McCain using ‘bomb bomb Iran’ song at events.
By on Apr 26th, 2007 at 5:59 pm
McCain using ‘bomb bomb Iran’ song at events.
Gannett News reporter Chuch Raasch reports from the road in South Carolina, where Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) was campaigning today instead of voting on the Iraq spending bill:
If Sen. John McCain thinks his “bomb bomb Iran” joke last week to the tune of the Beach Boys’ “Barbara Ann” is hurting him, he’s sure not letting on. He’s campaigning in South Carolina today and at both events, the Beach Boys’ “Barbara Ann” was played over the sound system as he was coming on stage. A tweak at his critics, who claim the joke showed McCain was too flip to be president, joking about bombing a country and all that?
McCain told Raasch later that the song was just “staff mischief,” but he “didn’t seem too perturbed about it.”
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Phuck you McJowls.
April 26th, 2007 at 6:03 pmI had some respect for McCain when he was challenging Bush in 2000. Now I think this man has either lost all principles or is going senile, or perhaps both. He keeps on coming up with new "macaca" moments. Pathetic.
April 26th, 2007 at 6:09 pmIf there was any doubt, McCain's stroll through the Iraqi market with 100 soldiers and several attack helicopters cost whatever slim chance he had to sit in the "Big Chair" in the White House.
April 26th, 2007 at 6:11 pmhe's more insane than the jokers he wants to take over from - if that's possible - okay, as insane as the jokers he sucked up to so he could eventually replace them
April 26th, 2007 at 6:20 pmWonderful. Let him continue this activity. I want him to bring up bombing Iran at every campaign speech, every fundraiser, every talk show he is on. I hope he makes the attack on Iran the focal point of his run for office. The democratic party couldn't hope for a greater gift. With Rudy G. telling southern republicans he wants to take away their guns, Romney supporting publicly funded abortion, and McCain wanting to attack Iran, hell...The democrats could run Michael Moore and win.
April 26th, 2007 at 6:21 pmHey I think McCain is a douche, but TP c'mon its obvious how much you love to spend time on him.
How about some Dennis Kucinich articles of impeachment for Cheney?
*crickets chirping*
April 26th, 2007 at 6:21 pmF--- you McCain. The Cons still don't realize that "in your face" and "up the anti" when attacked no longer cuts it. People see through it. Glad he/they don't get it cause they'll just dig their graves faster. Nope.....
April 26th, 2007 at 6:21 pmIt ain't gonna work this time. A boor is a boor is a boor. McCain is that for sure.
Keep this going McShit for brains, you're run for prez is going to flame out, crash & burn faster than your plane going down over Hanoi.
April 26th, 2007 at 6:22 pmWhat a moron.
April 26th, 2007 at 6:23 pmHow totally flippant and ignorant! Not to mention misanthropic to boot. Now I know McCain has totally gone over the edge. He's finished.
April 26th, 2007 at 6:24 pmThe apparent loon also cracked a real funny one about an IED under Jon Stewart's desk, kicking a dog, and being the "first" to walk the market.
First as in first stupid white guy?
Somebody should put a trigger guard on this former straight shooter.
April 26th, 2007 at 6:26 pmAfter his heavily armed Baghdad Safety Flick, he looked like a village idiot; now he's using lyrics of an oldie but inserting dehumanizing lyrics. Does this weirdo get it? Certainly he no longer has a conscience but to suggest bombing another country only further alienates the world from us. After all, we're so concerned about others having the bomb but we're the only ones who ever used it to kill human beings.
April 26th, 2007 at 6:26 pmHe has a chance against Rudy and Romney but that is were it ends. The election is going to the Dems and King Jeb with run next time seriously with Roves help, even if Rove is in prison.
April 26th, 2007 at 6:28 pmI think the phrase in TV land is "jump the shark," -- McCain jumped the shark a while ago and these latest embarrassments only prove the point.
April 26th, 2007 at 6:28 pmMcCain's recent statements remind me of Goldwater's pronouncements in 1964. Goldie got his ass waxed, and I mean WAXED.
April 26th, 2007 at 6:31 pmI guess if McCain keeps firing off comments like these, it'll help keep him off the ticket and make our Democratic field look sane by comparison, but what does it look like to the rest of the world? Probably like an insane nation of gun wackos.
So this weekend, will Timmeh put his vaunted reporting skills to the test, if McCain shows up on Press the Meat? Doubt it.
April 26th, 2007 at 6:31 pmAnd he used to tell jokes about Janet Reno being Chelsea Clinton's 'father' and jokes about 'gooks'. Whoever thought this guy was a maverick Eisenhower Republican didn't know what he was talking about. This guy is a small-minded racist, sexist idiot.
Oh, and if you care to check out his military record, it has "jinx" written all over it. If this guy becomes president while the war is still on, expect the death toll to skyrocket.
April 26th, 2007 at 6:34 pmOT - Hey everyone...don't forget to watch the Democratic debate tonight on MSNBC. I believe it starts at 8pm Eastern. Tell your friends too.
April 26th, 2007 at 6:37 pmThe only thing McPain is going to "bomb" is his own campaign. The Dems can look forward to a landslide in '08 if either La Bomba or the Magic Mayor are selected to replace the Bungling Bush. If King Jeb the Jerk even gets a smell of anything short of the Florida State Pen Granny and I are going to shoot the dog, give the house to the Muslims, and move to Bangkok. At least there is a real King in Thailand.
April 26th, 2007 at 6:37 pmMcVillage Idiot.
-GSD
April 26th, 2007 at 6:38 pmThe Senate passed the Iraq supplemental bill this afternoon. Hagel and Smith (Oregon) were the only two Republicans voting in favor of it. Leiberman (the previous Democrat, now hoping to be named as a VP choice on the Republican ticket) voted no.
April 26th, 2007 at 6:38 pmWho elects these people into office?
April 26th, 2007 at 6:39 pmWe may be missing something here...
April 26th, 2007 at 6:43 pmMcCain ended up being the stooge to Bush last time around...
Maybe the backroom boys who propped up G.Dubious the used car salesman are now backing someone else (Romney?) and have made Pork Chop another deal he can't refuse...
Make such an ass of himself that even Rudy Ghouliani might look good....
John McCain, who once was revered and respected by americans because he was a war hero AND a Democrat, sold his soul to the devil when he became a turncoat. He was totally emasculated by Dubya during those debates and realized "if he couldn't beat 'em, he would join 'em". He looked like a groveling fool when he fronted for Bush after the bitch slapping he got during the debates by Bush.
McCain has no respect at this point. The Baghdad Stroll finished him off handily. Maybe he needs to get out there and revive "The Stroll" - a dance from his era - and he can bop down the center aisle waving good bye with his Lady Clairol wifey-poo....and fade into the sunset? That's the music McCain needs to be playing....
Or....sha...na...na...na....hey...hey...hey....good bye!
April 26th, 2007 at 6:44 pm#21 And everyone knows that Joe Lieberman is and always has been a Republican mole in the Democratic Party. He's a disgrace!
April 26th, 2007 at 6:44 pmTrivia: There would have to be 3,000 members in the House of Representatives to have the same citizen/rep ratio that Britain and Canada enjoy. In a representative democracy, size matters. Any pollster will tell you that the accuracy of a poll is determined by the number and range of the people polled. There are only 100 senators, so each represent approx 3 million people. Except that each state gets two.
April 26th, 2007 at 6:46 pmWatching McCain now is like looking at Jack D. Ripper from "Dr. Strangelove." He is decompensating before our eyes. But what could we expect of a P.O.W. of the Neocongs.
April 26th, 2007 at 6:49 pmActually, post #25 is not true. Lieberman is a tragic figure. He's voting record is mostly liberal democrat. He just can't face reality when it comes to policy in the Middle East. Sadly, I wish I could say it's understandable, but it's not. The very people Lieberman is pandering to were once described by Yitzak Rabin as scum. It's truly frightening. that one can find more diverse opinion about Israel in the Israeli press than you can in America. Lieberman is now a man without a party and it will haunt him to the end of his days.
April 26th, 2007 at 6:54 pmoh doctor....... got a doosy for you here. thorazine, stat!
April 26th, 2007 at 7:01 pmMcCain would have a great show at being President if Rudy weren't in the race. Rudy is going to run away with this thing in an electoral landslide.
April 26th, 2007 at 7:03 pmI have a little song people should listen to-
Stick a Yellow Ribbon on Your SUV----
http://sjl.funnyordie.com/v1/view_video.php?viewkey=c95ea2c0343a2395834d&page=&viewtype=&category=
Sorry to paste the whole site link, but TP hasn't fixed the formatting yet.
April 26th, 2007 at 7:16 pmRudy....... ahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
April 26th, 2007 at 7:28 pmHe has about as much chance winning the presidency as New Orleans has surviving the next hurricane...
Comment by david — April 26, 2007 @ 6:54 pm
I agree 100% with you. But this is what happens when an American, by having more allegience to another country than his own, allows his own country to be put in jeopardy. We had the chance and responsiblity to save the Jews in Europe in the late thirties and early forties. We didn't do it, until the very last year of the war. We turned Jewish refugees away from our ports for years before then. But I don't think this generation needs to continue paying for the sins of our previous generations. The U.S. has provided Israel with billions and billions of dollars aid over the past 60 years. Both humanitarian and military (especially military). There is only one debt that needs to be paid...and that is to each and every member of the human race on this planet. Remember what human beings are capable of doing to each other, in the name of power. DO NOT REPEAT IT!!!
April 26th, 2007 at 7:29 pmImpeach...: "But this is what happens when an American, by having more allegience to another country than his own, allows his own country to be put in jeopardy."
Absolutely. And, I would also point out that 4 of the 5 catholics on the Supreme court are conservative, fundamentalist catholics who, by definition, owe possibly more allegiance to the Pope than the people of the United States.
April 26th, 2007 at 7:47 pmMcCain is definitely losing it, but he might get away with that sort of crap in South Carolina.
April 26th, 2007 at 7:59 pmRE: #34 ... "more allegiance to the pope than the people of the United States"
or, whatever/whoever are behind the pope.
April 26th, 2007 at 8:16 pmThe current holder of that position has the kind of creepiness that follows the neo-cons around... he just doesn't seem to be the diplomat that John-Paul was... much more of the aura of a manipulator and a power player.
Well, Raven, I never liked John Paul II. He came out of an Iron Curtain time warp and tried to bend the Church back to what it was in 1940. Ratzinger was his right hand man. And the great Catholic theologians of the 1970s were silenced because of him. That would be Kung, Skillebexx [sp?] and Baum. The Church reforms begun in Vatican II, which had been slowed but not stopped by Paul VI, were buriend by JPII and Ratzinger. That's why the Churches of Western Europe are empty, but the Churches of Eastern Europe are full.
What annoys me about McCain is that he seems to be parroting what he thinks will please his base. This is, perhaps, the result of America's bizarre two party system. People speak as if this two party system was in the Constitution; it's not. There were no parties in 1788 and only slowly did two differing views emerge: the Federalists and the Democratic Republicans. I think the US could benefit from an overhaul of the House of Representatives (Proportional Representation?) and perhaps a presidential run off as they are having in France right now.
Personally, I don't understand this primary business. How can a country of 300 million have only 5 or 6 candidates to choose from for President? It's seems to all be about branding and name recognition and fundraising -- and public discourse is a mere afterthought. No wonder an Australian fascist has so much power over America. It's a twisted vision of what the Framers of the Constitution had in mind.
April 26th, 2007 at 8:46 pm34.
Impeach…: “But this is what happens when an American, by having more allegience to another country than his own, allows his own country to be put in jeopardy.â€
Absolutely. And, I would also point out that 4 of the 5 catholics on the Supreme court are conservative, fundamentalist catholics who, by definition, owe possibly more allegiance to the Pope than the people of the United States.
Comment by Bluedog49 — April 26, 2007 @ 7:47 pm
35.
RE: #34 … “more allegiance to the pope than the people of the United Statesâ€
or, whatever/whoever are behind the pope.
The current holder of that position has the kind of creepiness that follows the neo-cons around… he just doesn’t seem to be the diplomat that John-Paul was… much more of the aura of a manipulator and a power player.
Comment by Raven — April 26, 2007 @ 8:16 pm
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Raven and Blue Dog...the last thing I intended was to initiate a pogram on any religious group. DO NOT use my comments to attack. You are using the exact same arguments that the right did against Kennedy in 1960. Obviously, you are way too young to remember that. I was only a little kid myself at the time, but I do remember. I will repeat the point I was ultimately trying to make. "There is only one debt that needs to be paid…and that is to each and every member of the human race on this planet. Remember what human beings are capable of doing to each other, in the name of power. DO NOT REPEAT IT!!!"
April 26th, 2007 at 8:49 pmwow
April 26th, 2007 at 8:50 pm"Mischief." Just hijinks. Just a bit of clean fun. Lighten up!
Murder, rape, looting, and poisoning their children with uranium is just not that bad. What are you so hung up about?
"I'm washed in the blood of the innocent, and I feel fine." -- J. 'Cain
April 26th, 2007 at 8:55 pm"Well, Raven, I never liked John Paul II. He came out of an Iron Curtain time warp and tried to bend the Church back to what it was in 1940. Ratzinger was his right hand man." -- david
Apparently, david knows so much about the Catholic church he doesn't understand that the Pope doesn't exactly select the cardinals himself, and that the rightwing culture of the medieval Church has been around for long enough to have their OWN Jesus. They, not the Pope, would have been PLENTY to 'tamp down' those liberal bishops, don't kid yourself.
Ratzinger met with GW Bush IN PERSON one week before issuing his fatwa on candidate Kerry. Then a few months later, he was made Pope. Nothing to see there, move along.
April 26th, 2007 at 9:00 pmTo all whom my religiously oriented post concerns....
I am most certainly not out to participate in any pogrom of any sort against any religion.
I was making a simple obsevation, in my own intuitive fashion.
Thanks for the background on the last few incarnations of ol' St. Peter.... and I witnessed Ratzingers coziness with the Dubious one....
I'm old enough to remember this one, dudes:
"Tell St. Peter at the pearly gate,
I just hate to make him wait,
but I've just got to have another,
cigarette...."
(Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen)
April 26th, 2007 at 9:24 pmOMG, Raven,
I still have that album!!!!
April 26th, 2007 at 9:57 pmI think Ms. John McCain Haversham might want to check the status on his cake.
April 26th, 2007 at 10:32 pmYou know what a smart Democratic candidate would do? Rerun that Daisy Girl attack ad that Johnson used against Goldwater, because McCain is a loon and you know he'd launch nukes at Iran. God I hope this idiot doesn't become president.
April 26th, 2007 at 10:46 pmOh keep it up, McCain. You are never becoming President.
April 26th, 2007 at 11:44 pmMcCrazed could sh*t on their babies in the inbred South...
...and the racist al Ceerackas would lick it off...
...with a smile...
April 26th, 2007 at 11:50 pmmccain is either senile or insane - therefore is qualified to be president
April 27th, 2007 at 3:03 amMcCain should not be trusted with presidency. Who knows how his psyche tackled the captivity years in Vietnam. He can be totally nuts but clever enough to have covered over the dark spots inflicted on his soul during years of captivity. If we trust him with presidency he may surprise us with several new wars.
April 27th, 2007 at 7:08 amGosh! The talking points about the Pope are exactly the same that used Henry VII to create his own church. And, BTW, false. He only wanted the power for him, not for the benefit of his people. And because he wanted badly a divorce, and the catholic church wasn't very eager to concede it.
First, you believe that a catholic candidate in your country WILL OBBEY the Pope before the people of the USA or his own interests and advisors? Frankly, you're seriously delusional. And, you have enough religious wackos and lobbyists in your country to think that the Pope can steer the country.
Catholic church have a say in your country? Yes, but as many of your lobbyists. The NRA, the Big Oil and Big Tobacco have a comparable or bigger power. Nowadays, the Pope can't summon a Crusade against the USA GOP, but sure lobbyists can control it.
What you need it's a political system less driven by private money. And then, you'll have (some) candidates that aren't in bed with Big Money and that are eager to sell the USA people by its own interests.
April 27th, 2007 at 7:47 amEvil Spaniard
My counter to that is that, as an Atheist who has seen what religious groups do the second they get any power (EG: India has issued an arrest warrant on Richard Gere for kissing a rather pretty Indian actress on the cheek, because it annoyed some Hindus, the whole Middle East will merrily stone a woman to death because she may have cheated on her husband, because infidelity in women seriously annoys Muslims, and America is still debating over teaching evolution in its schools, because science annoys Christians) I wouldn't want anybody of any firm religious grouping in control of my country.
And that includes firmly Atheist. (China anyone?)
April 27th, 2007 at 8:38 amGet a grip people! "Bomb, Bomb Iran" was a popular diddy back when Iran took our people hostage back in 1979. I was onboard USS Saratoga at the time and you could hear people singing that all the time onboard ship. People were pretty pissed about Iran's actions of violating "American Territory" (the Embassy), and wanted some payback! Not just military people, most Americans! A lot of you people just don't get it. Iran and the middle east will have to be dealt with sooner or later. Many people there want us dead! When you mix religion with politics, and religion prevails, you get the kind of mentality that comes out of the middle east. I don't like seeing our people die or innocent Iraqies die either. I believe we were misled about the WMA, but I firmly believed they had them as most people did, and I believe President Bush believed that also. Anyway I hope the song upsets the hell out of Iran, maybe it will make them think a little clearer and take pause at their actions. If not, all I can say is "Bomb, Bomb, Bomb....Bomb Iran". Better on their turf than ours.....Oh yeah people.......don't forget 9-11!
April 27th, 2007 at 12:45 pm