dum dum had to read the name off a card!

That dude is old.

McCain seems like a pretty charming guy when he isn't saying something completely wrong about a foreign country, but man, the Dwight bit was as focus-grouped as any tears Clinton ever shed.

@moff: More focus-grouped, actually.

@moff: Now if he'd said, say, Mark Penn, that would have been funny.

And here I thought he only had Hogan's Heroes and Gomer Pyle references on standby, or an occasional "Hey, Hawkeye was cool" Mash moment prepared, since the olds aren't usually up past 8:30, well, ever, now that the century changed and all.

I couldn't bring myself to vote for him, but I still have a ton of respect for this guy. He's endured hardships most of us couldn't even comprehend, and made it through with the necessary faculties intact.

Having said that, he has some pretty fuckin wacko plans, and is about as charismatic as an individually wraped piece of American cheese. (seriously, I want to punch the guy that gave it that name right in the nose.

the white tornado funnier than hills and barack COMBINED.

The other day a Chicago News channel interviewed people in Indiana about what they thought about the elections and diversity. An african american lady said "I think it's great! We have a Female, an African American, and an Elderly Man running for President!"

I shit you not I laughed my ass off.

Oh, let's go easy on him guys, it was so clearly past his bed-time. McCain gets grumpy without his nap-nap.

Note: I also refer you to Stephen Colbert's poem regarding John McCain's legendary superstitiousness:
"hat on the bed, mammoth make you dead." Mr. Hippity should like that one.

@valarmorghulis: Yeah, I think it's cool to simultaneously totally respect him and not want him to be president. I do actually think he's pretty charismatic, though -- I mean, he comes off as quite affable in this clip. I just think you can see it's a bit of a pose. Same with Obama. Now, Huckabee -- there was a guy who just seemed genuinely friendly. But I would not want him to be president either.

@SlickaNicka: I never heard that. That's awesome.

... and Kenneth Parcell for Secretary of State!

Oops! Meant Virus with shoes regarding the Mammoth comment. My bad.

Yeah, that was right after Colbert called a moratorium on age jokes...the sly fox.

@moff: I love and respect the wit of the gawkers, but I'm not sure if y'all should be president either. 'cept Wookie, Wookie could be president. Richard. Maybe Ian, but only if we get old Bob Newhart Show clips this weekend.

@CrankYank: I would not vote for any of us unless Michael Jackson turned out to be a commenter. In which case I would vote for him, as usual.

@moff: Now I know why he calls you his favorite P.Y.T.

@moff: Clearly not when Jermaine has the better political chops. Who do you think came up with the "Jesus Juice" nugget of brilliance?

@Spirit Fingers:
Beg to differ. Tito kept Yugoslavia together for decades.

@Spirit Fingers: @scroll_lock: I'd nominate Virus with Shoes, after the his noble stand on the gallows last week. Think he's Michael Jackson? It would be a magical combination.

@CrankYank: He may be Michael, as it's hard to understand his comments through that surgical mask.

@scroll_lock: Is Janet facing a run-off in Rhythm Nation?

@CrankYank: She considers it all just an escapade.

Anybody else this Jon was kinda a dick to McCain? Not the question per say, but telling him to sit down after the interview, etc.

@rosaluxembourgeoise: A punchline waiting for the perfect storm. Bravo.

@EddieRebel: Not really. Sitting was the least courtesy McCain could have done after that puff job of an interview. But then, I guess that's what John's used to. No one calls him on his pandering flip flopping b.s. Not even Stewart. And, he tells all his guests to sit; it's like a routine he has with McCain by now (the 10th time he's been on). It's always the same non-interview.

@scroll_lock: All agreed, then. I'll start the draft petition for the Tito/LaToya dream ticket. They bring the foreign policy and T&A experience this country needs.

@Mediahohoho: For a moment, I thought Stewart was actually going to ask him about Hagee...and then the punch line came. Still, it wasn't appreciably worse than most of the non-interviews he does on real news shows.

I just watched this. Did anyone notice how he played the story of the woman at the "town hall meeting" who accused him of "discriminating against women"? He played it as a joke, like she was nuts or something, but I think it might've been a pro-choicer confronting him.

@moff: I, too, was disappointed it wasn't about McCain's actual pastor. Too bad Stewart's #1 job is to get an audience laugh every 30 seconds, not to get his guests to actually answer anything.

@SW-2: To be fair, Hagee isn't McCain's pastor, just a crazy preacher whose endorsement McCain actively sought.

@SW-2: Not that that changes the point -- I just wanted to clarify.

@moff: Easy, now.

@Helman: Sorry! I felt bad about it as soon as I hit submit. WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME???

@DonPardoCalrissian: Second that!

I was disappointed Stewart didn't swing for the fences re: Hagee, too--but he'd been hammering home that bit for the past week-ish. I thought he made up for it, though with his "I'm not saying [a McCain-Clinton ticket] would necessarily be something I would like, but..." velvet fist to the balls.

Hell, I'd vote for a McClain/Shrute ticket, just for the irony.

"John McCain's primary qualifications for the presidency are that he's old, he was tortured, and he's been a corrupt Senator for hundreds of years."

You forgot the two qualifications that will lead me to pull the lever (punch a card, whatever) for McCain- he's not Obama or Clinton.