While listening to some of the debate coverage again, it struck me that John McCain sounds like Linus (you know, Peanuts, with the blanket) especially when he inserts “my friends” into the middle of a sentence.
Maybe the October surprise is when (my friends) the Great Pumpkin rises out of the pumpkin patch.
The Edge of the American West 
6 comments
October 9, 2008 at 9:08 pm
bitchphd
!!! Blasphemer.
October 9, 2008 at 9:24 pm
dana
I’m serious! Listen to a clip of McCain, and imagine him with a blankie!!!
October 9, 2008 at 9:48 pm
urbino
I’m going to pretend I didn’t read that.
October 9, 2008 at 10:29 pm
bitchphd
Right, I’ll be over there with Urbino.
October 10, 2008 at 8:25 am
ben wolfson
This dude avers that McCain says “my friends” to evoke a distant small-town folksiness, but I think there’s a more compelling explanation.
October 10, 2008 at 9:49 am
dana
At last, my campaign is complete!