McCain regarding "Bomb Iran" song: "... was just trying to add a little humor to the event"

[sabra]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/04/american_idol_f.html

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ABC News' Bret Hovell and Teddy Davis report: John McCain's campaign insists he was only kidding when he combined a Beach Boys impression with foreign policy Wednesday before a group of veterans at a VFW hall in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina.

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McCain campaign spokesman Kevin McLaughlin points out that the Senator's song was not serious and the people in the room were laughing. "He was just trying to add a little humor to the event."

[Orrex]

1. Hey McCain--did you hear the one about the POW kept for years in a tiger cage?

It's a real knee-slapper.

[Sequoia]

30. I know why the caged bird sings.

[Snotcicles]

50. Whew, that one ought to leave a mark. nt

[gaspee]

2. killing people

typical republican sense of humor.

[Supersedeas]

43. just a lil humor mixed with the blood of innocents

[maxsolomon]

3. please tell the the Democratic Party has it on tape.

GOP, you better pray he doesn't get the nomination.

[sabra]

5. it's on youtube

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x23505

[orleans]

18. when did he do this? n/t

[sabra]

24. last night

[Orrex]

25. I wonder...

Do you suppose that this is worse than Dean's much-over-hyped "scream?" And do you suppose that the media will give it the same 24/7 attention for weeks and weeks?

[tavalon]

53. Different rules these days

Even a year ago, I wouldn't have said this, but these days, it really doesn't matter as much as it used to whether the MSM gives it the appropriate attention. If we, the internet denizens choose to highlight it, it will be highlighted. And if we are lucky enough that he gets the nomination, it will be hyped more than the kiss. There is just so much to work with in destroying John McCain these days - he's been his own worst enemy for a while now.

[uppityperson]

35. here is the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-zoPgv_nYg

[bklyncowgirl]

52. That's better than the Democratic Party.

Hopefully he'll make it into the top 40.

Bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb Iran!

If you don't make as president how about a stint on American Idol, Senator. I heard that Sanjaya guy's gone.

[RebelOne]

6. There's a YouTube video of it in the Political Videos forum.

[Dora]

4. Somebody needs a lesson in what constitutes "comedy." n/t

[saltpoint]

7. John McCain was in a goddam cage for 5 years in Viet Nam.

It seems to me that that ought to have heightened his sense of mercy. I doubt if Iranians, who must be passing this news piece around by now, are humored by McCain's callousness.

I don't want pro-torture Attorney Generals running the Justice Department and I don't want bomb-crazy Republicans in the White House.

[Orrex]

14. My thought exactly

And this:

I don't want pro-torture Attorney Generals running the Justice Department and I don't want bomb-crazy Republicans in the White House.

is a sad but accurate description of our current f-ed up administration, so we can only hope that we don't renew it in '08.

[saltpoint]

17. Hi, Orrex. Yep. I like our chances at this point, especially if we crank up

the grassroots organization and work harder than ever.

And god knows we need to work hard to get these monsters out of Washington.

[LionInWinter]

23. He may have been in a cage for 5 years ...

but before that HE was the one dropping bombs. Never forget that.

[saltpoint]

29. I haven't forgotten it, and if I had forgotten it, he'd be quick to

remind me himself.

He's a has-been -- one of those dead men walking. He was frontrunner for the top job not a few months ago.

That's rapidly changing.

[tabasco]

36. Greed and power corrupt even good men.

This is what has happened to McCain.

[saltpoint]

38. Sad to say, I think you're right -- McCain is altered by his wish

for power.

The degree that it's changed him is what's so disturbing. Bush is unsupported by increasingly huge percentages of voters, and McCain is actually stepping up his endorsements of Bush's failed policies, especially the "surge."

Pretty misguided soul at this point.

[Kelly Rupert]

8. Hahahaha! Thousands would die! Isn't that a scream!

Ahahahaha! Whooo, hold back now, lemme catch my breath! Ahahaha! Ahah. Hah. Hah.

(Now, John Kerry's "botched joke," though, THAT was offensive.)

[gatorboy]

9. What do you expect? These are the same folks that think Mallard Fillmore is funny.

[bouwob1]

15. and ann coulter

;(

They also think bush is smart!

[Sequoia]

33. "The big trouble with dumb bastards is that

they are too dumb to believe there is such a thing as being smart." Kurt Vonnegut

- Sirens of Titan

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

10. Well, it made me laugh.

I don't think it was what McCain had in mind though.

[gatorboy]

11. OH, I almost forgot,

EDWARDS' HAIR, MAN! THINK ABOUT THE HAIR!

[geardaddy]

12. McCain "Ha ha hah! I'm a regular comedian"

:puke:

You know he thought about using that long before he did use it.

[AlCzervik]

13. leave the funny to the funny---fool.

[Norquist Nemesis]

16. You mean MSNBC, CNN, and Faux aren't replaying it 1700 times

with commentary? *gasp!*

[chaumont58]

22. If a Dem has said this, you wouldn't be able to see anything else

As it is, the beltway press whores are so busy fellating the straight talker, they will completely forget it happened.

[Norquist Nemesis]

28. It should be McCain's 'Dean Scream' moment

but it won't be.

[gratuitous]

19. Whoa, just a joke, folks

And we all remember how kind and generous the mighty Republican Wurlitzer and the Outrage Machine were over Kerry's little joke about Bush screwing over the military. So lighten up, everyone! Jokes about bombing brown people in faraway lands who can't fight back, can't get away, and who've done nothing to are funny, funny, funny!

[TexasLawyer]

32. excellent point!

[DemGa]

48. Wow, just wait till the liberal media gets a hold of this

It will be played thousands of times! I'm getting my popcorn.

[brentspeak]

20. Maybe he was also joking about how safe it is to walk through the streets of Baghdad

(Yeah, right).

[Benhurst]

21. On the international stage, McCain has the best sense of humor

since Josef Goebbels.

[Sequoia]

34. Oh stop, you're killing me!

[donsu]

26. not joking - he is mentally sick - and the neo cons are letting him go on

nt

[Sequoia]

27. Yes McCain, it is very humerous to bomb people.

When I was in the air force this officer told me how funny it was when he was in Vietnam in his jet firing bullets in a lake where a fisherman was frantically trying to row out of harm's way. Geez, isn't war so much fun.

[WinkyDink]

31. Because thinking of Iranian deaths is just so darn funny!

[zbdent]

37. McCain ... here's one you should try out ...

"Lucky me ... I hit the trifecta!"

[geardaddy]

39. That's right, McCain...

It just isn't funny until some brown people are incinerated.

[hatrack]

40. Fuckin HI-Larious, John

Why don't you take your act on the road.

And while you're at it, stay out on the road for a really, really, REALLY long time, OK?

[shain from kane]

41. How stupid could John be? Sung to Sloop John B.

[Kelly Rupert]

46. *sings* "We come on the Sloop McC...

My cannnn-di-date and me.
Around DC town, we do roam,
Spinning his gaffes,
his campaign's a laugh, woah-woah
This is the worst staff
I've ever been on."

[WinkyDink]

51. Awesome! And true!!

[quiet.american]

42. Weird. And disgraceful for a presidential candidate. n/t

[Az_lefty]

44. War is very entertaining for those that don't have to fight it!

:puke:

[formercia]

45. John steps on his dick again. n/t

[The Count]

47. I saw that title on DU - I was sure it was a parody with dubbed words...

Not even for McCain did I think he would be so demented.

[Vinca]

49. I swear McCain is going senile. nt

[Jacobin]

54. Wouldn't this be equivalent to those trashing the Iranian president

for the remarks he made allegedly calling for the destruction of Israel?