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May 15, 2008
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279 Comments
Greg, PA   May 15th, 2008 4:29 pm ET

“You know one day we put Anderson Cooper in one of these boxes and it took him over three days to get out!”

Mike - Rancho SM, CA   May 15th, 2008 4:33 pm ET

Say, this stuff doesn’t look any older than me - - - what’d you say you were going to do to it ?

Tim, Manton,Michigan   May 15th, 2008 4:35 pm ET

Recycled waste goes in for Melt Down doesn’t it? Funny,!, lately it is being said that the same thing is going to happen to me.

Corbin Choate   May 15th, 2008 4:36 pm ET

You see, Senator, since we recycle pretty much everything….. we can do wonders for your political career.

Kim   May 15th, 2008 4:37 pm ET

The government finally takes inventory of supplies that were supposed to be sent to Hurricane Katrina victims.

Kim, Bolingbrook, IL

Cathrin, Cologne - Germany   May 15th, 2008 4:38 pm ET

Who needs IKEA anyway? Take all the stuff to the White House! Paper or plastic?

Dan Manes, San Diego, CA   May 15th, 2008 4:39 pm ET

“That right there is the wheel that fell off the Straight Talk Express.”

Heather from Petrolia Ontario   May 15th, 2008 4:39 pm ET

“Sir, if you’ll just step into that box over there, that is where we recycle old politicians.

Mark   May 15th, 2008 4:41 pm ET

eWaste…never heard that word before, Guy. Is that PIG LATIN for “waste” ?

Mark S.
Sacramento, CA

Tony from Campbell,Ohio   May 15th, 2008 4:43 pm ET

John McCain visits the “Museum of Stuff that Used to be Made in the USA.”

Lorie Ann, Buellton, California   May 15th, 2008 4:43 pm ET

Mr. Wolfenbarger, my friend…Why is there an empty box with my name on it??

Lorie Ann, Buellton, Calif.

J Brown   May 15th, 2008 4:44 pm ET

Raleigh, NC

John McCain’s Stimulus Plan - ‘World’s Largest Yard Sale’

Phil - Chesterton, IN   May 15th, 2008 4:45 pm ET

“Why sure Senator, we’d be GLAD to help you spend your economic stimulus check!”

Mark   May 15th, 2008 4:45 pm ET

Hey Guy….I think I see my old ATARI computer over there…the one that has the PRODIGY decal on it…see it?

Mark S.
Sacramento, CA

Phil - Chesterton, IN   May 15th, 2008 4:46 pm ET

“And if you’re interested, we also have that in red.”

Tony from Campbell,Ohio   May 15th, 2008 4:47 pm ET

No John……they say you need to be more conservative, not conserve more.

Cindy   May 15th, 2008 4:47 pm ET

McCain’s always looking for new ways to recycle Bush’s old policies.

nerakami, Miami   May 15th, 2008 4:48 pm ET

I thought we were touring a recycling plant,
but this is a junk yard!

Pamina   May 15th, 2008 4:49 pm ET

You will need to repack these boxes before you move them to the White House sir.

Jim Handy - Inglewood Calif.   May 15th, 2008 4:50 pm ET

Yes ,I need someone to organize this if your other job doesn’t work out in November.

Cindy   May 15th, 2008 4:50 pm ET

Hey…what do you mean get in that box!? Just because I am old doesn’t mean I need to be recycled!

Heather from Petrolia Ontario   May 15th, 2008 4:50 pm ET

“…and that giant box of paper over there contains all of Larry King’s old marriage certificates…”

Rob   May 15th, 2008 4:50 pm ET

the Titanic lifeboats are over there.

nerakami, Miami   May 15th, 2008 4:50 pm ET

Let me hold on tight to this so they can’t take me
to be recycled too….

Edward   May 15th, 2008 4:51 pm ET

Where is Sen. McCain flag pin, oops found it? Phoenix, AZ

Kate   May 15th, 2008 4:53 pm ET

This is all the loot we collected for your Campaign Fund Raising
Garage sale.. We got it from the homes Bush foreclosed on.

Bud Curtis   May 15th, 2008 4:54 pm ET

Yes Senator, I am glad to help. We keep those old recycled ideas over here.

Bud Curtis
Miami, OK

Carole   May 15th, 2008 4:55 pm ET

Look right over there……It’s Hillary Clinton in the recycle bin…..Bill brought it in last night after he switched to Obama.

Kristien,Antwerp, Belgium   May 15th, 2008 4:55 pm ET

“Any kitchen-sinks maybe? I’m gonna need plenty during the general election!”

Cindy   May 15th, 2008 4:56 pm ET

You know I’m gonna look through Hillary’s trash on Obama so I can recycle and use it again.

MONK FROST Fayetteville,AR   May 15th, 2008 4:57 pm ET

All this John is for Hillary’s garage sale to
raise more money for her campaign.

James Hudson, Toronto, Canada   May 15th, 2008 4:59 pm ET

McCain visits a recycling plant to find out if Bush’s policies are recyclable

Bud Curtis   May 15th, 2008 5:00 pm ET

Every four years, like a rite of passage, the leading Presidential candidates make their way to this center. Here is the old stuff on the economy, over there is the old war mongering speeches, and here we have something that hasn’t been thought of in years.
Bud Curtis
Miami, OK

CHARLEY BARRON   May 15th, 2008 5:01 pm ET

IF YOU LOOK CLOSE, YOU CAN SEE JOE LIEBERMAN OVER THERE. HE IS ALMOST FINISHED, AND AS SOON AS HE TURNS REPUBLICAN, YOU CAN TAKE HIM AS YOUR VP IF YA LIKE

Paula Tonganoxie Kansas   May 15th, 2008 5:01 pm ET

If you see anything in there you want you sure can have it. Its better then dumpster diving!!

Martin Smith   May 15th, 2008 5:01 pm ET

John McCain takes one last look at the stuff that Cindy insists that he can’t take to the White House with him.

Martin Smith
Kelowna, BC, Canada

Potter Pajibo - Kingsland, GA   May 15th, 2008 5:02 pm ET

Hey dude, anything you buy will help with ome dough to afford some gas.

marcy   May 15th, 2008 5:03 pm ET

“Mr. McCain we can move all this stuff to the White House but shouldn’t you win first?! ”

Marcy,
Mobile, AL

Potter Pajibo - Kingsland, GA   May 15th, 2008 5:04 pm ET

We have packed up the troops stufff for the next 100 year.

cory,fl   May 15th, 2008 5:05 pm ET

yes sir, thats from china, this is from china, its all from china, but dont worry american jobs are still safe

CHARLEY BARRON   May 15th, 2008 5:05 pm ET

If ya look close there is Joe Lieberman, John Edwards, and Dan Quail, and over in the corner Spiro Agnew………. Take your pick!

Bud Curtis   May 15th, 2008 5:06 pm ET

“Vice Presidential running mate you say? Yea, all our tried and true, borrowed and blue bride stuff is over here.”

penny from VA   May 15th, 2008 5:07 pm ET

“You are saying you want me to get in there. Yeah and your ideas too”

Jose Muriel   May 15th, 2008 5:10 pm ET

Senator, that box has old bearings.

Jose Muriel
San Antonio, TX

Terri - Hunt Valley MD   May 15th, 2008 5:11 pm ET

Getting for a life long garage sale!

Bud Curtis   May 15th, 2008 5:12 pm ET

Here is something you might find helpful to use against your opponents ideas: It slices, dices and cuts his words up into small pieces.
Bud Curtis
Miami, OK

cory,fl   May 15th, 2008 5:12 pm ET

yes sir, we are going to take all these things and change them into something else, kind of like the way you were against the tax cuts but now are for the tax cuts

Edwin, an old man from NC   May 15th, 2008 5:13 pm ET

If you go past that box to your righe, you will find the path leading to Iraq.

Chuck in Alabama   May 15th, 2008 5:13 pm ET

OH Yeah. We pulled Edwards out of that box. There might be a few more endorsements in there.

john latrobe pa.   May 15th, 2008 5:14 pm ET

Everyday Low Prices AT Wal-Mart

cory,fl   May 15th, 2008 5:16 pm ET

wow….. you recycle all that and get a quarter, that could feed a family for a week, and they say our economy is in trouble why doesn’t everyone else do that, Mr McCain sir your thinking of the 30’s again

Leah Bowling   May 15th, 2008 5:16 pm ET

Don,t worry about being to old for the whitehouse sir, we still have enough spare parts from our Chaney line to rebuild you over and over.

john latrobe pa.   May 15th, 2008 5:17 pm ET

McCain Turns Green !

Jacqueline   May 15th, 2008 5:17 pm ET

Senator McCain arrived at the Ohio eWaste Recycling plant today for a little recycling due to overwhelming surveys suggesting that he’s too old to be president.

Jane, Detroit, MI   May 15th, 2008 5:18 pm ET

I thought this was a recycling plant. This looks like a yard sale. You got any old rifles?

Mark R.,Morelia Mex.   May 15th, 2008 5:18 pm ET

I don’t care if President Bush has 6 more months, ship this stuff back to Texas.

Peter Trevino   May 15th, 2008 5:18 pm ET

Mr. Wolfenbarger: “Your wife brought us that box over there with your acceptance speech in it, all 55,362 pages, and told us to get rid of it immediately!”
Peter Trevino
New York, NY

Arick   May 15th, 2008 5:19 pm ET

“Sure, I think we have some VP selections younger and healthier than you right over there.”

carmen   May 15th, 2008 5:21 pm ET

And where is the recycling bin for old people who run for President ?

Carmen, Toronto, Canada

Enrique M. Montoya II   May 15th, 2008 5:21 pm ET

Senator McCain, you should not be sad if you don’t win this election, all the other models as old are you are in that box over there…

Kristien,Antwerp, Belgium   May 15th, 2008 5:22 pm ET

“This isn’t what I meant when I told my staff to find me trash to use against the Democrats…”

Mark R.,Morelia Mex.   May 15th, 2008 5:23 pm ET

Thinking to himself…. “Boy that First Aid Kit and Playboy magizine would have come in handy while I was in that prison camp”.

Cher   May 15th, 2008 5:24 pm ET

You are looking at the items from the offices of employees who lost their computer jobs to India.

Bart from Chicago   May 15th, 2008 5:25 pm ET

Senator if you can figure out a way to recycle that box I’ll give you one of these orange hard hats.

Lloyd in TX   May 15th, 2008 5:25 pm ET

Are Mr Sanford or Lamont in today?

Joe in LA   May 15th, 2008 5:26 pm ET

With his 1,191 bonus bucks, McCain chooses wisley at the Capitol Hill Garage Sale.

Jonathan   May 15th, 2008 5:27 pm ET

Senator McCain Said:
“Hey, maybe we can send these supplies to Iraq, support the troops.”

Seattle, WA

john latrobe pa.   May 15th, 2008 5:28 pm ET

Hardhat And Hardhead

Lloyd in TX   May 15th, 2008 5:28 pm ET

I’m here for the Florida chads. I may need them soon.

Joe in LA   May 15th, 2008 5:29 pm ET

“…and over there you’ll find Dick Chaney’s old emails, and a few cigars left over form the Clinton years. Not to mention a Dewey wins button.”

Hugh Dunlap   May 15th, 2008 5:29 pm ET

Absolutely! We can have 10 of those delivered to the oval office!

Jacqueline   May 15th, 2008 5:33 pm ET

….and that box over there consists of old but familiar faces. Er, wanna take a look?

Bud Curtis   May 15th, 2008 5:33 pm ET

I think I saw Karl Rove’s old play book over here with Cheney’s missing emails.
Bud Curtis
Miami, OK

Lloyd in TX   May 15th, 2008 5:34 pm ET

And the beautiful part of it is that once we turn in these “donated goods” into cash at the flea market the Federal Election commission has no way of tracking it
….Hey is that the press back there?

David   May 15th, 2008 5:36 pm ET

“…and as you continue to age, Sen. McCain, we will be able to provide all those hard to find spare parts you might require, without having to bother with Medicare or Social Security!”

john latrobe pa.   May 15th, 2008 5:36 pm ET

McCain may have to return certain campaign contributions.

Ryan W, Los Angeles   May 15th, 2008 5:37 pm ET

I’m sorry Sen. McCain, we cant move all your stuff into the white house until after the general election.

Bud Curtis   May 15th, 2008 5:37 pm ET

Tall guy? Big ears? Full of Hope and talked a lot about change?
Yea, I’ve got one more of the same model spin machine he bought right over here.
Bud Curtis
Miami, OK

Lloyd in TX   May 15th, 2008 5:37 pm ET

Glad to have you on-board John. Did Personnel not get you fitted for a hard-hat yet?

Lloyd in TX   May 15th, 2008 5:39 pm ET

Surprised by size of the boxes, the Senator kept muttering something about tiger cages.

Lloyd in TX   May 15th, 2008 5:40 pm ET

When do we start playing wac-a-mole?

Joe in LA   May 15th, 2008 5:41 pm ET

After inspecting the White House Foreign Gift office, McCain leaves with a stuffed elephant, a bouncing bear and a new coffee pot.”

Barbara Benson   May 15th, 2008 5:42 pm ET

Look! There’s Osama Bin Laden hiding behind one of those boxes!

Jacqueline   May 15th, 2008 5:42 pm ET

Ya see that there is where all the items go for “rejiggering” and such, and so forth, in as much as, and such as…..

Joe in LA   May 15th, 2008 5:42 pm ET

“While at the North Pole, Santa’s brother Guy, shows Sen. McCain this years hottest toys. “

Lloyd in TX   May 15th, 2008 5:44 pm ET

Well I could just run down the list of what I got, but why don’t you tell me first what you are looking to spend on a running mate?

Ryan W, Los Angeles   May 15th, 2008 5:44 pm ET

That computer over there looks like a useless piece of trash, but before you know it, it will become a deadly weapon in a useless war in Iraq.

john latrobe pa.   May 15th, 2008 5:44 pm ET

“Bummer !…..Some guys get to play pool, they take me to a dump.

Phil - Chesterton, IN   May 15th, 2008 5:44 pm ET

“Yep, planning for the White House yard sale has officially begun”

Lloyd in TX   May 15th, 2008 5:47 pm ET

McCain searches for a running mate in the warehouse of misfit candidates.

Dori in AZ   May 15th, 2008 5:47 pm ET

You think you found Hoffa where???

Dori in AZ   May 15th, 2008 5:48 pm ET

Yep, this is why I don’t take the garbage out at home!

Lloyd in TX   May 15th, 2008 5:48 pm ET

Well I got some Romney over there. I can’t really do much with him here in Ohio, but in Utah I’d be able to collect a deposit on return.

Dori in AZ   May 15th, 2008 5:48 pm ET

So, you’re going to give me a pair of gloves, and I’m supposed to do what?

Lloyd in TX   May 15th, 2008 5:49 pm ET

So where’s the box where they stored the Ark of the Covenant?

Bart from Chicago   May 15th, 2008 5:50 pm ET

Guy, can I have that eight track cassette player in that box ? If my player at home breaks I’ll recycle the parts from that one.

Sean in Dallas   May 15th, 2008 5:51 pm ET

Here’s where we store things that have no value anymore. That box over there is where we plan on putting your career.

Dori in AZ   May 15th, 2008 5:52 pm ET

The thrifty McCains shop at a local dollar store.

Don   May 15th, 2008 5:52 pm ET

“I could’nt find any old bugles like you asked for senator…but there’s an old beat up saxaphone over there you might be interested in.”

Don, WA

Joe in LA   May 15th, 2008 5:53 pm ET

While visiting the Treasury Department, Sen McCain inspects the materials used in making the new Nickel .

Louie Alvarez   May 15th, 2008 5:53 pm ET

It’s kind of late to be looking for a back bone, Mr. McCain, but you can start over there.

Tucson, AZ

Lloyd in TX   May 15th, 2008 5:54 pm ET

Yeah, the White House sent over those e-mail servers about 3 years ago.

Dori in AZ   May 15th, 2008 5:54 pm ET

Of course, I have a plan to attack poverty. Just pull out the stuff that still works, clean it up, & we’ll ship it to thrift stores across the nation.

john latrobe pa.   May 15th, 2008 5:54 pm ET

McCain helps pack wedding gifts in Crawford Texas.

Dori in AZ   May 15th, 2008 5:55 pm ET

Hey, that’s a pretty nice set of dishes over there. Just need a little dish soap. I’ll take them.

Lloyd in TX   May 15th, 2008 5:55 pm ET

Yeah, I kind of call each one “Failed dot-com in a box.”

Dori in AZ   May 15th, 2008 5:56 pm ET

The Ohio eWaste Recycling plant becomes John McCain’s personal playground.

Dori in AZ   May 15th, 2008 5:58 pm ET

Of course, my economic plan includes redistribution of wealth.

Dori in AZ   May 15th, 2008 5:59 pm ET

Let’s get this stuff onto Ebay & see what we get for it.

Joe in LA   May 15th, 2008 5:59 pm ET

Chair of the Senate Removal Committee, McCain helps workers identify the desk contents of Clinton and Obama before shipping them home.

Dori in AZ   May 15th, 2008 6:00 pm ET

The Ohio eWaste Recycling plant brings back traumatic memories of when McCain still had to take out the trash.

Becca   May 15th, 2008 6:00 pm ET

Umm Mr.McCain, you’re going to need to downsize. This will NOT all fit in the White House.

Dori in AZ   May 15th, 2008 6:00 pm ET

Yep, after the November elections, we’ll have a few more former Republican politicians working here.

Lloyd in TX   May 15th, 2008 6:01 pm ET

And of course back there I’ve got a whole plat of Zunes.

denise, nc   May 15th, 2008 6:01 pm ET

The day John McCain found his crystal ball.

Mike M., Tacoma, Washington   May 15th, 2008 6:01 pm ET

“Yes, Sir, we do keep Dick Cheney’s circuit boards here.”

Dori in AZ   May 15th, 2008 6:02 pm ET

Sure, I can relate to the average American. Tell me again. What do you do with a can opener?

Peter Treviño   May 15th, 2008 6:02 pm ET

Mr. Wolfenbarger: “President Bush himself came in last week to give us instructions not to EVER open that box over there. He said to get rid of it immediately because it contained Top Secret accusatory photographs of yourself with a number of unsavorably foreign diplomats.”

McCain: “Unsavorably?”

Mr. Wolfenbarger: “That’s what he said.”

Peter Treviño
New York, NY

Dori in AZ   May 15th, 2008 6:03 pm ET

No, Cindy didn’t come. She doesn’t do junk.

Gary Chandler in Canada   May 15th, 2008 6:03 pm ET

Bearings? yes sir you’ll find bearings in that box over there.

Dori in AZ   May 15th, 2008 6:03 pm ET

So, what do you have in the men’s shoes department?

Dori in AZ   May 15th, 2008 6:04 pm ET

Do you give a senior discount?

Lloyd in TX   May 15th, 2008 6:05 pm ET

The Senator didn’t realize what he was getting himself into when he agreed to help a friend move.

Dori in AZ   May 15th, 2008 6:06 pm ET

You want me to autograph everything here for the RNC fund raising auction?

Dori in AZ   May 15th, 2008 6:06 pm ET

Thought I’d pick up a couple of things to donate to Hillary’s campaign!

Dori in AZ   May 15th, 2008 6:06 pm ET

Out with the old. Out with the trash.

Kent, Illinois   May 15th, 2008 6:08 pm ET

And they said I couldn’t get a job in the private sector because of my age…………Thank you Goodwill.

Dori in AZ   May 15th, 2008 6:09 pm ET

If it isn’t dangerous in here, why are you wearing the orange hard hat?

Lloyd in TX   May 15th, 2008 6:09 pm ET

That’s my best offer. I can give you 50-bucks for the lot Senator.

John Casnig   May 15th, 2008 6:11 pm ET

Metaphor Observatory, Canada

Well, sir, over there’s a bin laden with toys. Now, what’d you say you was lookin’ fer…?

Dori in AZ   May 15th, 2008 6:12 pm ET

Those daisy yellow, lime green & deep purple lights would be quite decorative in the Oval Office!

Lloyd in TX   May 15th, 2008 6:12 pm ET

Cindy!! I think its a bit early to start packing!

Dori in AZ   May 15th, 2008 6:13 pm ET

The Secret Service’s collection of former White House artifacts.

J Williams   May 15th, 2008 6:14 pm ET

Abilene, TX

And there is where everything magically changes from eWaste to eBay. . .

Lloyd in TX   May 15th, 2008 6:14 pm ET

Anything in that box is a buck, this one just 50cents, and that one over there, just make me an offer.

linda., bella vista, ar   May 15th, 2008 6:17 pm ET

Recycling………hmmmmmmmmmm? Got any Beach Boys’ 8-Tracks?

Or
“Chantilly Lace”, a pretty face, a pony tail,…?

Lloyd in TX   May 15th, 2008 6:18 pm ET

During the temporary lull in the Republican race, McCain finally takes to cleaning out the garage as he promised.

Lloyd in TX   May 15th, 2008 6:19 pm ET

I’m looking for skeletons Mr Wolfenberger…, skeletons.

Zoha in Princeton, NJ   May 15th, 2008 6:20 pm ET

“See? Old stuff does come in handy.”

Larry, Sioux Falls SD   May 15th, 2008 6:20 pm ET

Look Sen. McCain, we are going to need you to get into that box over there, until we can figure out what to do with you!

Barb, Des Plaines   May 15th, 2008 6:21 pm ET

Sorry, Senator. If you want to recycle all those old Bush ideas, you’re on your own.

Shelley T. Palatka Florida   May 15th, 2008 6:21 pm ET

Yes, sir, the war chest is in that far box….

Francesca Elm   May 15th, 2008 6:22 pm ET

After visiting a recycling canter John McCain has a senior moment and forgets where his keys are. Luckily a worker spots them and points them out to McCain. Now, if only McCain could remember where he parked.

Kevin Winford   May 15th, 2008 6:24 pm ET

“I keep telling my wife Cindy to stop throwing away my old things for those darn gadgets with all those buttons to press. Some of these items are order than you son.”

Dori in AZ   May 15th, 2008 6:24 pm ET

Of course, recycling is a great idea. I’m the recycled George W. Bush!

Dori in AZ   May 15th, 2008 6:31 pm ET

Found a video from the Clinton White House years that we thought you’d be interested in seeing!

Dori in AZ   May 15th, 2008 6:32 pm ET

Help yourself, Senator! It’s all cash & carry!

Dori in AZ   May 15th, 2008 6:34 pm ET

This would be a great place for a scavenger hunt!

Judi Smith   May 15th, 2008 6:35 pm ET

Look John! JOHN ? Can you hear me John? See that old toilet over there? Thats where you can flush all of your old politcal banners, issues and retortic in November when the democrates win the election!

Dori in AZ   May 15th, 2008 6:38 pm ET

McCain garage sale!

Karen, Mendocino,Ca   May 15th, 2008 6:39 pm ET

Yes! We recycle junk the same way you want to recycle the Bush presidency!

Dori in AZ   May 15th, 2008 6:39 pm ET

We could probably build a nuclear power plant with this stuff!

dominic, toronto, canada   May 15th, 2008 6:39 pm ET

well if you look over there you’ll see Hillary Clinton packing up her suitcase and boxes.

steve kirby   May 15th, 2008 6:41 pm ET

The box with the mens shirts is right over there.

Joe from LA   May 15th, 2008 6:42 pm ET

McCain chooses items for his White House Man Cave.

Francesca Elm   May 15th, 2008 6:44 pm ET

After Obama accused McCain of ‘losing his bearings’ ,McCain denied the statement by saying “I didn’t lose my bearings, an employee at a recycling center found them there the other day.”

carmen   May 15th, 2008 6:46 pm ET

Yes, Mr. McCain if we removed those held by your wife, these would be all your assets.

Carmen, Toronto Canada

Mark Clinton (Albuquerque NM)   May 15th, 2008 6:47 pm ET

John McCain explains how he is a big fan of recycling and cited; Bush’s policies, Bush’s campaign strategy, and the Bush slogan “Live rich on money earned by your family” as examples of how he recycles.

JC- Los Angeles   May 15th, 2008 6:49 pm ET

I know all our money was spent overseas but we have some used stuff that might work for our public schools.

Laura O Asheville, NC   May 15th, 2008 6:50 pm ET

OH, THERES MY WHAM CASSETTE.

Darlene   May 15th, 2008 6:51 pm ET

I have no idea what he’s talking about. I’m thinking about staying in Iraq.

Martha(from NashvilleTN)   May 15th, 2008 6:51 pm ET

I am not Bush recycled!!!!!!!

Mark Clinton (Albuquerque NM)   May 15th, 2008 6:56 pm ET

John McCain holds a garage sale to raise money for the Clinton campaign.

steve   May 15th, 2008 6:58 pm ET

Oh ya…Hillary was here and she pick it up a bosnian rifle.

steve ramsey
alberta- canada

Judi Smith   May 15th, 2008 6:59 pm ET

Look John this is where the bomb hit last week or wait I forgot we are not at war here in the U.S. the war we are fighting is not even ours! This must be the stuff that the people who are loseing their homes threw out. Judi Smith - Warren, Michigan

steve   May 15th, 2008 7:01 pm ET

USA are ready for change ,let us trash the republican and recycle demcracy again.

steve
high level, alberta

steve   May 15th, 2008 7:03 pm ET

any thing here made in USA.?…
NO
any unlegal worker here?
i tell you later.

any body vote democratic here?

YES ALL OF US WE ARE REAY FOR CHANGE
STEV

Judy Victor, New York   May 15th, 2008 7:11 pm ET

Where did you say you wanted these boxes moved to Senator McCain? Was that 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?

Doug Jorgensen, Brookfield, WI   May 15th, 2008 7:12 pm ET

Oh, yeah, you can get one too - the boxes over there have the Orange helmets.

Jack Magestro in Wisconsin   May 15th, 2008 7:12 pm ET

“You don’t have to tell me about recycling, my friend. Just look at me.”

Jack Magestro in Wisconsin   May 15th, 2008 7:13 pm ET

McCanine is seen planning a rummage sale to offset high fuel consts.

Judy Victor, New York   May 15th, 2008 7:14 pm ET

Are you sure these boxes go to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC? We just delivered boxes for Senator Obama to that address. Could we deliver them someplace else for you sir?

Jack Magestro in Wisconsin   May 15th, 2008 7:14 pm ET

“Another effect of foreclosures in the housing market. Look at all this
stuff the banks cleared out of respossessd homes.

Doug Jorgensen, Brookfield, WI   May 15th, 2008 7:15 pm ET

Senator? I have no idea what you are referring to when you say it looks like Fibber Mcgee’s closet. Is that from an old TV show? What’s that? It was from BEFORE TV???

Vanessa =)   May 15th, 2008 7:15 pm ET

…over here we have all the stuff Double-yuh’s not taking back to Texas and since ya’ll are one and the same we thought we would save it for you so you could, you know, reuse it back at the White House and do your part in saving the planet…

Jolene   May 15th, 2008 7:15 pm ET

I’m not old, I’m just a recycled teenager!

Jolene, St. Joseph, MI

Jack Magestro in Wisconsin   May 15th, 2008 7:15 pm ET

“Return it all on a slow boat to china.”

Mike - Poulsbo, WA   May 15th, 2008 7:16 pm ET

Again, which box did you say Osama, not Obama, was in?

Jack Magestro in Wisconsin   May 15th, 2008 7:16 pm ET

Here we see evidence that Bush is already cleaning out the White House.

Jonathan Goldstein (Birmingham, AL)   May 15th, 2008 7:17 pm ET

You see, we can actually register these knick knacks as Republican voters.

Judy Victor, New York   May 15th, 2008 7:17 pm ET

We’ll clean these up real nice for ya Senator. Any President would be proud to display these recycleable treasures in the WHITE HOUSE

Joshua, Toronto, Canada   May 15th, 2008 7:18 pm ET

Senator, since you are going green, why don’t you name the one you like. We’ll deliver it to White House for free when you are president.

john latrobe pa.   May 15th, 2008 7:19 pm ET

Airport security questions items found in McCain’s luggage.

Barbie Shumate, Flagler Beach Florida   May 15th, 2008 7:19 pm ET

“Man, this stuff looks familiar, by any chance was my wife here yesterday?”

Judy Victor, New York   May 15th, 2008 7:21 pm ET

Oh sure Senator. These will make some mighty fine Christmas Gifts for the members of your cabinet and you may even find something REALLY “SPECIAL” for the little lady………..

Mike - Poulsbo, WA   May 15th, 2008 7:24 pm ET

Yes Mr. McCain, these are all of the boxes out of your own personal library at the house and are scheduled to ship to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. as soon as you give us the exact move-in date.

April   May 15th, 2008 7:29 pm ET

And over there, Senator, are the recycled Republican approval ratings, all ready for your use if you win! What’s that? You want new approval ratings and not Bush’s recycled ones? I thought you were a conservative…

Vanessa =) in Charlotte, NC   May 15th, 2008 7:30 pm ET

…and over here are boxes from the White House. Double-ya wanted you to sort through it; he thought maybe you could reuse something… assuming you’ll still be around come inaguration time.

RB, West Chester PA   May 15th, 2008 7:31 pm ET

Good morning Senator! I am a certified tourguide for the White House ,and this is where President Bush stores what he thinks are WMD’s from China.

john latrobe pa.   May 15th, 2008 7:32 pm ET

“Any Wayne Newton on 8-track?”

Joshua, Toronto, Canada   May 15th, 2008 7:32 pm ET

I don’t see how the economy is in a recession. So many people are getting rid of their old furniture and utensils to buy new ones.

Jocelynn of Fairfield, CA   May 15th, 2008 7:33 pm ET

“Now, in that box over there is where you will find all of the dirt or Senator Clinton, but unfortunately we have yet to find anything on Obama.”

willie whyte   May 15th, 2008 7:34 pm ET

no, president bush isn’t here yet, but we’ve got a spot for him over there.

Paul fron Vermont   May 15th, 2008 7:34 pm ET

Yes, Senator, with this stuff you could really make the White House YOURS.

CHARLES BARRON   May 15th, 2008 7:37 pm ET

Came in a “Dubya” goes out as McCain. Ain’t recycling grand!

Ben   May 15th, 2008 7:39 pm ET

“We will be victorious in Iraq and Osama bin Laden will be captured, but this pile of surplus Pentagon furniture will be sitting here in 2013.”

Ratna, New York, NY   May 15th, 2008 7:41 pm ET

The business of going green is to turn your garbage into different useful items: We can transform grandma’s lamp to a combat-airjet. Yah! We had to pollute the planet and suffocate it first before we got this brilliant idea. It is a multibillion dollar business!

spencer   May 15th, 2008 7:42 pm ET

Oh great, we can have a yard sale to raise money for my campaign… Spencer in Conway, Arkansas……….

michelle: Ont,Canada   May 15th, 2008 7:42 pm ET

Are their any recycled campaign slogans in here that I could use for my campaign?

carmen   May 15th, 2008 7:43 pm ET

Yes, Mr. President it is the year 2013 and that’s what’s left of our country

Carmen, Toronto. Canada

Jim Sullivan, Pennsylvania   May 15th, 2008 7:44 pm ET

“… yes, yes, yes Mr. Wolfenbarger - that’s all very good to know, but would you PLEASE just tell me how many trees this will save - i have a speach in 10 minutes!”

Elaine Frizell, Vancouver, BC   May 15th, 2008 7:44 pm ET

Obama said CHANGE and we didn’t know what he meant so we just kept things in the boxes until he tells us what he meant.

Frank F   May 15th, 2008 7:45 pm ET

So, all this is being recycled because people couldn’t put this stuff together properly because the directions were in Swedish. I guess I’ll have to cancel that IKEA order.

geo. kline Reading, Pa.   May 15th, 2008 7:49 pm ET

Lost your lapel pin ? Yeah we got one in that box right over there!

jenny   May 15th, 2008 7:50 pm ET

HAving lost his bearings, John McCalin seeks to replace them.

Jenny Rome ga.

Vanessa =) in Charlotte, NC   May 15th, 2008 7:51 pm ET

These? These are all office products, Senator… fax machines, computers, laser printers… you know, stuff someone your age would have no CLUE how to use…

Joe in LA   May 15th, 2008 7:51 pm ET

just another day dumpster diving with McCain

Epperson.o   May 15th, 2008 7:54 pm ET

Mr i think you lost 1 of your bearing there.

Eddie L.   May 15th, 2008 7:54 pm ET

Ok Mr. McCain, I heard that you wanted to have a yard sale to pay down the national debt. Well, in this box we have…..

spencer, Conway Arkansas   May 15th, 2008 7:58 pm ET

Oh great! Now we can have a yard sale to raise money for my campaign………………..

spencer, Conway Arkansas   May 15th, 2008 8:04 pm ET

There’s a paper shredder in that box over there, so you can finish shredding the Bush/Chaney White House papers…….

Aaron from Loveland, CO   May 15th, 2008 8:17 pm ET

This is a compilation of all the wonderful things you can get with the $27 we’ll get from your tax holiday!

Dominic Haberman Hattiesburg, MS   May 15th, 2008 8:18 pm ET

“Hey John, there it is! That’s where you left your career in 2000.”

travis in arlington, VA   May 15th, 2008 8:18 pm ET

“One day, son, this junk heap will all be yours.”

Aaron from Loveland, CO   May 15th, 2008 8:19 pm ET

This is a compilation of all the wonderful things you can get with the $27 we’ll get from your tax holiday!

john latrobe pa.   May 15th, 2008 8:19 pm ET

“I may not know much about economics, but I thought we were still on the gold standard.”

travis in arlington, VA   May 15th, 2008 8:20 pm ET

You know the rules, McCain; if you win in November, you gotta help Bush move all his stuff out.

Lynn, No. California   May 15th, 2008 8:23 pm ET

These are all the recalled toys , pet food and toothpaste from last Christmas. Over there are the empty boxes waiting for this years recalls.

Joshua, Toronto, Canada   May 15th, 2008 8:25 pm ET

This place is disgusting. Delivering pizza is way better.

spencer, Conway Arkansas   May 15th, 2008 8:25 pm ET

I must”ve made a wrong turn somewhere, I told you I should’ve gotten OnStar, but since we’re here, lets have a yard sale, I need the money for my campaign…….

spencer, Conway Arkansas   May 15th, 2008 8:28 pm ET

I must’ve taken a wrong turn somewhere, I thaught I was headed for the White House……….

spencer, Conway Arkansas   May 15th, 2008 8:31 pm ET

So many possibilities………

Aaron from Loveland, CO   May 15th, 2008 8:31 pm ET

Here’s all of Bush’s old toys, he said you could have ‘em if ya win!

mike   May 15th, 2008 8:33 pm ET

Obama’ s team brought in all of this. I have room for your one box over there!

Jake M.   May 15th, 2008 8:35 pm ET

Looking for an environmental plan, Mr. Senator??

Jake, Philadelphia

fahad akhtar, nyc   May 15th, 2008 8:39 pm ET

Officially becoming the Republican Nominee, John McCain is shown the secret hiding place of ” missing” Al Gore votes.

Alisha, Las Vegas, NV   May 15th, 2008 8:41 pm ET

Hey I remember those computers, you know the one with the green screen and the little cards you slide through. Wow that was a while ago, I think I was around 60…

fahad akhtar, nyc   May 15th, 2008 8:41 pm ET

Few people realize that “campaign donations” from most red states are used appliances.

matt lindroth   May 15th, 2008 8:42 pm ET

Those yellow items generally do pretty well at garage sales!

fahad akhtar, nyc   May 15th, 2008 8:42 pm ET

well, I guess I could empty that box if your so keen on reliving your POW days.

Aaron from Loveland, CO   May 15th, 2008 8:43 pm ET

China sent these with a picture of the child that made them. They said if you could just see the children, it might humanize what they are doing.

fahad akhtar, nyc   May 15th, 2008 8:43 pm ET

I don’t need no stinking hard-hat

fahad akhtar, nyc   May 15th, 2008 8:44 pm ET

The goggles!!! They do nothing

Aaron from Loveland, CO   May 15th, 2008 8:44 pm ET

During your 100 year war we will run out of ammunition, but with all the lead in these toys from China, we should be able to sustain ourselves a bit longer.

Steve   May 15th, 2008 8:45 pm ET

And right over here Senator is where we keep the false promises.

Steve
Los Angeles

Hollis   May 15th, 2008 8:45 pm ET

Yes sir, it’s right over there. Speaking of waste, huh? Heh heh… Those complimentary fiber muffins from breakfast are catching up to me too.

Hollis
San Francisco, CA

spencer, Conway Arkansas   May 15th, 2008 8:45 pm ET

Jump in that box over there, an we will recycle and ship you out tommarrow.

fahad akhtar, nyc   May 15th, 2008 8:46 pm ET

The resourceful John McCain finds an inexpensive gifts for his financial backers

A McCleary   May 15th, 2008 8:47 pm ET

Mr. McCain, I know you wanted to be the construction worker, but I think I see an indian chief headdress in that box over there.

-as the two prepare for their YMCA review. McCain hoping to relate to the “Young Men”

fahad akhtar, nyc   May 15th, 2008 8:48 pm ET

Without having Obama like funds, the resourceful John McCain finds inexpensive gifts for his financial backers

john latrobe pa.   May 15th, 2008 8:50 pm ET

YOU BREAK IT !……YOU BOUGHT IT !

Terrell   May 15th, 2008 8:53 pm ET

At the end of this tour you promise not to recycle me? I promised the wife we’d go to Denny’s.

spencer, Conway Arkansas   May 15th, 2008 8:54 pm ET

And if you believe that, I’ll sell you this…………….

Heidi   May 15th, 2008 8:55 pm ET

after 100 years war ,we will use this again

Kymm, Wa   May 15th, 2008 8:55 pm ET

McCain and his Goodwill ambassador pick out a few boxes of items to send to Iran.

spencer, Conway Arkansas   May 15th, 2008 8:55 pm ET

I’m not buying it man, this is not the White House………

spencer, Conway Arkansas   May 15th, 2008 9:00 pm ET

You mean I have to do that, I thaught the president job was somewhere else………..O.K. I’ll get busy now, thaught I was supposed to be giving the orders……………

Megan Dresslar   May 15th, 2008 9:01 pm ET

Maybe we need newspapers back in whole boxes and put in the recycle to save our money!
Megan D.
Shoreline, WA

Ed Freisthler Sidney, Oh   May 15th, 2008 9:05 pm ET

Let me get this straight. You want ALL this shredded into confetti for the Republicans Party Convention?

Ed Freisthler Sidney, Oh   May 15th, 2008 9:10 pm ET

You need a lamp shade? We got it. Plastic cooler, coffee makers, take your pick. Just pick out what you need, before it goes in the machine.

Yvonne, Atlanta, GA   May 15th, 2008 9:10 pm ET

Have you seen my teeth anywhere?

They should be in one of those boxes over there.

Glenn - Parkersburg WV   May 15th, 2008 9:16 pm ET

Yea Senator, it’s the box way over there, the one marked ballots from Florida & Michigan.

Mark R-Morelia Mex.   May 15th, 2008 9:17 pm ET

John McCain sporting his I can see into the future 4 years from now goggles.

john latrobe pa.   May 15th, 2008 9:18 pm ET

“I’ve got it !…We’ll back the social security trust fund with junk bonds.”

Shell Hari, New York   May 15th, 2008 9:30 pm ET

George Bush have made so much mess that I do not know which mess to clean up first. What am I going to do with the Democrats in my grill?

Kathy Kelly   May 15th, 2008 9:35 pm ET

John McCain holds on tight while he fights the urge to fall asleep during this presidential eWaste tour.
Decatur, GA

spencer, Conway Arkansas   May 15th, 2008 9:35 pm ET

And remember now, Don’t mention that your a Republican, and you should make a lot of money off this yard sale…….

Ted:Canada   May 15th, 2008 9:36 pm ET

“This comes from all the houses that we foreclosed. Forget the mortgages; we can make millions on what they have left behind. Four more years and we can make a killing on this stuff!”-

Gord from Picton, Canada   May 15th, 2008 9:37 pm ET

Mcthinking: “If I pretend really, really hard to be interested in all this junk maybe they’ll give me one of those neat orange hats.”

Ignacio, Dominican Republic   May 15th, 2008 9:40 pm ET

There you go……inside those boxes we have the new Florida ballots!!! Keep them confidential!!

john latrobe pa.   May 15th, 2008 9:41 pm ET

“I support a strong Flea-Market economy.”

Tammy   May 15th, 2008 9:41 pm ET

Wow,
so that’s what happens if I don’t do anything about forclosures, it could happen to me?

Andrew, Overland Park, KS   May 15th, 2008 9:42 pm ET

If you want to live in the White House, first you’ve got to get rid of all of these toys that George W. has accumulated over the past 8 years.

Kevin Jupiter fl   May 15th, 2008 9:44 pm ET

So they put the plastic in paper boxes to be recycled. Than do they put the paper boxes in plastic containers to be recycled?? When does it all end??

Danny   May 15th, 2008 9:48 pm ET

My friends, I have toured that damage and I can faithfully say recycling is the number one threat to our nation, and we will take on the insurgent recyclables for one hundred years!!!!!

JQ   May 15th, 2008 9:52 pm ET

Well, Senator, a recycling center is a like a tornado…but in reverse.

john latrobe pa.   May 15th, 2008 9:54 pm ET

“Bush will need a bigger presidential library.”

Danny from toledo   May 15th, 2008 9:55 pm ET

My friends, I have toured that damage and I can faithfully say recycling is the number one threat to our nation, and we will take on the insurgent recyclables for one hundred years!!!!!

Kirk in Tomball, TX   May 15th, 2008 10:00 pm ET

These are all returned items which were purchased with the Stimulus checks . . . Shall we call George?

Ishani,CA   May 15th, 2008 10:01 pm ET

People can re-cycle stuff?? I had no idea….wow, there are so many things I have to learn…who knew….

I. Endeavor   May 15th, 2008 10:06 pm ET

That’s Pandora’s box, right over there.

Cynthia, PA   May 15th, 2008 10:08 pm ET

McCain— Hey, if I get into on of these boxes, do you think I could jump out and claim to be President Bus