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McCain, John

Wed 8 Oct 2008

Be Logical, Captain!

Wednesday, Oct 8th, 2008 at 11:12 am
Categories: Satire; Mirth; Politics; Obama, Barack; Star Trek; McCain, John
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“It’s Kirk vs. Spock in Weirdest Presidential Race of 21st Century.”

McCain is Kirk, Obama is Spock (by Drew Friedman)

Leonard Nimoy approves of Barack Obama’s emotional detachment and logical approach to campaigning.

“He is measured and stable,” said Mr. Nimoy, who played Mr. Spock on Star Trek, and who has supported Mr. Obama since they first met about a year and a half ago at a small Los Angeles fund-raiser. “It’s true that he has an intellect that works for him, he handles difficult problems with aplomb. Reliability and stability are very important assets in this race, in these particularly volatile times.”

…. Mr. McCain, of course, is the passionate, emotional and all-too-human candidate who strikes a chord with voters but can often be seen to be doing battle in real time, Kirk-like, with the enemy within.

During the first presidential debate in Mississippi, he persistently avoided eye contact with Mr. Obama despite the moderator’s entreaties for the candidates to engage directly with one another. Mr. McCain’s advisers said afterward that he had done so deliberately in order to avoid becoming enraged.

- Jason Horowitz @ New York Observer: Link.

Via Boing Boing.

Illustration by Drew Friedman.



Fri 3 Oct 2008

John McCain: Make-Believe Maverick

Friday, Oct 3rd, 2008 at 8:13 am
Categories: Politics; Anger; McCain, John
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“A closer look at the life and career of John McCain reveals a disturbing record of recklessness and dishonesty.”

Rolling Stone recently published a relentlessly critical biography of John McCain:
John McCain parody by Robert Grossman

When McCain was not shown the pampering to which he was accustomed, he grew petulant — even abusive. He repeatedly blew up in the face of his commanding officer. It was the kind of insubordination that would have gotten any other midshipman kicked out of Annapolis. But his classmates soon realized that McCain was untouchable. Midway though his final year, McCain faced expulsion, about to “bilge out” because of excessive demerits. After his mother intervened, however, the academy’s commandant stepped in. Calling McCain “spoiled” to his face, he nonetheless issued a reprieve, scaling back the demerits. McCain dodged expulsion a second time by convincing another midshipman to take the fall after McCain was caught with contraband.

McCain’s self-described “four-year course of insubordination” ended with him graduating fifth from the bottom — 894th out of a class of 899. It was a record of mediocrity he would continue as a pilot.

- Tim Dickinson @ Rolling Stone: Oct 16, 2008: Link.