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McCain Explains Small Bandages: ‘I Hit the Roof’ of a Car
WSJ ^ | 6/23/08 | Elizabeth Holmes

Posted on 06/23/2008 4:47:31 PM PDT by ellery

They were well hidden on the pale skin and beneath the white hair. But a closer look revealed what John McCain was perhaps hoping to hide: two small bandages on the top of his head.

The 71-year-old senator from Arizona has battled skin cancer multiple times, making the sight of a bandage more alarming than usual. “Why does he have two band aids (sic) on top of his head?” a Democratic operative wrote in the subject line of an email as the press conference was taking place.

But McCain quickly dismissed that concern when a reporter asked him about it.

“I was getting out of the car in Canada and I hit the roof a teeny bit,” McCain said, blushing a little bit at the question. “The car was much smaller than the one I am usually being ferried around in by our beloved secret service.”

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; bandaids; mccain
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1 posted on 06/23/2008 4:47:33 PM PDT by ellery
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To: ellery
Every time I cut the grass, I bong my noggin on the bird feeder.

I gotta move that damn bird feeder.


2 posted on 06/23/2008 4:50:57 PM PDT by Viking2002 (Barak and Michelle: The Sheik and The Freak.)
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To: ellery

He put a band aid on his head because he bumped it?


3 posted on 06/23/2008 4:51:28 PM PDT by Lijahsbubbe
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To: Viking2002

May just be easier to move your grass!


4 posted on 06/23/2008 4:51:58 PM PDT by cw35
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To: ellery

I can relate...I have really jammed my neck before, hitting the door jamb of my wife’s Toyota when exiting or entering. There is just something about the geometry that gets me...


5 posted on 06/23/2008 4:52:39 PM PDT by rlmorel (Clinging bitterly to Guns and God in Massachusetts...:)
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To: Viking2002

You need to wear your helmet when you mow.


6 posted on 06/23/2008 4:52:46 PM PDT by Bahbah (Typical white person)
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To: Viking2002

You need to wear your helmet when you mow.


7 posted on 06/23/2008 4:52:46 PM PDT by Bahbah (Typical white person)
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To: Viking2002

I don’t mean to sound like I’m nagging.


8 posted on 06/23/2008 4:53:56 PM PDT by Bahbah (Typical white person)
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To: Viking2002

Bong + grass = head injury


9 posted on 06/23/2008 4:54:01 PM PDT by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it , freedom has a flavor the protected will never know)
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To: ellery

Cindy whupped on him.


10 posted on 06/23/2008 4:54:24 PM PDT by MARTIAL MONK (I'm waiting for the POP!)
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To: Bahbah

I guess McCain needs to wear a helmut when getting out of an energy saving car instead of one of those gubmint SUV’s.

Maybe he could advocate a ton of ceiling padding on those electric cars that might happen 25 years from now.

Still, who puts a band aid on their head under their hair?


11 posted on 06/23/2008 4:56:49 PM PDT by dforest (I had almost forgotten that McCain is the nominee. Too bad I was reminded.)
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To: Viking2002

Take that dang helmet off!


12 posted on 06/23/2008 4:57:16 PM PDT by ExpatGator (Extending logic since 1961.)
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To: indylindy
Still, who puts a band aid on their head under their hair?

A "maverick"?

13 posted on 06/23/2008 5:01:06 PM PDT by Lijahsbubbe
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To: ellery
Rough seks in da hotel.

:o)

14 posted on 06/23/2008 5:02:25 PM PDT by Dumpster Baby (Real men drink mercury)
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To: indylindy
“The car was much smaller than the one I am usually being ferried around in by our beloved secret service.”

Sounds to me as if he's slamming the secret service...

15 posted on 06/23/2008 5:05:37 PM PDT by ellery (In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock -T. Jefferson)
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To: Lijahsbubbe

Uh, okay, I stand corrected;^)


16 posted on 06/23/2008 5:06:18 PM PDT by dforest (I had almost forgotten that McCain is the nominee. Too bad I was reminded.)
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To: kbennkc



Bong + grass = head injury munchies
17 posted on 06/23/2008 5:07:06 PM PDT by ninergold3 (Don't like my attitude? Then get one of your own!)
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To: indylindy
Still, who puts a band aid on their head under their hair?

I don't know. It's odd.

18 posted on 06/23/2008 5:09:03 PM PDT by Bahbah (Typical white person)
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To: ellery

Perhaps they could put all those security modifications on a Yugo or something to ferry McCain around? LOL

Or maybe something like the Popemobile.


19 posted on 06/23/2008 5:09:07 PM PDT by dforest (I had almost forgotten that McCain is the nominee. Too bad I was reminded.)
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To: ellery

No, then he would have said “my friends, the Secret Service”.


20 posted on 06/23/2008 5:09:57 PM PDT by 21twelve (Don't wish for peace. Pray for Victory.)
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