Satiric 'Debate Prep' Video Offers Advice To McCain

Tonight, in Hempstead, New York, we will have the last televised presidential debate of this election season. And really? Hopefully? The last televised presidential debate ever, why not? There's just one chance left to either get it right or screw it up. We are meant to anticipate some sort of moment where John McCain puts William Ayers right "in" Barack Obama's "face," per Obama's invitation. Should he not want to embarrass himself, he'd better have a good response at the ready!

John McCain has been said to have struggled thus far on the debate stage. That's where this video, produced by the Dharma Initiative, apparently, comes in, offering the Senator all sorts of satiric advice. Actually, it's not all bad! McCain probably shouldn't talk about the "fundamentals of our economy" being "strong." He likely would be better off steering the conversation away from his many, many homes. And there's no time like the present to acknowledge that five million dollars a year is enough to punch anyone's ticket out of the middle class.

Most of all, though, we like the advice on winking. It worked for Sarah Palin! What Republican candidate wouldn't want to instill confusing emotions in white men, ages 25-49?

Comments

[rich3324]

Just a tired little old man

[DeanThoreau]

Perhaps he should show a little cleavage?

[Grannysue]

They forgot, remember to say "MY FRIENDS" every breathing moment, it may annoy people but the Right Wingers love it!

[BluePride]

3 versions of Obama's Hope and Vision: A Change Is Gonna Come:

Sam Cooke:
http://current.com/items/89406051_obama_08_a_change_is_gonna_come
Patti LaBelle:
http://current.com/items/89408176_obama_2008_a_change_is_gonna_come
The Supremes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDpr8wHdhlQ

[trucap]

A man who has 7 homes or 7 houses is not qualify to to even talk about homes forclosures.cause he never been there. and because he is on government health care since he was born , he is not qualify to talk about the dificulties that avarage citizens suffered from lacking the health care. ......and so on....etc. he shouldn't be at the debate stage first place....

[westendsunset]

The video forgot to mention his one no-fail free pass for everything..."when I was a POW..."

[dutch163]

good advice!!

and don't say "my fellow prisoners"

[robXdion]

Feels like 1983-84.

[dzent1]

LOVE the mid-80's feel of this Power Point presentation - it makes you remember how out-of-sync McCain's world-view is to the way the world really is today. Great job and sense of humor.
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[Shellly]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAm-Nvk3FAw

[Progress08]

That's hillarious. OMG I cannot tell you how many HR or training videos I've seen in my life that are exactly like this one. EVEN the music is the same.


Great Job

[MrSandwich]

Master Debaters... one of the Top 50 Swing Voters in 2008.

The Top 50 Swing Voter Demographics:

#50 - Hockey Moms
#47 - People with STDs
#40 - Anonymous Sperm Donors
#35 - Pot Heads
#28 - Grown Men Who Play Video Games

http://swingvoters.wordpress.com

[YuriG]

Check your demos...4 out of 5 of those classes overlap. I should know, I'm a grown man with a STD who smokes pot, plays video games, and donates sperm. I'm swinging all right!