After the bad press he’s received lately, I’m sure he probably wants one. Try to be funny.

*** UPDATE *** Completely off topic, but while we’re being funny, Adam Nagourney reports that John McCain stumbled a bit today when pressed for several minutes by a reporter in Iowa…

Q: “But you would agree that condoms do stop the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. Would you say: ‘No, we’re not going to distribute them,’ knowing that?”

Mr. McCain: (Twelve-second pause) “Get me Coburn’s thing, ask Weaver to get me Coburn’s paper that he just gave me in the last couple of days. I’ve never gotten into these issues before.”

Then Nagourney writes…

This went on for a few more moments until a reporter from the Chicago Tribune broke in and asked Mr. McCain about the weight of a pig that he saw at the Iowa State Fair last year.

Wonder who that was? Perhaps these guys can fill us in.

*** UPDATE *** Looks like we have our answer…

[McCain has] also made what he calls “the obligatory visit” to the Iowa State Fair to view a 1,187-pound pig named Waldo and eat pork on a stick, all rites of passage for those who wish to become president.

       

50 Comments - NW burbs - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 1:03 pm: Fran Eaton said WHAT?!?!!?? - Smoker Too - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 1:06 pm: Let’s start a poll and try to determine what brand he smokes or smoked, if he really quit. - NW burbs - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 1:10 pm: Here’s lookin’ at you, Smoker Too kid. Is he a Marlboro man? - DOWNSTATE - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 1:11 pm: Tell the Clintons Chi-Town is owned by me and Da Mayor. - Sponge! - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 1:16 pm: Does this cigarette make me look fat? - Tax Man - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 1:25 pm: As Blago looks. Obama: Hey, Rod, where is your tax-increase proposal so I can put his cig out? - Rod's Brush - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 1:29 pm: Looks like I picked the wrong week to read the governor’s budget and quit smoking. - zatoichi - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 1:31 pm: Only two more hours of this and I can get some sleep. - Yellow Dog Democrat - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 1:32 pm: Obama Bumps Sammy Out of the ‘Rat Pack’ - Mr. Observant - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 2:06 pm: Those are Winstons, I can tell by the filter, Marlboros are more solid Barack smoked Old Man Smokes - Squideshi - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 2:12 pm: Smoking ban? Pulleaze… I’m Barack Obama. - Boone Logan Square - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 2:20 pm: I don’t like disturbances in my place. Either lay off politics or get out. - VanillaMan - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 2:31 pm: Take a puff…it’s SPRINGTIME! - Demmie - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 2:40 pm: Obama For President - Smoke ‘em if you Got ‘em - A Citizen - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 2:44 pm: I’m Smok’n Hot - and that’s no smokescreen. - babs - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 2:45 pm: Another round with Hillary and I’ll be back on the hard stuff. - Pat Hickey - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 2:45 pm: ‘Who is the coolest Guy, That is What Am?’ - A Citizen - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 2:49 pm: I ditched the cowboy hat cuz people kept say’n Big Hat No Cattle! - Laughs - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 2:57 pm: “…and who are you again?” - OneManBlog - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 3:00 pm: Now they are reporting on the detention I got in 10th grade for being tardy? - Greg - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 3:02 pm: “Senator,… Ted got drunk and passed out in your office, again.” - Levois - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 3:09 pm: I’m so tired. Where’s Michelle? - Bubs - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 3:10 pm: Man, those Clinton staffers sure do party hard.” - He Makes Ryan look like a saint - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 3:13 pm: “Dude!! My tournament brackets SUCK!” - uncle timmy - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 3:14 pm: They say he isn’t black enough but it sure looks like a KOOL to me. Notice the gold trim on the filter. They match the rims on his escalade. - Fun - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 3:21 pm: Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em! - A Citizen - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 3:23 pm: Really Governor, nobody trusts you! Not here not in Washington. - Chips - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 3:29 pm: Audacious! - Ma Duece - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 3:30 pm: Hey, I’m just payin’ my share for kid’s healthcare! or Don’t sweat it, it’s just tobacco! - Bridget Dooley - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 3:38 pm: Are the cameras gone? Can I wash the makeup off yet? - Jeff Trigg - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 3:43 pm: “Hillary Clinton’s campaign today was caught taking this photograph of a Barack Obama look-alike smoking a cigarette during the filming of a commercial due to air in states that have enacted popular smoking bans. The Barack Obama look-alike was also observed smoking on a set made to look like the children’s ward of a hospital complete with sick children. Back to Diane with the latest update on Angelina Jolie’s newly adopted child.” - A Citizen - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 3:54 pm: Hey Buddy, Got a Million for my Campaign? You are the Tobacco Lobbyist guy right? - HoosierDaddy - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 4:32 pm: Since Rich is apparently not a Dashiell Hammett fan, I’ll try again: “My name is Obama, and I’m a private eye…” - anon again - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 4:34 pm: i make em myself, filtered paper a little pot, i call em RUNTS nobody has a clue now lets order that pizza - Squideshi - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 4:39 pm: Honestly, the cigarette looks edited in to me. I’m not saying that is the case–just looks that way. - Rich Miller - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 4:43 pm: Thanks HD. I knew what you meant, but I gotta try to keep things under a little control here. lol - Anon - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 4:46 pm: Don’t worry. If I get cancer, I’ll just cure myself. - Rich Miller - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 4:48 pm: In answer to the questions about what brand he smoked, towards then end in Spfld I think he was mainly an OPC guy. (Other people’s cigarettes) - Smoker Too - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 4:48 pm: I can’t make up my mind - its either a winston or a kool. Seems like the picture is a bit old, like before he ever got here to Springfield. - Anon - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 4:51 pm: I’m thinking “rat pack”. How about you? - Reddbyrd - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 4:59 pm: Rich: you must be kidding. He always smoked OPs in SPI. There is no recorded sighting of money ever leaving the wallet to buy. - Commonsense in Illinois - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 5:19 pm: I am not inhaling…I am not inhaling…I am not - Amazed - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 5:49 pm: Looks kind of “Photoshoppy” to me… - Ahem - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 6:11 pm: “Hold up, man - I’d love to hear your story later but right now I’m on my way to the smoke-filled room.” - Shelbyville - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 8:15 pm: He really looks like Sammy Davis Jr. - Shadoobie - Friday, Mar 16, 07 @ 9:16 pm: Blues musician wannabe. - Beowulf - Saturday, Mar 17, 07 @ 6:18 am: Don’t tell Michelle you saw me with a cigarette. I can stand the media on my back but not Michelle too. - Tom - Saturday, Mar 17, 07 @ 9:24 am: “Spare a dime?” - Quizzical - Sunday, Mar 18, 07 @ 3:27 pm: You betcha I’m not goin’ into any smoke-filled rooms without my own smoke. - Papa Legba - Monday, Mar 19, 07 @ 12:38 am: Look, I smoke smokeless cigs. Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.