I have been wanting to do a strip on the volatile nature of the 08 version of John McCain for some time, but I didn’t know exactly how to draw the character. When he started explaining his foreign policies by singing filked versions of golden oldie tunes, it came to me.
The whole press conference where he was singing “Bomb Iran” wasn’t Presidential unless you include Bush on that scale, then the curve bottoms out.
I believe cooler heads will need to prevail in the 08 election so we can exit Iraq. We have had enough of indiscriminate bombings in the Middle East, we don’t need McCain to make the situation worse with his show tunes. Gak, an image just came to my mind of Rudy dancing the chorus line while McCain sings. That might have just ruined Broadway for me forever!
But we do need McCain to stay in the race, for nothing more than to push Fred Thompson’s buttons. I quiver with excitement!
[...] MCCAIN: In America today we’ve got a very strong economy and low unemployment, so we need addition farm workers, including by the way agriculture, but there may come a time where we have an economic downturn, and we don’t need so many. [...]
I saw the video where McCain just starts singing “Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb bomb Iran.” to the tune of the Beach Boys song “Barbara Ann.” People laughed…they laughed!! OMG! this is bad! Even if McCain shouldn’t have tried to be funny, the people listening to him shouldn’t have laughed.
Actually…
That sounds pretty funny.
Don’t get me wrong though; the idea, concept, implications and costs are no laughing matter by any means. But I do enjoy “Black Humor”.
There are numerous comedians out there who would do the same sort of thing for an audeiance, and the audiance would laugh.
Perhaps it is not necessarily appropriate, and maybe John McCain should steer clear of comedy. But if the same type of jokes can be found on comedy central or SNL, then I suggest that some folks just find a different place to put the stick.