McCain is almost as bad an orator as he would be a President. If he can't read off a teleprompter, he should read off cards or even come up with a thought that hasn't been thoroughly pasteurized by his staff (Straight Talk!). While the "beer" mistake was funnier and I can't wait to see what Stewart/Colbert do with it, it wasn't the lamest part to me.
Here are the candidates:
1. Saying "beer" instead of bill. I guess its an easy mistake since we've all vetoed random contents of our refrigerator when the budget gets tight.
2. Intellectual incoherence. McCain was trying to make a strong statement and just ended up contradicting himself in a single breath. "If that power is entrusted to me, I will use the veto as needed. I will veto every single beer... bill will earmarks and every single bill that comes across my desk, I'll make them famous." I guess this would qualify for simple incoherence as well for the ending. Will he use the veto "as needed" or on every bill with earmarks? Anyone with any knowledge of how the legislature works knows that earmarks are not fundamentally corrupt or pork, and that its an important power of the legislature to determine where the money it allocates goes. John McCain has not hesitated to earmark in the Senate.
3. The prop. As the video ends, John McCain reaches into his jacket and pulls out a Sharpee (he couldn't reach his sock). McCain might as well have mumbled "Take pen out of pocket and hold up" off his teleprompter. I've seen pre-schoolers who follow a script more naturally.
I expect incoherence and dishonesty from a Republican. But you'd think he could match up to his party's standard in ridiculous prop posturing.
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