McCain yuks it up with Conan O'Brien
John McCain and talk show host Conan O'Brien joke around about the Republican presidential candidate's age and running mate pick.
O'Brien opened his show by saying, "Normally on Fridays we would tape our show at 4:30, but to accommodate Senator John McCain we agreed to tape the show at 5:30. Senator McCain wasn't available at 4:30 because that's when he eats dinner," according to a transcript released by NBC. "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" airs from 12:35 a.m. to 1:35am on NBC.
The 71-year-old McCain quipped, "Well, I had dinner and a nap."
O'Brien asked McCain for something else to joke about other than McCain's age. McCain pretended to doze off, and slouched in his chair.
"You just gave a lot of people a scare," O'Brien said.
Speaking for his fellow comedians, he asked, "Can you give us anything else? Do you have a kooky uncle? Do you have bad breath? Webbed toes? Anything? Give us something, and we'll run with it."
McCain replied: "All of the above!"
O'Brien then talked about the vice presidential choice and noted that McCain had dismissed it for himself: "I think you said: 'The vice-president only has two duties. One is to break a tie vote in the United States Senate. The other duty is to inquire daily as to the health of the President.'"
McCain responded, "And that job will be very, very important with my Vice President!"
It appears that unlike Obama, Mccain has a sense of humor, and the ability to laugh at himself, rather than to take offense at everything other than praise and adulation ... like Obama.
^^ IT appears that even McCain is aware of the risks that his age poses on this nation should he be elected. Therefore he jokes about his age hoping to minimize it. The Joke is on himself and anyone who votes for him..
Yeah, like when McCain dumped his first wife because she was crippled in a car accident and married a hot beer princess before the divorce was even done on the first marriage? That was hilarious!
Very funny. I'm glad McCain makes the best of the jokes coming his way. And Conan O'Brien...a comedic genius! Great interview.
Are you serious Howard? Why don't you watch The Colbert Report when Obama and Hillary are on there. Obama was hilarious. OH WAIT, why don't you watch Obama on David Letterman doing the Top 10? You dimwit.
Just what we need, a President that sees himself as a joke.
It didn't appear that John McCain had much of a sense of humor about himself during the 1999 Senate campaign in front of reporters, when his wife kidded him about his thinning hair.
He snapped at her with the retort, "At least I don't plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you c-nt."
John McCain is an angry, impatient curmudgeon that can indeed appear to be humorous at times- but don't dare to disagree with him about his irrational views on policy or you will encounter a true Jekyll and Hyde.
The nice but quirky, “maverick” Dr. Jekyll is a carefully crafted façade.
Not this time. No third term for Bush.
You are so right that you even make BUSH look good! Trouble is brewing in hell.
Come back soon.
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