Quote Fingers

Posted on 10/16/2008 at 8:52 am by Bob Cesca

This could be the exact moment when the “McCain-Palin 2008″ campaign “ended.” At least in terms of “performance.” McCain entirely “lost himself” here. The goal for any “candidate” in a nationally televised “debate” isn’t to fire up “the base” — the mission is to “convince” the last remaining “undecided voters” (who are ridiculous, but important).

And McCain, all full of piss and vinegar, slipped into a place in which we was talking to the party base — the radical anti-choice Christian far-right. It was a colossal blunder for McCain. It was something a “green-behind-the-ears” rookie running for Congress would do. Not a major party presidential nominee.

It was another McCain “that one” moment, only this time, he offended undecided voters, women, mothers, moderate pro-choice Republicans… everyone except the far-right base. This is why he’s not ready to be president. He simply doesn’t have the self control for the job.

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  • Groobiecat

    You’re a mean one, John McCain.
    You really are a heel.
    You’re as cuddly as a cactus,
    You’re as charming as an eel.
    John McCain.

    You’re a bad banana
    With a greasy black peel.

    You’re a monster, John McCain.
    Your heart’s an empty hole.
    Your brain is full of spiders,
    You’ve got garlic in your soul.
    John McCain.

    I wouldn’t touch you, with a
    thirty-nine-and-a-half foot pole.

    You’re a vile one, John McCain.
    You have termites in your smile.
    You have all the tender sweetness
    Of a seasick crocodile.
    John McCain.

    Given the choice between the two of you
    I’d take the seasick crockodile.

    You’re a foul one, John McCain.
    You’re a nasty, wasty skunk.
    Your heart is full of unwashed socks
    Your soul is full of gunk.
    John McCain.

    The three words that best describe you,
    are, and I quote: “Stink. Stank. Stunk.”

    You’re a rotter, John McCain.
    You’re the king of sinful sots.
    Your heart’s a dead tomato splot
    With moldy purple spots,
    John McCain.

    Your soul is an apalling dump heap overflowing
    with the most disgraceful assortment of deplorable
    rubbish imaginable,
    Mangled up in tangled up knots.

    You nauseate me, John McCain.
    With a nauseaus super-naus.
    You’re a crooked jerky jockey
    And you drive a crooked horse.
    John McCain.

    You’re a three decker saurkraut and toadstool
    sandwich
    With arsenic sauce.

  • dontpanic23

    *need new computer–ain’t gonna happen*–watching videos is hit and miss even when I switch to IE or go straight to YouTube (both of which helps sometimes, not all).But I do remember the moment of the sausage fingers–ick–but can’t hear the context right now *stupid computer*. I think the term erratic is perfect and needs to be pushed as hard as it already is (but not too much). And “self control” should be added in there. The rage, the confusion, the constantly changing views, the public obscenity toward his wife–all a lack of self control. You nailed that one. Obama looked, in comparison, like the fucking Poster Child for self control.And while I wrestled with typekey I had the delight of reading Groobie’s Seuss. Can I send that to a friend who is always Seussing? I’ll give you credit (real name if you wanna send it through Bob).

  • dontpanic23

    Actually I think I know where to find it, if you want me to credit your real name…

  • LeeroyJenkins

    I’m glad the debates are over because now, I don’t ever have to watch McCain for an hour and a half at a time. It’s too much.

  • dontpanic23

    Leeroy, please knock on wood. We don’t want him doing it from the you-know-where house.

  • LeeroyJenkins

    Oh, I know the game’s not ever yet. No complacency here. But I feel a duty to watch the debates. I won’t ever feel compelled to watch McCain do anything again.

  • Groobiecat

    @dontpanic, sure! real name: Greg Moreau, but I prefer Doctor Moreau. (And yeah, I create hideous beasts at points, I’m not ashamed to admit it!)

  • Poleezz

    Really great observation Bob. He couldn’t be more out of touch nor more out of control. He’s one of those people that internalize everything and then mistakenly suppose that the listener agrees and/or gives a shit. He has no vision and not a clue.

  • KatinWilm

    Ahhh…that was lovely, Groobiecat. Next time I get into an argument with one of these southern rednecks down here who are convinced that Obama has daily conference calls with bin Laden, I’m gonna call them a “three-decker sauerkraut and toadstool sandwich with arsenic sauce.” It sounds much cooler than “poopyhead.”

  • dontpanic23

    I noticed (and winced for you) when the name was posted after you’d already posted your amount. But since you don’t mind, thanks. It’s on the way with full credit to my Seussing friend, my mom and my daughter, all of whom will love it.So you live on an island too, huh? Mine’s metaphorical. No beasts–too skeery–and I rarely have to paddle into the mainland. Just 2 lovely dogs. And and a grown son who finds the nearly-free living with mom to be very convenient. He buys a new hunting rifle, I get the pasta in the Hispanic aisle because for some reason it’s 15% cheaper than the name brands in the “American” aisle (and usually eat it with just butter–great diet, eh?). I won’t eat his damned squirrels but the venison does supply meat, something I can no longer get more than once a week. Whoa, where’d all that come from? Sorry, on a personal rant. As you were.Great Seussing, Groob/Greg, some of the best I’ve seen since the original.

  • dontpanic23

    Yep, Kat, he has forever given us more creative invectives to hurl. With RHYME, the best kind.

  • http://jennydemilo.blogspot.com JennyDemilo

    Yeah who cares about the health of the mother, i mean shes just a vessel, a receptacle. women don’t matter. only white males and fetuses matter.We still don’t have equal pay for equal work, i don’t know a women alive who hasn’t been sexually harassed on the job some time in her life and last night John McCain reduced all women to non humans whose lives don’t matter with his ridiculous finger quotes.Fuck you John McCain.

  • NotAPollStat

    It’s just insane to see the surrogates and BBQ media trying to dial this back by explaining (quote fingers) what McCain REALLY meant (quote fingers) by that statement.How reassuring to see a Presidential candidate’s words constantly being (quote fingers) cleaned up after (quote fingers.)

  • Groobiecat

    @KW–:Dhttp://www.babywit.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/ARF221i.jpgWho’s a poopyhead? That’s right, dubya’s a poopyhead, yes he is!

  • grcratty

    Blast that truncated clip! I want to see the women’s approve-o-meter at the bottom after he said that! Bet it looked a lot like the Dow on a Monday.