Senator McCain, are you senile?

[azmouse]

Quote:McCain compares Iranian leader to monkey; draws GOP charge of racism

Always one to speak -- or Tweet -- his mind, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) Monday made a joke comparing Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to a monkey, something one Republican congressman charged was “racist.”

“So Ahmadinejad wants to be first Iranian in space - wasn't he just there last week?” McCain said in a tweet that also linked to a story about Iran launching a monkey into space.

Some didn’t take so kindly to the not-so-diplomatic quip, prompting McCain, 76, to respond: “Re: Iran space tweet - lighten up folks, can't everyone take a joke?”

http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/...acism?lite

[pappy]

"can't everyone take a joke" saith he.

Well sir, some can and some cannot. Most, however, know when to shut up. You, of course being a Republican, never learned that lesson of civil behavior.

Perhaps it was the years you were forced to live in a cage like a.....oh never mind!

[janedrake]

Imagine McCain's outrage if a Democratic senator had tweeted that. He and Lindsey Graham would be all over CNN and Fox News screaming their heads off.

[Willinois]

Can you imagine if this guy had been elected President? Who would have taken charge as he declined? Sarah Palin?!

[Hekate]

(02-04-2013 01:50 PM)Willinois Wrote:  Can you imagine if this guy had been elected President? Who would have taken charge as he declined? Sarah Palin?!

I shudder to think.

[SeattleGirl]

(02-04-2013 04:20 PM)Hekate Wrote:  

(02-04-2013 01:50 PM)Willinois Wrote:  Can you imagine if this guy had been elected President? Who would have taken charge as he declined? Sarah Palin?!

I shudder to think.

Me too!

[Fire1]

Hardly. He knows exactly what he's saying.