John McCain Vietnam

From The Feed: John McCain's campaign has made us cynical enough to vote Republican

October 24, 2008 - John McCain's campaign has made us so cynical that when we watched this new footage of the then-hostage tearfully asking a French film crew to tell his wife, "I love her and I hope to see her soon," we shouted, "so you can cheat on her, you sack...

From The Room: Long Day's Journey into Vietnam

September 2, 2008 - What was John McCain like before he went to Vietnam? Find out in Michael Weingartner's "John McCain: A Long Day's Journey into Vietnam." This very genuine-sounding, but very ridiculous radio-docu-mocu-drama originally aired on Sirius Satellite Radio, and now has a permanent home here at...

From The Room: John McCain: A Long Day's Journey into Vietnam

July 30, 2008 - Fact: John McCain went to Vietnam in December of 1966. Fiction: Pretty much everything else in this program. Our story takes place a few days before officer McCain goes to Vietnam. He travels to New York to have a little fun, and search for Communists. Part Hai...

Quick Quiz: McCain's Month (Part 3)

July 28, 2008 - Paul Slansky knows that there are plenty of other things out there that deserve mocking, but he finds that they all pale in comparison to John McCain's campaign...

Quick Quiz: McCain's Month (Part 2)

July 25, 2008 - With John McCain all Mr. Grumpypants about Barack Obama showing the world what an American president should be like and, yes, could be like - why, he even managed to interact with the German chancellor without suddenly springing up behind her and grabbing her shoulders - Paul Slansky...

Quick Quiz: McCain's Month (Part 1)

July 24, 2008 - With the media currently obsessed with Barack Obama, Paul Slansky says, "Hey, what about poor John McCain? Shouldn't we pay some attention to him? What's been going on in his campaign...

From The Feed: Vietnam vets (not) for McCain! (video)

July 9, 2008 - A new ad from the AFL-CIO features a Vietnam veteran not so happy with McCain's senate voting record...

Cindy McCain terrifies Vietnamese kids into smiling

June 19, 2008 - Although the big news story today about Cindy McCain is her manufactured anger at Michelle Obama's "proud to be an American" comment, w...

From The Room: Why I Won't Be Voting for John McCain in 2008

June 10, 2008 - McCain is really going to sew up the women's vote and the shrinking people vote with the story of his bravery in the face of 'till death do us part unless you are disfigured in...

From The Room: Father of LSD Dies, Man.

April 30, 2008 - Albert Hofmann, the Swiss scientist who created LSD--not to be confused with Abbie Hoffman, anarchist, member of the Chicago 7, and frequent LSD user--died Tuesday at the age of 102. He was living in his hometown of Basel, Sw...