Jon Stewart catches McCain recycling his convention speech
John McCain is trailing in the polls and he needs a jump start badly. So when the campaign announced (and the media lapped up) a much-ballyhooed "comeback" story line, Jon Stewart was surprised to see that the "comeback" speech was identical to his convention speech from a month ago.
"Senator McCain has tried a variety of techniques to get the Straight Talk Express back on the highway to victory, with enough electoral fuel in its, umm, ....right now he's losing. Fear card hasn't worked, POW card, maverick card, crazy base lady/Vice President card... not a good hand, but this weekend, an idea...."
"His supporters are gonna be pissed when they find out he recycles."
Looks like McCain stole a speech from Bush that he then stole from himself. How mavericky!
Haven't y'all just recycled this from jest a couple o'days ago?
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Yes, but the Daily Show had not sealed the deal yet. Plus, it just makes you warm and fuzzy to continue to expose this inane campaign stunt.
same as it ever was what ever it is. watch the Frontline about mccain and obama. it was on last night.
mccain used the same lines in 2000.
Particularly telling of the primary campaign (and definitely applicable to this campaign) was Former Press Secy, Victoria Clarke's comment:
"I remember way back in 2007 hearing a McCain staffer saying, ... "We're going to adopt the Bush model." ... And I thought, it's not his nature; it's not his style; it's not going to work. He's not used to having hundreds and thousands of people around him in this huge bureaucracy. And it didn't work.
And one of the very legitimate questions people raised during the primary process was, if he can't manage this campaign better than they have ... how's he going to run the Untied States?"
I have a new comment about this. But please see the comment I left yesterday.
The speech had those rah-rah lines. The kind a speech giver can get the crowd all pumped up with if they are delivered correctly. Probably the only ones McCain has ever delivered that pretty much worked so he said WTF let's try it again.
All his talking head supporters today are saying it was a great hit when he talked about fighting for the voter. Better add "fight or fighter" to your drinking game list, if it isn't already there.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
OOooo good one.
My coworkers and I are playing Presidential Debate Bingo tonight at a local pub.
Thanks.
When one is so totally out of ideas or positive things on their side of the ledger, what else can you do but begin repeating speeches which you feel worked for you? In this case, the stunt totally backfired like all McCain stunts have done thus far.
***Here's more bad news for McCain: Todd Palin would never get security clearance to be anywhere near the White House.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-naif/todd...
That's not so much a problem for McCain as it is for Sarah Palin, who allowed her husband to carry out duties as if a government official.
And, of course, they let Jack Abramoff pretty much come and go. It's a foregone conclusion that the GOP doesn't have much in the way of ethical or moral fiber.
Awesome clip,
but ...the Daily Show is still doing the heavy lifting for what passes for the Media ... haven't we heard this before.?
It's sad, but the truth is our comedians are the Media now, or at least the Media that is willing to call BS when they see it. Since 9/11, I've seen better quality news from the likes of Maher, Stewart, Colbert and Franken, than just about all of the rest of the so-called media combined. (Apologies to Olbermann and Maddow, who are relatively recent additions and to Jack Cafferty.)
Frontpage this!!!
http://www.jedreport.com/2008/10/breaking-sic...
Thanks for linking to that video. Good stuff and probably not far from the real thing.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
most excellent......gotta love the 70-80's style.
Didn't know McCain was so into recycling
What his new nick name for Cindy is?
We know the answer to that one already. Take his last less than flattering comment and add "anorexic" as the descriptive adjective. Did you see her sticks for legs hanging out of her suit yesterday? Now I know why they prefer her to wear slacks.
If Todd Palin would not be granted national security clearance due to his membership in the AIP- right wing lunatic fringe group - then where does that leave Sarah Palin who, as Governor, is on video tape commending this group and encouraging them to "keep up the good work".
Also, on CNN yesterday we learned that Sarah Palin herself did attend their annual meeting in 2006.
How about "pallin around with terrorist yourself, Sarah?"....How about as recently as 2008 in your video address? And how about actually attending their convention in 2006?? I'd call this "current pallin' around with domestic terrorists, sistah sarah!
The rise and fall of Sarah Palin will be a best seller - no doubt about it.
How this woman took a nose dive from being on top of the world in Alaska to now being convicted of unethical behavior....while showing the world her lack of intelligence during her interviews....to acting like a domestic terrorist herself at her rallies....to actually being affiliated with anti-US groups like AIP and hoping to infiltrate the highest levels of our government?? Wow!
It doesn't get any more frightening than this. Take one look at her terror rallies and you know what she would do if in the White House.
No one would be safe any longer once Sarah and the Palin gang infiltrate the highest offices in this country.
According to Daily Kos and others, CNN scrubbed the story. You won't find it on their webiste. Apparently, the McCain campaign threatened to sue.
Which story? And on what grounds were they threatening to sue?
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Why would anyone who hasn't had a lobotomy sit in a auditorium(with their fucking kids) for a couple of hours(that you can't get back) and endure this coma inducing dribble?
I know what fear feels like. It's a thief in the night, who robs your strength. I know what hopelessness feels like. It's an enemy who defeats your will. You have met that enemy, and it is me.
I'm Gone InSane, and I approved this message.
Everyone is equally entitled to the pursuit of happiness. Wasn't that once self evident?
I saw this last night. McCain is toast. I said that 15 months ago. I was just early.
I hope you are correct.
However, overconfidence can lead to disaster. Some people may feel that it's not necessary to walk to the polls if it's such a sure thing.
When the election is close, the count can be easily manipulated.
Don't forget 2000
VOTE VOTE VOTE.
OBAMA 08
to partially wake up.
mc**t won't let him recycle his beer
So she always stops him on his way to the bathroom with a beer can in hand.
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Wait a minute. Obama also recycles his speeches.
If anyone watched Frontline last night (The Choice 2008), it was mentioned that he used one or two of his speeches from his earlier campaigns for this presidential campaign.
If it works, use it again. What the heck is wrong with that?
I think that is exactly the point. It is working for Obama to stay on message, it is not working for McCain.
i watched that Frontline last night. i noticed obama has used words/phrases from the past. your right,
nothing wrong with that. maybe it's the fact that mccain lost using these same words in 2000. that's what
i find interesting people didn't want him in 2000 NOW he has all the answers.
Isn't the fact that McCain was touting his "NEW" approach then coming out with the "SAME" approach the point of the Daily Show piece? If Obama does it, that's ok, because he's not "Unveiling a new Strategy" He's repeating the point. Otherwise known as "Staying on Message".
Using it as part of your love talk before, during and after the humpty dance.
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Just read at DailyKOS that our chief Paliban officer, Sarah, conducted another infamous terror rally today on Ohio. This stuff is getting criminal and disgusting. Now that Palin has attached herself to the "radical wing nuts fringe" of society, she's joined at the hip with these nuts.
These nuts are dangerous to the safety of all americans and Palin is their leader now.
They need to keep this anti-american domestic terror and violence incitor under wraps. The McCain campaign needs to be slapped with either a "cease & desist" order for championing violent crowds at their rallies and inciting violence in this country - or have their campaign suspended under the rules of the Patriot Act.
People need to get tough and demand an end to this criminal stuff. Write your representatives and local media and express your outrage that this is occurring in our public arena. This is flatly in violation of the Patriot Act and they continue to condone it.
We must put a stop to this and stop it right now.
THE MC CAIN AND PALIN BASE IS FILLED WITH EXTREMIST WING NUTS AND MEMBERS OF THE JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY....KKK AND EVERY FRING EXTREMIST GROUP IN THIS COUNTRY.
IT'S TIME TO FIGHT BACK AND BRING THESE CRIMINALS TO THE JUSTICE THEY'VE BEEN ASKING FOR FOR 10 DAYS NOW.
too long for you to wait? Calm yourself and be patient. It'll all be over soon.
"Simmah down"
Paliban conducted another "terror rally" in Ohio today New
Wed, 10/15/2008 - 12:06 — anonymous (not verified)
Just read at DailyKOS that our chief Paliban officer, Sarah, conducted another infamous terror rally today on Ohio. This stuff is getting criminal and disgusting. Now that Palin has attached herself to the "radical wing nuts fringe" of society, she's joined at the hip with these nuts.
That sounds like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzwGfP98vGM
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
Sarah Palin, with her links to the AIP, has now taken on the title of "domestic terrorist" at her hate rallies. She can try to separate herself from this moniker not but her actions at her rallies only reinforce it.
There is NO WAY this sick woman can ever have access to our federal government.
She's now become the face of "domestic terrorism" in this country.
Hope their secret service is functioning because by their own hate language are revving up the anger of both sides. It won't be long before they will have to place her in hiding.
Interesting to note that her Secret Service entourage is made up of at least two black men (if you have watched her speeches they are the only people of color at her rallies.)
I am sure they are keeping a close eye on her.
speaks volumes for the courage and commitment of those agents.
They are pretty remarkable people.
til she's back in Alaska facing Her own voters.
she should be visited very soon by the new President (ie Obama) and he should bring along some of his new buddies. Investigative buddies.
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that the good voters will handle her on thier own. Nobody likes being embarassed.
Take that unretouched photo of Palin and add the caption: The "fresh" face of domestic terrorism.
Reality check:
Everyone who really thought terrorism was going to come to America dressed in robes and sporting a turban, raise their hands.
Trolls don't count.
Here's a link to stop these McCain "hate rallies" today.
http://www.fightthesmears.com/
Just a legal vote. Soon. Soon. It will all be over.
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I thought recycling was good...
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Starve the WAR Beast...
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This is what is so pathetic about McCain. He announces a "reset", a bold new strategy, a brand new start. What's clear is he's lost his ability to be creative, to incorporate new ideas, to change direction. Presidents need to be adaptive, to be dynamic -- the last 8 years are the result of trenchant fundamentalist ideology. Reagan was adaptive with Gorbachev and the fall of the Soviet Union. Clinton did it in his second term under a Republican congress.
So, about his prediction he's going to "kick Obama's you-know-what", be inadequately surprised if he makes the same old debunked attacks at the stage floor again while hunchbacking menacingly at audience members.
The only "reset button" this man is capable of resetting is the one affixed to his penile implant, folks.
Impotence doesn't even begin to adequately describe this half shell of a man.
What happens when he uses his garage door opener?
)O(
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Kicking butt in the lingo of John McCain is the ability to get up in the morning and have his legs support him.
Kicking butt in the lingo of John McCain means getting through breakfast without at least three diarrhea runs.
Kicking butt in the lingo of John McCain means reading (albeit full of errors) the teleprompter properly at his next gig.
Kicking butt in the lingo of John McCain means not having his left eye droop reveal the obvious: That he's having TIA's right in our faces.
Kicking butt in the lingo of John McCain is calling his own wife a c*nt in public.
Need I go on???
and still this vulgar, anti-american hate and death threats occur at their rallies? Do they really want their numbers down into the low 30's?
You'd think they'd finally "get it" that americans aren't having any of their bull$it and shenanigans. We've become a divided country politically - the last thing we need is to become racially divided as well.
If this occurs, we're heading back 50 years and can thank John McCain for that. This is something this man will regret for as long as he lives. He's lost all of his honor because of it already. There is absolutely nothing of any value or quality left to John McCain as a human being - his dignity is totally gone. Forget the war hero stuff, too....he's removed any sense of praise associated with that due to his own vulgar, gutterball actions.
The man is a skank. His sidekick is a domestic terrorist willing to incite violence at her rallies. This election is already over.
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Olbermann_calls...
Three weeks from today we will know who our next president will be. Unless of course the vote count goes to hell. I think this time the number of votes for Obama will be so over the top that no hanky panky will be able to change the outcome.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
You are right POP. I'm won't be convinced until He takes the oath of office.On That day i will get very drunk and yell to the sky 'The long long nightmare is over!'
And then we'll have to be vigilant to make sure America doesn't sit up, belch, then roll over and go back to sleep.
We're hanging out.
Wed, 10/15/2008 - 12:25 — David Hawes (not verified)
You are right POP. I'm won't be convinced until He takes the oath of office.On That day i will get very drunk and yell to the sky 'The long long nightmare is over!'
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12:12 — anonymous New
Wed, 10/15/2008 - 12:14 — xoites defends ...
Interesting to note that her Secret Service entourage is made up of at least two black men (if you have watched her speeches they are the only people of color at her rallies.)
I am sure they are keeping a close eye on her.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGQ-ISsDm8M
)O(
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Re: Jon Stewart catches McCain recycling his convention speech New
Wed, 10/15/2008 - 12:20 — pissed off patricia
Three weeks from today we will know who our next president will be. Unless of course the vote count goes to hell. I think this time the number of votes for Obama will be so over the top that no hanky panky will be able to change the outcome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x69pjsvIB0g
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
LOL, such serious lyrics.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Once critical mass of an Obama landslide is reached, no hacking will be able to stop the tsunami from occurring. No hardware hack in one state will be enough to prevent an Obama presidency. He's winning all of the swing states and really only needs one to put him over 270 at the moment. He will, in fact, take ALL of the swing states and will even turn some of Bush's red states blue.
Once it reaches the critical mass point, it cannot be hacked at all.
Sure it can.
Kill Obama on Election Day. The election will HAVE to be suspended while the party chooses a new candidate, then they'll want to have debates, and so on ...
... meanwhile, Shrub remains in office. Maybe even declares martial law, because it's such a horrible, horrible thing to have happen.
Let's not underestimate the thuggery of the current regime. They've lied, cheated, ignored the laws at their whim, and we suddenly expect they're so in the corner that they'll just slink off into obscurity?
I can't remember the gentleman's name, but he live chatted here on C&L and he had written a book about voting fraud. He said if a candidate was polling over 10% right before elections, it would be hard if not impossible to screw with the votes.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Okay, if this is more your speed, here's the new mcgramps/palinban campaign song for their hate-fests:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5Hv0tsvpyU
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I made it through about one tenth of a second on that one. Please, no more.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
You understand my wide-stance on things
But not in airport toilet stalls.
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Diabolus est Deus Inversus
You lasted longer than i did. :)
to 1:11. very funny.But a waste of bandwidth
You know if you were a real undecided and were incapable of seeing any substantive difference in platforms, wouldn't you at least notice that McCain's campaign is a total disaster? Can't seem to do anything right or at least in the same direction during the same day?
I have a better question:
If you were a real undecided and were incapable of seeing any substantive difference in platforms would you be allowed to cross the street by yourself?
Agree!
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
I prefer Bill Maher, he doesn't bother with "funny" faces.
Although he has a great, you-got-to-be-kidding-me look
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Diabolus est Deus Inversus
the McCain campaign team must have a Daily Show mole on staff. That's the only way their campaign makes sense.
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I swear, New
Wed, 10/15/2008 - 13:23 — Artist formerly...
the McCain campaign team must have a Daily Show mole on staff.
The mole is found on the left cheek of John Stewart's ass.
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Diabolus est Deus Inversus
It is obvious that McCain and his campaign are a disaster. At this point it looks like he will just get the 40% of the vote that are of people that will never vote for democrats no mater how bad their candidate is and whether they agree on the issues or not.
It is going to be a landslide. Obama has got this. The focus should now be on the other races and trying to put as many democrats in the other seats, particularly the senate seats.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l63SRpGXBHE
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