John McCains Gives 18 Minute Phone Speech - To Dead Air

[lame54]

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/06/28/john-mccain-gives-18-minute-phone-speech-to-dead-air/
LA Times:

Although John McCain was stumping in Ohio on Friday, his campaign arranged for him to talk by phone to leaders of B’nai B’rith International, a major Jewish group, who were meeting in Ottawa. Reporters were invited to dial in to the conference call at 3 p.m. to listen.

McCain soon came on the line and launched into his spiel. “Thank you for all the good you do,” he began. Then silence.

Finally, the voice announced that McCain was on the road and had lost his cellphone signal. “We’ll just have to wait,” the voice counseled.

Someone hummed a ditty into the phone. More minutes passed. Finally, at 3:18, McCain came back on the line.”Where did you lose me?” he asked.

“We lost you at the very beginning,” he was told. “You gave your whole speech and you didn’t know you weren’t connected to us.”

“I’m so sorry,” McCain replied. “I’m very sorry. I’ll do it again.” Read on…

That must have been one awkward moment. Not to promote the company, but THIS automatically came to mind. Senator McCain isn’t real hip to modern technology, but he is aware of the internet and how much the young kids love it. Wow.

[dkf]

1. I can't really hate the guy. I find him kind of pathetic.

[TahitiNut]

2. What? No webcam on the Straitjacket Express?

:rofl:

[Eurobabe]

3. BWAHHAHHAAHAA!!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

what a dumb ass. just like his clueless predecessor.

[Ian David]

4. "I wore an onion on my belt....which was the style at the time...

...like the time we went over to Shelbyville during the war, I wore an onion on my belt....which was the style at the time...you couldn't get those white ones, you could only get those big yellow ones.................now where was I........oh yeah, the important thing was I was wearing an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time, you couldn't get those...

[annabanana]

5. Now THIS is a thread I can rec with joy!

Let's get this a little further up the list.