Did You Hear John McCain's Kneeslapper About John McCain's Houses?
John McCain's guest spot on "The Tonight Show" last night was a welcome bit of comic relief after watching the Democratic National Convention, which consisted of people repeating the words "change" and "America" and then a video about a large sailboat.
Here's my favorite joke from the exchange. I was really impressed that McCain, that ol' wisecracker, was able to deliver it with a straight face.
"For a million dollars," Jay Leno asked Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., today, "how many houses do you have?"
"Could I just mention to you, Jay, that, at a moment of seriousness. I spent five-and-a-half years in a prison cell," McCain said. "I didn't have a house. I didn't have a kitchen table. I didn't have a table. I didn't have a chair. And I didn't spend those five-and-a-half years because, not because I wanted to get a house when I got out."
ZING!
What does this guy think he's running for, comedian-in-chief?
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Let's connect the dots. That's a big WASH DC game.
Dot 1: Leno asks McCain how many houses do you have? seemingly a simple question.
Dot 2: McCain answers that he spent 5.5 years in a prison camp with no tables.
Dot 3: McCain is telling us that his 5.5 years being tortured by commies has messed up his brain, so he can't remember and can't answer a simple question with a simple answer.
Dot 4: Do we want this guy with his finger on the button, who still hates the commies and seems to want to restart the Cold War with Russia? I don't think so.
Ooooh. I can see Jon teasing his nipples now.
Wesley Clark had it right:getting shot down and spending time in a bad prison camp behind enemy lines doesn't qualify anybody to be president. Wouldn't Forest Gump qualify on that basis?
No, you wanted a new wife with 7 houses.
He was a different person back then, $'s his friend now.
McCain Years: I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that McCain was a POW.
Bush Years: I refuse to answer that question on the grounds of executive privilege.
Wow. I didn't realize that John McCain was a POW.
Aide: Mr. President, what are we going to do about education?
President McCain: I don't have to answer that, I was a POW.