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18 days until the election and one day after their final debate, Barack Obama and John McCain traded zingers at the 63rd Annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, held at The Waldorf-Astoria last night. (The Daily News says the event raised $2.5 million, which goes toward underprivileged children.)
The Page has a thorough pool report, and Marc Ambinder at the Atlantic compiled some of Obama's jokes: "I was originally told that we would able to move this outdoors to Yankee Stadium. Can someone tell me what happened to the Greek columns I requested?" The housing crisis "has been eight times harder on John McCain." And: "I got my name Barack from my father.... it's actually Swahili for 'That one.'"
According to Politico, John McCain "killed" with some of these gems: "This morning I’ve dismissed my entire team of advisers. All of their positions will now be held by a man named Joe the Plumber." And: “Even in this room full of proud Manhattan Democrats, I can’t shake that feeling that some people here are pulling for me. I’m delighted to see you here tonight, Hillary!’’ Ha ha. Click through for video of McCain's comedy stylings last night.
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Both pretty funny. But McCain's jokes are always so rehearsed. (I know both have their quips written for them, but Obama's better at making them seem more natural.)
Barry has great writers. SNL should look into hiring those guys.
Watched it last night.
Both men were pretty funny.
how is this breaking news? don't the candidates always go to this event
McCain definitely had funnier materials than Obama had hands down! The Hillary dig was PRICELESS! His Maverick style humor will connect with the undecided voters and I predict a close win by Palin/McCain on Nov. 4th!
So wait - is Palin supposed to be 'Goose'?
pinch yourself dude69
I do not like McCain, but admit he was pretty funny. Very well done.
I loved how Obama said Schumer brought his loved ones -- "the people in the back with notebooks and cameras."
The hilarity of McCain and Palin using phrases like "Joe Six Pack" and "Joe the Plumber" is that they think buy using this terminology that they're helping to relate to their supporters— but what they're really doing is mocking them—basically calling them all a bunch of racist rednecks.
Obama looked liked he was going to poop his pants when McCain started to needle him on ACORN.
I give Obama credit, it must take enormous effort for a messiah to engage in self-deprecating humor. The Obama groupies in the media will recommence the worship again shortly, have no fear oh great One.
Maybe Bill Ayers wrote Obama's material, that's why he bombed.
^HAH
@Dude69, you're funnier than McCain.
@ Ides of March, bombed? he was hilarious.
I don't see how they would think that "Joe Six-Pack" is something people can relate to, unless they are drunks.
Great line from Obama.
"Obama looked liked he was going to poop his pants when McCain started to needle him on ACORN."
Why, what does Obama have to do with ACORN?
Do you know Obama's connection to ACORN, and what happened with the voter registration scam (that ACORN employees pulled on ACORN itself?).
Can you answer?
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Most of them are actually proud to call themselves racist rednecks, and put stickers on their trucks stating so, much in the same way blacks call each other 'nigga'.
Wow, my Brain hurts from sheer foolishness (trying to play nice) of I.O.M...
Those that provide the money are investors in candidates and elections, and credible theories have been developed on the extent to which the parties serve particular investor groups who focus heavily on particular parties, though almost always hedging their bets and building good will with the less favored party. (See Thomas Ferguson, Golden Rule: The Investment Theory of Party Competition and the Logic of Money-Driven Political Systems [Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995]). The investor-businesses must consider this use of capital a profitable one, with rates of return high enough to justify this form of investment. The payoffs may be specific and large, as where the investment helps bring with it a large government contract, or it may just be a broadly based but still substantial payoff in reduced tax rates, eased environmental constraints, benefits from reduced or impaired regulation, wars and rising military budgets, and other payoffs. Market-based democracy has proven to be very profitable in recent years.
Clearly, if the relative size of the flow of funds from investors to candidates defines election “credibility,” the investors effectively vet the candidates before the voting public has any say in the matter, vetoing those who they disapprove, and exercising a huge influence on the success of those who pass through the vetting filter. The investors also operate indirectly through funding party bosses, party thinktanks, and party activities, as in the case of the Democratic Leadership Council and Progressive Policy Institute, whose officials strongly influence the selection and advance of candidates within their own party--candidates who must be acceptable to the underlying investor community. AIPAC and other organizations and investors focused on support of Israel are reputed to provide 40 percent or more of Democratic Party election funds, and are therefore a highly important investor block who represent only a subset of the U.S. Jewish community, which in total constitutes something like 2 percent of the population.
^yeahbutwha?
A tense grimmace of forced laughter.