbert.

He's helped me through a LOT of shit.

[jakem]

138. OMG.. I just laughed myself into an asthma attack!

This thread needs a warning label.

[DevonRex]

149. Just had to go get my inhaler. This is the funniest thread EVAH.

Wonder if he was making cat-throwing-up-a-hairball noises.

[tblue]

186. I have never laughed so hard in my life!

[Algorem]

139. The new Halloweeen dance craze!Do The McCain kids!Ack!Ack!

[blm]

140. Windsurfing takes strength and BALANCE. Bush staying in office took ELECTION FRAUD. Thanks for

advancing RW spin and coverups and for protecting the DNC chairs who sat on their hands for years while state party infrastructures collapsed so NO DEM NOMINEE or Dem candidate in 2000, 2002 or 2004 could get the votes they earned secured and counted.

RW corpmedia spin is the EASIEST route, though.

[ProSense]

159. It's completely ridiculous to link these photos of McCain to Kerry windsurfing.

The photos are funny as hell, the title of this thread sucks.

[politicasista]

232. Yep n/t

[wisteria]

314. Amen! I was appalled when I saw this. n/t

[WinkyDink]

141. WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

142. WAZZZUPPPPP!!!!!

[bushisanidiot]

144. McFart can't help but shoot himself in the foot every single time he makes a public appearance.

Can you imagine the offensive things he'd say and do when meeting with world leaders??

[Ilsa]

145. For his next act, he's going to do his Boris Yeltzin imitation.

While I appreciate his sense of self-deprecating humor, he doesn't look very presidential. This wasn't the right time for it.

[Mark E. Smith]

152. He's a tongue maverick

And he'll stick it out any time he pleases.

[bugisbug]

157. Just showed pics to my children - 7 & 4...

they wanted to see what I was laughing about.  My 7 yr old
daughter took one look at McCain and said," Ugh. He's
not going to be president looking like that."  Then they
started to dance "The McCain."

Too much

[karynnj]

160. Kerry windsurfing? Give me a break you know better than this

Kerry windsurfed for a few hours during the Republican convention when campaigning is not done. It was a small media photo op. The fact is that it showed a happy, athletic candidate on a beautiful Nantucket day. In any other campaign, this would have been a way to get a small amount of positive, feel good coverage during the Republican convention. The media, some Kerry staff and Teresa were in the boat, all obviously enjoying the outing. This did not show a personality flaw or anything wrong with the candidate. It was good clean fun. In fact, it might have eliminated the Republican opportunity to try a whisper campaign or a push poll like a Democratic opponent tried in Iowa, asking if you would still vote for him knowing he was dying of cancer.

This is a country that loves sports and fitness. The Republicans were extolling Bush's mountain biking - even as he had a tendency to fall off. The Republicans and their media allies worked to make Bush seem like the athlete, he wasn't - enough so Sports Illustrated readers voted him more athletic than Kerry. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/POLLSERVER/results/122...
This so mystified one editor of the magazine that he nominated Kerry as athlete of the year - http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/magazine/specials... /

The fact is that the Republicans used a photo of Kerry windsurfing that they moved around on a background for the ad. There were photos of Kerry windsurfing going back at least to 1998. Wind surfing is not an elitist sport - golf which many Presidents play is more expensive. It does require coordination and fitness. Now, before you say that the clothes worn look strange - remember that Clinton won after being photographed jogging in too tight shorts - leading to jokes that he jogged to McDonalds.

I defended Biden, who you supported, in the primary fights when he was stereotyped by comments that were clearly his least thoughtful and not typical. Here, you are taking cheap shots at two good Democrats who deserve better. In case you missed it, there has been no better surrogate than Kerry in support of Obama/Biden. It is too bad that Kerry didn't have a surrogate as good as he himself has been this year.

[grantcart]

171. The importance of the Dukakis and Kerry photos have nothing to do with their context

or facts but the perception that they took on in the popular culture. The impact the pictures had in the campaign is well established and referring to that fact is not a polemical against either of them.

The same is true here. While the video of McCain is a little odd it doesn't do nearly the damage of the still photos who most people on the thread think has to be faked.

It is not about the polemical of the pictures but how pictures have an impact in the popular culture.

Not that it matters but I was never a Biden supporter in the primaries.

[ProSense]

177. "the perception that they took on in the popular culture. " Created by RW spin

Are you suggesting that you're spinning the image of McCain as ridicilous?

You know, there are a lot of legit criticisms of Hillary posted and you are one of the first to try to criticize any such post.

If this title had included Hillary's name, the thread would have been hijacked by personal attacks, claims of "not cool" and eventually be locked.

Evidently, gratuitous RW spin involving Kerry is more acceptable than legitimate criticism.

[ProSense]

188. Congrats, your post title ridiculing Kerry by associating him with this goof

is on DU's front page.

[politicasista]

254. While issues that are important sink like the Titanic n/t

[karynnj]

267. I clearly had your name mixed up with someone else

The Kerry picture actually had very little to do with the results. There are at least 10 things that people have sited as why Kerry lost. The fact is that Bush's approval was still around 50%. The Presidents who lost, were far lower. The closest, Ford, was around 45% - and Carter barely won.

In Kerry's case, had there been sufficient voting machines in Ohio, he would have won - and it would have been a major upset.

I've seen enough comments you made on this thread to see that you think you are right and will not reconsider. I've seen windsurfing on vacation - and I did not think it looked "silly", it was graceful and fun to watch - and neither my husband or I gave a second's consideration on whether we were fit enough to even try. If Bush had been able to do stay upright long enough to get a photo the Republicans would have proudly used the picture.

The NYT a month before the election had an op-ed speaking of how if he were Republican, his genuine war record, his saving the life of a Republican Senator, his athletic ability, his ability to not only fly, but to do stunts, and his Presidential demeanor and looks, the Republicans would have pushed him as a dream candidate. The Republicans attack strengths - so for Kerry they pretty much attacked every thing about him and his wife.

[wisteria]

317. Thanks for listing the real important points about the 2004 election. n/t

[politicasista]

233. Not to mention a cheap shot at Obama's best surrogate

Obama would not want any Dem connected with McCain period.

[karynnj]

264. Good point

[politicasista]

274. Thanks

The photos are funny, but Obama is too classy to make an ad out of this. Good for him.

[wisteria]

318. Excellent observation. n/t

[beachmom]

161. Except, um, Kerry looked GOOD windsurfing.

[karynnj]

163. True - and Bush looked pretty bad after biking most of the time

I can also be non-partisan - Clinton did not look good in 1992 wearing shorts when jogging. I did not think of those pictures for a second when I voted for him over Bush 1, I thought of all kids of political differences.

[uponit7771]

162. WTF!?!?! Come on dude, this HAS to be chopped...anyone got video on this !?!?!?

thx

[grantcart]

165. yep the video is there - he did this little dance at the end of the debate

[tblue37]

164. I am reminded of the way W pulls bizarre clown faces

whenever something like that happens to him. Remember the time he tried to leave through a locked door in China?

[KansDem]

168. WTF? Was McCain an iguana in a previous life?

[WoodyTobiasJr]

185. LOL!! McCain is totally a lizard!

He totally reminds me of an Iguana. It reminds me of the Colbert Report after the last debate. They were showing footage of it and many shots of McCain sticking out his tongue in a very lizard like manner. Afterwards Colbert said something like McCain has won the reptile vote (obviously it was a lot funnier than that). Maybe David Icke is right.



"I must eat that fly"

Here's the link to the Colbert Report

http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20080930_colbert_r...

[barack the house]

170. How presidential, urm maybe not.

[grantcart]

172. the reference to the Dukakis or Kerry photos had nothing to do with their context

or facts but the perception that they took on in the popular culture. The impact the pictures had in the campaign is well established and referring to that fact is not a polemical against either of them.

The same is true here. While the video of McCain is a little odd it doesn't do nearly the damage of the still photos who most people on the thread think has to be faked.

It is not about the polemical of the pictures but how pictures have an impact in the popular culture.

Not that it matters but I was never a Biden supporter in the primaries.

[beachmom]

182. I just don't agree with you that Kerry windsurfing was "unpresidential".

It was the RNC that provided context, as a flip flopper. Or finger in the wind. Or something. I never got that.

I mean in ANY context that photo of McCain is really embarrassing. But you can't say the same of Kerry windsurfing. The RNC had to work at it, and get media support. The above photo in no shape or form can be spinned away. And it is entirely viral, and will NEVER be used by the Obama campaign. That is the difference.

[blm]

187. The 'impact' on the campaign? Thanks, I believed the US attorney scandal was about ELECTION FRAUD

that was being set up well before 2002 and continued throughout 2006. You convinced me that election fraud didn't happen, but it was all about a windsurfing photo - a photo that was no different than the COVER of Windsurfing Magazine that extolled Kerry's skill and balance.....of course, that was an ACTUAL account of Kerry's windsurfing, and NOT the RW BULLSHIT spouted by corpmedia.

But, you really should post in Election Reform forum and let all those folks know they are wasting their time because all a Dem nominee has to do is NOT windsurf because a photo of windsurfing is an election killer, not massive election fraud.

[ProSense]

191. Again, it wasn't "the perception that they took on in the popular culture." It was RW spin.

None of the 59 million people who voted for Kerry gave the RW BS spin on the photo a second thought, much less your suggesting that it had an impact on the election.

By your comment, you are suggesting that you're spinning the image of McCain as ridicilous. The photos of McCain, his reaction in the debate, will have real (not spun) impact. People are not taking him seriously, and believe he has the wrong temperament for the job.

As I said previously, there are a lot of legit criticisms of Hillary posted and you are one of the first to try to criticize any such post.

If this title had included Hillary's name, the thread would have been hijacked by personal attacks, claims of "not cool" and eventually be locked.

Evidently, gratuitous RW spin involving Kerry is more acceptable than legitimate criticism.

[stevietheman]

174. The last image looks like the progression of humankind, backward. n/t

n/t

[Kablooie]

175. what the hell was he doing???

[TornadoTN]

176. Poor Cindy.

That's all I can say. Just look at that tongue.

[SoxFan]

178. AACK! OOP!

[Catherine Vincent]

181. Bwahahahaha!

[cynthia]

183. link to full debate

In the YouTube video of the whole debate you can see it at 1:29:59. It is for real

Third 2008 Presidential Debate (Full Video)

[glitch]

184. Only if they repeat it ad nauseum and out of context the way they did the "Dean Scream"

They won't.

I never had a problem with Kerry windsurfing, I thought it made him look even hotter.

[blm]

189. In 1997 Kerry was on the cover of Windsurfing Magazine and the article had FACTUAL reporting

in it along with the pictures, factual reporting that was never in evidence from the WH press corps and their corporate news organizations in 2004.

[glitch]

228. Strange that anyone would think windsurfing something to sneer at

Takes quite a bit of muscle and coordination.

Meanwhile they drive around in golf carts and smirk "watch this drive!" -- bizarro world. It will be so nice to get back to reality

[blm]

249. and fall off of Segways....

and get grounded from flying because they're afraid of landings....

as they mock a man who can do loops with an airplane and fly helicopters....

[glitch]

265. But what really gets me is they don't even get how ridiculous they are. HOW is that possible? nt

[Eugenian]

237. Haven't you heard?

Republican politicians playing golf = statemenlike.

Democratic politician windsurfing = unacceptably elitist.

[glitch]

266. Their country clubs must not offer windsurfing. Those poor deprived commoners.

No wonder they're so resentful.

[blm]

269. heheheh....you got it.

.

[Eugenian]

278. Clearly they need a tax cut,

plus a tax credit for purchasing wind surfing lessons & equipment.

It's only fair to treat them the same as yacht buyers.

[glitch]

290. Tax cuts, tax credits, HELL. They need subsidies dammit!

Perhaps they can frame those subsidies as a "bailout"

[JDwho]

192. SEE?

Even McCain wants to FOLLOW Obama. lololol

[yurbud]

194. simple explanation: aide told McCain to ''KICK his ass'' and McCain heard ''LICK his ass''

[Kalifornia.Kid]

195. Maybe its me but it really looked like McCain was busting a move to the Robot Dance.

[Khaotic]

197. Looking Like Another Dark Figure ...

Who showed his true colors after being exposed!

Just add the tongue to emperor palpatine and they're twins!

[sofa king]

218. I wish I were better at this.

But here it is anyway.

[OneBlueSky]

198. what was the name of that character in 'Lil Abner? . . .

you know, the bent over guy who walked around with a perpetual black cloud hanging over his head? . . .

oh, yeah . . . Joe Btfsplk . . . according to Wiki . . .

"The world's worst jinx, Joe Btfsplk had a perpetually dark rain cloud over his head; instantaneous bad luck befell anyone unfortunate enough to be in his vicinity. Though well-meaning and friendly, his reputation inevitably precedes him, so Joe is a very lonely little man. He has an apparently unpronounceable name, but creator Al Capp "pronounced" Btfsplk by simply blowing a "raspberry", or Bronx cheer. Joe's personal black cloud became one of the most iconic images in the strip." . . .

then again, maybe not . . . "Though well-meaning and friendly"??? . . . that certainly doesn't describe McLame . . . still, there IS a resemblance . . .

[Delphinus]

200. Dang it!

I *hate* to feel sorry for him - but, this picture makes me!

[Politicalboi]

204. He looks like a

Dog and he's going to try and mount Obama. "Gimme some ass"

[SIMPLYB1980]

205. Best thread ever!

[George II]

208. Worse than Bush checking his wristwatch 'cause he was late for his first drink!

[robertpaulsen]

209. Could someone make a video of him doing this in slow-motion?

That would go viral in no time!

[valerief]

210. LOL! I cracked up at that last night and now you made me crack up again!

[proud2BlibKansan]

211. ...

[frogcycle]

213. He's 71 years old and had just endured 90 minutes onstage

He had to pee and was trying to figure out which way to run

[sofa king]

214. He's trying to reach out to the kids.

[Wetzelbill]

217. Run Obama! It's gonna get you!

The last one, lol. I can't even click the smiley thing.. lol

[DFW]

220. Too late! IT is upon us..........

[KoKo]

221. I haven't laughed so hard in years....this thread is hysterical....

[gauguin57]

222. Here's another angle.

[gauguin57]

223. And if he had stumbled, it would have looked like this.

[Left Brain]

246. omg

that just put me over the edge.

[krkaufman]

297. My god that thing is hideous. n/t

[Betsy Ross]

225. Asses of Evil

I have had a picture of * and Cheney with the caption "Asses of Evil" on the lid to our toilet for a few years now. I think I will replace it with the first picture. I'll just have to come up with a new caption. Any suggestions?

[CadenBlaker]

226. That proves it!

Those odd conspiracies of "Lizard People" just came true!

[Alameda]

229. Great photos, who took them? In the video it's fuzzy.

[amb123]

231. I always knew that Repukes are such children

and this picture's the proof!

[shagsak]

234. maybe it was a hairball

[snake in the grass]

236. I hope this is shown everywhere and constantly until November.

[Clintonista2]

239. LOL

K&R

[TexasObserver]

241. McCain is the biggest goober to ever run for president, not counting Alan Keyes.

[Miss Chybil]

245. That's hysterical no matter which side you're on!

What the heck was he doing?

Edit: Never mind. I just saw it on CNN. It looks much funnier as a still!

[Dystopian]

248. KandR!

LOL! I missed the debate last night, and was very upset, caught some of the replay while I dozed off....

Came home from work to this!

grantcart, you're my hero! I love you!


peace~

[stevenleser]

250. Thanktuary! Thanktuary!!!

... she gave me water...

[northernlights]

251. oh. my.

Getting disoriented and walking in the wrong direction is normal. Doing a little dance of it is still normal. Hanging your tongue out like this...not so much. It's just....gross.

I only watched a snippet of the debate and couldn't be bothered. Too much work to do.

Without the explanation, I thought maybe he was making faces at Obama's back right after the gladhanding. It sure looks that way.

The pics with Obama in them are priceless. I want the tee shirt. Can we wear clothes with *both* candidates on them to the polls? Out of...er...fairness?

[InsultComicDog]

252. some more

[Lucky 13]

300. That last one's killing me.

[tclambert]

309. Okay, that third one is just disturbing.

Maybe if you put Palin in there . . .

[politicasista]

253. Photos---Funny. Slamming Obama's top surroagate---Not funny

eom

[Ladyhawk]

256. Hehehe...McLurch. n/t

[Zambero]

257. This photo correctly reflects the relative IQ of Obama vs. McCain supporters

What a hoot!

[BelgianMadCow]

258. Crosslink to the DU Tongue Photoshop Contest thread by beac & oneself

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[tclambert]

260. Don't think it was a James Stockdale moment exactly

Remember Vice Admiral James Stockdale? He was H. Ross Perot's running mate in the 1992 presidential election. He famously wandered around the stage during the 3-way vice presidential debate. McCain didn't seem that aimless or confused.

What seemed to happen was McCain instinctively began following Obama. For the Freudians: McCain unconsciously accepted Obama as the alpha male and automatically followed his lead. Then he caught himself, realized what he was doing and how it would look to cast Obama as the lead dog, and tried to make a graceful recovery. He failed on the graceful part, and went for goofy. Goofy doesn't seem very presidential. I don't personally have a problem with a President who occasionally goes for the funny. Kennedy and Lincoln were quick with the jokes, and they did pretty well. But a President does have to be very image-conscious in public.

I honestly think the more profound moment was right before the goofy tongue thing, when McCain, without thinking, put himself in the role of follower.

[Happyhippychick]

262. K&R and DUzy rec!

[sellitman]

263. He looks like the Priests in that Month Python skit.

The one where they hit themselves over the head spewing that Latin prayer.

[WHAT]

268. I feel sorry for the old guy...

goofing around like a teenage boy.

He might be ok as a grandpa but I don't want him as president.

Obama is right, it's suffocating to go through a political campaign without having a vigorous debate that focuses on the issues.

I'm saving my sympathy for after Nov. 4th...

[davsand]

272. OMG! It really IS the Leslie Nielson school of campaigning!

Kevsand has been saying for a while now that what we are watching is McCain subscribing to the Leslie Nielson school of political campaigns: "When you are down in the polls do something silly." I have laughed at his observation a few times, but this REALLY does hammer it home!






Laura

[Irishonly]

273. What the heck was he doing?

Was he sticking out his tongue?

Was he starting to retch at his debate performance?

He's weird.

[ElboRuum]

277. I eet cheezburger rong, I choaking, plz halp, kthx! n/t

[yardwork]

279. Is the photo actually real? For real?

I'm not going to get excited until someone shows me proof that this is real.

[On the Road]

281. Every Time I See Those Pics

I just can't stop laughing. Oh. My. God.

[AkFemDem]

282. omg, thats at LEAST as good as one Howard Dean shriek!

[KoKo]

284. Well....I think this thing still deserves to be on "Greatest" and it's dropped...so

[Boo Boo]

287. Gotta remember to watch the Daily Show tonight. And don't forget...

McCain is on Letterman. Wonder if Dave will show the picture.

[tigereye]

288. did he really do that?

was that at the end? I didn't watch the whole thing....

[tclambert]

311. Right after the handshake

that's when he did his Gene Simmons impression.

[ProudDad]

295. Think this one will get into the Top 10 this week? (n/t)

[goclark]

298. It deserves some kind of Award - all they have is Candy Crawley

on my TV.

[ann_american2004]

296. LMAO

K&R

great thread - we need more like this

[Khaotic]

299. Nearly 100 Recs & Almost 300 replies

McLame never looked better, even with his tongue inside his mouth.

Poor little GOP boy ... there's fewer and fewer people drinkin' your kool-aid everyday.

[cartach]

301. Oral John must have

been pretty popular with the ladies in his younger years with a tongue like that. Could have been a porn star with no problem.

[muntrv]

302. Does McBush want to have freaky sex with Obama?

[ibegurpard]

303. It's everywhere

Several other people at my workplace got this in their emails today...and it wasn't from me.

[grantcart]

307. I was afraid that it was so bad that it wouldn't get circulation

[smb]

304. Zombie Throwback

[smb]

305. This One Seems To Work Better In Its Own Post

[FrenchieCat]

306. The photo was on Entertainment Tonight this eve.....

[Kierkegaard]

308. ...

[jlacivita]

310. some of the best armchair photoshopping i've seen!!! n/t

[wisteria]

312. Kerry? Why are you dragging Kerry into this McCain mocking post.

I am going to be straight with you. I resent this post because it is ignorant and it demeans other Democrats. It ignores the complexities of the 2004 campaign and boils painful Democratic losses down to ridiculous Republican attack ads.
Everyone loves a winner, but Senator Obama wouldn't be where he is without the help of other Democrats like Senator Kerry. Senator Obama has been lucky, well funded and has people who have his back. Yes, he has run a good campaign and has benefited from lessons learned. He has been given a boost from the unfortunate down-turn of the economy and the long primary - which thanks to Senator Clinton- helped him become a better candidate and kept the Republicans at bay and not able to attack him for a long time.
You could have made your point with just McCain. I have to wonder what your purpose was in dragging other good Democrats in on this attack mocking of McCain.

[toadzilla]

315. wtf is wrong with him?

[IamyourTVandIownyou]

316. Now that is true Arizona Diamondback.

sssssSS!

[caseymoz]

319. There's a candidate in dire need of the Heimlich Maneuver. e

[Imagevision]

320. After the election Mccain will have Cindy call Obama to concede...

[ArbustoBuster]

324. McCain is trying to lick Obama to get a taste of victory.

After all, it'll be his only chance...

[Bette Noir]

328. He looks so...

Presidential.

Can we get this projected into the sky, so voters can see it even if they don't get TV?

[Infinite Hope]

329. Big deal. Gosh, the ridiculous things people seize on. Veterans are being screwed,

the middle class is being squeezed, and people here are seizing on a silly picture? Good grief.

[ihavenobias]

330. It's superficial, but superficial has ended Dem campaigns many, many times, so why not?

[ArmedAmerican]

332. Maori war face + old geezer cough

All this time John McCain has been hiding his Maori ancestry? Geez John, the Maori are fierce warriors, you should have let us know about this long ago. That's a lot of trouble to go through to deny his heritage, he must have spent thousands of dollars to have his tattoos removed...along with his balls.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

337. These are some of the funniest photos of any politician I have ever seen

They never seem to get old, no matter how many times I look at them and laugh. I think they will be the thing I remember most about this political season in the years to come. When I think about the war in Iraq, it's that poor guy standing with a hood on his head and electrodes at Abu Ghraib that I most remember. When I think of McCain and his campaign, it will be the tongue and the hunched-over zombie pose that I will remember.

[davidwparker]

340. Could somebody explain to me what was going on when this was taken?

I know this is a still picture, but I cannot think of what would have occurred for McSame to have his tongue out like that.

I know we joke about "old man yells at cloud," but really. The only missing there is drool.

[get the red out]

341. Butt grabber!

I wasn't shocked when he stared a hole in Palin's butt, but Barack's? Is there something John isn't telling us? Maybe Lindsay could fill us in on the real scoop aboard the "Straight Talk Express".

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

342. Some enterprising company needs to turn tongue-jutting face of McCain's into a Halloween mask

I think they'd really clean up this year.