"Disco" McCain Reviews His Good Luck Charms
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- As John McCain waits for the polls to close in South Carolina, he lightened the mood on the Straight Talk Express bus this afternoon.
He joked about his new lucky sweater, which he has changed after losing Michigan earlier this week.
"Notice I am not wearing any green sweater today," he said. His wife Cindy interjected saying she figured out that his lucky sweater is really the red one he wore one the day before the New Hampshire primary. So, McCain wore it yesterday.
He reached in his pocket and pulled out his lucky penny, given to him by Joe McQuaid of the Manchester Union Leader on primary day in New Hampshire. "Where were you in Michigan, boy?" he yelled at the penny then laughed as he stuffed it back into his pocket.
The back of the bus roared when McCain addressed last night's musical selection at his rally aboard the Yorktown aircraft carrier in Mount Pleasant.
"By the way, did you catch the tune?" he asked.
"Take a Chance on Me!" he said with arms raised and a wide smile. "You know I heard that song last night and I just burst out laughing. I was shaking hands with a guy and I just whohoho…," he explained.
McCain is an avid fan of the '70s Swedish disco supergroup ABBA, who sang "Take a Chance on Me." In fact his press secretary says it's the reason she chose to work with him. While most of ABBA's catalog, such as hits "Dancing Queen" or "Fernando," doesn't really fit in at a political rally, McCain said there was talk yesterday about working in something from the group.
"We had a conversation yesterday about how tired everyone was about Johnny B Goode. And because I am such a low-class guy, ABBA is my favorite. There was a consensus on the back of the bus to do 'Take A Chance on Me' last night," McCain snaps his fingers repeatedly.
As the press filed off his bus to leave the Senator for the evening, McCain heard the tunes of ABBA in his head and played air guitar and even danced a bit in his seat before his wife tapped him on his arm and pleaded, "Don't dance. Don't. Don't. Don't."