The cost of tea in China

REPORTER: "When was the last time you pumped your own gas and how much did it cost?"

McCAIN: "Oh, I don't remember. Now there's Secret Service protection. But I've done it for many, many years. I don't recall and frankly, I don't see how it matters."

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Is it still a joke when it's not funny?

Interviewer: "Are you running away from the Arizona governor and his approval rating they way you're running from the president?"

McCain: [chuckling] "And I stopped beating my wife just a couple of weeks ago."

Oil prices and Iraq and Afghanistan, oh my!

I also want to make sure that we will take concrete steps towards eliminating our dependence on foreign oil. And I am confident that uh, the, the conflicts that we are in in both Iraq and Afghanistan have also a bearing on that.

Patriotism doesn't come easy

I'll admit to you that it's tough, it's tough in some respects [to be proud of your country].

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Oops, I forgot about YouTube

But I'm not for quote privatizing Social Security, I never have been, I never will be.

[New Hampshire Town Hall, 06/12/08]

Without privatization, I don't see how you can possibly, over time, make sure that young Americans are able to receive Social Security benefits.

[C-Span Road to the White House, 11/18/2004]

Hey, John: Mac or PC?

Neither. I am a illiterate that has to rely on my wife for all of the assistance I can get.

The War on Beer

I will veto every single beer -- uh, bill -- with earmarks.

Great Googley moogley

You know, basically it's a Google.

I didn't say that unless I did. Oh, I did?

June 3: "The media often overlooked how compassionately [Clinton] spoke to the concerns and dreams of millions of Americans."

June 7: "I did not [say that] -- that was in prepared remarks, and I did not [say it]."

For the little ones

We should be able to deliver bottled hot water to dehydrated babies.