March 27, 2007 3:16 pm
Dennis DiClaudio
Dennis DiClaudio
Did you know that presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain was a whole-hearted supporter of gay marriage? No? Well, neither did Sen. John McCain. Luckily for Mr. Straight Talk Express, he learned about his new stance on this hot button topic in the same way so many other Americans are learning about his stances: on MySpace.
You can read the complete story here and here (and you really should), but the Reader's Digest version goes something like this…
- John McCain fought the pressure to follow suit with all the other presidential candidates and make a MySpace page because he's like old and sh*t and probably thinks MySpace is a kind of health shake or something.
- He finally gives in after a few weeks and tells a much younger staff member (probably a guy in his 50s who wears black socks with shorts) to make him one of those delicious MySpaces.
- This black-sock wearing staffer barely knows how to use his computer, much less make a MySpace page, so he just steals the whole design from someone else. Images, bandwidth and all.
- The guy from whom the design was stolen got mad that McCain and decided to switch out one of the images to read "Today I announce that I have reversed my position and come out in full support of gay marriage… particularly marriage between passionate females."
- McCain hear's about his new pro-homo stance–his long-term suspicion that health food violates the body's supply of man molecules now confirmed–becomes comically enraged, trips and falls face first into a custard pie which is lying on the floor for some reason.
- And… scene.
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So Comedy Central does know the real story. Why did the broadcast tonight portray it as a hacker/saboteur who played a prank on McCain?
You slammed a guy who had his work and bandwidth stolen, played a joke worthy of The Daily Show, and demonstrated how out of touch the political newbies are on the internets.
You owe the man an apology for the way you presented the story on TV. Comedic license doesn't justify slander, even a mild variety like this.
If I were him, I would be pissed. Get your 15 minutes of fame via Jon not knowing what the fuck he's talking about. That's right, I said it! I love the show. That's why it's really disappointing.
Man up and correct your on-air report. Correct it on air. Not here.
This is an old story on the world wide web, it's considered bad manners to steal someones image or code without proper credit – which was asked for by the designer of the code, just credit, not even money. The Senator is lucky that the response to his image and bandwidth theft was just a minor joke on Gay marriage. There are historical precedents for using much more disturbing and graphic images when someone is stealing your bandwidth and Intellectual Property.
What the hell does Dennis Miller have to do with any of this?
Haw Haw at McCain. First he has to pander to the crazy Christian right, now his campaign screws this up.
Dennis Miller was never funny, even when he had long hair and shook it on SNL, and most certainly has never been an intellectual. If all he does is make personal comments about the Democrats (i.e.) Nancy Pelosi's eye blinking, and other similar personal attacks, then I would suggest that you Ask Mr. Miller how many shares of Halliburton does he own, and when he expects to move to Dubai.
passionate females?
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