Proof That John McCain Needs New Interns

News Type: Event — Wed Mar 28, 2007 2:12 AM EDT

Screenshot of the new and improved John McCain MySpace page, as of 11pm Pacific on March 27th.

Ok, I wasn't going to pile on John McCain after this morning's prank heard 'round the world, but after a reader sent in a tip a few minutes ago, I just can't pass this up.

A good 13 hours after my faux "Contacting John McCain" graphic was finally pulled, the McCain camp has now replaced it with their own graphic. The problem -- as noticed by the sharp-eyed reader who sent in the tip -- is that the intern who created the graphic for the Senator either does not know how to spell "Group" or chooses not to proofread his own Photoshop work. See the image to the right -- a screen capture I took at 11pm Pacific.

I'm sure you're a good man, John McCain. I advise you to get your cyberstaff up to snuff quickly. It's going to be very important soon.

Also, maybe check out Virb. It's like MySpace for people with better taste.

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Aine MacDermot

I guess those were children that got left behind, eh? *smirk*

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13 votes

#1 - Wed Mar 28, 2007 2:52 AM EDT

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Dennis P. McCann

LOL. I really hope Jon Stewart picks up on all of this.

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13 votes

#2 - Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:08 AM EDT

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Henry VII

It just keeps getting better!

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5 votes

#3 - Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:32 AM EDT

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prompt

I think this should be declared Mike D. Day.

Congrats Mike, you have become an instant e-celeb.

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10 votes

#4 - Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:48 AM EDT

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Jay Baker

I'll second that! You've been my personal hero since this story broke ...

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3 votes

#4.1 - Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:03 PM EDT

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psi29a

He's Mike D and he gets respect. *grin*

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Your cash and your jewelry is what I expect."
MCA what with it, and he's my ace,
so I grabbed the piano player and punched him in the face.
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This boy had beef, and he got dropped. Mike D grabbed the money, MCA snatched the gold.
I grabbed two girlies and a beer that's cold.

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2 votes

#4.2 - Wed Mar 28, 2007 5:10 PM EDT

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Arrow

That's Goreat!!!!

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9 votes

#5 - Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:56 AM EDT

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Oluseye

You're piling Mike, you're piling. Some poor guy's going to have to eat the cat's lunch over this!

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4 votes

#6 - Wed Mar 28, 2007 5:55 AM EDT

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Thura

The intern probably works for Gore. That is why it is a Gorup

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3 votes

#7 - Wed Mar 28, 2007 6:02 AM EDT

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I SPY

Sen. John McCain wins a Golden Shovel. He'll need to dig deeper.

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#8 - Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:50 AM EDT

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lauhal

Yikes. Rank User, indeed!

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1 vote

#9 - Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:21 PM EDT

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tschreck

does this mean we are going to have the pleasure of 5 copycat posts talking about the very same event on newsvine..

zzzzzzz

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5 votes

#10 - Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:38 PM EDT

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Corey Spring

Yeah I agree that there are a lot of dupes of this on Newsvine that are being left up. One of them is copied and pasted as an original article from an ABC News blog.

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2 votes

#10.1 - Wed Mar 28, 2007 2:02 PM EDT

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Tony Angelo

Corey, if you're thinking about this one, I thought so too but then noticed that the author of the article on ABC is the same author of the Newsvine column. I actually scolded her on a previous article before I realized what was going on.

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2 votes

#10.2 - Wed Mar 28, 2007 6:13 PM EDT

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Aine MacDermot

Yep, we have an ABC journalist with a Newsvine column here with us. *grin*
Hello, Ms. Parker. :)

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2 votes

#10.3 - Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:05 PM EDT

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Corey Spring

While that very well may be true, but just because I say my name is Corey Spring does not mean I play hockey for Tampa Bay, either.

(what an obscure C. Spring reference)

AnD I still contend there are many dupes on this same story floating around NV... just check out the Doppleganger on the original. I'm not out to be a buzz kill but come on... they are all the same freaking story linking back to the original.

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2 votes

#10.4 - Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:41 AM EDT

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Corey Spring

I hope McCain adds me to his Firend list.

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2 votes

#11 - Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:50 PM EDT

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Mike D.

He just added me. I put him my Top 8. Good McCain!

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6 votes

#11.1 - Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:59 PM EDT

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ArdithDeleted

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Jay Baker

I'm following Mike's lead and putting fitness celebrity John Basedow of Fitness Made Simple in my top 8!!!!1

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1 vote

#11.3 - Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:34 PM EDT

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lauhal

I starting to think that John Basedow and Suze Orman are the same person.

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2 votes

#11.4 - Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:00 PM EDT

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tigerblade

And this is why there needs to be an age limit -- or a competency test -- for anyone wishing to hold political office. Especially an office like that of the President. I understand McCain's not the one personally keeping up his MySpace profile, but even his staffers are incompetent.

Otherwise we get people like Ted "Tubes" Stevens.

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1 vote

#12 - Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:12 PM EDT

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Dennis P. McCann

Well, that was fun. Did everyone enjoy the "Denial of Service" we just had, that may (or may not) have been connected to this?

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8 votes

#13 - Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:33 PM EDT

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evano

I'd be purty dang surprised if it weren't related to this. What are the odds that the Root Viner pulls a prank and some hacker hits us with a DDOS just as a coincidence? Probably about the same chance that Rhonda, Maria, Nona, Jean, and Laurie really want to be Mr. McCain's MySpace friends.

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5 votes

#13.1 - Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:57 PM EDT

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Aine MacDermot

Actually, we also got slashdotted (which is both good and bad)... so it's not all DDoS. :)

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1 vote

#13.2 - Wed Mar 28, 2007 6:00 PM EDT

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Djehuty

Did we have a DOS? Felt like slashdotting...

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#13.3 - Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:25 AM EDT

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Oluseye

It was the Tinfoil gang. They got us....they know what we're thinking.....

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1 vote

#13.4 - Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:30 AM EDT

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Chris Casciano

It's all MySpace's fault. They offer a product that allows for misspelled words to get published and don't warn when linking external resources. And then there's the murderers and the pedophiles.

Think of the children, make MySpace illegal!

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4 votes

#14 - Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:58 PM EDT

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slade

Spelling is for liberals.

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6 votes

#15 - Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:39 PM EDT

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Abdul Majid

Aaron Spelling or Tori Spelling?

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#15.1 - Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:34 PM EDT

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tschreck

well if i had to pick, it would be tori for sure.

if i had to pick

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#15.2 - Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:24 PM EDT

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Kym

I don't even know you and I SO want to marry you!

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1 vote

#16 - Wed Mar 28, 2007 5:31 PM EDT

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Rimuladas

Myspace link FTL! Just for that John, your not getting my vote.

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1 vote

#17 - Wed Mar 28, 2007 5:43 PM EDT

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ytmnd

Oh no someone made a simple typo! Wait, who cares?

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1 vote

#18 - Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:32 PM EDT

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Aine MacDermot

Ignore my email. I got logged in... at last. :)

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#19 - Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:55 AM EDT

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oldfogey

I wish you people would quit adding to the attention McCain is getting. Let him Gorup someone or somewhere else for publicity.

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2 votes

#20 - Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:59 AM EDT

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Frank Scott

Will someone please tell me what's going on at Newsvine? I couldn't log on all day yesterday, until last night, when I accidentally discovered the new.newsvine.com address. That's still working, but my picture, and my friends pictures, are not showing up anywhere, and I can't use the usual newsvine.com addresses. Thanks.

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1 vote

#21 - Thu Mar 29, 2007 5:21 PM EDT

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Sectim42

Mike's prank made the Daily Show with Jon Stewart tonight. Everyone on the west coast set your tivos

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1 vote

#22 - Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:16 PM EDT

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Sectim42

I couldn't seed it, because there was no link, but here is a "column" on it

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#22.1 - Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:19 PM EDT

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imaginarydivabc

After the first fiasco, don't you think they would check twice before posting???

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#23 - Wed Apr 4, 2007 11:54 PM EDT

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Scott (Scoop) Butki

Hmm, I wonder if this is what led to McCain's new staff shake-up.

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1 vote

#24 - Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:54 PM EDT

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determined0a1

Senator McCain is not electable. A fine POW but not for President.

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#25 - Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:28 PM EDT

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