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The Alfred E. Smith Dinner - The Yuk Yuk's of McCain and Obama at the Roast - To Calm Your Nerves
Posted by cooper • 10/16/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: marc ambinder, mccain, obama, the alfred e. smith dinner, the atlantic
To lighten things up these are the quotes from the Dinner which are just now showing up on the wires. These from "The Atlantic" in full context with the links to Ambinder's Atlantic post following the quotes.
McCain -
McCain says he fired all of his campaign staff; "All of their positions will now be held by a man named Joe The Plumber."
Says that Joe Biden falsely claims that Joe The Plumber isn't rich enough trigger the Obama tax hike; "What they don't know is that Joe The Plumber recently signed a lucrative contract to handle all the work on all seven of their houses."
Says his pet name for Obama is "The One"; Obama's for McCain is "George Bush."
"I can't shake the feeling that some people here are voting for me. Nice to see you, Hillary."
Bill Clinton "has been hammering away with me with epithets like, "hero."
"It's going to be a long, long night at MSNBC if I manage to pull this thing off. I understand that Keith Olbermann has ordered up his very own Mission Accomplished banner. They can hang it up in his padded room"
"We know the press is really an independent-minded, civic-minded, non-partisan group, like ACORN."
A nice tribute to Obama at the end, saying that he can't "wish him luck," but he does "wish him well."
marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/10/mccain_says_he_fired_all.php
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Obama
"People tell me I share the politics of Alfred E. Smith and the ears of Alfred E. Neumann"
"I was originally told that we would able to move this outdoors to Yankee Stadium. Can someone tell me what happened to the Greek columns I requested."
"On the Waldorf Astoria: They tell me, from the doorstep, you can see all the way to the Russian Tea Room."
To Al Smith IV: "I obviously never knew your grandfather, but from everything Sen. McCain has told me..."
Mayor Michael Bloomberg's term limits maneuverings caused Bill Clinton to say: "You can do that?"
The housing crisis "has been eight times harder on John McCain."
"The last few weeks, John's been out on the campaign trail asking the question Who Is Barack Obama. I've got to admit, I was surprised by the question: the answer is right there on my Facebook page."
"I was not born in a manger. I was actually born on krypton...."
"I got my name Barack from my father.... it's actually Swahali for "That one."
My middle name, it's not what you think. It's actually "Steve."
"There was a point in my life when I started palling around with a pretty ugly crowd.... that's right... I've been a member of the United States Senate."
"Fox News accused me of fathering two African-American children in wedlock."
marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/10/i_share_the_politics_of.php
User Comments
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Glad you posted this. Thanks!
I watched both candidates...both were funny and humble. McCain rocked one out with his serious tribute to Obama. And I thought Obama rocked one out when talking about his own name...and also his serious side in reference to the economy at the end.
There was genuine respect...and it was good to see!
If ANYONE wants to see the more genuine side of either candidate, find the full video clip of the two. It's nothing like the characatures, villians, and pre-conceived notions created during this political season. -
Like I said one big party giving us the illusion of choice.
Is it a C- Span video Ruski?-
Not sure what you mean...I have not read your "like I said."
I'm sure the video will show up somewhere. I saw it live on TV.
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This is where it will show up when they finally air it if anyone is interested.
www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&tID=5... -
found one! not sure of the quality
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZXX9Wfl5S0
This one looks to be only McCain's talk.-
Oh wow, I didn't actually know they had done this (I was at work :S )
ROFLMAO -
See cooper's video links below for better quality.
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Those are great fun - was chuckling at both the Obama *and* McCain ones XD
Thanks greatly, I need that
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i just put two vids on my blog. It's a no comment piece and I am not in need of traffic so it's not a blog promo.
wonderlandornot.net/2008/10/16/an-after-dinner-roast/
Or you can view the you tubes here
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRSmQqw65Pg&eurl=http://wonderlandornot.net/2008/10...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5SWQJWm6Tg&eurl=http://wonderlandornot.net/?p=2454...-
Good job! Yes, yours are better quality than the one I posted. Thanks.
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Yeah, awesome
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I just saw them on TV, I thought they were both pretty funny. -
see what laughter does! -
Thank you, Cooper. I needed that! -
I know, it was enjoyable.
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I caught the tail end of McCain's bit. He had some good jabs at Obama, Keith Olbermann and the media in general. His closing tribute to Obama was very nice. -
I saw both last night. McCain was actually hilarious. He seemed far more comfortable than I have seen him at any time this political season.
Obama did a pretty good job for a beginner. I thought his age joke on McCain was very funny, "they had a great time before Prohibition." His self-depricating humor was also very good.
What I liked best was to see both candidates turn serious at the end of their short speeches. I am always afraid, with events like this, that people who are hurting will see the candidates partying it up and feel resentful. I liked Obama's focus at the end of his speech, saying that the people in the room had a huge responsibility to help those who were hurting and pull the country out of our current situation. I thought he was right on. -
What a great thing to do. I was chuckling all the way through it
See, they can get along! -
Both did a nice job.
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