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| McCain wants 'Office' star for VP |
| 2008-05-08 |
| Of the Democratic presidential candidates, would Republican John McCain rather take on Barack Obama or Hillary Rodham Clinton? "You know, Ron Paul is still in the race," McCain joked Wednesday during a taping of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." McCain deadpanned about the marathon race between the Democrats: "I hate to watch it. It's terrible. My heart goes out to them." During the taping, McCain pretended to walk off the set when Stewart pressed him on whether President Bush is more of a liability for him than the Rev. Jeremiah Wright is for Obama. Then McCain fiddled with his microphone and mouthed "technical difficulties" into the camera. The all-but-certain Republican nominee did reveal a few tidbits. His Secret Service code name, he thinks, "is 'jerk,"' and his choice for a vice presidential running mate is Dwight Schrute, a character on the NBC sitcom, "The Office," played by Rainn Wilson. Comedy aside, McCain used the opportunity to challenge Obama, who moved a step closer to claiming the Democratic nomination after Tuesday's primaries in Indiana and North Carolina. Stewart asked whether McCain really believed the Islamic terrorist group Hamas had endorsed Obama. McCain's campaign issued a fundraising letter after a Hamas adviser, Ahmed Yousef, said the group likes Obama. "It's indicative of how some of our enemies view America," McCain said. "And I guarantee you, they're not going to endorse me." Off camera, Obama's campaign said McCain should apologize for "repeating tired and divisive attacks about Barack Obama that he knows are flat-out untrue." |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #7 WILSON PHILIPS??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-05-08 23:22 |
| #6 The Daily Show with John Leibowitz (as Mark Levin would say). Leibowitz is snarky in a fairly myopic kind of way; lucky for him that's all his audience generally understands. |
| Posted by: Snash Oppressor of the Mohammatans aka Broadhead6 2008-05-08 21:35 |
| #5 There's an exemption to the lips-falling-off rule if everyone with a brain knows it's for sarcastic purposes. |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-05-08 15:25 |
| #4 "McCain deadpanned about the marathon race between the Democrats: "I hate to watch it. It's terrible. My heart goes out to them." " Are his lips still in place????? |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2008-05-08 14:40 |
| #3 Personally, I want Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer). Though not exactly for my vice president. |
| Posted by: Rambler in California 2008-05-08 14:29 |
| #2 Senator McCain has been on the Daily Show before, and does quite well in front of that audience, while bluntly telling them truths quite the opposite of the cant Mr. Stewart spouts nightly. I strongly suspect he's opened more than a few minds to question the Stewart/New York Times party line. I did wonder who Dwight Shrute was. Mr. Stewart didn't react noticeably to the name. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-05-08 14:19 |
| #1 McCain deadpanned about the marathon race between the Democrats: "I hate to watch it. It's terrible. My heart goes out to them." I thought he deadpanned that comment concerning anyone who watches The Daily Show. What the hell was he thinking doing that, unless he wanted to get a closer look at stewarts gawd-awefull latest face job. If ya wanna choose a TV star, even as a joke, for Vice President of the United States of America, at least choose Dennis Leary. I can hear it now, "Two words Imajinninthere, F*ck You. Smoking ban, I don't think so - If I can smell smoke I know your rotten ass is still burning in hell!" -puffs on cig-" |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-05-08 12:41 |