Here's a commentary I delivered on CBS Sunday Morning yesterday. I am brazenly proud that I could get my Rosemary Clooney joke past the censors. (And by censors, I mean the people that are terrified of any reference that appeals to people over the age of 50.)
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Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 2)
1. Obama received an "A+" on his essay! (Harvard guy. *swoons*)
McCain received an "Incomplete".
LMAO!!!
Babe, and I'll be there forever and a day...
giftedgirl at 9:18PM on Jul 21st 2008
2. Funny stuff Mo!
ruavoter at 11:31PM on Jul 21st 2008
3. How Do I send suggestions to the presidential hopefuls on certain issues. For example, let's say I'm in favor of raising the minimum wage to 15 dollars an hour. How would I post that or send that to the presidential candidates?
lucha at 12:16AM on Jul 22nd 2008
4.
My dearest Mo,
I am NOT over 50 and I got the Rosemary Clooney reference but who is Billy Bush???
C'mon ta ma house Ima gonna give you candy...
Andrea at 12:56AM on Jul 22nd 2008
5. I'm sorry but the Rosemary Clooney joke just went over my head. I apologize for not being in the know about 50's pop singers.
I guess it's because I'm a white middle class worker that was 'born in the USA'
Born in the USA..
I was gonna vote in the USA.
Then my candidates flip-flopped on me.
Obama is visiting a foreign land,
McCain complains cause his got arthritis in his hands.
Yeah I was born in the USA.
Blayze at 1:57AM on Jul 22nd 2008
6. Good vid Mo man!
I dunno tho... I think Obama/Bon Jovi actually sounds pretty catchy... I'd pay good money to see that ticket!
Here are some other choices the candidates should probably avoid:
**Barack Obama**
Obama/Winfrey - (A good talk show perhaps, but a lousy ticket!)
Obama/Cantwell - (Yes we can! No we can't!)
Obama/Akaka - (Sounds my toilet makes after I eat Tex-Mex!)
Obama/Brownback - (The visual is disturbing unless you are an Obama Girl!)
Obama/Whitehouse - (Sounds like indignant entitlement to me!)
**John McCain**
McCain/Dole - (No more Viagra questions please!)
McCain/Cochran - (I said enough with the Viagra!!)
McCain/Ensign - (A demoted military rank??)
McCain/Corker - (Stick a cork in this one!)
[Note: No Viagra reference intended]
McCain/Sununu - (Because McCain's not so new-new!)
Rocca the Vote '08
P.S. - Mo, I love it when my stocks split but when a blog splits and my comments end up in the wrong place, well, it's kind of frustrating dude...
FINN at 12:57PM on Jul 22nd 2008
7. Hey, Mo,
I'm not even remotely near 50, and I got the Rosemary Clooney joke.
And FINN, I'm with you on McCain/Sununu.
While searching through your other videos, I saw 'Para Ganar Obama'. That has got to be the funniest thing I've seen in a while.
But aren't you Colombian? Shouldn't your Spanish be like, near perfect?
Rebecca at 1:48PM on Jul 22nd 2008
8. Mo, I adore you more than I can express in a mere posting on your blog.
You're a genius!
You might even be a genus except that would be poor Latin grammar.
Booka at 3:33PM on Jul 22nd 2008
9.
Lucha,
Here is a good place to start-
http://www.usa.gov/Contact.shtml
Now, do YOU know who Billy Bush is???
Andrea at 4:24PM on Jul 22nd 2008
10. Indeed...
Mo Rocca is of a different breed, he may even be a member of some strange new genus, however further scientific studies may be necessary!
Now watch as we attempt to capture the Mo Rocca in his native habitat, the video short:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWNfWlVHlWQ
FINN-dy Irwin at 4:40PM on Jul 22nd 2008
11. How about johnny mac and, mhmm! mini mac?
Is there a miniature tim conway around you could sock in the left jaw? Or just insert a chaw and let him spit in big johnny's pocket?
He could sort of be in a backpack, lunchpack of notre mccains style and mic into his hearing aid when those pesky border and sectarian questions pop up.
Speaking of pop up, what a response THAT would have been to the viagra question!
Obama needs a cool backup group dressed like diplomats with great dance chops and he could skip vice president. Or just draft Tony Bennett. He needs a class act, not a politician.
Clif Kuplen at 7:07PM on Jul 22nd 2008
12. Mo, thanks for the blogs. Always a good way to get a laugh.
Bill at 1:10AM on Jul 23rd 2008
13. I didn't watch the video because I've got a dinosaur of a computer and I'm too stupid to get the jokes anyway. How do you not pick a VP? You don't pick anyone that makes you look like you are second fiddle. That rules out Lieberman. As for some names and people to avoid, I like the viagra connection; but can we do better? McCain-Graham-"For All the Crackers?" McCain-Pawlenty "Plenty of Reasons to Just Say No" McCain-Jindal "A Muslim VP?" McCain-Bush "Third Term: Whomp there it is!" McCain-Guiliani "The Mean Machine" McCain-Clinton "You Want Her, I Got Her!" McCain-Anybody "Can He Do Four Years?"
Cecil Jones at 7:54AM on Jul 23rd 2008
14. McCain-Jindal "A Muslim VP?
xxxx
forget that one - he was thinking 'gin doll' but cindy found out.
Bobby would be the best for entertainment. As a qualified exorcist he could have a series of town meeting debates with Satan. I was kind of looking forward to the spectacle. I've heard satan on south park and he ain't all that.
Clif Kuplen at 2:39PM on Jul 23rd 2008
15. Aw Mo,
John McCain is an actual Geico Customer and not a celebrity, so we hired White House Press Secretary Dana Perino to help explain.
John: I had fallen, and I couldn’t get up.
Dana: Senator McCain wanted to see for himself the conditions on the ground.
John: I had forgotten what number to call for help.
Dana: Senator McCain does not want to play the 9/11 card.
John: I was so embarrassed when the nurses saw my underwear.
Dana: Once again, Senator McCain reminds us that he is the candidate of Change.
John: Thank God Joe Lieberman came along when he did.
Dana: I believe the Senator might have been referring to Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. I don’t know, he was medicated at the time, but I’ll get back to you.
Based upon the comedy of Mo Rocca:)
Loved that piece Mo.
JG^^
John Giza at 3:25PM on Jul 23rd 2008