Look! It's Funny's cousin...Not Funny!
What demeanor should McCain display tonight? Angry doesn't work. Solemn doesn't work. Fake-smiley doesn't work. Instead, McCain should go back to his roots and unleash his inner smart-aleck. If Obama accuses him of being erratic in a crisis, he should say: "So I'm erotic in a crisis? Who knew?"
This approach has a couple of advantages. First, it enables McCain to show the more appealing side of his personality. Second, it throws Obama off his game. His handlers have surely anticipated every possible attack line about Ayers and Wright. And as a good liberal, he's waiting for the chance to say, "Have you left no sense of decency?" But he'd be hard put to defend against ridicule. The One can't handle the jokes.
So to get ready for the debate, McCain should lay aside the notes, crack open a beer, and watch Animal House.
OK, first, forgive me for quoting the whole "article" but come on, it's a whopping 2 paragraphs to begin with.
Second...um, yeah, I'm quite certain that pretending to mistake the word "erratic" with "erotic" would be hilarious, because 72-year-old doughy, pasty white guys saying "erotic" is just the thing I want to picture. Ick.
Not to mention that of course, the one thing McCain wants to do is reinforce people's belief that he's a) hard of hearing or b) suffering from dementia. That "Abe Simpson Yelling at Clouds" meme is just the ticket for him.
Plus...yes, right now, in the middle of the biggest economic crisis of our times, what America is looking for in their next leader is...second-rate sitcom humor.
Third...so, apparently NRO is now openly admitting that decency = liberals? The corollary to this, of course, is that indecency = conservatives. Works for me...
Fourth...Obama can't handle jokes? Umm...like jokes about innocent teenage girls being "ugly"? Jokes about slaughtering thousands of civilians? How about jokes about women being beaten and raped by gorillas?
Yes, Sen. McCain, please do bring that oh-so witty "inner smart-aleck" with you tonight. It'll go over great.
UPDATE: OK, now, I want you all to imagine John McCain using the "erotic" line in the following voice and manner:
You may throw up a little in your mouth now. Hhehhh? Hhehhh?"