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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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posted on
06/23/2008 4:47:33 PM PDT
by
ellery
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.)
To: ellery
He put a band aid on his head because he bumped it?
To: Viking2002
May just be easier to move your grass!
4
posted on
06/23/2008 4:51:58 PM PDT
by
cw35
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...:)
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)
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)
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)
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)
To: ellery
10
posted on
06/23/2008 4:54:24 PM PDT
by
MARTIAL MONK
(I'm waiting for the POP!)
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.)
To: Viking2002
Take that dang helmet off!
12
posted on
06/23/2008 4:57:16 PM PDT
by
ExpatGator
(Extending logic since 1961.)
To: indylindy
Still, who puts a band aid on their head under their hair?A "maverick"?
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)
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)
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.)
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!)
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)
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.)
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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