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Joe McCain: If My Brother Wins, I’ll Be The New Billy Carter

by @ 8:33 am on October 24, 2008. Filed under 2008 Election, John McCain, Politics

John McCain’s brother is back in the news again.

Earlier this month, he was calling 1/3 of Virginia communist.

Now he’s calling 911 to complain about the traffic:

A 911 tape, reportedly of Sen. John McCain’s brother Joe, could prove controversial for the McCain camp since the call was not for an emergency, but rather to complain about being stuck in traffic.

The call came into Alexandria’s 911 system on October 21.

Operator: 911 state your emergency

Caller: It’s not an emergency, but do you know why on one side at the damn drawbridge of 95 traffic is stopped for 15 minutes and yet traffic’s coming the other way?

Operator: Sir, are you calling 911 to complain about traffic? (pause)

Caller: “(Expletive) you.” (caller hangs up)

The complaint call about traffic on the Wilson Bridge forced the 911 dispatcher to call back. The voice mail on the other end, appears to belong to Joe McCain, brother of presidential candidate, John McCain.

“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 November 4th we have elected John.”

But wait, there’s more:

McCain apparently called 911 again to complain about the message the operator just left him, warning him such use of 911 is criminal.

Caller: Somebody gave me this riot act about the violation of police.

Operator: Did you just call 911 in reference to this?

Caller: Yeah.

Operator: 911 is to be used for emergencies only not just because you’re sitting in traffic.

Heh

Here’s the video of a television report on the story that includes audio of the 911 calls:

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One Response to “Joe McCain: If My Brother Wins, I’ll Be The New Billy Carter”

  1. Dyre42 says:

    I’m sure he has his own brand of beer in the works.

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