john-mccain

John McCain Doesn't Know How to Manage a Beaver

Owen Thomas · 02/27/09 04:31PM

Oh, Twitter! Even senators say the darnedest things on the dynamic compendium of Internet users' stupidest thoughts. "How does one manage a beaver?" asked John McCain mid-pork tirade. More tweets that left us speechless:

Cindy McCain Denied Shot On Dancing With the Stars

Ryan Tate · 01/16/09 07:57AM

Everyone is out to spite everyone: Jay Leno ruined 90 minutes of Conan O'Brien's life; Lindsay Lohan is refusing to eat and John McCain isn't letting his wife go on that fun TV program.

Sarah Seeking Britney?

cityfile · 01/16/09 06:53AM

Sarah Jessica Parker is dying to cast Britney Spears as Carrie Bradshaw's younger cousin or niece in the next Sex and the City movie, or at least that's the rumor anyway. [MTV]
• Jeremy Piven was not on the plane that crashed yesterday, just in case you were worried or anything. [NYDN]
• Lindsay Lohan says she works "as hard" as other actors, but she gets no credit due to the "mess that I created in my life." [NYP]
• Is John McCain thwarting our chance to see Cindy McCain on Dancing With the Stars? Say it isn't so! [P6]

How Long Will McCain Mope?

Ryan Tate · 01/10/09 03:45PM

John McCain looked every bit the seething, uncomfortable vanquished rival in that first, awkward post-election press conference on those enormous chairs. It sounds like he's kind of still that way.

2008: The Year Pop Culture Won the Presidency

STV · 12/30/08 04:37PM

Join us in looking back at the trends, names, faces, places and unhinged absurdity that made our Defamer Decides 2008 coverage an unparalleled historical record of American presidential politics at its finest.

New York Times, John McCain Love Grandpa Humor

Gabriel Snyder · 12/28/08 04:01PM

She writes, "Did you hear the one about the stockbroker who’s been sleeping like a baby? Every hour, he wakes up and cries." I can't imagine this is a McCain original — sounds like an old one — but see him tell it yourself at the beginning of this clip from his Nov. 12 appearance on The Tonight Show.

The Top Ten Feuds of 2008

Gabriel Snyder · 12/22/08 01:43PM

Nothing says Christmas like two people screaming at each other. Gawker video guru Richard Blakeley compiled and ranked the ten very best of this contentious year.

McCain Campaign Even Screws Up Sad Firesale

Pareene · 12/12/08 04:43PM

Oh, the poor, sad McCain campaign just sold all of their leftover campaign crap, for pennies. And of course some reporter bought some used Blackberries and guess who didn't delete anything off it?

McCain's Meeting With Blago, His Devotee

Ryan Tate · 12/11/08 10:08PM

John McCain will tell David Letterman tonight about how corrupt Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich was a huge admirer of the former Republican presidential nominee, and planned to model his tenure on McCain's. Mission accomplished!

The McCain campaign outlet sale

Owen Thomas · 12/10/08 04:20PM

Looking for a bargain? Head on down to the McCain-Palin closeout shop in Alexandria, Virginia, where the headquarters of the failed presidential bid is moving used merchandise — laptops, flat-screen TVs, even couches. Everything must go! The list:

Keith Olbermann Obnoxious, Couric And Letterman Agree

Ryan Tate · 11/20/08 11:45PM

Katie Couric is on the Late Show again tonight, to try and convince David Letterman that she didn't purposely steal John McCain for her CBS Evening News that night the Republican presidential nominee infamously flaked on Letterman. Of course this is a lie, assuming Couric is as ruthlessly competitive as any network news anchor must be in order to succeed. But her exchange with Letterman is worth watching if only for all the fun bashing of Keith Olbermann, the MSNBC shouting head who filled in for McCain. Click the video icon to watch.

John McCain Sues Old Hippie

Pareene · 11/20/08 04:37PM

During the presidential campaign, John McCain kept getting in trouble with various musicians for stealing their godless liberal music and using it to promote his candidacy. Heart, Bon Jovi, John Mellencamp, Boston, Van Halen and the Foo Fighters all got pissed at him at various points. But only Jackson Browne sued the Arizona Senator. McCain used "Running on Empty" in a campaign ad, and Browne, whose new album features a song about hanging out in Castro's Cuba, was not happy. Now, McCain has countersued Browne, because why not. According to McCain's two motions, Browne infringed on McCain's right to free speech. McCain also says "that rather than damage the song's commercial potential, his use 'will likely increase the popularity of this thirty year-old song,'" which makes plenty of sense to us. John McCain probably has all his Flickr photos licensed under Creative Commons too, right? [THR]