Okay, hit me.... but McCain was actually funny on SNL.

[moriah]

I think he's realized he's going to lose. And he's gotten further in the stages of grief than the Freepers have -- he's at acceptance.

He was able to laugh at himself -- the "I'm a real Maverick, I'm a Republican without any money!" line was good. And even if other people wrote it for him (which I understand is usually what happens) he delivered it well.

Maybe it's his last ditch attempt to get an SNL bounce.

It won't happen.

But by doing it, and actually seeming to have fun while doing it, even if I would rather gut myself with a rusty knife than live in a country where he is president, he did get a tiny bit of respect.

Or at least a chuckle.

...

Seriously, even Cindy McCain in the opening pretending to the QVC model was funnier than Palin was. I think there is a big reason they had her do nothing but sit there and look pissed off -- she couldn't do anything else.

[WolverineDG]

1. I thought it was funny too nt

[SharonAnn]

23. And he was funny at the Al Smith dinner in New York a couple of weeks ago.

He apparently has good writers and he has very good comedic timing.

Obama was funny there, but frankly, McCain was better..

Having said that, I appreciate self-deprecating humor but it's not the main criteria I use for deciding who to vote for.

[WolverineDG]

28. True that

it just means he's not a complete asshole.

dg

[Wapsie B]

2. I believe it.

Bob Dole could be funny as hell. Take people like that out of the pressure cooker of national politics with so many people telling you what to do and I think many of them could have some good funny stories to tell.

[daninthemoon]

3. He seemed relaxed. I think he has acccepted defeat already.

[Lorien]

6. Frankly, I think that there's part of him who will really be relieved

when it's over with. I think he resents having Palin pushed on him and can't get away from her megalomania fast enough!

[LiberalFighter]

17. The only reason he was relaxed was because he just had an enema.

[alfredo]

18. It seemed like the first draft of his concession speech.

[Native]

4. His timing was great.

[Lorien]

5. I agree. He has decent comic timing

McCain has done a few comedy routines over the years and he's been pretty good in all of them. Hey, it might be a viable second career for him! ;-)

[Kittycat]

7. Reminded me a bit of Bob Dole at the end of his campaign.

Viagra commercials also come to mind.

[originalpckelly]

8. I remember hearing that comedy is a form of male aggression somewhere...

I would suspect that's a reason that McCain is good at it, he's a mean little shit!

[originalpckelly]

9. Here is the article:

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/071221_humor.htm

[liberalmuse]

10. I just watched the clip. Hilarious!

McCain was good, but of course Tina Fey was priceless.

[ismnotwasm]

11. As long as he's not president

I applaud his comedic ability.

[neebob]

12. Forgive me

because I've been away for a while and maybe need the remedial class, but how is John McCain saying "I'm a Republican with no money" funny, when he actually does have money?

[moriah]

14. He's always bemoaning his financial disadvantage in the campaign.

I'm aware he is far from destitute, either in real life or in his campaign. He has seven houses, and he has all of the Republicans donating to his "compliance fund".

But it was funny in that he was admitting that the only reason a person would vote for him is if they made ungodly amounts of cash and didn't want to help pay for, just as an example, public schools when they can afford private schools for their kids. Or national health care when they can pay for their own health care even without insurance. Or social security since they don't have to worry about needing it when they get older. Etc.

[neebob]

29. Thanks for the explanation.

I just watched the clip on wonkette.com (front page). I agree with the comment by "the invisible woman," who said it "shows that McCain is still sane enough -just - to know how evil his campaign is. So it’s funny, but it also makes him seem like more of an asshole."

[bobd0]

13. Yeah, real funny. Just what America needs. Another clown in the White House

Bush is four more years in so many ways that aren't in any way funny.

[moriah]

19. He got a chuckle, he isn't getting my vote.

I think it was more funny in the stark contrast to how NotFunny Palin was when she got up there. I knew she would bomb it, and she did.

I had expected they would at least give her a few more lines and I would get to see her screw it up... but it looks like they decided that it would be better for her to sit there and look bitter and pissed off than to talk and sound bitter and pissed off. I think the reason they had her continually snide is that she was not capable of anything else. Even when she was pretending to have fun listening to Amy's rap, she was looking down her nose at everyone.

I think if he actually thought he had a snowball's chance in hell of winning, he wouldn't have been so relaxed.

He knows it's lost. Palin is still under the delusion that she will get more out of this campaign than $150k in new clothes and a reputation for being a total idiot.

[bobd0]

30. I know that, Moriah. I'm just thinking about the clown who has brought us to this point and

the possibility that many Americans might be swayed by another one because he delivered a couple of lines on SNL.

I heard Seth Myers on Fresh Air this week http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96258775

Part of the discussion had to do with the impact of politicians appearing on the show. IIRC, Meyers downplayed the impact. I disagree. I think many Americans are caught up in a political culture of celebrity and that's why the McCain campaign attacked Barack Obama's genuine celebrity while promoting the contrived celebrity of a know-nothing wacko like Palin.

I believe the nation would be much better off if shows like SNL would lampoon politics without having candidates as guests.

[Recursion]

15. I thought Affleck's Olbermann was hilarious NT

[MillieJo]

16. I am not surprised...

I often find that politicans become interesting, witty and easier to like when you take them away from Politics.
I think Sarah Palin killed the last bit of passion that McCain had to be President. The clips the BBC showed, show a man really
struggling with the base that Palin had brought in. When he tried the microphone thing and they were calling Obama a muslim,
a traitor etc, he looked and sounded completely disgusted, he was booed for defending Obama from those noxious lies. He may have sold his soul to the far-right but he is not one of them.

[FedUpWithIt All]

20. I agree. The bit about palin's run in 2012...he must be so done with her.

Props to the man for getting to the "Oh well, let's have a laugh about it!" stage.

Now go vote Obama!!!!!!

:)

[SE_Ohio_Dem]

21. Seth Meyers (on NPR interview) said...

Republicans are usually much funnier on SNL than Democrats. His logic, the repugs weren't concerned about being the target of repug smears for their behavior so they were more relaxed. Dems are always concerned that their skits will get cut out of context and be used against them. He did add "and that's probably true".

So yeah - McSame was funny but Cindy doing her Vanna White routine was priceless.

[etherealtruth]

22. I'm with you ...

... the skit was funny.

I doubt that it had any effect on anyone's choice for president.

I can't imagine him participating in that skit (which was mostly an unflattering portrayal of PaLin), unless he truly can't stand her ...why participate in something that reinforces every negative opinion held about her?

[El Pinko]

24. He only seemed funny because all the other sketches were so LAME.

I'm as big an SNL lover and defender as there is. When everyone else rags on the show and pronounces it dead, I still love it.

But last night's ep was BORING, unfunny and TIRED>

How sad that that old fart was actually a HIGHLIGHT.

[lonestarnot]

25. Maybe he should be offered a new day job.

har har har.

[DesertRat]

26. I thought he had good comedy timing.

And I loved all the boos when they introduced him on Weekend Update. :rofl:

[question everything]

27. Agree, as was Afleck (nt)

[DireStrike]

31. I always thought he was funny - because he's angry.

Anger makes for great comedy. I'm surprised he has the temperament to deliver it though. Probably because he has no other choice. He would be a very different person if he were in charge, than he is when his back is to the wall.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

32. It was a surprisingly good skit

I thought he was funny and not in a snarky way like he usually is and I even felt a little sorry for him . I didn;t used to think he was so terrible- for a Repub!-eg., I thought the McCain -Feingold bill was pretty good. Did he sell his soul to the devil in this campaign, or was this evil underneath the surface all along...