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The image of McCain almost-slipping, with raised hands and tongue out?  It’s currently one of the most emailed images in Yahoo!, and has spawned several ‘shopped images.

Guess I’m not alone in thinking that there are just parts of politics that are hilarious.  One that deserves mention is last week’s debates.  There was this one scene where McCain almost slipped, so I guess, to balance himself, he raised both hands and stuck his tongue out.  AND IT WAS CAUGHT ON TAPE.

The unedited version of the image alone is one of the most emailed images in Yahoo!  So it should come to no surprise that merely hours after that little incident, people with Photoshop got busy.

“Obama cool enough to just ignore zombies” – Did I mention that in that little shot, Obama’s in there too?  With his back toward McCain, it would seem like he’s clearly ignoring a zombie threat.  Even though this is just a simple text overlay, one can’t quite chuckle a little.

“McCain and ‘Shopped Bikini Palin” – There was speculation at first that McCain selected Palin as running mate because it provided eye candy.  There was even a video during the VP announcement where McCain was caught checking out Palin, while touching his wedding ring, obviously reminding himself of his fidelity to his wife.  In this ‘shopped version, we see him almost carrying the bikini-photoshopped Palin.  What can we do?  McCain likey.

“McCainzilla” – This is another different take — instead of portraying him as a zombie, he is photoshopped into a black-and-white Tokyo scene, complete with tail and flames coming out his stuck-out tongue, ravaging the city.  Who could forget Godzilla?  Probably not the one who made this image — it may even be an accurate depiction of what a “monstrous” disaster we could be having with him as leader.  But you know, obviously exaggerated.

“Jedi Obama and Lightning McCain” – There’ve been comparisons about the galactic empire and the Republican Party.  With McCain as the current emperor of the Republican empire, a Jedi must come in and save the rest of us.  Of course it can’t be done with light sabers — remember: ewoks are the downfall of any good evil empire.  With the emperor’s trademarked force-lightning, McCain struggles to topple Jedi-Obama, who is obviously wearing a ‘shopped body of Samuel Jackson’s character in Star Wars.  (Note the purple saber.)

“McCain as HISS” – HISS, not KISS.  Obviously referencing the band that is famous for rocking out with their tongues out.  What truly sets this one apart is that it’s even animated!  Hilarious!  Will McCain rock the vote?  Or will this be the closest he’s ever going to get to compete with Obama’s “rock star” status?

There you have it — my top 5 photoshopped versions of that single funny image.  Do you think I missed any more good ones?  Leave ‘em down by the comments section.

What other accidental “caught-on-tape” acts of the other candidates made you laugh?  Share it over intelligent and light conversation over @ The Jabber.

“Uh oh.”  Freudian slips.  Faux pas.  Gaffes.  Call them what you will, a slip-up is a slip-up, candidate or not.

This far on the road to the White House, what haunts candidates isn’t what their opponents are saying — the people get to decide who’s saying what they think is right and whatnot — but things they’ve said, in a case of “the slip-ups.”

Biden:  “A man I’m proud to call my friend. A man who will be the next President of the United States — Barack America!” –Joe Biden, at his first campaign rally with Barack Obama
I mean they soooorta sound alike, right?  With all the names that crop up in a candidate’s mind, there’s only so much times that you won’t make a mistake.  Totally forgivable.

Obama:  “In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died — an entire town destroyed.” –on a Kansas tornado that killed 12 people.  Whoah — where’d the other 9988 dead people go?  Isn’t that a downer?  Unless an old uncle with bad eyesight and hearing did the research, there’s no way you could mistake 12 for 10,000.

McCain:  “She’s a partner and a soul-mate.” –on his vice presidential pick, Sarah Palin, whom he had met only once before offering her the job
Talk about going a little too fast!  So maybe they’ve met more than once before the VP announcement — now she’s also his soulmate?  Maybe he’s just old-fashioned, believes in ‘love at first sight’ a little too literally.

McCain’s adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin: “He did this;  Telecommunications of the United States is a premier innovation in the past 15 years, comes right through the Commerce Committee. So you’re looking at the miracle John McCain helped create and that’s what he did.”
I mean yeah, and Al Gore invented the internet.  And global warming.  (awareness)

Palin:  “of policy and of partisanship, all coming together at this time, recognizing he (McCain) is the man that we need to LEAVE — lead in these next four years, because these are tumultuous times.” –On the VP debates.
Whoops!  Not only did she mention before that she was “absolutely, yup, yup” ready to be President in a heartbeat, but this one went mostly unnoticed during the VP debates.  Is she plotting to replace McCain if they do win?  A slip-up is a slip-up, VP candidate or not, Ms. Palin.

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