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September 17, 2008 at 06:26:18

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McCain's Worst Gaffe...Ever

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Following closely on the heels of his saying that "the economy is fundamentally strong" soon after a 500 point drop on Wall Street, hundred of billions in losses and the failure of Lehman Brothers, Republican Presidential candidate, John McCain seems to have come up with what many election observers are calling perhaps the greatest gaffe ever committed by any political candidate in history.

Despite an attempt by McCain spokesman, Tucker Bounds, to quiet the candidate, McCain continued. "I really don’t know the first thing about economics, Senator Obama wants to touch pre-school kids inappropriately, and I needed to put lipstick on my pig before I could have sex with her with my eyes open."

When confronted the next day about his comments by Good Morning America host, Diane Sawyer, an obviously perturbed McCain, blamed the media for distorting his comments by airing them.

"I was just saying that pretty much that everyone has to go to the crapper on a regular basis and if you check Senator Obama’s website, you’ll find pictures of him with kids of which I have no idea what he’s done with them," explained McCain. "As far as my pig...have you seen her?"

Then, after telling Larry King that he is "perhaps the least qualified to run the country," McCain’s lead over Obama increased by three points.

Award-winning TV writer, Steve Young, is author of "Great Failures of the Extremely Successful" (www.greatfailure.com) and blogs at the appropriately named steveyoungonpolitics.com

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A talk show host, author, columnist,award-winning television writer and filmmaker, his inspiring book, "Great Failures of the Extremely Successful" (Tallfellow Press) has been published internationally and has become required reading in the Wharton School of Business Masters Program. His "All The News That's Fit To Spoof " column appears every Sunday on the L.A. Daily News Oped Page. Steve has appeared all over national TV and radio with his unique brand of satirical punditry and social observations appearing in national periodicals from the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times, to his own weekly Internet column "The Lords Of Loud," at AlbionMonitor.net and The Huffington Post.