John McCain as Gen. Buck Turgidson in "Dr. Strangelove" [VIDEO]

Posted by Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films at 6:21 AM on February 1, 2008.

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Thanks to the casting sensibility of Arianna Huffington, we learned that John McCain has been channeling Dr. Strangelove! Duly inspired, Phillip and our Issues 2008 team jumped into action, and 24 hours later, here's the video!

Pass it far and wide and pitch us your casting ideas for John McCain in the comments.

Robert Greenwald sits on the board of the Independent Media Institute, AlterNet's parent company.

Tagged as: mccain, strangelove

Robert Greenwald is the director/producer of "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price" and "Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism."

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the gramma grand and glorious [Report this comment] Posted by: grethart on Feb 1, 2008 9:42 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] hysterically funny....love it.....hello? Dimitri is that you? be prepared to be blown up, guys!!!! have a blessed day. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] dick [Report this comment] Posted by: rtmyth on Feb 1, 2008 11:28 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Mccain has already made it clear he is eager for nuking Iran. But since he is the most adept, congenital hypocrite in Congress one can not be certain. He is a person of limited intellect, and frivolous when he should be serious and thoughtful. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Actually ... [Report this comment] Posted by: monkeywrench on Feb 1, 2008 1:33 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] ... I think McCain looks a lot like Lon Chaney in the unmasking scene in the original "Phantom of the Opera" silent film .... .... Which is what I wish he could be – silent – because every time he opens his mouth, "war, war, war" comes out and I want to retch. Eight years of nausea is enough; I can't take any more. (He also looks like a troll applying for Medicare.) [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Playing McCain [Report this comment] Posted by: Kitty Lady Oregon on Feb 1, 2008 2:09 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] I have a couple of suggestions for the person who could play McCain in the movie: Tom Hanks first since he is such an excellent actor. The other, if we make it a spoof, would be George Clooney if you can make him ugly enough, since he is also an excellent actor. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: Playing McCain Posted by: Lauren MCCain's Pow activity [Report this comment] Posted by: craiteri on Feb 1, 2008 4:28 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] When are the non-corporate reporters going to start asking the questions the corporate reporters are never going to ask - why did MCCain fight so hard to keep the Vietnam POW records sealed? [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] casting suggestions [Report this comment] Posted by: gyligeti62 on Feb 1, 2008 8:16 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Possible actors to play John McCain: Paul Cox, Philip Baker Hall, Philip Bosco, William H. Macy [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] P.O.E. [Report this comment] Posted by: TJ-stars4peace on Feb 2, 2008 2:35 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Gentlemen, you can't fight in here, this is The War Room..!" "Have you ever seen a Commie drink a glass of water Mandrake..?" [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] gerald spezio [Report this comment] Posted by: spezio on Feb 2, 2008 4:44 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] McCain works for Israel. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] webprowler [Report this comment] Posted by: webprowler66 on Feb 2, 2008 10:40 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] all the more reason to keep him out of office and support Ron Paul !! [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

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