Flashback: McCain Calls Vietnamese "Gooks"
The John McCain campaign is on a roll, and here's even more good news for his 2008 race to be President. He's no longer calling Vietnamese people "gooks" - at least not in public.
Back in 2002, the Senator told reporters, "I hated the gooks. I will hate them as long as I live." While McCain was referring specifically to unsavory prison guards during his time as a prisoner of war, his comments made Vietnamese people go crazy. You can still read some of the accounts at AsianWeek.com and AsianAM.org.
A day after his comment hit the papers, John McCain released a statement saying, "I apologize and renounce all language that is bigoted and offensive.”
According to onlinedictionary.com, the word "gook" can also refer to "any thick messy substance". There is no information at this time as to McCain's feelings on that kind of gook.
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