May 18, 2008 6:27am

McCain Jokes About Age, Democrats, on Saturday Night Live

ABC News’s Bret Hovell reports: Senator John McCain appeared in two sketches on season finale of "Saturday Night Live", one in which he urged his rivals on the Democratic side to keep battling it out, and another, self-deprecating piece in which he made fun of his reputation as a cost cutter in the Senate, and his advanced age.

"What should we be looking for in our next president?" McCain asked at the beginning of a faux political advertisement. "Certainly someone who is very, very, very old."

Decrying so-called "pork barrel" spending, of which McCain is a strident opponent, the presumptive Republican nominee repeated an oft-used line from his stump speech: that he has never brought home to his state of Arizona any pork barrel money.

"Not even highway funds," McCain said. "When I entered the Senate in 1987, Arizona at 47,000 miles of paved roadway. Today, it’s less than 900."

"I’ve also opposed federal water projects, even when they’ve benefited my state. That’s why thanks to me, fifteen percent of Arizona citizens must get their drinking water from cactus."

"My friends, controlling government spending isn’t just about Republicans or Democrats. It’s about being able to look your children in the eye. Or in my case, my children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, great great grandchildren, and great great great grandchildren, the youngest of whom are nearing retirement," the 71-year-old joked.

Later, joining cast members Seth Meyers and Amy Poheler on the "Weekend Update" set, McCain argued for the protracted race on the Democratic side to continue.

"I want to give you this piece of advice, Democrats," McCain said. "I have to urge you, do not, under any circumstances, pick a candidate too soon."

Meyers followed up: "Oh, so you don’t think Hillary should drop out?" he asked McCain.

"Absolutely not," said the Senator.

Poehler then snapped at Meyers: "Told you."

"Cool it," said Meyers.

"You cool it," said Poehler.

"That’s right, fight amongst yourselves," said McCain, whom many believe has benefited greatly by the unresolved nature of the Democratic race. McCain sealed up his party’s nod in early March, while the Democrats have yet to settle on a candidate.

"Imagine the excitement of leaving the [Democratic National] Convention and still not knowing who the nominee is. That would be crazy. Crazy exciting," McCain predicted.

He concluded his time on the "Weekend Update" set by recommending one more candidate for Democratic consideration.

"I also thought John Edwards had a lot of good ideas," McCain said. "You might want to kick the tires on him one more time."

McCain hosted SNL in 2002. During that show he played then-attorney general John Ashcroft in a send-up of the cable news show Hardball, and sang some Barbara Streisand songs.

Senators Barack Obama, D-IL, and Hilary Clinton, D-NY, have both made cameo appearances on the program this season.

McCain spent part of the day Saturday on the set of SNL rehearsing. Actor Steve Carell hosted the show, and the musical guest was Usher, with whom McCain could be seen chatting at the end of the program.

User Comments

I saw him on SNL – Pathetic.
Why didn’t the old geezer say to all the young viewers how he wants to send them all to Iraq?
Is this how we elect presidents now? They have to appear hip and appear on Comedy shows? McCain should be ashamed of himself.

Posted by: Ralph | May 18, 2008, 7:36 am 7:36 am

He’s a Fuddy Duddy. We’re witnessing the begining of the fall of the Republican Party, and I’m enjoying it. OBAMA ’08

Posted by: Ken | May 18, 2008, 8:54 am 8:54 am

I have been thinking that congress would do well to pass a constitutional admendment requiring all Republicans holding office in the Whitehouse to undergo quarterly mental compentency tests. I am not sure we can withstand any more dementia, delusions of grandure and out right psycotic behaviour.

Posted by: cjacks | May 18, 2008, 8:56 am 8:56 am

Right on, John. You will have the votes of we Hillary Democrats. We trust you with the security of our country that you have earned through your many years of service to America. We know, of course, of giving 5 years of your life as a prisoner in Vietnam. Yes as a Hillary Demorcrat, you have my vote.

Posted by: benvictor | May 18, 2008, 9:59 am 9:59 am

No,
You can give a tax cut to the middle class rather then the upperclass.
And might I add this was an issue was John McCain quoted “offended my conscience”
Flip-Flop?
I admit Obama isn’t the best “debater” but that does not change his policies.
What Obama/McCain debates will reveil is the similarities between McCain policies and Bush policies.

Posted by: Vanessa | May 18, 2008, 10:05 am 10:05 am

Discrimination comes in many forms. White/Black, Old/Young, Woman/Man.
One that I have found most troubling is the one against the Clinton who have worked all their lives for civil and human rights now to be accused of playing the race card. As the memo from the Obama campaign early on put out to find anything the Clintons say to use as racial. The media and the Obama campaign have both done. It is like you can’t say anything with the fear of being accused.
I don’t think it should be about White/Black, Old/Young, Woman/Man. It should be about who is most qualified for the job. When we hire for any position for any company we need someone capable and experience.

Posted by: lois | May 18, 2008, 10:12 am 10:12 am

I think it was funny. You can’t take it so seriously. We all have to laugh at our weaknesses in order to overcome them.

Posted by: margaret | May 18, 2008, 10:22 am 10:22 am

To benvictor:
Please understand that McCain having many years of service doesn’t gurantee you security he will render to the country.
Its the right people who will surround and work with him and support him. If he doesn’t have them, his long service will be recognised as we do now!

Posted by: Peace | May 18, 2008, 10:25 am 10:25 am

McCain is a decent man. Too bad he is a Republican and therefore must follow their wrong-headed policies that have bankrupted this country and promises troops in the Middle East for decades to come…

Posted by: indy_voter | May 18, 2008, 10:39 am 10:39 am

Let’s see if McBush makes any jokes this fall in the general election.This is no laughing matter, come November you’re TOAST Mr, McCain!

Posted by: LogicalAA | May 18, 2008, 10:50 am 10:50 am

I don’t think McCain can afford to joke about his age. It’s going to be a huge liability for him this fall and even to joke about it is going to harm his chances. Remember when Bush was joking about not finding WMD in Iraq? “Maybe they’re behind this curtain…” Joking about a problem doesn’t make it go away.

Posted by: dem in chicago | May 18, 2008, 10:52 am 10:52 am

McCain’s handlers can have him kid about it all they want …but the country doesn’t actually need a mean spitited, nasty elderly man running the country. I have nothing against age per se as an issue … but he has a reputation for being a big faker when it comes to his nasty temper. He tries in public to exude this kindly persona, when in reality, he’s as personally nasty as they get.

Posted by: dgfiit | May 18, 2008, 10:55 am 10:55 am

Someone wrote: “I don’t think it should be about White/Black, Old/Young, Woman/Man. It should be about who is most qualified for the job. When we hire for any position for any company we need someone capable and experience.”
I believe it is the “IDEA” that’s imperatively important because that’s where the nation is lead into the future. We definitely need new ideas to cchange the old “experienced” non-wworking policies.

Posted by: mampang | May 18, 2008, 10:56 am 10:56 am

You are good John; great commedy. I only wished you had married up the annointed one of Teddy and Mr. Bush as running mates. George will be looking for a job in January, and since the annointed one will garner few votes anyway, why not an SNL skit of those two on the same ticket? Anyhow as a Hillary Democrat, you have my vote.

Posted by: benvictor | May 18, 2008, 11:13 am 11:13 am

McCain has more brains in his feet than Obama has in his head. We need experience.

Posted by: barefootboy9 | May 18, 2008, 11:13 am 11:13 am

MCcain is going to win in a landslide. Anyone who thinks otherwise is out of touch with reality. You can not explain this to sick liberal elitists. They can not be reasoned with due to mental disorders. Bush won! haha Hillary had a chance to win all or some of the swing states that would have given them a chance but thanks to Soros and Moore funding Obama republicans are a sure win.

Posted by: Mike | May 18, 2008, 11:22 am 11:22 am

McBush is supporting a war that is causing a deficit in the US & giving Iraq a surplus, also says openly he doesn’t understand the economy, & has sr. moments on his foreign policy experience.Now you tell me, who’s the empty suit?

Posted by: LogicalAA | May 18, 2008, 11:30 am 11:30 am

Quit you gripping and help get out the vote for George W. McCain !!!

Posted by: Keith | May 18, 2008, 11:32 am 11:32 am

He is right! More experienced! Years make us more knowledgable!

Posted by: Bill | May 18, 2008, 11:34 am 11:34 am

I started getting to knwo John McCain and he is very different than George Bush!
I like him and allthough I voted for barrack in MN, I can not anymore!
If I knew his relationship with Rev Wright, my vote would have not been for him to begin with!
Go McCain!

Posted by: Shanna | May 18, 2008, 11:37 am 11:37 am

I am a Republican who has some issues with John McCain! I wish he woukld be George Bush but he is NOT!
He is a liberal politician!
If the Republicans put a conservative on the ticket , McCain will win with a landslide!

Posted by: Jean | May 18, 2008, 11:40 am 11:40 am

When it comes down to election day, how many women who backed Hillary are going to vote for a guy pledged to appoint Supreme Court justices who will overturn Roe? Or even pass up the opportunity to vote against him?

Posted by: John | May 18, 2008, 11:42 am 11:42 am

McCain has some good genes! his mom is at age 92 and active, She was in Europe, but Obama has some bad genes, His mom died from cancer at age 50!
Go figure how important it is to have healthy genes!
Obama look unhealty!

Posted by: Joe | May 18, 2008, 11:43 am 11:43 am

mampang, You can be experienced with new “ideas”, can’t you?
New “ideas” without the experience to carry them out can lead us down the wrong road.
And what exactly are those “changes” we talk about? I don’t believe it is as simple to carry out, as a lot of people want to believe. Just be careful for what you wish for.

Posted by: lois | May 18, 2008, 11:44 am 11:44 am

McCain’s mother is alive and healty at age 92, but Obama’s mom died from cancer at age 50 young!

Posted by: Joe | May 18, 2008, 11:44 am 11:44 am

First of all McCain has changed his positions like a windsock on pretty much everything. He has a real credibility problem. I trust him about as much as I do bush & company.I’ll take Obama’s foreign policy plan of diplomatic talks, over McWar’s shoot first, ask questions later policy any day. Haven’t we had enough of that for the last 8 years already?? Its time to turn the page of conventional thinking on foreign policy and how we deal with other nations.

Posted by: LogicalAA | May 18, 2008, 11:50 am 11:50 am

the more i listen to mccain supporters the more i see they dont give a damn about America. They are just as bad as Reverend wright maybe even worse. At least he served our country as a marine!

Posted by: SMART REPUBLICAN | May 18, 2008, 11:54 am 11:54 am

Cliff,
tell hillary i said hi..haha
cause if your going to vote for mccain because of rev.wright and not look at hagee or the policy of war that mccain has been backing then you scare me!!!

Posted by: melissa | May 18, 2008, 11:56 am 11:56 am

Mellisa
Hillary? She would be the last one I’d vote for!
GO McCain!

Posted by: Cliff | May 18, 2008, 12:00 pm 12:00 pm

Michelle in the White House would be the laughing stock of the entire world, not just the United States.

Posted by: barefootboy9 | May 18, 2008, 12:02 pm 12:02 pm

I am a Hillary supporter who won’t for Obama!
Even if Hillary, Bill and Chelse would come to my house to take me to the polls, I’d still go with them and vote for McCain at this point!
So many Hillary supporters do not share Obama’s values! We love our country and can live 4 more years with the Republicans!

Posted by: James | May 18, 2008, 12:04 pm 12:04 pm

Nancy go to Canada. We want miss you at all and probably be better off without you. Bye Bye
McCain will be your President so go to Canada.

Posted by: barefootboy9 | May 18, 2008, 12:12 pm 12:12 pm

For the record, i cant afford 4 more years of bush. do you understand whats at stake? Geez! You people should move to iraq if you love mccain so much. At least he would treat u better than he treats people here in his own country.

Posted by: SMART REPUBLICAN | May 18, 2008, 12:13 pm 12:13 pm

Ed in Ohio.Florida will be joining Ohio and I think most all southern states will also. McCain will carry several states in the midwest also

Posted by: barefootboy9 | May 18, 2008, 12:14 pm 12:14 pm

Smart Republican, you go over there and you will be proud to be an American once you are over there and see what it is. I have been over there and know that we live in the greatest country in the world and I don’t want some nut like Obama trying to change it.

Posted by: barefootboy9 | May 18, 2008, 12:17 pm 12:17 pm

BYE BYE BYE Nancy

Posted by: barefootboy9 | May 18, 2008, 12:18 pm 12:18 pm

I don’t think I will be voting at all.

Posted by: misa | May 18, 2008, 12:21 pm 12:21 pm

Obama will win IL, VT, and OR probably. McCain will take the rest. Hillary would have been a contest but the Democratic leadership likes to lose the White House. They work hard to do it too.

Posted by: misa | May 18, 2008, 12:24 pm 12:24 pm

benvictor I’m right there with ya. This is one Hillary supporter that will be Republican this year. Obama, Dean, Poloski, Richardson, Edwards have all played dirty politics this year & turned away alot of we Democrats.

Posted by: Dee | May 18, 2008, 12:26 pm 12:26 pm

Yes, Tom. This will be the first time CA goes red. That’s because the big wigs in the Dem party SO badly love losing to the GOP. They would rather have McCain than a woman president so they push Obama, who will win very few states. If you go to the McCain blog, there are a truckload of Hillary supporters over there. They are going with McCain, not Obama.

Posted by: misa | May 18, 2008, 12:26 pm 12:26 pm

Might as well have a McCain/Clinton
ticket and get it over with.

Posted by: misa | May 18, 2008, 12:29 pm 12:29 pm

NotAfraid,
Cynthia McKinney is on the Green ticket and I could vote for that.

Posted by: misa | May 18, 2008, 12:32 pm 12:32 pm

The recent quasi-controversy over the comments made by the Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright, retired pastor of the United Church of Christ, to which Sen. Barack Obama (D.IL), both belongs and attends, has shown us how limited, and how narrow, is this new politics peddled by the freshman Senator from Chicago.

Posted by: NotAfraidOfRaceCard | May 18, 2008, 12:41 pm 12:41 pm

SMART REPUBLICAN: you know as well as anyone that Obama can’t win this race. He will be the nominee and McCain will slaughter him. Remember 80% of the population are white and there are more hispanic voters than blacks and hispanics hate Obama. You can tell on this forum more people are against Obama than for him. A few weeks ago it was different. People have found out about him and he has lost it. My daughter told me that newspaper and tv writers always write articles to make people mad and that way they sell more. She was at one time in journalism before changing to law. Are you moving to Canada with Nancy?

Posted by: barefootboy9 | May 18, 2008, 12:44 pm 12:44 pm

In his ambition to become America’s first Black president, Obama is in a race to prove how Black he isn’t; even to denouncing a man he has considered his mentor.
As one who has experienced the Black church from the inside, politics and social commentary are rarely far from the pulpit. The Rev. Dr. Martin L. King spoke of politics, war, racism, economics, and social justice all across America. His fair-weather friends betrayed him, and the press condemned his
remarks as “inappropriate”, “unpatriotic”, and “controversial.”
Rev. Dr. King said the US was “the greatest purveyor of violence” on earth, and that the Vietnam War was illegitimate and unjust. Would Sen. Obama be denouncing these words, as the white press, and many civil rights figures did, in 1967? Are they “inflammatory?”
Only to politics based on white, corporate comfort uber alles (above all)” only to a politics that ignores Black pain, and distorts Black history; only to a politics pitched more to the status quo, than to real change.
Politics is ultimately about more than winning elections; it’s about principles; it’s about being true to one’s self, and honoring one’s ancestors; it’s about speaking truth to power.
It can’t just be about change, because every change ain’t for the better!

Posted by: NotAfraidOfRaceCard | May 18, 2008, 12:45 pm 12:45 pm

The recent quasi-controversy over the comments made by the Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright, retired pastor of the United Church of Christ, to which Sen. Barack Obama (D.IL), both belongs and attends, has shown us how limited, and how narrow, is this new politics peddled by the freshman Senator from Chicago.
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Also he decided to stay in that Church and the new pastor Rev Otis is as bad or worse than Wright. Any Church that teaches that theology is not true Christian.

Posted by: barefootboy9 | May 18, 2008, 12:46 pm 12:46 pm

okay, who am I really? I was an Obama supporter turned McCain supporter. My previous posts were from websites of Black Separatist hate groups – http://www.finalcall.com and http://www.newblackpanther.com – Obama as President will only enbolden these Black Separatist hate groups – since Hillary has lost, McCain is our only hope – In response to Obama and his Black Nationalist Church and to the Black Separatist hate groups I quote from Martin Luther King Jr.: “Beneath all the satisfaction of a gratifying slogan, Black Power is a nihilistic philosophy born out of the conviction that the Negro can’t win. It was born from the wounds of despair and disappointment . . . In the final analysis, the weakness of Black power is its failure to see that the Black man needs the White man and the White man needs the Black man.”

Posted by: NotAfraidOfRaceCard | May 18, 2008, 12:49 pm 12:49 pm

Obama will win missouri, new york, california, vermont, maine, new hampshire, michigan, oregon, illinios, washington, and iowa easily. he is competitive in states like indiana, virginia, texas, mississippi, ohio, pennsylvania, new jersey, & north carolina. so screw mccain democrats who have NO COLLEGE EDUCATION and are stupid hillbillies.
Coming from a white woman who grew up in west virginia and saw racism 1st hand i know there are people who cant accept change. thats why i moved to new york.
The few never outweigh the many. remember that…. And dont forget, i know racists voting for obama. they dont wamt the little job they have sent overseas

Posted by: SMART REPUBLICAN | May 18, 2008, 12:49 pm 12:49 pm

You people scare me, we are in 2 wars that are costing us billions, our economy is crashing, gas is close to $4 a gallon and oil just keeps going up, people are having a hard time putting food on the table, McCain has already said he will make the Bush tax cuts permanent which means working americans pay 33% of their earnings unless you make over $200,000 a year then you pay 18%, he is putting judges in place to overturn Roe vs Wade, Putting McCain in office is suicide to our soldiers, our families and our country.

Posted by: Be ever vigilant | May 18, 2008, 12:50 pm 12:50 pm

If the GOP ‘s plan to win is using fear-mongering by shoving Rev Wright down our throats, then they’re in for a rude awakening.I can’t speak for everyone but to most americans Bush-McCain appears a whole lot scarier than someones nutty preacher.They have the lives of over 4000 dead & the soldiers blood on their hands.Although Rev Wright’s words were offensive,Bush McCains argument about WMD & the massacre in Iraq is unequivically most offensive!The 3 seats lost in NC,MS,& IL should have been the GOP’s warning.McCain, the jokes on you come November!

Posted by: LogicalAA | May 18, 2008, 12:51 pm 12:51 pm

By the way Berkshire Hathaway’s billionaire Warren Buffett is 76 and is still making billion dollar decisions – forget the age factor, McCain can and will do what is necessary to lead this nation

Posted by: NotAfraidOfRaceCard | May 18, 2008, 12:52 pm 12:52 pm

Obama will win missouri, new york, california, vermont, maine, new hampshire, michigan, oregon, illinios, washington, and iowa easily. he is competitive in states like indiana, virginia, texas, mississippi, ohio, pennsylvania, new jersey, & north carolina. so screw mccain democrats who have NO COLLEGE EDUCATION and are stupid hillbillies.
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McCain will carry California, Michigan and the states you said was competitive will mostly go for McCain. The people of Indiana are too smart. Now you get on people with no education are voting for McCain. Most of the people I know with degrees are McCain people. You just can’t see the big picture. People don’t want the change that Obama would try to bring. He himself made this statement “We live in the greatest country in the worl and I’m going to change it”. That was a stupid remark. Some of the most stupid people I know finished college.

Posted by: barefootboy9 | May 18, 2008, 12:55 pm 12:55 pm

This is ONE forum. Ive been to so many forums where the majority are Obama supporters. The only thing that you have against obama is race and his pastor. You are a bunch of ignorant pigs.
Im not moving to canada. im just going to become a fugitive spy if we go to war with iran. maybe become cia to exploit our plans to the chinese gov’t. Hey if america can self destruct, why cant i help the effort !

Posted by: SMART REPUBLICAN | May 18, 2008, 12:57 pm 12:57 pm

I have been told that there are a bunch of good black ministers getting together to tell their folks that Obama is not for them. They can’t preach it behind the pulpit but plan to publish full page ads in large newspapers across the country. There are a lot of good black preachers out there that are very smart and see through Obama, Wright, Rekzo, Farahkon, Ayers, and all the other un american people that are for Obama.

Posted by: barefootboy9 | May 18, 2008, 12:59 pm 12:59 pm

I have been told that there are a bunch of good black ministers getting together to tell their folks that Obama is not for them. They can’t preach it behind the pulpit but plan to publish full page ads in large newspapers across the country. There are a lot of good black preachers out there that are very smart and see through Obama, Wright, Rekzo, Farahkon, Ayers, and all the other un american people that are for Obama.

Posted by: barefootboy9 | May 18, 2008, 12:59 pm 12:59 pm

i am a well-educated White man who attends a UCC church and I am angry as hades that Obama and his church hide behind the predominantly white UCC denomination in order to continue their racist ways – Trinity UCC is a Black Nationalist Church like Central Congregational Christian Church was until they showed their true colors and left the UCC and formed the Shrine of the Black Madonna. The former UCC pastor at the Shrine of the Black Madonna once said “[Paul] never knew Jesus and [he] modified his teaching to conform to the pagan philosophers of the white gentiles. We, as black Christians suffering oppression in a white man’s land, do not need the individualistic and other-worldly doctrines of Paul and the white man.” Read the book Black Power and Black Theology reference on Obama’s church’s website and you will find similar verbiage

Posted by: NotAfraidOfRaceCard | May 18, 2008, 1:00 pm 1:00 pm

McCain is too old weak and tired to be President, he’ll probably be sleeping and snoring while representing this country in a foreign and important meetings.

Posted by: Cole | May 18, 2008, 1:00 pm 1:00 pm

How anyone can honestly believe Obama is a change from the same old political games is beyond me. He said his association with Rezko was a ‘dumb’ decision, that he didn’t know Wright was a rascist, that he wasn’t putting down small town workers, that he wants a bipartisan administration.He was voted “Most Liberal Senator” title last year, he wants gun controls, made a deal with Rezko even while knowing Rezko was under investigation for corruption,lied about not knowing Wright’s agenda, and told a liberal San Francisco audience what they wanted to hear about rural ‘hicks’. He told Judicial Watch he had no records from his term in the Illinois legislature and is using a Madison Avenue slogan ‘Change We Can believe In’ to try to get in the White House. He comes from a wealthy Hawaiian family even though he tries to portray himself as one of the downtrodden. 100 years ago he would have been called a snake oil salesman.

Posted by: SMART REPUBLICAN | May 18, 2008, 1:02 pm 1:02 pm

Obama frequently twists the words of others in his mocking, arrogant monologues, so why shouldn’t he expect the same? The only people who think Israel provides an excuse for militant jihadists are people like Obama. It appears that he does not know the difference between good and evil. Like Wright with his chickens coming home to roost, Obama suggests that there is an excuse for militant islam. He is an apologist for those whose views are morally abhorrent. He sees all sides and takes none. Does he truly know the difference between good and evil, right and wrong or are all views one vast and morally equivalent continuum from his perspective?

Posted by: Cole | May 18, 2008, 1:03 pm 1:03 pm

You will see how much change is needed when north korea and china blow our asses with wmd and nukes. but youll be too busy praising mccain to notice.
If America didnt need change once in a while we would still be paying taxes to Britian and my dad would be a slave master!
Wake up!!!!!

Posted by: SMART REPUBLICAN | May 18, 2008, 1:04 pm 1:04 pm

SMART REPUBLICAN: I myself go to many forums and the tide is turning. I think most of the time there are more anti obama people on now than pro. I don’t think you are dry behind the ears yet. Maybe someday you will understand what makes this county great. If you lived in some of them, you would like to be back here. Some of you talk about their health care system, why is it so many come to our country for help. Even in Canada they cross the border daily to get medical care. They have to wait a long time to see a doctor in those countries. I spent years over there while in service and it is not near as good as the US. Also talk about 4 dollar gas. CBS news said last night that it was 7.90 in England.

Posted by: barefootboy9 | May 18, 2008, 1:05 pm 1:05 pm

Cole – go say that to Warren Buffet who will soon be 77 and has more billions said you have dollars and he is still making well-reasoned billion-dollar decisions -

Posted by: NotAfraidOfRaceCard | May 18, 2008, 1:06 pm 1:06 pm

Obama is full of lies and uses words better then anyone else…he used race and sexism trying to win the nomination ..he is now using age to run against Mccain….Obama is a slick used car sales man in a nice suit…listen to hs words he belittles people and uses them beter then most politicians which makes him the most dangerous.

Posted by: SMART REPUBLICAN | May 18, 2008, 1:07 pm 1:07 pm

I am a Hillary supporter & I can tell you why I will vote McCain over Obama. To me Obama is the one that is more like Bush. McCain isn’t anything like Bush. Thats just the DNC spin. Obama will be the most destructive to our country just like Bush has been. I can trust in Hillary and McCain because they’ve served the country well & they love this country. I have never seen such hate before in the democratic party until this year with Obama and the race baiting spin doctors he surrounds himself with.

Posted by: Dee | May 18, 2008, 1:07 pm 1:07 pm

Im not betraying america, america is betraying itself. Choose mccain and i will be a spy for any gov’t willing to take down america. my guess is china.
but i wont have to do that because obama will win. People, wake up!
And some as*hole better stop using my name, posting as me. Fu*king loser!

Posted by: SMART REPUBLICAN | May 18, 2008, 1:11 pm 1:11 pm

Okay, I’m 100% for Obama, but McCain’s drop-in on SNL was a hoot. If it shows nothing else, it’s an indicator that McCain has a sense of humor, especially about himself. I can’t say that for a lot of Washington politicians. It’s the same move as Bill playing the sax on Arsenio. Anyone remember that? You do what you can to appeal to the masses when you’re running for president. So how about everyone just calms down, cuts him some slack, and maybe watch the clips again. You might get a laugh, something we all need right about now.

Posted by: coloradobama | May 18, 2008, 1:12 pm 1:12 pm

Why are White people such cowards – they are afraid to speak up when Blacks are the perpetrators of racisim – have you read the book referenced (without qualification or caveat) on Obama’s Church’s webisite that serves as a basis for their vision statement? Here are some quotes from that book: “To be black is to be committed to destroying everything this country loves and adores.” (page 49).
“The black experience is the feeling one has when he strikes against the enemy of black humanity by throwing a live Molotov cocktail into a white-owned building and watching it go up in flames. We know, of course, that there is more to getting rid of evil than burning buildings, but one must start someplace.” (pages 35-37)
“The goal of Black Theology is the destruction of everything white so that black people can be liberated from alien gods.” (page 118).
“No black man will ever be good enough in the eyes of white people to merit equality. Therefore, if black people are to have freedom we must take it, with guns if need be.” (page 177).

Posted by: NotAfraidOfRaceCard | May 18, 2008, 1:13 pm 1:13 pm

Anyone who thinks California will vote for McCain this November is crazy. Sure, Hillary got the bulk of the democratic votes in the primary but do you think a state that just gave gays the right to marry is going to vote for a president that will TAKE AWAY rights (civil, reproductive, immigration, etc) from the American people? Ain’t gonna happen my friends.

Posted by: Tommy | May 18, 2008, 1:13 pm 1:13 pm

Having read that book, I understand where Michelle O’bama was coming from when she said “This is the first time in my adult life that I am pround of this Country.” Her husband and her Church were able to remain deceptively hidden until O’bama had gained a large lead in the Democratic race.

Posted by: NotAfraidOfRaceCard | May 18, 2008, 1:15 pm 1:15 pm

I’m Just So Gay and I want OBama!OBama!OBama!OBama!OBama!OBama!
McCains to old
McCains to old
McCains to old

Posted by: SMART REPUBLICAN | May 18, 2008, 1:15 pm 1:15 pm

I’m gettin off here. There are a lot of good McCain people on here but I get sick of reading what the stupid Obama people say. I’m leaving for now and you good people hang in there. McCain has won it already and nothing to worry about. Obama is a Commie, Arab you name it. Michelle will not embarrass us by getting into the white house. She would let Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton sleep in the Lincoln bedroom. We don’t want that, she may join them.

Posted by: barefootboy9 | May 18, 2008, 1:15 pm 1:15 pm

SMART REPUBLICAN:
I didn’t know you were gay.

Posted by: barefootboy9 | May 18, 2008, 1:17 pm 1:17 pm

SMART REPUBLICAN sounds like he is a member of the New Black Panther Party

Posted by: NotAfraidOfRaceCard | May 18, 2008, 1:18 pm 1:18 pm

ah yes. the tide is turning. i wonder how man npeople here used like 3 or 4 names to make it seem as though there are alot of you. that doesnt work in the voting booth though!
And change as in diplomacy, better health care, getting rid of special interests, no war in iraq, preserving a woman’s right to choose. I assure you, If Obama can stay on the offensive, he’ll win by a landslide.
You guys underestimate the importance of the youth vote!

Posted by: SMART REPUBLICAN | May 18, 2008, 1:21 pm 1:21 pm

I’m really getting off here now. I know I get more laughs off people like
SMART REPUBLICAN and a few more than I can with Jay Leono and the late Bob Hope, but enough comedy is enough. Smart Republican is a big joke. BYE

Posted by: barefootboy9 | May 18, 2008, 1:27 pm 1:27 pm

I can assure you that Obama will win women voters. He will win them 55% to about 42%. Youth from 18-30 he will win 80% to 18%. white men he might lose 35 to 55. he will of course win black vote 92% to 5% and hispanic vote he’ll win 52% to 46%. Trust me, i know….

Posted by: SMART REPUBLICAN | May 18, 2008, 1:31 pm 1:31 pm

I know people who say they’ll vote for mccain in public to their republican husbands. Little do they know, these people will vote for obama.
Did you idiots know that our alliances are weakening. Is that why your voting mccain? to destroy our alliances? Or do you just see a good looking black man who intimidates you.
All those white men are just pissed off that their wives have “naughty” dreams about obama at night. Maybe your wife cheated with a black man barefootboy9. Is that why you hate Obama? Awww so sad!
And im not gay, im a woman who likes men! All kinds, even black ones. I think white men are jealous of black men. Seriously. You know every white womans fantasy is a black man and your little dicks are getting your egos hurt. What a shame!
Funny how after all these years that slavery has been over you still hate the black man. What a shame. They never did anything to you except seduce your women (yes this is coming from a white woman, who happens to be liberal) I guess white men were always afraid and jealous of black men.
Too bad! :)
And watch how reliable the youth are in november.
your just mad obama won fair & sqaure! he won in february but you guys were too dumb to realize it!

Posted by: SMART REPUBLICAN | May 18, 2008, 1:50 pm 1:50 pm

What has Mccain done to show that he has some intelligence on foreign policy?? Just serving in the military qualifies you for that? Sorry.. some of the best Secretary of State’s in this country did not serve in the military. I have not heard Mccain say anything intelligent so far about foreign policy to make me think he is qualified. In fact i think that this his weakness!!!

Posted by: LogicalAA | May 18, 2008, 1:53 pm 1:53 pm

23 senators are older than McCain.
Ron Paul is older than McCain. Ron Paul is 72.
6 supreme court justices are older than McCain. Stevens is 88, Scalia is 72, justice kennedy is 70.
Colin Powell is 70. Would he be too old to run. Powell would wipe the floor with Obama. Obama wouldn’t deserve to be on the same stage as him.
Nancy Pelosi is 68 and dems are fine with her being speaker of the house.
71 is not old. McCain hikes the grand canyon every year.

Posted by: david | May 18, 2008, 1:54 pm 1:54 pm

>>>> He’s a Fuddy Duddy. We’re witnessing the begining of the fall of the Republican Party, and I’m enjoying it. OBAMA ’08 <<<<<
Sheeeeeet . . . . McCain is licking his chops like a Pavlov dog at the very prospect of Obama. I heard he likes dark meat too.
You need to stop sniffing that carbona dude !

Posted by: RJinFlorida | May 18, 2008, 1:55 pm 1:55 pm

Do you suppose the old guy will be able to keep from nodding off during the general election debate? Maybe if they let Lieberman sit at his side and prod him and correct him about Shiites and Sunnis. This guy is a dunce.

Posted by: LogicalAA | May 18, 2008, 1:55 pm 1:55 pm

McCain is not only too old for the job, but too old in mindset and vision. His vision is “keep doing what doesn’t work for Americans”. However, McCain will keep doing what works for him, livng off taxpayer’s expense. Taxpayers have carried him all his “working” life, with the best health benefits taxpayers can buy. He did promised something new…all federal facilities, military bases and installations, VA hospitals, and Post Offices will have now have beer delivered. Yes, nothing like having beer distributed nationwide and abroad to federal employees, soldiers, VA patients, and postal workers. I believe it will be a no-bid contract awarded to some rich old lady who’s father left her a beer distribution company.

Posted by: Jake | May 18, 2008, 2:08 pm 2:08 pm

LogicalAA
Well if Lieberman is their, then im sure Obama will have someone their to remind him the number of states their are in the union. Ha, Ha what an IDIOT and he is running for president. Get a clue Loser

Posted by: TH | May 18, 2008, 2:10 pm 2:10 pm

>>>>> I know people who say they’ll vote for mccain in public to their republican husbands. Little do they know, these people will vote for obama.
Did you idiots know that our alliances are weakening. Is that why your voting mccain? to destroy our alliances? Or do you just see a good looking black man who intimidates you.
All those white men are just pissed off that their wives have “naughty” dreams about obama at night. Maybe your wife cheated with a black man barefootboy9. Is that why you hate Obama? Awww so sad!
And im not gay, im a woman who likes men! All kinds, even black ones. I think white men are jealous of black men. Seriously. You know every white womans fantasy is a black man and your little dicks are getting your egos hurt. What a shame!
Funny how after all these years that slavery has been over you still hate the black man. What a shame. They never did anything to you except seduce your women (yes this is coming from a white woman, who happens to be liberal) I guess white men were always afraid and jealous of black men.
Too bad! :)
And watch how reliable the youth are in november.
your just mad obama won fair & sqaure! he won in february but you guys were too dumb to realize it! <<<<<<
Hello ?
I know . . . . you're secretly into bestiality and you've finally come out. I know where you're coming from "sweetie". I have a few friends who instead of getting ready to enjoy their empty nest status, are now stuck with raising their daughters' bastard kids who pretty much have the same bimbo mind-set such as yourself. Just a repeat of what has been going on for eons. (1 sec BRB )
Just checked . . . . just looked at my coloring. Yep. Definitely no jealousy here girlfriend.
have a wonderful day! Say hello to Rover . . . . .

Posted by: RJinFlorida | May 18, 2008, 2:11 pm 2:11 pm

TH
Through your smoke-filled glasses of bigotry you fail to realize there is a big difference between confusing the # of states & confusing the people you’re bombing!

Posted by: LogicalAA | May 18, 2008, 2:14 pm 2:14 pm

Many McCain supporters who are also Bush supporters sound like Nazi wannabes. So John McCain obiviously has to act like a Hitler wannabe in some ways to appease the little GOP Nazi wannabes.These people are the ones supporting the destruction of America as we know it. Love those wars! Right you little Nazi wannabes!

Posted by: AJ | May 18, 2008, 2:17 pm 2:17 pm

Does anyone remember McCain is the one who pushed the issue of a surge, which has worked? That wasn’t something Bush wanted to do or any democrat. Obama though is for everything and not for anyting. Easy to vote for him there. And who said that destructive druggies vote for McCain, absurd, they don’t trust anyone over 30.

Posted by: Hank | May 18, 2008, 2:26 pm 2:26 pm

Does anyone remember McCain is the one who pushed the issue of a surge, which has worked? That wasn’t something Bush wanted to do or any democrat. Obama though is for everything and not for anyting. Easy to vote for him there. And who said that destructive druggies vote for McCain, absurd, they don’t trust anyone over 30.

Posted by: Hank | May 18, 2008, 2:26 pm 2:26 pm

LogicalAA
They werent discussing bombing during that interview but confusing the number of states you want to be President of!!! I guess its no big deal, except my 4 year old knows that much (so much for that degree from Harvard). Not exactly the hope and change you Obamabots were hoping for is it. Face it your guy is losing and no amount of race baiting is going to help. So keep calling everybody who disagrees with you rascist and bigots im sure it helps you sleep at night.

Posted by: TH | May 18, 2008, 2:26 pm 2:26 pm

I cant wait for obama to mop the floor with mccains old ass in a debate. the choice will be so clear its frightening. you obama haters have no arguments but rezco that crazy bomber dude and wright. theyre not substantial, at all!
November i cant wait to see the look on all the bigots faces. This will be fun
Obama, thanks for running a brilliant campaign. See you at the polls :)
P.S. i’d be his monica lewinsky anyday! but id let him keep the blue dress ;^) LMAO
Oh and RJinFlorida.. if your girlfriend feels a little wider down “there” you know who to blame it on!

Posted by: SMART REPUBLICAN | May 18, 2008, 2:30 pm 2:30 pm

Do any of you actually watch SNL? Obama and Clinton have already done it and in all three cases they made fun of themselves. I’m all for debating the real issues but this is an article about SNL. Anybody out there with a sense of humor? Hello?

Posted by: allie | May 18, 2008, 2:32 pm 2:32 pm

Do any of you actually watch SNL? Obama and Clinton have already done it and in all three cases they made fun of themselves. I’m all for debating the real issues but this is an article about SNL. Anybody out there with a sense of humor? Hello?

Posted by: allie | May 18, 2008, 2:32 pm 2:32 pm

McCain’s plan for getting your vote: try to scare you. McCain’s plan for war: more war. McCain’s plans for the govt: more deficet spending to pay for more war. McCain’s plan for health care: cut health care as a employer benefit (what does THAT solve???)

Posted by: Scott | May 18, 2008, 2:34 pm 2:34 pm

we need old and tried .we need somebody we know where he stands on issues.war vet who knows the pain of a soldier.i am a democrat for mccain.go mccain.

Posted by: joe | May 18, 2008, 2:39 pm 2:39 pm

GOP new Slogan:
“The Change Americans Deserve”
is WAR, ECONMIC RECESSION, OUTDATED FOREIGN POLICY …
If they are foolish enough to vote us.

Posted by: LogicalAA | May 18, 2008, 2:40 pm 2:40 pm

Scott
Im shocked to discover that I have been Hoodwinked and Bamboozeled by McCain I thought I was voting for him because of his Lifelong commitment to his Country and his willingness to reach across the isle and get things done. I guess I will be changing my vote in Novemeber to the unpatriotic, clueless liberal Senator with a shady past from Il. Thanks for clearing things up for me.

Posted by: TH | May 18, 2008, 2:46 pm 2:46 pm

RJinFlorida wrote:
All those white men are just pissed off that their wives have “naughty” dreams about obama at night. Maybe your wife cheated with a black man barefootboy9.
Is that why you hate Obama? Awww so sad!
And im not gay, im a woman who likes men! All kinds, even black ones. I think white men are jealous of black men. Seriously. You know every white womans fantasy is a black man and your little dicks are getting your egos hurt. What a shame!
***********************************
Now RJ you are getting nasty. I know your type and most of the ones (I said most) that have black men are big fat bitches that can’t get a white man and Ibet you are one of them. My wife is a good Christian woman and would never think of it. But sorry women like you are jokes of this world. I wouldn’t be surprised if you were black yourself. You talk like you are one. If you are telling the truth, you have been around the corner a few times because you talk of sizes. I bet you are like a sink hole if you know what I mean.

Posted by: barefootboy9 | May 18, 2008, 2:47 pm 2:47 pm

Now that Bush successfully baited the waiting Osama while speaking at the Knesset last week, it has ingeniously started the general election campaign which otherwise would have continued to stagnate while Clinton and Osama continue to duke it out. That would have left Osama to continue to get a free pass by his media friends and not receive the scrutiny that he truly deserves. Do not count Clinton out yet. The coming weeks are going to reveal and unravel many things about this very pursuasive, inexperienced and naive young senator that will have many super-delegates wondering if he can successfully win in November. Kerry looked like he was going to steam-roll to victory as well. But that sharp tongue of his will meet a much more sharper blade in McCain. He talked the talk until now and in the end, just as it was with Kerry, every open-minded, clear thinking, educated citizen will be able to discern and discredit everything or at least most of what this snake-oil salesman is selling.
Oh and Smarty, I’ve been scrutinized by other fellow Italians because of my Sicilian heritage, calling me un-Italian and being black and all dat. Ain’t no wide entries around my harem girlfriend. Anytime you need an endoscopy, give me a holler . . . I’d be happy to oblige to check everything out for you.
. . . . . “Water’s deep too!”

Posted by: RJinFlorida | May 18, 2008, 3:16 pm 3:16 pm

So I am supposed to like McCain and vote for him because he shows some humor and tries to be “hip” on SNL? NOT!!! Obama and Clinton were also on SNL. Anyone who votes for four more years of miserable and disasterous Republican leadership is a fool. Lesson 1: Don’t ever invade a Middle Eastern Muslim country. Lesson 2: Once there, don’t ever say you need to stay there for 100 years. It’s one thing to have a U.S. military base in Germany, the Phillipines, etc. It’s quite another to have one in a hostile Muslim country where Americans are not wanted and are being killed every day. Yet McCain has said he sees no difference between these other bases and Iraq. Idiot. On top of that, add in more tax breaks for the rich, and a middle class that will disolve into a two-class society – the haves and have-nots – in the next ten years, and you have a recipe for disaster, courtesy of Republican leadership.

Posted by: Tom | May 18, 2008, 3:54 pm 3:54 pm

I’ve got a great idea: forget about roads, insurance, schools, just send every american man woman and children to Iraq to fight the eternal war of blood-thirsty McCain… oh, wait, illogic abounds, then who would pay for the rich to get richer off of McCain’s hands-off government style…. who would PAY to have all the american little guys killing up the Muslims?…. Ya know McCain, nothing you say makes much sense, actually… why don’t you just send all the lobbyists to Iraq… there must be a legion of them in your pocket, but the amount that are being exposed in your employ…. hands off government and lobbyists… guess we know who gets the money if it’s not going to be ear marked for roads, schools, insurance!!!!!

Posted by: origood | May 18, 2008, 4:52 pm 4:52 pm

I read that Huckabee wants to be McCain’s running mate. Just what we need – two wannabe comedians in the WH. We already have an idiot clown. There is no way the U.S. can survive another 4-years of bush policies and that is exactly what we will get with McCain. Although he tries to convince us he is different material from GWB, he is still cut from the same cloth. If you love this county, vote Dem in November.

Posted by: Ron | May 18, 2008, 5:02 pm 5:02 pm

McCain does discriminate… he will be president of 50 states rather than Obama’s generous 57.
Obama shows signs of being a shrewder politician… when faced with NAFTA he said what was needed in order to win over the union vote but privately winked to Canada that it was just politics. On the other hand McCain heavily campaigned for the surge, which could have been political suicide had it not worked.
Obama may be the better campaigner, strategist, fundraiser – but then again, he learned much from his years in Chicago politics… including the time he used the courts to exclude his rivals from being on a primary ballot. Yes… a smoother politician and a great basketball player (although not bowling)…. Obama has lots of plusses… but when it comes to being president, soaring rhetoric and meaningless promises of “hope and change” are just empty words. And great… another lawyer, married to another lawyer to boot! Isn’t THAT what we need more of in Washington?!
The last “new style” democrat politician who campaigned to reform Washington was Carter… “oh joy”!
Give me the old fuddy duddy any day… McCain 2008! He is the best candidate for our times.

Posted by: smartprimate | May 18, 2008, 5:30 pm 5:30 pm

I read that Huckabee wants to be McCain’s running mate. Just what we need – two wannabe comedians in the WH. We already have an idiot clown. There is no way the U.S. can survive another 4-years of bush policies and that is exactly what we will get with McCain. Although he tries to convince us he is different material from GWB, he is still cut from the same cloth. If you love this county, vote Dem in November.
Posted by: Ron |
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Because I love this country I will vote for McCain.

Posted by: hungrymama | May 18, 2008, 5:30 pm 5:30 pm

“HillaryCare” is Back. And now Big Business is behind it too. But while America is heeding the siren call of “free” health care, Canadians are experimenting with free-market reforms to fix the nightmarish problems plaguing their system – which include months-long (sometimes years-long) waiting lists for treatment

Posted by: hungrymama | May 18, 2008, 5:40 pm 5:40 pm

Scary that so many people have such poor judgment that they’d pick Obama over Clinton. I’ve never seen so many put so much faith in such a thin record. A good speaker doesn’t necessarily translate into a good leader. WAKE UP!

Posted by: K.F. Miller | May 18, 2008, 10:04 pm 10:04 pm

“Never be afraid to laugh at yourself,
after all,
You could be missing out on the joke of the CENTURY.”

Posted by: H. Todd Haugen | May 18, 2008, 10:50 pm 10:50 pm

Do y’all not have a sense of humor? I thought the guy was funny. Lighten up. You don’t have to agree with the guy or want to vote for him to appreciate that he can laugh at himself.
As far as McCain being old – if he picks a good VP, then that alleviates that problem.
I thought Obama was a decent guy but then came the Rev. Wright stuff, the Bill Ayers stuff, the Rezko stuff, the comments in a debate that Obama made about bombing Pakistan (an ally) and so on. He recently said the US had 57 states and that they speak Arabic in Afghanistan (they don’t). McCain at least has his age as an excuse for this kind of gaffe – what is Obama’s excuse?
Plus there is the footage of Obama refusing to put his hand on his chest during the pledge, which every other Dem candidate is doing in the video.
I still think Obama is charming and cool, but I don’t think he’d be a good commander in chief.

Posted by: Shefali | May 18, 2008, 11:26 pm 11:26 pm

I have to tell you, McCain has a good chance in CA too!
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I live in California, and would love for you to show me some polling data which supports your argument, because from all the polling data I’ve seen, this is NOT the case.

Posted by: Tammi_J | May 19, 2008, 1:35 am 1:35 am

Reagan was 100 but did a great job. (at least with foriegn affairs, not quite so good with economics) I just want to see McCain in the White House screaming at people to get off his lawn!!!

Posted by: Wavering Dem | May 19, 2008, 12:10 pm 12:10 pm

THEY DIDN’T DO A SKIT COMPARING MCCAIN ASSESSING THE SIZE OF HIS “THREAT” AGAINST OBAMA’S.
IT’S NOT THE SIZE OF THE THREAT, IT’S THE SIZE OF THE EXPLOSION.

Posted by: DAVID NH | May 19, 2008, 4:04 pm 4:04 pm

I just love the range of candidates on the one hand we have a wronged woman willing to do anything for power. or a master debator going to demand reparations for slavery. And on another a man who is quietly waiting for the other two to self-destruct. truth be told none of our most capable people want to run for this messed up office.

Posted by: john c | May 19, 2008, 6:21 pm 6:21 pm

Well I don’t know about your states but Northern Ohio is not with its Republican South. Lakewood is ready for a change! Hillary or Obama is just fine with me! I respect McCain’s service but it is time for a new generation to take the White House. The middle class will finally get what they need and the Upper class will just have to deal with the fact they are not the majority
Democrats 08!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: pdrobar | May 19, 2008, 7:59 pm 7:59 pm

I did a quick search and found Obama’s done many more celebrity appearances than McCain.
McCain certainly has a quick whit and gravitas.

Posted by: Nike Chilemi | August 15, 2008, 11:59 am 11:59 am

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