ROFLMFAO!!! No really. ROFLMFAO.

[Matariki]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/213806.php

A lot of people were asking tonight: what the hell was that mansion up behind John McCain tonight during the first part of the speech? As I noted below, the TV close-ups only showed McCain's head against the grass in the picture, which made it look like he was reprising his famed green screen performance. And when they panned out, it looked like McCain was showing off one of his mansions.

Well, several readers have written in to tell me that the building is actually the main building on the campus of the Walter Reed Middle School in North Hollywood, California. And sure enough, this page on the school's website makes it pretty clear that they're correct.

[MrModerate]

1. Is it possible that his callow and detached handlers . . .

Are so ignorant of the concerns of ordinary people that when someone said "Walter Reed" they didn't know what was meant and just looked it up on the Internet?

[flpoljunkie]

16. In a Late Update, TPM's Josh Marshall speculates the same thing...

Late Update: I'm surprised this hadn't occurred to me. But several readers have suggested that perhaps one of the tech geeks charged with setting up the audio/visual bells and whistles for the evening was tasked with getting pictures of Walter Reed Army Medical Center but goofed and got this instead. At first I thought, No, that's ridiculous. This is a major political party with big time professionals putting this together. Nothing is left to chance. I mean, is this the RNC or a scene out Spinal Tap or Waiting for Guffman? I still have a bit of a hard time believing they're quite that incompetent. But when you figure in what appears to be the utter lack of any logic for this school being behind McCain and the fact that it has 'Walter Reed' in its name, I'm really not sure you can discount this possibility.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/213806.php

[Matariki]

17. ohmygod - I can't WAIT to hear them spin this one.

:rofl:

[annabanana]

2. TOO perfect! Get this rec'd up and lets all laugh together.

This is SO Daily Show material. Faulty googling by RNC idiots can't tell the diff between a Middle School and the Walter Reed Medical Hospital.

Every single Vet in America will understand immediately. (Maybe THIS is where all the money for repair work went!)

[Matariki]

5. I'm laughing so hard I'm going to hurt myself!

Either someone is very stupid, or very vindictive. Oh man :rofl:

[Matariki]

30. ,

still laughing today...

[qanda]

3. You really have to be kidding me!!!!

The video of Sarah Palin was so awful, I couldn't even imagine something worse-- This is worse!

[lligrd]

4. Arches Vs. Columns

I wonder what connotation that has?

[Earth Bound Misfit]

6. Cue the Vonage theme....

:rofl: K & R

[corkhead]

7. mrs corkhead and I were laughing about it last night and mused that it was one of his 7 mansions

[Island Blue]

8. omg. That is so funny!

I thought it was one of his mansions too. Anyone get the feeling that John McCain is getting punked by his campaign advisers and the entire Republican party? :rofl:

[Matariki]

9. Like they don't want to win?

who can blame them. like cleaning up after a frat party...

[Vinca]

10. I didn't watch the speech, but if he was referencing his POW years,

that would make sense. It was supposed to be Walter Reed Hospital where he recovered from his injuries. OMG - these people are foolishly incompetent.

[Kablooie]

11. Holy Cow! That's the party I want to run the country again! Imbeciles!!

[FunkyLeprechaun]

12. That is really funny

I'm just trying out google to see how they came up with that photo.. Googling Walter Reed obviously brings up the building that McCain was supposed to be talking about. I doubt he knew what was going on behind his back though, for all his oldman-itis, I would suspect that he has a smidgen of an idea of what THAT Walter Reed looks like.

It'll be pretty funny when the principal has to deal with Walter Reed Middle School's sudden fame.

[Frank Cannon]

21. I tried Googling it too

I couldn't find a way to do it without getting images of the actual Army Hospital instead. I mean, you'd really have to go WAY out of your way to fuck up that badly.

[alphafemale]

13. What was he talking about at the time? nt

[Kablooie]

19. It was the whole opening of the speech where he accepted the nomination.

One heart warming bit in front of the picture:

I'm grateful to the President of the United States for leading us in these dark days following the worst attack in American history. (Great wonderful scripted cheers from the audience) The worst attack in American history and keeping us safe from another attack that many, that many thought was inevitable. (A coordinated Nazi like chant of USA! USA!)

[Earth Bound Misfit]

23. He wouldn't even say chimpy's name ...

Or Poppy's name either..

"And I'm grateful to the 41st President and his bride of 63 years, and for their outstanding example of honorable service to our country."

[ForeignSpectator]

14. OMG, how ... words fail me... that's just too grand!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Matariki]

15. That's how I feel. Damn near peed myself.

[ForeignSpectator]

18. They are sooo full of shit that they can't even sustain the illusion they're not...

Wouldn't want to be in the same room when McVain finds out about this. But I'd LOVE to see footage of it! He'll probably never grasp the magnitude of this screw-up though.

[quantass]

20. 1st Impression when i saw it i Honestly thaought it was 1 of his Mansions!

[WinkyDink]

22. Mr. Moderate nailed it! Republicans are so IGNORANT, HEARTLESS, and PHONY they didn't know what was

MEANT by "Walter Reed"!!!

[alcibiades_mystery]

24. Or they just googled "Walter Reed" and got that picture?

:rofl:

Campaign Staff: Hey, flunky! Get us an image of Walter Reed!
Flunky: I iz use da Google?

[karynnj]

25. Hillarious - as McCain would likely label the

parents of the kids who attend his negatively. This is not your average middle school, in fact it looks more impressive than some of the exclusive prep schools here in NJ.

As to Walter Reed Hospital, that would bring up his record on voting for veteran health care.

As to the near constant reference to Vietnam and being a POW, he owes John Kerry an apology for arguing in 2004, that Kerry should not have mentioned he even served. He used his at least 100 times more.

[dave29]

26. Did they photo shop in a flag?

Cuz there doesn't appear to be one, or a flag pole, even, in the original photo

[Beausoleil]

27. Technical screwup by low level RNC droids

The competent ones are working on election theft.

[Matariki]

28. kicking for daytime laughs...

[MH1]

29. k & r

what a bunch of incompetents.

Or maybe someone on the GOP A/V team really does care about this country. (and recognizes McCain needs to lose!)

[swishyfeet]

31. DOH! Too funny...

[LuckyLib]

32. Whatever it was, I thought, "Oh shit. Folks are going to think this is one of his mansions!" Ha!

This just shows another level of Republican incompetence. They can't even get the backdrop correct. WOW! And they want to run the country?
:eyes:

[BronxBoy]

33. Kick

I think we may be witnessing the most incompetent presidential campaign in history.

Sad thing is, they still have an outside shot at winning