McCain’s humor woes

The AP quotes Sen. J.S. McCain, R-Ariz., on Oct. 13:

"The national media has written us off. Sen. Obama is measuring the drapes," McCain told a few thousand supporters. "My friends, we've got 'em just where we want 'em."

“We've got 'em just where we want 'em” … is a variation on the punchline of an old joke (no joke is old if you’ve never heard it before). Naturally, I can’t remember the joke verbatim but it might go something like:

A hunter tracking a bear is suddenly jumped by the critter, knocked down and thrown about. His hunting partner yells, “Mac, how can I help?”

As the bear goes for his throat, Mac says, “Don’t worry, I’ve got him just where I want him.”

Or something like that.

And the MSM doesn’t laugh? McCain’s a funny guy.

Politically a nightmare for the country, but at least as funny as Letterman.

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