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DogPoundPup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-08-08 07:35 PM
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Among McCain's many stupid unfunny jokes is one now that includes killing innocent Iranian people
Cindy McCain's jab to her husband's back came a second too late Tuesday to keep him from making a wisecrack about the health impact of Iran's main import from the United States: cigarettes.

Republican presidential candidate John McCain was asked about an Associated Press report that $158 million in cigarettes have been shipped to Iran during George W. Bush's presidency despite restrictions on U.S. exports to that country.

"Maybe that's a way of killing them," McCain told reporters, smiling as he waited for a cheesesteak sandwich at the Primanti Brothers restaurant. His wife, sitting next to him at the counter, poked his back without looking up.

"I meant that as a joke," McCain quickly explained.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080709/ap_on_el_pr/political_play_of_the_day
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dkf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-08-08 07:38 PM
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1. Well now we know how he truly feels about the Iranian people.
bomb bomb bomb blah blah blah.
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polly7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-08-08 07:41 PM
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2. I seriously cannot stand even looking at his mug anymore ...
What an ignorant thing to say.
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-08-08 07:41 PM
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3. What do you want to bet that Cindy was treated to a reprise of her husband's c**t remark?
Edited on Tue Jul-08-08 07:43 PM by Fridays Child
In private, this time.

ETA: Imagine, for a split second, if Obama had mde that remark about killing innocent Iranians. It would knock all other campaign news off the air for the next month.
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Connie_Corleone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-08-08 08:47 PM
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8. Obama gets attacked mercilessly over the "clinging" comment.
And I hear nothing but crickets from the press over McCain making a disgusting joke about killing millions of innocent people just because they're Iranian.
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Gato Moteado Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-08-08 08:39 PM
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4. this idiot always says the exact wrong thing and he always tries to pass it off....
...as a joke.

all you can say is "wtf?".
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ecstatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-08-08 08:41 PM
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5. That is a DISGUSTING comment which should lead to the end of his campaign
if the vast majority of worthless reporters out there had any integrity, that is.
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goodgd_yall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-08-08 09:57 PM
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14. Damn right n/t
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PA Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-08-08 08:44 PM
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6. Yeah, lung cancer jokes are just hilarious.
:sarcasm:

Another display of McCain's poor judgment. Cancer death is nothing to laugh about.
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Connie_Corleone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-08-08 08:44 PM
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7. Does this fucking idiot know anything about the Iranian people??!!
:wtf:

What kind of a sick joke was that?
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nc4bo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-08-08 08:53 PM
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9. His jokes are unfunny in fact, they are lame and pathetic.
He probably jokes about what he's going to do this country in exactly the same way.

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foo_bar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-08-08 08:56 PM
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10. the gaffe wasn't wishing death on Iranians, it was admitting that tobacco kills people
His base eats up the former, while the latter goes against the party/lobbyist line. Say, I wonder what variety of cheese McCain had on his cheesesteak, isn't that a vital http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/local/6528601.htm">criterion in selecting a US president?
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-08-08 08:56 PM
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11. He's another Bush.... 'Open mouth, insert both feet !! '
Edited on Tue Jul-08-08 08:56 PM by Breeze54
Ugh! What an ass.... but I'm quite sure (haven't checked)
that he votes for the tobacco Co.'s all the time....

well; at least to sell cigs and raise the taxes on them. :eyes:
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roseBudd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-08-08 08:57 PM
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12. Click thru & rate it a 5! So inappropriate.
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goodgd_yall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-08-08 09:56 PM
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13. Just keep saying that shit, A.H.
Did this get reported on the MSM? I haven't heard about it.
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