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01 September 2008

McCain's Wandering Eyes Funny, if perhaps a bit unfair to the man. (But seriously—what the heck is he staring at?)

post by: Atom Eyes at: 12:01 | 12 comments

He keeps fiddling with his wedding ring while he's eying her up, kind of creepy.

posted by octothorpe 01 September | 12:05

You know how lady mags always say walking in sand is good for firming your butt?
Walking in snow does the same thing.

posted by kellydamnit 01 September | 12:08

I noticed this when I watched the speech the first time. I thought he was looking at Palin's note cards.

posted by LoriFLA 01 September | 12:09

octothorpe: He's fingering his wedding ring to remind himself of the fact that his wife Cindy is young and hot (albeit overly tan and surgically modified) and, more importantly, very very very rich.

All the while thinking, "Dude. If I win this election, this former beauty queen will be living right next door. YEAH."

posted by brina 01 September | 12:23

"Dude. If I win this election, this former beauty queen will be living right next door. YEAH."

"But I can't bang her because I might knock her up and we're both pro-life."

posted by jonmc 01 September | 12:28

Just seems like a nervous habit to me, I wouldn't read too much into it. I fiddle with my ring all the time; I only realize how much I do when I'm not wearing it and I reach for it and it's not there.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 01 September | 12:30

I didn't notice the ring thing, but I totally saw him checking her butt.

posted by kellydamnit 01 September | 12:35

McCain, the callow gold-digging womanizer, is surely just ogling her cue cards. His wedding ring keeps reminding him of a dirt box in Vietnam. He seems to think nobody's watching. I hope he's right.

posted by Hugh Janus 01 September | 12:50

He's looking at her speech and is nervously fiddling with his ring. He needs some coaching.

posted by Specklet 01 September | 13:58

"Uh, mam, there's a fly on your derriere..."

posted by Pips 01 September | 15:19

He keeps fiddling with his wedding ring while he's eying her up, kind of creepy.

I fiddle with my wedding ring constantly. By all accounts, I'm considering having sex with my stapler, gmail, and the lunch menu at Qdoba.

The interesting question is whether this is an established casual nervous habit for McCain, or if it's only a super-high-stress-level tic for him, or if this is even in fact the first documented evidence of it.

posted by cortex 02 September | 16:20

"Uh, mam, there's a fly on your derriere..."

That would explain his cheeks - he's actually about to shoot his tongue out and catch that butt-fly.

posted by trondant 03 September | 01:03

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