MCCAIN GAFFE TODAY: "My Fellow Prisioners"

[RoadRage]

I was working out on my treadmill a short while ago, and almost fell off. I thought I heard McCain address everyone as "My Fellow Prisoners", but then thought I must have mis-heard. So, like any normal political-web junkie... i checked the You Tube. Sure Enough.. my ears weren't deceiving me.. he DID say it!

McCain & Palin are doing their stump around PA today. It was on around 1:30pm central time and he said: "My fellow Prisoners"..

I don't know how to embed.. here is the link (13 seconds long)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYFm5kK4f1k

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Edited to add: This really was a GAFFE. He wasn't talking about his POW days AT ALL.. I think he meant to say "My Fellow American's", but he actually said "Prisoners" instead. How in the HELL do you mistakenly say PRISIONERS instead of AMERICANS? That, My friends is VERY Unpatriotic! It's like not wearing a flag pin.. only, about 1,000,000 times worse. :eyes:

[Schema Thing]

1. I have a feeling this will go platinum

[RoadRage]

95. Do I get an award? Does McCain? I love platinum!! ;) NT

[napoleon_in_rags]

118. I think it already has...

seems I've seen McCain addressing his fellow prisoners somewhere before:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh_ex3VGHIM

[TexasLady]

2. holy shit he sure did!!!!

:rofl:

[Lorien]

3. He thinks the USA is holding it's citizens hostage

wow, McCain hates America!

[nolabels]

37. The dude is delusional

I forget what part of the debate it was in last night but he had some reference about he was fighting his whole life. I forget the exact verbiage but if you had his point of view in mind, it would also seem like some kind prisoner - centric reference. It's like he never got let out of Nam or something :crazy:

[sunnybrook]

148. This could actually be serious

combination of seniliity and PTSD. I can't take pleasure in this if it is PTSD, he has been through some hell in his early life.

[MissDeeds]

168. My feelings exactly

It's disconcerting, but also sad. The strain of a campaign could bring past trauma to the fore. I hope he has doctors who are monitoring him closely.

[jwirr]

211. My thought was that he may be feeling like a prisoner what with the

media often catching his gaffes, his handlers pushing and pulling in all directions, his own inability to deal with the issues and the polls showing his failure. Those things could easily trigger episodes of either senility or PTSD.

[JaneQPublic]

44. Listening to his speeches just feels like hard time (nt)

[Lorien]

73. Lol!

Ain't that the truth!


:boring:

[jazzjunkysue]

205. I've been in for 8 years, but I'm scheduled for release in january. How about you?

[Duke Newcombe]

180. For once, he's telling the truth...

after all, we're all only a secret warrant away from being "disappeared"...

Duke

[orleans]

193. exactly. we're all prisoners of bush now. n/t

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

208. And you think we're not hostages of this corrupt administration?

This is the most honest thing (inadvertent as it may have been) to come out of McCrypt's mouth since his campaign began.

[bagrman]

222. Thats how the neocons see us peons.

[bdamomma]

4. my fellow prisoners, is this what he is going to say when they round us up.

[RoadRage]

47. He still thinks he's a POW.. and he's talking to a few fellow POW's

It's insane. wow.

[bdamomma]

55. the man is not well.

maybe that is why he left so hastily last nite, you notice how Cindy came out slowly like a mouse, I bet she has and still is abused verbally by him.

[sunnybrook]

150. I bet you are right on that one

[yellerpup]

158. In her appearance this morning she looked as if either she cried all night

or drank all night... In either scenario, rough night for the McCains.

[Marrah_G]

200. I believe he is far more ill then they are letting on

The RNC knows now, but it's too late to change it. That's why they chose Palin as the running mate. They could NEVER have gotten someone like her into the Presidency legitimately.

[Renew Deal]

5. That's a captive audience

:rofl:

[Mme. Defarge]

49. Perfect!

:rofl:

[cui bono]

86. LOL!

:rofl:

[KathieG]

6. Hahaha...he is having flashbacks

:rofl:

[Mme. Defarge]

48. To the good old days? n/t

[RoadRage]

7. Let's K&R this one to the front page please... I like my McCain Gaffe's front & center!

[rebel with a cause]

144. Are we sure this is a gaffe?

I think I just heard someone on Countdown say that he said this intentionally as part of their mind games. I might be mistaken but I am pretty sure that is what is said. Will wait to see if they say any more about it.

[jwirr]

212. I heard that also but I think KO was referring to his own use of the word.

[UnrepentantUnitarian]

8. Reminds me of an old Firesign Theater comedy skit.

"We're all bozos on this bus!" Funny comedy album from decades ago.

[BrklynLiberal]

32. Firesign Theater...one of the funniest albums ever.

I think that is where I first heard of "If you catch it you can keep it" Game show.
They would throw refrigerators and stoves off the roof of a tall building, and people down on the ground were supposed to run around and try to catch them, so they could keep them.
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[jhrobbins]

141. Yes and Regnad Kcin too.

:rofl: I just love Firesign Theater - my roommates and I would taste the frobidden weed and listen to them for hours. Antelope Freeway, 5 miles; Antelope Freeway 4 1/2 miles.......
Thanks for the memory jog.

[XOKCowboy]

172. You can't build your tower on that mountain. It's our sacred mountain.

Well injun it's a sacred tower. It's made of ALUMINUM! Love those guys.

[nachoproblem]

183. Yes! I remember that

From the Reagan era, even. Everything old is new again. *sigh* (Referring to Reagan, I mean. FST never gets old.)

[Eurobabe]

9. He really did not say that, OMFG.

He is losing it. Is this real or taken out of context?

[RoadRage]

13. Totally Real.. He just "mis-spoke".

[Arugula Latte]

10. Best. Gaffe. Ever.

:spray:

Oh my gawd. That's even better than Jimmy Carter introducing Hubert Humphrey in all seriousness as "Hubert Horatio Hornblower!"

Kick. :kick: Off to the greatest page with ya.

[Blu Dahlia]

11. Funny? Try scary as hell!

[soleft]

12. At work, can't watch, what was the context?

[RoadRage]

16. None..

he was addressing his crowd doing a stump speech with Palin.. it was his turn to talk, and I think he MEANT to say "My fellow Americans", but instead said "My fellow Prisoners". :shrug:

[hogwyld]

24. I can't wait to see

KO's and Rachel's take on this little gem.

[soleft]

28. If one of my parents did that, I'd take them to the ER - seriously

[mcollier]

124. Yup... I was watching it live as he said it...

And about fell out of my chair... He has lost it....

Completely.

[Heywood J]

147. Here's the text of what he said:

"Across this... across this country, this is the agenda I have set before my fellow prisoners and the same standards of clarity and candor must now be applied to my opponent."

[mcg]

167. McCain sets very low standards of clarity and candor for himself,

Obama has no problems rising above McCain's standards.

Is "my fellow prisoners" clear? I think not.

[ChiciB1]

14. Keep It Up Johnny, Just Keep It Up... The Message Is Getting So Much

clearer now!! You're dementia is showing and I'm sorry to say it!! Our country needs some much more than what you seem to think!

[Thrill]

15. He thinks he's in Vietnam again

[Starbucks Anarchist]

17. You think anyone was there willingly?

;)

[Blu Dahlia]

18. ok. what did he mean to say? Parishioners? WHAT?

:scared:

[Arugula Latte]

25. He probably just meant to say "My fellow Americans."

But, on the other hand, maybe he knows he has lost, and so he's thinking ahead to those concentration camps that the Freeps are worried about where we'll lock them up and make them into soap.

[Blu Dahlia]

33. How do you go from American to prisoner... And notice, he didn't catch his mistake!

[Arugula Latte]

54. I know. At first I thought it was hilarious, but now it's starting to seem kinda ....

sad. :(

[sunnybrook]

153. this is sad

I knew a Vietnam Vet with PTSD before. He woke up in the middle of the night with horrifying nightmares. This may have more to do with age, and I absolutely am a diehard Obama supporter but I can't take pleasure in this it is really sad.

[Oak2004]

69. That's the question a lot of us have been asking ourselves in recent years :/ n/t

[jwirr]

213. But it was clear that the people around his caught it. The look on their

faces was precious.

[sunnybrook]

151. Maybe he better stick with his tried and true

My friends

[CoffeeCat]

185. But that's what is so disturbing...

McCain says, "My fellow Americans" just as much as he says "My friends."

Those are his two repeated phrases...

Weird.

[BuyingThyme]

36. I'm guessing he got crossed up on the POW card.

[TexasObserver]

19. Hmmm, he sounds a lot like a 72 year old guy with early onset of senility.

I still say the guy has had a recent stroke or some other episode that has left him further impaired.

[sunnybrook]

154. I am almost sure of that

he has some serious medical problem

[Ichingcarpenter]

20. I confess.... I was jingling my keys at home when he said that

Sorry John, I didn't mean to touch off one of your Manchurian candidate ticks

[Barrymores Ghost]

21. Holy CRAP!!! I'm not even sure how to react to this...

senile
Main Entry: se·nile
Pronunciation: \ˈsē-nīl\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin senilis, from sen-, senex old, old man
Date: 1661
1: of, relating to, exhibiting, or characteristic of old age <senile weakness> ; especially : exhibiting a loss of cognitive abilities (as memory) associated with old age
2: approaching the end of a geological cycle of erosion

McCain is eroding right before our frickin' eyes. God helps us.

[TTUBatfan2008]

22. Here's Johnny!!!!!

:rofl:

[LaurenG]

23. Well at last - he tells the truth. nt

[Essene]

26. woah... seriously, there's something up with him (not in a funny way)

[BuyingThyme]

27. I cannot watch. Did he catch himself,

or just go with prisoners?

[Arugula Latte]

30. What's scary is that it didn't even seem like he noticed that he'd misspoke. He just plowed ahead.

[Barrymores Ghost]

35. As Palin and his daughter went slack-jawed...n/t

[BuyingThyme]

53. Thank you. John Stewart should enjoy that.

[rainbow4321]

34. Nooopppe. He just went with prisoners. n/t

[BuyingThyme]

58. Thank you.

:hi:

[RoadRage]

42. He didn't stop or catch himself at all.. he just kept on truckin' when

"PRISONERS" flew out of his mouth. The fact that he didn't even notice what he said is really more terrifying then anything else. If he was thinking a sentance ahead or something.. that would make some sense.. but this.. this is almost like he just doesn't see a difference or his head is in a totally different place. Very Odd.

[BuyingThyme]

57. Thank you.

I wonder what it said on the tele-prompter.

[SIMPLYB1980]

29. Wow the hits just keep coming. LoL!

:rofl:

[lolamio]

31. Wow. I don't even think that's funny. It's very unsettling.

[Mike Daniels]

46. I find it actually sad...

Sorry, but I don't take pleasure out of watching McCain fall apart physically or mentally.

George HW Bush and Clinton had a pretty ugly election campaign but once both were out of office they established a bond that allowed them to work together on issues.

Regardless of how this election turned out I was confident that Barack and McCain would have shaken off the worst of it and found ways to work together and find some agreement on how to help this country.

Now, it's even more imperative that McCain manages to get defeated and instead of continuing his term that he chooses to retire.

[lolamio]

64. I agree with you. It is sad and I find it hard to watch...

I was never a McCain fan, but this is not the same man from 2000. He is 8 years older and 8 years frailer.

[xxqqqzme]

80. It also tells you his campaign is full of pimps

w/ their own personal power seeking agendas. These people are w/ him, minimum 18/7. They have to know he is not well/stable but their lust for an administrative west wing position keeps their lips sealed and their ethics, if they ever had any, in total lock down.

[renate]

117. I think it's sad that a huge part of his personality is still in "prisoner" mode

I can't blame him... I can't blame him for being always ready for a fight, given what he and his fellow prisoners endured.

Of course, even though his behavior is almost surely due in some significant part to his experiences as a POW (and also to his experience of being a huge jerk all his life even before he was captured), all the compassion in the world doesn't offset the fact that he would still be incredibly dangerous as a president.

[sunnybrook]

155. I bet we would be shocked at the difference

if we looked at video of him in 2000 compared to now. The thing is, this deterioration seems to have been piling on very recently. Wouldn't you say just in the last few months, with the droopy eye and all that.

[Mike Daniels]

164. My dad, who voted Clinton in 92/96, may have voted for McCain in 2000 had he gotten the nomination

In 2008, the thought never crossed his mind. There are many others who feel the same and that's why McCain likely will not win this election (even w/out the Palin factor).

[JohnMcCant2008]

103. If he refuses to take himself out of the race for the good of the country he claims to love so much,

and continues to put himself in front of crowds, he deserves every bit of analysis and criticism he receives. McCain realizes better than anyone else that his mind is no longer up to the job. This is serious scary shit!

[RoadRage]

105. Maybe he's to far gone to either

A) relize what he's doing

B) know that he's actually running for pres?

I don't think it's either.. but ya never know. it's why we need to know what his medical records are.. what kind of drugs does he take every day to keep functioning?

[Bobbie Jo]

38. That was the most honest thing out of his mouth the entire campaign.

:rofl:

[ProSense]

39. "Across this country, this is the agenda I have set before my fellow prisoners... "

Oh my!

link

[rvablue]

40. Bizarre! n/t

[Happyhippychick]

41. I don't even know how to react to this.

[TexasLady]

43. Error: You've already recommended that thread.

:rofl: and Paulson is all over the place...KO is gonna be GOOD tonight, lol.

[RoadRage]

83. Thanks for trying to rec again! :)

Yeah.. i have a feeling Colbert is going to have a blast with this as well...

[Historic NY]

45. OOOOOPPPS....what does it say about his mental fitness....

is he regressing

[thoughtcrime1984]

50. I'm beginning to think he wants to just get this over with, knows he won't win. nt

[Mme. Defarge]

51. You can't make this stuff up! n/t

[1corona4u]

52. LOL, hysterical....

he needs to retire. Seriously.

[TwilightGardener]

56. He must think "I was a fucking prisoner of war, dammit! They OWE me!" all day long.

And it just slipped out.

[RoadRage]

99. Yup.. it's like he's singing

POW-POW-POW-POW-POW my campaign... and, infact he probably has!

[FatDave]

59. I heard him say it, but figured I'd missed some important context.

I wasn't really paying attention. Guess I was wrong.

[RoadRage]

109. You did.. the context about him not being in his right mind..

but wanting to still be president. ;)

[Mme. Defarge]

60. Did it affect the Dow?

:shrug:

[RoadRage]

96. Nope.. but it DEFINITELY affected the Pow. :)

[Mme. Defarge]

116. You're on a roll, mon ami! n/t

[BuyingThyme]

61. Oh, and fuck you, San Diego!

[TTUBatfan2008]

66. Anchorman...ROFL...

awesome. Thanks for bringing that up. :)

[RoadRage]

70. Speaking of which.. 10 to 1 odds that this shows up on SNL this weekend...? NT

[sunnybrook]

157. That would be cruel if this is senility

or medical or PTSD... come on!

[AnotherMother4Peace]

125. Why F you to my favorite place, San Diego? nt

[TTUBatfan2008]

62. I'm curious about the response in Freeperville to this...

They were practically putting the gun in their mouths this morning. I imagine this will make them even more depressed. ROFL.

[nc4bo]

63. They didn't call him Songbird for nuttin'! This is some crazy stuff right here!

We should spread it around a bit :rofl:

[TooRaLoo]

65. WHAT. THE. FUCK??!?!

This will be riding the viral express.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

67. Then McPOW said, 'Raymond Shaw is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've

ever known in my life.'

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056218/quotes

[Psyop Samurai]

130. Nailed it. /nt

[TooRaLoo]

68. kick and rec

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

77. ditto

[whitewomenforobama]

71. I wonder...

it makes most sense that that just slipped out because he's so used to talking about being a POW. Since he's so used to referring to himself as "Maverick" too, how long before he accidentally introduces himself as Lt. Pete Mitchell?
(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092099/)

[Botany]

72. keep talking John

" .... a crotch this country this is the agenda I have set my fellow prisoners....."

[NightHawk63]

74. K'd and HIGHLY R'd n/t

[Bread and Circus]

75. He did say that "my fellow prisoners" without missing a beat.

[Life Long Dem]

76. Or a martial law Freudian slip?

[JFN1]

78. He is a prisoner - of his own campaign!

I'll bet he wants out bad!!

[mhatrw]

108. Unfortunately, so are all of us. n/t

[KittyWampus]

79. this isn't really funny at all. It's scary now.

[Overseas]

81. He may not be able to take his strongest meds two days in a row.

So today he can't use the heaviest focus meds and has no defense against those flashbacks.

Someone could have jangled their keys, too.

[RoadRage]

85. I think what you say could be true...

and that is the exact reason he shouldn't be anywhere NEAR the presidency. Even a senator with those kinds of issues should be really looked at. I'm glad that he was brave enough to sacrifice for our country - but there are a lot of people who sacrifice for it, but shouldn't lead it. McCain is def. one of them.

[Overseas]

98. I want those medical records released for the good of the country.

If he's really capable of leading for the next four years-- prove it.

We can't have Sitcom Sarah aka Princess Esther take over our country.

[anonymous171]

82. Maybe it wasn't a gaffe. Maybe it was a cry for help.

He's being held captive by Palin and the ultra far-right wing! :rofl:

[msallied]

84. Is it possible he was being ironic? On purpose? LMAO!

[RoadRage]

89. No.Friggin.Way

That was so on accident, he didn't even realize he said it. If it was on purpose, we would have seen that creepy scary smile thing he does when he wants you to know he was making a joke. None of that was there.

[msallied]

91. I agree. I just watched the video. Holy shit...

I can't even begin to explain this shit other than to say that he's lost his friggen mind.

[RoadRage]

94. B-I-N-G-O!

[sunnybrook]

159. that's going to be their spin

He said it on purpose! Just like the fundamentals of the economy refers to the great, fabulous, wonderful, voting, workforce, that was what he meant. Being a Repub spin operative must be the ultimate test in espousing bullshit with a totally straight face!

[CJCRANE]

87. ___

[cui bono]

88. LONGER CLIP HERE - more at both the beginning an end...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4FADXTI-vc

Then the crowd starts yelling "Obama"! Okay, they're yelling Nobama, but you can't really tell. :D

[KoKo]

176. Thanks....I heard Schuster on MSNBC mention this..but he didn't show a clip...

I didn't hear all of his piece but that he said McCain at a rally said: "My Fellow Prisoners"...and I didn't hear the rest ...glad to hear the context. He's really losing it...:eyes:

[zonkers]

90. I do not want the "football" in his or Palins hands....ever.

[RoadRage]

101. Hell.. i don't even want a golfball in his hands..

he might throw it at someone who he thinks is voting against him.

Truthfully.. it IS sad, but that frankly makes it even MORE of a reason he shouldn't be elected. period.

[Duer 157099]

92. I didn't hear it like an address; I have no idea what he was talking about

What I heard was: "...this is the agenda I have set before my fellow prisoners..."

[meow mix]

93. ut oh, someone told him about the camps

bad idea

[Marnieworld]

97. Both Sarah and his daughter looked like Grandpa just farted

Even the crowd was quiet and confused for a moment. he seemed to be the only one to not realize he said it. I laughed at first but it's sad really. If he said, "My fellow potatoes" then it would be funnier but prisoners could not be a more relevant word for him. He was tortured and I'm sure has untreated PTSD. It's sad that his brain pulled that up. Sadder if he wasn't running such a nasty campaign though.

[zulchzulu]

100. He was correct referring to fellow Koolaid-drinking Repigs as "fellow prisoners"

They are imprisoned in their ignorance. They are imprisoned in their homophobia. They are imprisoned in their hatred. They are imprisoned in their support for McCain and Palin.

He was just being honest.

[RoadRage]

107. Although i'd LIKE to give him credit...

I don't think he's thought more then 3 seconds ahead at any point in this campaign.. i don't think he's all of a sudden starting now. ;)

[mhatrw]

102. His Freudian slip is showing. n/t

[vaberella]

104. Not so much a gaffe. Under Repubs we have been prisoners. That's just straight talk. n/t

[kswheels]

106. Oh Noes! John McCain has the Mad Cow

[Hutzpa]

110. That was not a mistake,

it was deliberate and cynical, you have to understand, with the
election running this close, everything the McCain campaign
does is very well calculated and timed.

REMEMBER THAT PEOPLE.....

[Quantess]

149. They've made tons of mistakes.

What could McCain possibly gain by saying "my fellow prisoners"? Any ideas?

[LVZ]

111. McCain Headquarters

[CLANG]

112. It sent chills down my spine

This man is slipping badly. He is starting to have some kind of flashback/delusion. He's running for leader of the Prison Camp! :scared:

[jgraz]

113. Dammit, John! You were supposed to wait until AFTER martial law!

[RagAss]

114. Scary shit....dude is losing it !

[Phred42]

115. I can hear Tweety tonight......"We're ALL Prisoners NOW"

:rofl:

[ObamaKerryDem]

119. Wow. And as an Arizonan, this is rather embarassing..:/

I mean, I've never voted for the guy, but it's still damn humiliating to have him 'representing' my state with a campaign like the one he's running. Not to sound rude or ageist or anything, but I quite frankly think he, deep down, senses that he's drifting into Bob Dole territory here and he's tired. I'd almost feel a little sorry for him if he and his campaign weren't so assholish and their policies so dangerous to the future of this country..not to mention Palin..*shudders* If I--in some parallel universe, lol--were a Republican, I'd be shitting my pants right now...

LOL!!

[IsItJustMe]

120. No doubt a symptom of Post Traumatic Syndrome suffered from his POW experiences in Nam.

[CoffeeCat]

188. Yes, slips like that--especially if they are...

...related to a past trauma--are usually made when someone is in a disassociated state.

Disassociation is something we all do. Disassociation can be minor--like when you look out the
window and daydream and are totally taken away from what's going on around you. Or, disassociation
can be a state in which your mind, for some reason, is triggered back to thoughts or memories of
the trauma. On the extreme end, people lose time.

Disassociation can happen for a variety of reasons. Stress can bring it on. Stress punches holes
in a person's denial systems. Denial blocks unprocessed trauma from a person's mind and keeps it
repressed. People can fuel denial with all kinds of things--rage, being a workaholic, drugs,
alcohol, shopping, etc.

However, when a person gets older--maintaining that denial is almost impossible. Most trauma
researchers pinpoint the age of 70 as a tipping point for people who have strong denial systems.
Denial requires so much mental energy and sharpness, that frankly, a senior-citizen just can't
maintain. That's why you see psychopaths, sociopaths and narcissists mellow out in their golden years, and
sometimes completely fall apart. They no longer have the mental energy needed to maintain such
sophisticated denial systems.

"Prisoners" is probably related to his traumatic memories. He's aging and he's under tremendous
pressure and stress, and probably very little sleep.

This is...very sad.

[slampoet]

121. "McCain Reveals plans for his first 100days."

[RoadRage]

123. LMAO!! NT

[DeadElephant_ORG]

122. just wow

[Disturbed]

127. Will anyone ask him what he meant by that remark?

My guess: No

It is a mysterious slip up. I would not like to see Sen. Obama win because McLame has a brain disease.

[electron_blue]

126. wow. is this real? for sure?

[Arugula Latte]

128. You betcha.

[norepubsin08]

129. I swear to God,

the guy is becoming unhinged...I just hope he doesn't have a heart attack before election day..the last thing we need is empty headed Sarah taking his place as the GOP standard bearer.

[Hellataz]

131. Even Palin rolled her eyes and bit her tongue.

It's hard to sit there and not correct the stupid shit people say huh Palin? Now you know how we feel about you.

[ChiciB1]

132. Has MSM Reported This Yet???????? n/t

[redqueen]

133. Holy crap!

:wow:

[FraDon]

134. • Maybe not all Georgians, but we're sure all prisoners now!

k&r

[Saphire]

135. It's called a "Freudian slip"

[Frisbee]

136. Who woulda thunk it...

Keepin McPOW away from the media and letting Sarah Barracuda do the interviews looks like a reasonable strategy at this point. Does anybody really believe a vote for McPOW isn't a vote for Palin for President?

[happygoluckytoyou]

137. RELATED STORY, he meant to say, my fellow MILF chasing Mavericks, it just sounded like prisoners

[happygoluckytoyou]

138. YES... there is the FINGER WE WANT ON THE BUTTON.---> ---> can anyone spell Manchurian Candidate

"now that im in the office... what to do what to do ... makes john a dull boy all work and no play makes john a dull boy all work and no play makes john a dull boy all work and no play makes john a dull boy all work and no play makes john a dull boy all work and no play makes john a dull boy all work and no play makes john a dull boy gotta kill something... where was i... where is that guy who used to burn my pee-hole... all work and no play makes john a dull boy all work and no play makes john a dull boy makes john a dull boy all work and no play makes john a dull boy all work and no play makes john a dull boy all work and no play makes john a dull boy all work and no play makes john a dull boy all work and no play makes john a dull boy all work and no play makes john a dull boy gotta kill something... where was i... where is that guy who used to burn my pee-hole... all work and no play makes john a dull boy all work and no play makes john a dull boy makes john a dull boy all work and no play makes john a dull boy all work and no play makes john a dull boy all work and no play makes john a dull boy all work and no play makes john a dull boy all work and no play makes john a dull boy all work and no play makes john a dull boy gotta kill something... where was i... where is that guy who used to burn my pee-hole... all work and no play makes john a dull boy all work and no play makes john a dull boy

[RollWithIt]

139. LOL, FREE JOHN MCCAIN FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY!

So funny.

[Caretha]

140. One of the early signs

of dementia is substituting one word with another word. I took care of my aging MIL when she had early onset. One day, when I was with her, she was looking at herself in the mirror (she had been a beauty in her youth) and said...Oh, Cary...look at all the flowers on my face now. She meant "wrinkles", but called them flowers. I thought it was lovely & poetically sad at the same time.

[GinaMaria]

142. He sounds confused. n/t

[Olney Blue]

143. I don't think he is well at all.

[HughMoran]

145. I figured this was just a minor gaffe, but he didn't even catch himself

He just kept on going.

Bizarre!

[RoadRage]

199. i don't think he realized he said it.. scary. nt

[emald]

146. You have to wonder what he knows

that the rest of us don't. Just what is coming? Are we all headed to concentration camps for being reality based? With this old fool it really is hard to say, he just might have let the cat out of the bag.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

152. Look at that dumb idiot Palin

Smugly smiling and saying yes when McCain said "the same standards must be applied to my opponent". Listen, you stupid Wasilla Caibou Barbie airhead, Obama has more integrity in one small patch of his skin than you or your creepy husband will ever have in your entire sad, pathetic lives.

And McCain, "my fellow prisoners" -priceless!

[Captiosus]

165. I find it hilarious that McCain doesn't wear a flag pin and

Caribou Barbie has been seen these last couple of days not wearing a wedding band.
I'm thinking either she's on the rocks with the First Dude or she hocked it to contribute to the campaign.
:rofl:

http://www.700wlw.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=294530

[blossomstar]

156. It is obvious that McCain is not well.

That should scare the hell out of every American... Palin for President.

[dana_b]

160. flashback? maybe this campaign makes him feel imprisoned??

John.... just QUIT!! it's okay - you will be forgiven.

[Raschel]

163. He's not forgiven by me until he quits.

He's willing to polarize our nation to win this race. Willing to stir up animosity and separation across the country.

[jwirr]

215. Worse yet he is willing to stir up hatred.

[Broadslidin]

161. Were the Republicans actually telling the truth in 2000...? "John Mc Cain is crazy."

:nuke: :hide: :nuke:

[Lil Missy]

162. That look on Palin's face when he said that was priceless!

[MissDeeds]

170. I noticed that

It also appeared that Cindy either didn't catch it or was unfazed.

[defendandprotect]

175. Right . . . Palin reacted ---

[sunnybrook]

195. I don't think that was Cindy

standing behind him. Maybe his daughter?

[MissDeeds]

201. You're right

My bad. It was his daughter Meghan.

[LibertyorDeath]

166. So that's how he refers to us in Private.

Wow

[NastyDiaper]

169. McCain finally connected with me.

I'm still votng Obama.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

171. Pretty darn shocking

but my hunch is it WILL play on the MSM, but nary a word of acknowledgment (or correction) will we hear from THAT one....the insane one.

[OwnedByFerrets]

173. I didnt see it in any of the subject lines, but can you say

(PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to one or more terrifying events that threatened or caused grave physical harm.<3> It is a severe and ongoing emotional reaction to an extreme psychological trauma. This isnt the first time Ive suspected it.

[defendandprotect]

174. Yeah . . . my husband just mentioned this to me . . . wow . . . senility?

[DesertRat]

177. I heard this clip on the Randi Rhodes show today

I had just gotten into the car when she played it. My first thought was, why is McSame speaking at a prison? :crazy:

:rofl:

[Grinchie]

178. There was a clip that was 34 seconds long at one point

I watched that one first this morning, but when I clicked on it again, the video had been removed from the YouTube server. The longer video clearly showed that McInsane was nowhere near his POW dead horse, and was talking about the economy I believe. I feel that the longer clip actually makes him look more stupid, as it supplies more Context which really shows how out there this was.

On the shorter clip, it still gets the point across, but the sound is much louder, and you can hear some commotion in the audience, someone screaming or shouting something that I could not decipher. You can see Palin look toward stage right, as well as a few members of the audience. McInsane then gets "Confused" and says "My Fellow Prisoners", finishes his stiff, scripted soundbite, then immediately looks in the direction of the commotion.

Does anyone have any information about what the person was yelling about in the audience? Was it a heckler?

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[Jennicut]

179. Leno made fun of him tonight about it and the debate in general

One close up of McLame was used over and over again, it was McLame's scary twisted face and serial killer smile. It will give me nightmares tonight.

[concerned canadian]

181. i'm with the opinion that McCain feels like a prisoner

of his own devise. Premature senility can be a way of bowing out with dignity (with unspoken, more conscious than

sub-conscious conviction that Barack Obama is the man who is up to the job).

[frog92969]

182. McPoliceState is telegraphing his plans.

[Aventurier]

184. The explanation is simple

McCain is 72 years old.
He was born in the thirties.

THE THIRTIES.

That's earlier than the first WASHING MACHINES.

That's years before BEER in CANS was invented.

That's half a decade before TELEVISION.

His internal dialogue is plagued by senility; only heavy repetition keeps him from slipping off into the oblivion of severe dementia.

The crowd didn't catch it because they are only there to clap.

The only person who caught his mistake was Sarah Palin. She did her best to stand by the old fool.

[TheDonkey]

186. a real MANCHURIAN moment. Yikes. Kind of scary! Palin behind him looked like a doofus

when he said that too. Trying to wrestle with the words in her mind.

[leveymg]

197. You're closer to the truth about that MANCHURIAN MOMENT than you know.

[hay rick]

220. She has a lot of experience...

wrestling with her own words.

[DFW]

187. Calm down, everyone. The explanation is WAY cooler than you think

He was actually going through the lyrics to "Hotel California" in his head:

Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice
And she said ’we are all just prisoners here, of our own device’
And in the master’s chambers,
They gathered for the feast
The stab it with their steely knives,
But they just can’t kill the beast


Well, either that, or he's going batshit senile faster than anyone thought possible.
I guess, come to think of it, the latter explanation is WAY more plausible.

Never mind.

[raysr]

189. He was brainwashed by the Russians

when he was in the Hilton. Who knows what they buried in his head. May sound like tin foil hat stuff but if you think about it, and his strange behavior it adds up. Clearly, he doesn't know whether to shit or go blind!
It wouldn't have taken that much of a stretch for the Russians to figure McCain would go into politics, or even pursue the military, who better to manipulate. Refused to go home until the others were released, bullshit, he didn't want to come home, that was his home.

[RoadRage]

210. He couldn't remember that many words.. he's just batshit nuts. ;)

[TheKentuckian]

190. McCain is just admiting that we are all trapped in the matrix

even that being the case, it would be best that if McShame was to want to make himself useful he would actually suspend/disband his campaign and get on the stump for Obama. Or even better just go home.

[OnwardandForward]

191. McCain Gaffe Yesterday

MCCAIN: OOOPS, I CRAPPED MY PANTS

Nashville (AP)-Senators John McCain and Barack Obama debated for 90 minutes on Tuesday night before John McCain all but pulled his pants down to his ankles and ran out of the auditorium with second wife Cindy dabbing droplets of excrement off the red carpet. The singular dramatic moment of an otherwise stifling event was when Senator McCain grimaced briefly to in the hopes of muting a flatulent moment and accidentally shit his pants.

Not only was his agitation clearly palpable but McCain began pacing with a robot-like gait veering in and out of the camera angle in the hopes of containing the offending matter. For the rest of the debate he stood while resting his hand on the back of his chair or sat on the edge of it in a stiff-legged manner.

The most telling moment came when the debate ended and Grampa Incontinent McSnarlypants ran off the stage without shaking hands with Senator Obama or acknowledging the crowd. So foul was McCain’s mood (and trousers) that he screamed at his entire staff on the Less-Than-Straight-Talk Express while Cindy kneeled and helped him to remove his shit-stained drawers one leg at a time.

“It was very, very, very awkward,” said one campaign staffer based on anonymity. “Cindy later offered us brownies and it was all we could do not to burst out laughing. She ended up leaving the plate with us.”

[woo me with science]

192. I had a dream the other night.

I hate conspiracy theories, but I will share my nocturnal brain emissions just because this thread is way too disturbing already.

In it, McCain *WAS* being held prisoner. He had lapsed fully into dementia, but was being forced to participate in this campaign. His handlers (William Kristol and Dick Cheney were there, among others) were literally shoving him onstage with commands about what to say. He was confused and demented and really thought they wanted him to be President, and he had no comprehension that he was not cognitively capable of holding office anymore. He just wandered where they pushed him and repeated the words they told him to say, and he believed he was winning (when he remembered that he was running).

The dream ended with Dick and Bill and others laughing in a sinister, dark room with an echo. You could just see the reflected light of their faces, but they were bragging to each other about disposing of McCain as soon as the election was completed....and bringing in Palin, a dimwit and ideologue who would do anything they wanted.

It was worse than my Jerry Mathers dreams, seriously.

[earth mom]

194. I don't find this funny, I find it disturbing.

:yoiks:

[paparush]

196. He says "prisoners" then mentions "clarity" - Ultimate Irony

[minnesota_liberal]

198. Random synapse connections

McCain has a handful of key words and catchphrases running around in his head. Sometimes they get lost. Sometimes they get jumbled. Sometimes they spill out like he's got Tourette's syndrome. I imagine that stress and fatigue make it worse.

[RoadRage]

202. Did McCain's campaign give a reason or talk about the Gaffe at all yet?

[jeff30997]

203. McPOW telling the truth?

Well that's a first !

[RoadRage]

209. I know.. maybe he thought he was talking to Ayers... ughgh.

[D23MIURG23]

204. He's just speaking to the level of enthusiasm at his rally. n/t

[jazzjunkysue]

206. McGramps campaign plan: Spew random shit.

:crazy:

[jazzjunkysue]

207. Must be he forgot to take the suppliment for Alzheimer's today: no joke!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7377514&mesg_id=7377514

[tosh]

214. Add this to the DICTATOR gaffe....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvqAYW3AV0g

:hide:

[Rosa Luxemburg]

216. I guess he has plans for us.

he's probably got the gulag plans already

[mcollier]

217. Help Find Video...

Yesterday I saw a video clip on CNN or MSNBC of john mccain pushes cindy n the back as to push her into the plane. It was odd to say the least. Can somebody find that video?

[Myrina]

218. Actually, anyone who's drank the GOP Kool Aid IS a prisoner ...

... cause why in Goddess' name would people with free will be such militaristic, hateful knuckle-draggers, unless they'd been brain washed and/or held against their will??

[wysimdnwyg]

219. If you saw more...

Longer version from JedReport
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4FADXTI-vc&NR=1


Watching this longer version, I was struck my something else he said. "... by the end of my term in office." Term? First term? No, "term". Back to the speculation that McCain would not run for a second term.

[RoadRage]

223. Yeah.. the longer version

actually makes the Gaffe worse. The shorter version makes you wonder if it was taken out of context.. or if he was talking about his POW days a second earlier or something.. but the long version shows that it was just out of nowhwere. Sad really!

[AspenRose]

221. And they have the nerve to say BIDEN is a gaffe machine?

:wtf:

[geiger]

224. he is fucking losing it. eom.

[minnesota_liberal]

225. Neither Palin nor the other person nearest McCain seemed to notice

To them I imagine it's like the kids on the "Peanut's" TV specials listening to the boring adults: "Wah-Wah. Wah-wowah. Womawah."

[Barrymores Ghost]

226. This was a MAKE-UP CALL...

...for having been denied the opportunity to say "POW, POW, POW" during the Tuesday debate. His handlers told him that the once tried-and-true "I-was-a-prisoner-of-war" schtick was becoming a threadbare cliche. He was told to lay off the Hanoi Hilton bullshit, and the withdrawal, the DT's that it caused were plainly eating a hole through his withered, 72-year-old stomach, throughout the entire debate. You could see it in McCain's face. You could detect it in the timbre of his voice.

This was simply a Pavlovian reflex manifesting itself on-camera.

[Grinchie]

227. Just goes to show that the Crowd isn't listening to a damn thing he says

They are either paid stooges, narcissistic morons looking to get on TV, Minors that have been forced to be there by the brown shirts, skinheads, or fundamental christian zealots that read the Bible like an instruction manual without ever being how to read in school, or heavily medicated.

How can the media not notice that the crowd only responds to soundbites and cheerleader and not the content of McCain's non-message?

Truly incredible bullshit.

[yodoobo]

228. You can see the faces in the background thinking

"WTF did he just say?"