Joe McCain says Brother Gramm-pa won't be happy with him

By GottaLaff

I'm pointing and laughing at poor, foul-mouthed, impatient, volatile, impulsive ol' Joe:

He tells WTOP he'll write an apology to the 911 operator and to the Alexandria police. In the meantime, he stopping any campaign activities. He says his brother won't be happy about the incident.

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VIDEO: Gramm-pa McCain's brother on call to 911 about TRAFFIC: "F*** you"

By GottaLaff

McCain brother calls 911 over traffic:
John McCain's brother, Joe McCain, apparently had a heated call with a 911 operator over a traffic jam he was stuck in, CNN affiliate WJLA reports.

All in the family. Privileged. 'Nuff said.

VIDEO: Gramm-pa McCain's brother blasts campaign strategy

By GottaLaff


When your own brother blasts your campaign, you know you're on the wrong track (understatement):

In a new shot across the bow of Arizona Sen. John McCain's lagging campaign, the Republican candidate's younger brother is blasting the campaign's top management and desperately pleading for a change of course.

Joe McCain, in an e-mail sent late Monday night, called on top campaign aides to allow more press access to those who know the presidential nominee best. He said loosening the tight message control was needed because it had become "counter-productive" and was "causing gangrene."

Reflecting apparent unhappiness with the way his brother is being portrayed, Joe McCain also said the campaign needs to make new "ads that show John not as crank and curmudgeon but as a great leader for his time."

"Let John McCain be John McCain," he wrote, criticizing unnamed campaign managers for slamming the door shut to reporters eager to interview those who know the candidate best.

The outburst echoed a highly critical newspaper column this week by Republican strategist William Kristol, who called on McCain to "fire his campaign." [...]

With three weeks until the election, Joe McCain, 66, portrays himself as a sailor ringing a warning bell "at this last moment," while his brother's campaign steams toward treacherous waters. [...]

Joe McCain, a fierce supporter of his brother who has campaigned for him around the country this fall, recently got himself into hot water when he jokingly described the closely contested Northern Virginia suburbs as "communist country."

The McCain brothers inherited at least one common trait: Bad judgment.

Gramm-pa McCain's brother says N. Virginia = 'Communist country'

By GottaLaff

Many feet in many mouths today, yes? This is Brother Joe's idea of a joke:

Joe McCain, speaking at an event in support of his brother, called two Democratic-leaning areas in Northern Virginia "communist country," according to a report on The Washington Post's Web site.

"I've lived here for at least 10 years and before that about every third duty I was in either Arlington or Alexandria, up in communist country," Joe McCain said at an event in Loudon County, Va. [...]

"This was Joe McCain's unsuccessful attempt at humor," said McCain campaign spokeswoman Gail Gitcho. "John McCain and Sarah Palin are committed to winning the support of voters in Northern Virginia and understand the region's importance to victory statewide."

By the way, here's what Obama said earlier today in North Carolina in response to the smears from Grammp's camp:

"We're not gonna let 'em hoodwink ya. Or bamboozle ya. [laughs] We're not gonna let 'em run the okey-doke on ya."

GObama! You betcha.