John Macca has just appeared on Saturday Night Live. Two appearances - in the ‘cold opener’ , with Tina Fey as Sarah Palin doing s fake ‘home shopping channel’ segment, and then a spot in the weekend update segment. Both of them genuinely funny.
For McCain supporters, worryingly so. Obama as witnessed by his recent daily show appearance is your perfect nerd in comedy appearances - awkward daggy he plays along like a martian following instructions for these weird human games….
By contrast McCain? Into it. Totally into it. McCain has comic timing, he can hold a punchline back for an eighth of a second to get the laugh. He has comic tone - delivering lines with just the right mix of sincerity and irony to leave the whole thing in question.
This is why McCain has lost.
He lost, because deep down, he didnt really really want it.
What he really wanted to be was one of the guys, one of the gang. He was perfectly attuned to the idea of SNL, while Obama used the excuse of Hurricane Gustav to cancel an appearance - one he never rebooked.
Lets face it, McCain, the forurh generation goof up navy guy, would rather be a comedain than a politician - he really wants to get out of any role ordained for him…
Man he was funny….
