Both McCains needs some anger management counseling.

for any President, and hasn't John McCain given every indication he's entitled, it's his turn to be President? Let's see, Bill Clinton's bro embarrassed him, Neil Bush had a little bank problem with Silverado or some such... it goes with the turf. When will you peasants learn that the New Elite have certain prerogatives and privileges? Such privileges include being clad out of campaign funds, and not being stuck in traffic like normal mortals. Of course, the 911 call may have been a false flag nasty set-up by one of those Communists who live in Communist Country and resent the McCains. Did you think of that?

Think of all the batshit crazy things he's said during this campaign. Can anyone honestly say that John McCain is any less insane than Joe McCain?  

...we comma-nists here in Northern Virginia are a sneaky and clever bunch.  It might be that one of us paid a cast member from Saturday Night Live to impersonate Joe just to make him look bad.

Roger Clinton.  It is an pretty odd and consistent presidential candidate quirk.

What's especially crazy here is that Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton at least had the good judgment not to use unhinged younger siblings as official campaign surrogates.

Calling 9-11 to complain about traffic?  That's gotta be a first.

He calls the police and uses profanity.  For this to have been a set up they had to put a phone message about wanting john to win on the cell phone.  I think it is too corny to be a set up.  This rather dumb brother was caught with his pants down.

"Hi this is Joe McCain I can't take this message now because I'm involved in a very (inaudible) important political project... I hope on Nov. 4th we have elected John."

Apparently, it isn't.

Joe the Brother is even more fun than Joe the Plumber.  Is there anything we can do to make sure he's interviewed as often as possible between now and November 4?

Just make sure he's always in traffic [not hard in commieville] and he'll just keep phoning in his interviews.

cross-posted at DailyKos -- it might pick up some more attention there.  Stewart and Colbert could have a ball with this one.

"I'm not my brother; if you want to run against my brother he's in traffic on the Wilson Bridge."  JMcC

This is ripe for Countdown's "Worst Person"

seriously...I can't stop laughing after reading this ..calling 911 when stuck..ha ha ha ha

Sachin

I don't think this helps us keep the electorate focused on issues and financial crisis.

Not saying Joe McCain was right to resort to a criminal act, but traffic can be pretty damned frustrating, and I would not hold any adult responsible for the actions of their adult brother (though I might ask them to publicly condemn the more foolish actions).

I think we have much more important fish to fry:
John McCain's complete lack of preventative action while chair of the commerce committee
John McCain's spiteful, angry rhetoric towards foreign powers and the impact of that on our foreign policy
John McCain's position on women's choices and supreme court justices
You all know the litany...   let's get to work....

that this adult brother is working in the John McCain campaign...

hmmmm

I think that is a major distinction to make -- that Joe McCain is not just his brother. Still, I wonder what the desperate John McCain supporters would do if this story becomes a major issue. There are some who'd probably love an excuse to bring up Obama's "different" siblings.

Family isn't a matter of choice for a candidate.    

Campaign surrogates are.  

Joe McCain has been making robo-calls for John in Virginia and has made some public appearances -- he is part of the campaign.  

Ultimately, it's a side show, and not a central issue, but the actions of campaign surrogates do reflect on the candidate, so they are relevant.    

for John McCain. When Joe called Arlington and Alexandria "Communist Country," that was a big news story and Joe was forced to apologize.  I see no difference this time, except that what Joe did was ILLEGAL, as the 911 operator pointed out, so it's even WORSE than the "Communist Country" comment.

There is a big difference between the antics of a brother, and the antics of your chosen campaign surrogate...

John McCain needs to address this right away, probably by dismissing his brother from the campaign.... or he'll look dishonorable...  oh, wait...   too late.

I heard him apologize profusely for being such a ninny [my words, not his] and he said he was going to immediately stop all work on the McCain campaign.

I thought they were partially beholden to the Republican party if not simply aligned with it for business reasons...

If they are pushing this story, the defections from fellow conservatives from the McCain ticket is astonishing.

my sense is that the local affiliate reflects the attitudes of the local community more than the parent company does.  

and now Countdown on MSNBC as well.....