TDS: Stewart Pitches McCain New Names for "Straight Talk Express"
By SilentPatriot Friday Sep 14, 2007 8:38am
It was reported yesterday that Saint McCain changed the name of his famous "Straight Talk Express" to "No Surrender." Last night the struggling presidential contender made his 11th appearance on "The Daily Show" and let Jon run some new names by him. I personally like the third one.
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"There's no need for you to be honest with us...you're no longer on the 'Straight Talk Express.'"
Whatever else you might say about McCain, he really is a good sport.
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straight to hell express!
Whatever else you might say about McCain, he really is a good sport
Good sport, but dumb as a stick. OK, I'm running for prez and I know a television show is making fun of my idiocy, so I'm going to go on the show? Um, hello? McCain? Are any of your dogs barking?
"Maverick" Mccain carrying water for the same junta that trashed his wife 7 years ago
How about "Straight to anywhere but the White House Express" but then I think he would need another bus to fit all of that.
And yes I agree, McCain is a good sport and it's nice to see a politician laugh at himself, if it wasn't for all the horrible stuff he's said and done regarding the lie that is Iraq he probably wouldn't be so bad...but I guess that goes without saying.
war=money for the overclass. all we have to do is fight them and stfu!
Question Blog @ 5:
Ain't it a bitch, we have to fight them here so our soldiers don't have to fight them there, and still too many Americans don't even realize it yet!
LEAVE JOHN MCCAIN ALONE! YOU'RE LUCKY HE'S RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT! YOU BASTARDS! BOO! HOO! HOO! HOO!
"Going Down With George Bush Express"
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Perhaps a glass bottom bus would be more appropriate so he could watch his credibility, common sense, soul and self respect get thrown under for the last time.
McCains “ego-crack” for delusion addicts.
this guys only going to impress me when he trades off that bus and uses a bicycle to tour with, and wears a beanie on his head!
CensoredFan @ 2:
I'm not so sure it's that dumb--we are a demographic with whom he needs to relate. (Okay, needed to--after his hugging Bush and Iraq, he can pretty much write me off.) And it is a kinda maverick approach.
I think he really does it because he's one of the few people who can get a zinger in on Jon.
McCain will be the next pRESIDENT,didn't you see Godfather give him that big wet one on the TV?
No kidding I didn't think saint Mcpain was still campaigning!
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Yesterday I found the link to the story about McConnell's dissembling on this site. The actual MSNBC article was entitled "Spy Master Admits Error". I thought that sounded like a title for a movie or a video game. Apparently, I wasn't too far off.
Calling a campaign ride the "Straight" Talk Express is like denying that you are gay.
How about some of these?
"The Pander Express"
"The Bush Lite Express"
"The White Guy Express"
He seems so nice on Jon Stewart, and then the next day he says something stupid like MoveOn should be thrown out of the country.
Multiple personalilties?
"Whatever else you might say about McCain, he really is a good sport."
That sounds like the kind of talk that gave us the current Moron in Chief. You know: "the kind of guy one would like to have a beer with".
McCain is putting on his lovable act to try and con us like Bush did. In real life, he is known for being a hot tempered cranky old bastard.
Recall how he went ballistic on Maria Shriver for daring to ask him a political question!.
Bush and Rove have some blackmail material on John McCain. He jumps whenever and however they tell him. I feel for him but he needed to stand up against them a long time ago and now he is paying the price of being afraid.
I would have to say McCain is smarter than the average Republican. Considering most of them are pure mouthbreathers.
Whatever else you might say about McCain, he really is a good sport.
McCain must love wasting all that money and time flip-flopping around the country in The McCain Good Sport Mobile
I don't care what Jon Stwart says, I don't like John McCain.
Senator John McCain Changes Name Of Straight Talk Express
Senator John McCain is changing the famous name of “The Straight Talk Express” which he has used since his unsuccessful 2000 campaign to “No Surrender” for his 2008 campaign.
And Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart had some sugge...
How about the "Propaganda Express" or "No Chance?"
John---what sort of math do you use? The kind that says 20% is a majority? Oh I forgot, this is the REPUB party where reality is relative.
At gun point and no chance to survive , between guiliani, romney, and mccain, i'd painfully choose mccain.
But it would be like a scene from Saw with lots of blood, screaming, and bad choices.
Going on The Daily Show once or twice may be smart politics, but for John McCain to go on the show a dozen times is ludicrous. Whatever attention he may gain is focussed on what a silly right wing fool he is. All he did was piss off the show's studio audience, and any righties watching the show consider his appearances to be consorting with the enemy, which is quite true.
McCain was helpful on issues regarding Grand Canyon national Park. His heart is in the right place (I know, I know, the heart is on the left) on a few issues, but he is a condemned and tortured man, whose ambitions force the continual genuflection to the right wing fundamentalist base.
An old high school buddy of mine is a very active member of that base. We have, let's say, lively discussions about all this crapola.
That poor old man has a serious arterial flow problem--above the neck.
Sad to see a man who once possessed integrity slide down to the level he exists at today. A shill, a stubborn and used man. He doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell. Politics have stollen his soul and he's given in to doing anything to get that White House bedroom.
How about "The Jive-talkin' Express"? Or the "Senile Mobile"?
[...] And Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart had some suggestions for the good-natured and telegenic Senator, who was on his show. See the Stewart/McCain video here. [...]
"The Blindered Bezerker Express"
"The Wandering Rationale Express"
"The U.S.S. Cudgelicious"
"The Cudgel Clipper"
I'm working on it....
I agree with Silent Patriot about John McCain being a very good sport. Jon Stewart seems to understand this as well, and their perceptions are certainly good enough for me.
I will always think of The Saint as being a kind of victim of his own outdated and irrelevent ideals of his once proud party. At least he's still capable of being able to share a good irreverent laugh with other folks whose hearts are also in the right place.
Oooh: "The Emotional Cudgel Clipper", to cue what Jon Stewart described his behavior on Bill Moyers' show.
....or then just "The Magically Mysterious Abstract Definition of Victory Tour Bus."
....and Iiiiii'm spent.
I'd suggest "Going down ON George Bush Experess" would be more correct. Poor old John, Bush won't even call you in the morning. Licking the hand that's slapped you is not the actions of a maverick but of a dumb ox, a bum steer, an old cow, etc.
Kafka Lives @ 13:
And let's not forget - they're good pals. McCain has no problem appearing on Stewart's show because they both obviously respect one another in spite of their differing political views. And let's not forget that McCain survived a POW camp, so I'm sure he can put a few 'zingers' into proper perspective.
Just because he's a political opponent of the Democrats does not mean that he's dumb or evil or any such marginalising nonsense. He might be a decent man who bought into the hype and ended up backing the wrong horse. It happens!
No Surrender? Bold talk from a ex-POW.
That vibe that emanates from old bastard puts me in mind of Christopher Walken's character in Pulp Fiction.
'The Bush Ass-Licking, Morally Bankrupt, Going Down in Flames Express.'
I'm pretty sure the daily show was a repeat thursday night due to Rosh Hashana.
McCain just happens to be personable, well-spoken, and charming. Stewart also used to kiss his ass like it was a pleasure back when McCain was the coolest Maverick in town, so he's quite comfortable on that stage. These impersonal interviews have always been one of McCain's strengths. He's a true politician.
He's also wrong and a bastard, naturally, but somewhat less of a plastic, scripted, moral void as his fellow Republican candidates. He can do the faux populist schtick much better then most on the right.
Stewart takes it easy on all his guests. That's why they keep coming back. He's a comedian and it's a comedy show, for crying out loud. He only appears to be cutting edge because the "serious journalists" who pollute the airwaves are so utterly incompetent. Utterly incompetent by design, I might add. That's the way GE, and Disney, and the whole rotten lot of them want it.
McCain is the least admired Republican by Rush and his legions of brain-dead dittoheads, so if we have to be stuck with a Republican in 2008, let's hope it's him.
LOL McCain is a world class smart ass.
Pure Bullshit Express comes to mind.
I don't know why Stewart allows this senile fucker on. His bits are not funny. It is the only time I switch channels.
Jack Jett
Relax...it's just comedy....I thought he was very funny.............
Is Shirley Jones driving the bus?
I agree, he's not a bad guy, he just flip-flops too much, is too pro-war, and I don't want to see him as president. He'd be OK to spend an afternoon with; likable enough. He speaks HIS mind. He has a sense of humour, unlike Ghouliani and Mitt-smells-sooo-so-good-Romney.
"Whatever else you might say about McCain, he really is a good sport"
My sentiments exactly. He may be a d-bag, but give McC credit for continually allowing Stewart to make a pinata out of him--to his face.
McCain should adopt Talking Heads' "Road to Nowhere" as his buses theme song.
In light of the past few years and the decay in political respect for opposing views I see no need to show respect to or be pleasant to this political hack. He is an asshole.
[...] And Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart had some suggestions for the good-natured and telegenic Senator, who was on his show. See the Stewart/McCain video here. [...]
John, rename your bus the "Ex-sane Express"
Edwin @ 50:
You know, I'd really like to know what it was that turned McCain so thoroughly around. It could be that he wanted to hop onto the winning team, but I dunno - he seems to truly believe in what he says. That's what makes me curious, and I mean that in a non-snide manner. It truly blows my mind.
Stalin was a good sport too.
"Whatever else you might say about McCain, he really is a good sport"
What an odd thing to say...whatever else you might say about McCain...you mean like the fact that he's a warmongering, abortion hating, gay rights hating, bomb iran loving right wing nut...oh, but he's a really good sport...maybe we oughta cut him some slack
Yes, he might be a good sport.
But whatever miniscule part of his total makeup as a person that makes, it is so tiny it's not worth mentioning compared to all the grotesque, evils stuff that goes on inside dark fascist, republican brain.
You liberal media people have to stop excusing these evil people. You are not helping the liberal cause or society in general by accepting them like this.
GET THAT ALREADY!!!
McCain is aware that "No Surrender" was the slogan of Ian Paisley's Northern Irish DUP party, right? I mean, does he really want to draw comparisons between him and a hardline ideologue whose perpetuation of seething hatred contributed so much to the awful sectarian violence in the province?
Jack Jett @ 48:
Not true, Jack. he was very funny. The audience laughed at his comments and they laughed in the right places, too!
I have to admire his guts, to keep on running thinking that he has a snowball's chance in hell of winning and to retain his sense of humor through it all.
BTW, I am NOT a rethug and I wouldnt vote for him either.
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