McCain vs Obama – Funny for Once
Politics isn’t the focus on this site – but to be honest I’d say the following are more comedy than politics. US presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama takes turn roasting each other during the Al Smith dinner, traditionally where seriousness is cast aside in favor of self-deprecating and light humor while trading comedic insults of the campaign’s talking points.
If you don’t follow the campaign, chances are this will be boring or meaningless to you, so you can just skip it. If you do, you may find some resonant humor.
John McCain opens the night:
Barack Obama’s turn:
It’s cool that amidst the (frequently hostile and negative) campaigning something like this provides a welcome break indeed. Kudos to the speech writers for the witty speeches, credit to the candidates for stage presence and deliverance!
