McCain Gets A Segway, Sells The "Straight Talk Express" On eBay

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McCain Puts Straight Talk Express on eBay
Bus Was Target of Sarcastic Headlines

The Huffington Post
Andy Borowitz
Posted July 28, 2007 | 05:22 PM (EST)

In what some political observers are calling an ominous sign for his cash-starved White House bid, Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz) today posted his campaign bus, The Straight Talk Express, on the Internet auction site eBay.

Mr. McCain denied that the move stemmed from money problems, stressing instead that he had decided to sell the bus so that it would no longer provide fodder for sarcastic headlines such as "Wheels Come Off Straight Talk Express" or "Straight Talk Express: Out of Gas?"

"The Straight Talk Express was giving headline writers too much to work with," Sen. McCain told reporters. "They won't be able to do that anymore, now that I'm getting around from town to town on a Segway."

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[cynatnite]

1. So is the straight talk over?

:sarcasm:

:rofl:

[DeSwiss]

3. Yeah well....

...there's no one left to talk to....

[cynatnite]

4. We need to find this ebay listing...

:rofl:

[DeSwiss]

2. Best "new" McCain vehicle line......

"McCain Campaign: Segway to Defeat?"

:rofl:

[BlooInBloo]

5. Let it go McCain. Your life is a failure, and it's all your fault. Let it go.

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6. "now that I'm getting around from town to town on a Segway" - now there's a mental image

I can see people passing him on the highway....

"Who the hell is that moron?"

"I think its John McCain."


He does need to sell it tho - he lost the mantle of "straight talk" years ago. I don't know if it was ever true. He had lightning in a bottle for a while in the 2000 race, tho.

[A HERETIC I AM]

7. Considerably slower, less range and fewer amenities.

Traded for better PR?

He won't be able to see too many towns on a vehicle with a 12 MPH speed limit.

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8. I have an image of McCain, furious over the downward trend in his

fortunes, storming through his HQ, set to sack the entire staff, only to discover that they've all quit and there's nobody left to fire.

What -- a month ago? A columnist described the McCain campaign as "a biplane ablaze in a downward spiral."

Yup.

[Berry Cool]

9. Oh, THAT was a brilliant move.

Here comes your new headline: "Gyroscopes on McCain's Segway Throw Campaign Off Balance."

[DeSwiss]

10. Off balance???

I'ts hard to see how it could be MORE off balance and out-of-step. All that's left is being thrown into the ditch. Oh, wait....