I had seen clips of McCain and Obama at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner last week on TV, but it’s hard to appreciate just how funny McCain was without seeing the whole thing. There are two videos below, first McCain, then Obama. Notice the crowd’s reaction. They thought McCain was funnier. And remember that the crowd is probably 98% Democrat. It should have been a tough crowd for him. Even Obama and Clinton were cracking up.
Obviously he can’t treat his campaign like a big joke, but if we’d seen more of this McCain he wouldn’t be as behind in the polls. McCain is a likable guy when he isn’t being “handled.” Unfortunately, when all is said and done, McCain will regret not being himself more during the campaign.
Obama was funny too, just not as funny as McCain.