Royters News Service: First In Falsity

McCain? McCain? McCain?

Posted by royters on July 28, 2008

Ben Stein, who starred in the legendary movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”, is giving out advice for the McCain campaign. Stein, the Republican economist, offered a few simple ideas to get McCain’s campaign back on the ground.

“First,” Stein said in a voice that bored the reporter to sleep, “McCain should change his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat. Second, he should change his name from ‘McCain’ to something less Republican sounding. Maybe something like ‘McClinton’. Third, he should probably stop referring to countries that don’t exist any more. Finally, it may help if he could make himself look a little younger. He looks like a bowl of moldy oatmeal right now and that won’t go well with voters. Most people hate oatmeal and mold, so combining the two together just compounds the problem. Oh, and if none of those work, he may just want to adopt all of Obama’s positions. Those seem to be pretty popular right now.”

5 Responses to “McCain? McCain? McCain?”

  1. Can’t you just see McCain running home to beat the principal?

  2. I should have been the nominee! Tarnation!

  3. C.Rag said

    HEY!
    I like oatmeal & mold.

  4. Big Blue said

    I think this would be funnier if you cut everything but the opening paragraph and the last line.

  5. royters said

    He’s pretty much doing that as it is.

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