Slog - Comments on Um, What? http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1 This moment flashed by in an instant right after last night's presidential debate ended—John McCain, heading the wrong way off the stage, making a crazy expression in apparent self-mockery. I wasn't sure if I'd seen what I'd seen. But the camera doesn't lie: And with slightly more tongue extension:... Copyright 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:45:35 -0800 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:40:06 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by VDD He's trying to grab Obama's ass?

]]> VDD http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176233 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176233 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:42:18 -0800 Comment by Jonathan Bailo Thomas Reptile! I like.

]]> Jonathan Bailo Thomas http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176235 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176235 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:44:25 -0800 Comment by Carollani Which one of these candidates would make the better figurehead for our government as we try to get back in the good graces of the world? Hmm.

]]> Carollani http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176236 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176236 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:44:34 -0800 Comment by Tom I thought that was his most human moment in the debate.

]]> Tom http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176246 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176246 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:48:16 -0800 Comment by Al Woo-hoo!

Even with the seated format I got my "crazy old man dottering around the stage" moment! I couldn't be happier. :)

]]> Al http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176253 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176253 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:52:00 -0800 Comment by I, Robot I hope the Funny or Die folks do some sort of McCain dance clip with that. It would be good if the music were that "Popcorn" song from the '70s.

]]> I, Robot http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176254 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176254 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:53:45 -0800 Comment by Gordon McCain and the Debate Moderator did a little table tango when they attempted to shake each other's hands.

]]> Gordon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176257 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176257 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:54:33 -0800 Comment by disintegrator the first one is funny. The second one just grosses me out.

]]> disintegrator http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176258 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176258 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:56:47 -0800 Comment by poo poo Stop it! Stop making me like him!

]]> poo poo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176263 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176263 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:59:14 -0800 Comment by Jeremy from Seattle McCain's hands give me the heebie jeebies.

]]> Jeremy from Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176265 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176265 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:01:13 -0800 Comment by jameyb he's so damn awkward, the doddering fool!

]]> jameyb http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176266 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176266 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:01:16 -0800 Comment by nos i noticed him doing that a couple of other times. When they were all standing with their wives, McCain had his hands up and did the lizard thing again.

]]> nos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176271 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176271 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:03:04 -0800 Comment by Mae way to make me almost choke in public.

]]> Mae http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176272 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176272 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:03:40 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo Lucky for McCain there isn't some kind of communications medium that would enable a still frame from that video to make it's way onto everybody's desktop by the time they'd had their morning coffee the next day. Otherwise he might be living with that picture a long time.

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176273 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176273 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:04:30 -0800 Comment by Smelly Beagle Talk about looking Presidential!

]]> Smelly Beagle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176275 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176275 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:05:16 -0800 Comment by city_kitty McCain reminds me of the senile nursing home friend of Grandpa Simpson in that scene where he has his pants down around his ankles and is shuffling back and forth singing "The Old Gray Mare (She Ain't What She Used To Be)" in the background.

]]> city_kitty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176276 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176276 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:05:39 -0800 Comment by AJ Motorhead's "Love Me Like a Reptile" came to mind

]]> AJ http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176277 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176277 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:06:00 -0800 Comment by TVDinner @11: he's awkward because he can't move his shoulders on account of injuries sustained when he was a POW.

@9: completely agreed. When he does stuff like this you HAVE to like him. At least for the moment.

]]> TVDinner http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176298 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176298 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:16:56 -0800 Comment by catnextdoor OMG what if he's a lizard alien like in "V"?!!?!

]]> catnextdoor http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176303 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176303 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:18:48 -0800 Comment by bucket Ah yes, awkward senior moments - like when McCain used the work "cockamamie" pretty early in the debate.

]]> bucket http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176306 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176306 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:19:48 -0800 Comment by superyeadon My friends, I know how to communicate with the reptilian overlords.

]]> superyeadon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176309 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176309 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:19:53 -0800 Comment by Sean Frankly, McCain's taste for analingus is none of our business.

]]> Sean http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176319 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176319 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:25:23 -0800 Comment by twiggy Yeah Eli, I'm sure you didn't' see this on Sullivan's site, posted about an hour earlier. Lame.

]]> twiggy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176320 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176320 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:25:39 -0800 Comment by robo @18 He's awkward because he can't move his shoulders? The shoulder bone's connected to the tongue bone?

I caught that weird last tongue flicker to the audience while he was standing with his wife. I've had similar uncontrollable tongue and jaw movements before... after partying all night in college.

]]> robo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176321 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176321 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:25:49 -0800 Comment by Mayonaise mccain looks like the emperor from star wars mated with a bull frog, and smoked a fat joint of arthritis-haze during birth

]]> Mayonaise http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176322 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176322 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:25:58 -0800 Comment by Mikki @19: That is what I've been saying about McCain and (especially) his wife! They are V lizard aliens! They will eat us for dinner, and our pets will be snacks!

]]> Mikki http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176334 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176334 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:31:04 -0800 Comment by JC Brrraaaiiinnnsss!

]]> JC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176336 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176336 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:31:11 -0800 Comment by Ziggity And of course, there's this one from after the debate...

]]> Ziggity http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176341 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176341 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:32:30 -0800 Comment by eday also, there's this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r8hhShMyZw

]]> eday http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176348 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176348 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:34:21 -0800 Comment by COMTE Hm, I'm thinking this is some sort of Maori-inspired fight challenge - McSame just didn't have time to wipe the stage make-up off his facial tattoos.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176354 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176354 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:37:45 -0800 Comment by K Yeah, what the hell was that about?

Maybe he was trying to remove the glue that was keeping his face stuck in that damned stupid smirk he had on his face ALL NIGHT.

]]> K http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176355 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176355 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:38:04 -0800 Comment by nos #28.... that was the shot i saw. far weirder than the one Eli posted i think

]]> nos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176358 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176358 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:39:02 -0800 Comment by Mahtli69 If not for your description about McCain's exit stage wrong, I'd guess his ticker seized up for a second.

]]> Mahtli69 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176361 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176361 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:40:46 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Holy Shit. David Icke is right:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2001/apr/07/society

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176368 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176368 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:44:39 -0800 Comment by uncouthheathen #29 that made me laugh out loud, probably more than it should have.

]]> uncouthheathen http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176380 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176380 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:47:15 -0800 Comment by John Bailo
At least it wasn't a spit take...Obama only has four suits.

]]> John Bailo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176388 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176388 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:50:51 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo ... and before noon he could expect to see all sorts of juvenile mockery, such as this, making it's way around the planet.

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176395 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176395 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:52:50 -0800 Comment by Librarian@Play I am the Lizard King! I can do anything!

]]> Librarian@Play http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176409 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176409 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:58:58 -0800 Comment by K @36: And only one house.

]]> K http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176411 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176411 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:01:11 -0800 Comment by Librarian@Play Good thing Obama's team prepared him to debate a Sleestack.

]]> Librarian@Play http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176415 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176415 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:02:21 -0800 Comment by liz McCain was so awkward, frail and stiff getting up and around to the front of the stage that I *almost* felt bad for him. What's as bizarre to me as the lizard tongue is his two-handed, pelvis-level "wave" that he does. They're like sad jazz hands or something.

]]> liz http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176424 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176424 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:04:56 -0800 Comment by seattle mike Braaaaaaaaiiinnnnsssss.

]]> seattle mike http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176427 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176427 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:06:22 -0800 Comment by Whoooowheee! *runs to start photoshop*

]]> Whoooowheee! http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176436 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176436 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:10:23 -0800 Comment by Julie in Chicago Okay, when you see this on video, it doesn't look bad at all. It's actually sort of endearing.

]]> Julie in Chicago http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176463 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176463 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:28:14 -0800 Comment by Jennifer looking at those just ruined my day.

]]> Jennifer http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176492 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176492 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:43:29 -0800 Comment by K X One .

I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed the "HEHNHH HENNHH".

McCain's tongue & Cindy's face = lizards from V for sure.

]]> K X One http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176536 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176536 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:09:42 -0800 Comment by Ivan Cockrum That's classic. I want to see that on billboards.

]]> Ivan Cockrum http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176673 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176673 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:42:39 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Even John McCain can't keep away from that fine black ass.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176679 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176679 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:46:31 -0800 Comment by blackhook "@9: completely agreed. When he does stuff like this you HAVE to like him. At least for the moment."

Nonsense...no one has to like this erratic, hateful, militaristic reptile.

And every time McCain resorts to the patently phony "my friends", I feel like barfing.

]]> blackhook http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176691 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176691 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:53:06 -0800 Comment by RHETT ORACLE Memo to Lorne Michaels: Please find Tim Conway and team him up with Tina Fey for one final view of the future...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5BMVmOWzfk

]]> RHETT ORACLE http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176736 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176736 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:16:42 -0800 Comment by sonoazure @43 One step ahead of you with the photoshoppage :)

http://tinyurl.com/4qyhne

]]> sonoazure http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176780 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176780 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:42:08 -0800 Comment by lady dragon driver Forget the presidency stuff, can he offer me the best deal on auto insurance or not?

]]> lady dragon driver http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176990 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176990 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:37:13 -0800 Comment by lady dragon driver Forget the presidency stuff, can he offer me the best deal on auto insurance or not?

]]> lady dragon driver http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176992 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1176992 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:37:41 -0800 Comment by Dane Kinzer Enjoy-

]]> Dane Kinzer http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1177080 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/um_what_1#c1177080 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:40:06 -0800