Sen. McCain gets a little punchy sometimes. This morning, he jokingly likened terrorist-astronaut-wannabe Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to a monkey.
He didn’t quite get the reaction he’d hoped for, and followed up with this:
Re: Iran space tweet – lighten up folks, can't everyone take a joke?
— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) February 4, 2013
But that didn’t cut it for race-obsessed libs:
https://twitter.com/MJSand/status/298469664533643268
https://twitter.com/ZaidJilani/status/298470104780402689
I always knew this geezer was a racist from back in the day. What a despicable tweet from @SenJohnMcCain
— Paul Conrad (@Paul_Conrad) February 4, 2013
https://twitter.com/dan_verg_/status/298470731581370368
Senator John McCain there, being a bit racist
— Matt Wilson (@mattianwilson) February 4, 2013
You picking Palin = Funny. Racism = NOT FUNNY AT ALL RT @SenJohnMcCain: Re: Iran space tweet – lighten up folks, can't everyone take a joke?
— (((YousefMunayyer))) (@YousefMunayyer) February 4, 2013
Dear John McCain: Whether racist or just mean, monkey joke re: President of Iran is a poor choice politically, professionally & personally.
— Candace West (@elisamaza76) February 4, 2013
.@SenJohnMcCain How clever of you to pour gasoline on a fire. Some joke. Way to go, you bitter old d-bag. #p2 #tcot
— ⓣⓔⓔⓥⓔⓔⓓⓤⓑ (@teeveedub) February 4, 2013
https://twitter.com/Lord_Chadeous/status/298471380217892864
@SenJohnMcCain You are a bad human being. Racism isn't funny, regardless of its target.
— Bailey, ABD (@the_author_) February 4, 2013
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https://twitter.com/DutchSlaver/status/298470498998812672
Not everyone was quite so offended:
https://twitter.com/nicoleb977/status/298482088418627584
Okay, @SenJohnMcCain gets in a good one…
— Fred the Great (@fredontwittur) February 4, 2013
#lulz over people getting the vapors about McCain's Ahmadinejad crack.
— SFK (@stephenkruiser) February 4, 2013
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/298478765833609216
Heh.
https://twitter.com/UltraRobotron/status/298470438802178048
https://twitter.com/mcmoynihan/status/298478763732242432
Isn’t it, though? Not like libs would ever compare a world leader to a monkey, right?
If libs would quit huffing and puffing long enough to let their race goggles defog, they might actually have an opportunity to do some much needed introspection.
Look: was it a terrific joke? No. Will it launch McCain’s stand-up career? No. Was it racist? No. The most offensive thing about what McCain wrote is that, given the material he had to work with, he could’ve come up with something much funnier. Certainly funnier than anything humor-starved lefties could muster.
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