And By "Awesome," I meant "Totally Sweet."

I'm sure by now most of you are aware of John McCain's bonehead statement this week, when in the morning, I think on Tuesday, he said something to the effect of "The American economy is fundamentally sound," and then later in the day, after multiple financial institutions had finished collapsing and the Dow had dropped about 500 points, he came back with the brilliant, "By 'economy,' I meant 'the American worker.' The American worker is fundamentally sound."

Given John's ability to say something and mean something completely different, here are some other statements you may hear from him:

Before: "We will limit our oil drilling to sites at least 50 miles offshore."

After: "By 'sites at least 50 miles offshore,' I meant 'within National Parks.'"

Before: "I consider someone who is wealthy to have an annual income of at least $5 million."

After: "By '$5 million,' I meant '$3 million.'"

Before: "Let me now tell you about the specifics of my plans for the economy, the envrionment, education, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan."

After: "By 'the specifics of my plans for the economy, the envrionment, education, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,' I meant "the fact that I spent 5.5 years in a POW camp in Vietnam, and I'm an American hero."

Before: "I'm positive Saddam planned 9/11."

After: "By 'Saddam,' I meant 'Former Diff'rent Strokes star Todd Bridges.' And by '9/11,' I meant 'a robbery of a 7/11.'"

Before: "I'm not sure we should sleep together, I do have a cold and I could be contagious."

After: "By 'a cold,' I meant 'gonnorhea.'"