McCain Oopsapalooza Tour

It's been a bad week for Senator McCain. Obama was touring the Middle East and Europe, sending postcards that said "So glad you're not here!" to McCain, and McCain stayed stateside.

First, his microphone didn't seem to work.

Then, he had to use the bread-box sized cell phone from 1994 because his sleek just-released, up-to-the-minute iPhone 3G wasn't getting coverage. Or something.

Photo credit: NYT

McCain was supposed to have a photo op aboard an oil rig in Louisiana to tell everyone how offshore drilling is the answer to high gas prices--but then there was an oil spill due to a collision between two ships on the Mississippi River, and he had to cancel. Maybe offshore drilling isn't such a good idea? Oops.

Photo credit: Tom Rauss/AP

McCain tried to get down with the peeps in Ohio, munching on the bratwurst and alla that, while in Germany a lone McCain supporter got out his umbrella and homemade signs--

Photo credit: Getty Images

...and Obama talked to 250,000 of his best friends in Europe.

Photo credit: Obama campaign Flickr photoset

Then McCain tried to score points by talking about how the "surge" in Iraq that "caused" the Anbar Awakening can be credited to him, but all people seem to grasp is the surge in gas prices, food prices, and the unemployment rate. Which we can credit to John McCain, sure.

But we can't credit the summer gas tax holiday McCain proposed on April 15 of this year to him, because--OOOPS--it hasn't happened yet. Or never.

McCain tried to score points with the "Uppity" meme aimed at Obama by criticizing Obama's trip to Europe and the Middle East but conveniently forgot that he went to do the same in March, 2008. Oops. From an ABCNews.com report:

[McCain] is expected to meet with the prime ministers of Israel and Britain, and the president of France, and will be leading a Congressional delegation that includes Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-CT.

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McCain aides privately admit they are looking forward to the photo opportunities with McCain and world leaders while the Democrats are fighting with one another [during the lengthy Democratic primary].

McCain also criticized the Obama campaign's provisional movements toward identifying a transition team, not realizing that Republicans Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush had them well in advance of the General Election, as did Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. Oops.

Awwwwwww. Rough week. McCain's "base" is off covering someone else. I'd offer Senator McCain a pillow or a hanky, but so many others have beat me to it.

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Comments

[gomccain]

McCain was not the best candidate Republicans could find, but neither is Barack Obama the best the Democrats could have fielded. But it'll be an interesting race anyway.

[Daisy]

I thought McCain's trip to the grocery store and the falling applesauce would make the Oopsalooza, too. Anyone have a link to that? I laughed out loud when I saw it on CNN.

[Lawyer Mama]

Ooh - I was just going to bring up what Daisy did. Was hilarious!

Here's the link to the YouTube video if you want to add it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GayO4pc8S_A

Could he look anymore out of place in the grocery store?

Some friends and I were joking last night that "someone" up there is trying to tell McCain something. (-;

[cynematic]

OK, _clearly_ we need to make the Ooopsapalooza Tour a recurring feature, as there are SO MANY McCain gaffes that no single person can stay on top of the attacking applesauces and self-contradicting statements (uh, untruths?).

So send in any McCaineroos by Thurs 12 am, and I'll compile what you've got! Give pix credits if you can. Backtracks and flip-flops of the policy kind are good too.

Email to [email protected] and put "Oopsa" in the subject line.

Have at it, kids! And thanks for Digging it up!