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Unplugged McCain sings 'bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran'
04/19/2007 @ 10:20 am Filed by David Edwards and Ron Brynaert
At a stop on Senator John McCain's "Straight Talk" tour, the 2008 presidential candidate decided to respond to a question with some bars of a song, but it is unlikely that Arizona's Republican senator will be reaching the final rounds of Fox's "American Idol."
Speaking at Murrells Inlet VFW Hall in South Carolina, McCain was asked when he thought that the US Military might "send an air mail message to Tehran."
"McCain began his answer by changing the words to a popular Beach Boys song," the Georgetown Times reports.
"'Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran,' he sang to the tune of Barbara Ann," the paper notes.
McCain then added, "Iran is dedicated to the destruction of Israel. That alone should concern us but now they are trying for nuclear capabilities. I totally support the President when he says we will not allow Iran to destroy Israel."
The paper notes that McCain stopped short of answering the actual question and did not say if he supports an invasion of Iran."
Later, McCain campaign spokesman Kevin McLaughlin told ABC News that the senator "was just trying to add a little humor to the event."
ABC's report adds, "On a more serious note, however, McCain has long been an advocate of dealing with rogue states aggressively. Back in 2000 when then-Gov. George W. Bush was wary of nation building and talking about a foreign policy based on humility and restraint, McCain was advocating a policy of 'rogue-state rollback,' which he described in a 1999 speech to the Center for Strategic and International Studies as a '21st century interpretation of the Reagan doctrine.'"
Perhaps he should call it "The Crazy Talk Express". What an absolute idiot. Good luck with your primary republicans.
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I think it was funny. Too often politicians are criticized for being too "stiff" or not letting their personality show, and the second they do, they are eviscerated (that was for Gee) for it. Look at Dean...it was a moment of excitement and they made him into a laughing stock. Gore--too dull. Same for Dole, for that matter. After the election, Dole showed more of his personality, and many think he'd have won had he shown it before...now I think he would have been criticized...
I can't stand McCain, btw, I just think the American public, as a whole, are a little hypocritical. It's a ridiculously fine line people expect the politicians to walk, and I don't think any will truly be able to succeed at it.
I think it was funny. Too often politicians are criticized for being too "stiff" or not letting their personality show, and the second they do, they are eviscerated (that was for Gee) for it. Look at Dean...it was a moment of excitement and they made him into a laughing stock. Gore--too dull. Same for Dole, for that matter. After the election, Dole showed more of his personality, and many think he'd have won had he shown it before...now I think he would have been criticized...
I can't stand McCain, btw, I just think the American public, as a whole, are a little hypocritical. It's a ridiculously fine line people expect the politicians to walk, and I don't think any will truly be able to succeed at it.
I hear you on all of that, but I don't really think Presidential candidates should be making jokes about bombing countries. What was Reagan's gaffe on open mike?
Dean's thing was funny and meaningless and it is dumb it hurt his chances, Dukakis in a tank is still a damn funny image, but singing about bombing Iran isn't really proper humor for the campaign trail.
I hear you on all of that, but I don't really think Presidential candidates should be making jokes about bombing countries. What was Reagan's gaffe on open mike?
Dean's thing was funny and meaningless and it is dumb it hurt his chances, Dukakis in a tank is still a damn funny image, but singing about bombing Iran isn't really proper humor for the campaign trail.
I hear you on all of that, but I don't really think Presidential candidates should be making jokes about bombing countries. What was Reagan's gaffe on open mike?
Dean's thing was funny and meaningless and it is dumb it hurt his chances, Dukakis in a tank is still a damn funny image, but singing about bombing Iran isn't really proper humor for the campaign trail.
I agree to some extent, but the question posed was specifically ABOUT bombing Iran..."when are we going to send an airmail message..." The question itself was posed with a little bit of tongue-in-cheek humor, and he responded with humor. People get too worked up over simple crap these days (imho). It was harmless.
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