DISQUS

jescot · 1 year ago

I think in this instance it was a slip of the tongue but the Spain comment ..

WDemDem · 1 year ago

Those "slips of the tongues" just continue to prove that his brain can't process facts properly.

Bush_Bites · 1 year ago

I don't think he meant Venezuela was in the Middle East.

He didn't even mention Venezuela.

I think he meant Hugo Chavez was the leader of Saudi Arabia.

(They're all "darkies" to him anyway.)

sukabi1 · 1 year ago

It would be interesting to see the full transcript... one commentor on Ben's blog said that his answer was a reply to a totally unrelated question from a farmer, which would make it even stupider than just geographical idiocy.

Soundboy_jeff_meanie · 1 year ago

Everyone sing along!

The rain in Spain falls mainly on mccain...
In Spain the rain falls mainly in Dubai...

The rain in Spain falls mainly on... Venezuela?

umm, okay... I've confused myself.

WDemDem · 1 year ago

I'm ashamed and embarrassed that he's in my town creating muck and havoc. Iowa is going to deliver for Obama!

hawkseye · 1 year ago

He will say that he misspoke and didn't mean to say "other".

Soundboy_jeff_meanie · 1 year ago

suddenly, I see Phil Hartman in his old SNL skit:

"I'm just a caveman... your world frightens and confuses me"

FunMe · 1 year ago

And he'll continue with his "complaint" of GOTCHA reporting.

kevinbgoode · 1 year ago

The sad part is a significant part of America likely believes Venezuela is in the Middle East, too. And given the propensity of the looney wingnut pretend "Christian" beliefs, America is a foreign planet just dropped onto the Earth to ravage the place until raptured and glorifed for greed.

Soundboy_jeff_meanie · 1 year ago

the ones that don't think its in the Middle East think it borders Mexico.

Hurrycane · 1 year ago

The sad part is a significant part of America likely believes Venezuela is in the Middle East, too.

Um... citation? I find this hard to believe.

Wild_Weasel · 1 year ago

In what respect, Charlie?

FunMe · 1 year ago

LOL - I get it!

Wild_Weasel · 1 year ago

Yes. But McCain doesn't.

nikto · 1 year ago

After McCain is defeated, he can go back
to Arizona and snort coke off of Cindy's hipbones.

Not a bad consolation prize.

Cindy's got unlimited amounts!
(note: "unlimited amounts" does not refer to her hipbones)

1970cs · 1 year ago

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ae44b3a4-8a5f-11dd-a7...

When McCain mentions Chavez and that "things can be de-stabilized", I took that as a threat to the above link.

Sage24 · 1 year ago

Driving in NJ just now, I tuned in to a NJ radio station, and there was this love fest going on for Palin. One of the not so bright talking heads, mentioned that women do not like Palin, because "they are jealous of her", and it was unbelievable to hear callers, explaining why they are voting for her - not because she is intelligent, or extremely qualified, but because she is "hot, and sexy". One woman thought she was qualified because she gave birth to 5 children, and was mayor of a city.

I just could not help but thinking that these morons simply have not got it yet.
They voted for Bush, because they wanted to have a beer with him, and look how that turned out. Now they are voting for McCain/Palin, because she is hot and sexy. Just when you think this country cannot dumb down any further, there are people who show you, that you are wrong.

nikto · 1 year ago

Speaking as a hormone-soaked Breeder with no sexual self-control,
I think Palin might be worth voting for,
since I heard she turns into a pepperoni pizza after orgasm.

All I have to do is buy some beer, invite her over, and...




You know the rest!!

Woo Hoo!

"Oh, Ms. Vice president, that feels so good...!"

Soundboy_jeff_meanie · 1 year ago

the president of vice? :-)

Polly_Tics · 1 year ago

Just think of those that DIDN'T call in...there are far more questionable voters out there!

ZennButtKicker (tlhwraith) · 1 year ago

OK, this is pretty sexist and vulgar, so if your sensibilities are offended easily, don't continue reading:

A quote from Jack Nicholsons character in a few good men:

"You know, Danny, it just hit me...she outranks you... If you haven't had a blow job from a superior officer, then your just not living life the way it should be... of course, I'm a Colonel, so I'll just have to wait until they elect some gal president..."

I think more than one person is thinking along those lines.

Rob Mule · 1 year ago

This slip doesn't strike me as a gaffe...I enjoyed watching a lady, at this event, ask what $50 to $75K employees could expect from a President Johnny. McCain then chatted with her in the manner of a psychic’s shill to glean nuggets for transmutation into 'straight talk'. I clicked off before he opened his yap...The regular, hypnotically monotone moral, political and social contortions, once amusing, now provoke throbbing headaches only Cindy's stash could ease...

FunMe · 1 year ago

Canada is in Asia.

Brazil is in South Africa.

Bangkok is in Europe

Paris is in Australia.

Afghanistan is South America

The dumbing down of America - I didn't know the polticians were all "victims" of bush's eduKation.

Soundboy_jeff_meanie · 1 year ago

Like I said before... when Russia went into Georgia? Chimpy was pissed at Jeb for not telling him the Russians were in the state next door.

Polly_Tics · 1 year ago

This little man has proven himself to be much lesser in stature than I had ever imagined. A small and angry man who will lie at the drop of a hat and do so for anything that may benefit himself, has now proven himself to be UNFIT for the Presidency!

John McCain should recall himself from the race and leave it to Palin to pick a VP for her run.

nikto · 1 year ago

Spread the rumor:

Obama and Hugo Chavez are Muslims!!

Soundboy_jeff_meanie · 1 year ago

Klaatu, Mirada, Nikto.

Dave of the Jungle · 1 year ago

They're either Muslims or Communists, depending on how old you are.

Dave of the Jungle · 1 year ago

Clearly, John McCain has reduced himself to pathetic self parody.

via · 1 year ago

Come on, John. Palin/McCain would be even worse than Cheney/Bush, but McCain did not mean that Venezuela is in the Middle East. He didn't complete his sentence. All that proves is that he is distracted. There are far more serious problems with McCain, we don't need to do this.

Soundboy_jeff_meanie · 1 year ago

you're right... being distracted, all the time, isn't one of his problems.

dad · 1 year ago

lost.

apparently his audience is as well.

lilybart · 1 year ago

a normal person would be forgiven for a simple mistake when talking, but when it is another in a long line of flubs, you have to wonder.

Soundboy_jeff_meanie · 1 year ago

exactly.

Coming Undone · 1 year ago

O/T but did anyone see the ad that McCain put out saying that Obama has opposed funding out troops and that he is putting politics over saving lives. This is terrible and I believe that it needs to be addressed. McCain is really putting out lies and total garbage.

Back on topic McCain is probably heavily medicated and that is why he is so confused and in a daze and a 72 year old man with McCain's medical history that we know about cannot function effectively while he is on medication. McCain probably can't even function without medication.

Soundboy_jeff_meanie · 1 year ago

I can't believe he'd want to get into a pissing match over supporting the troops.

all Obama needs is an ad showing mcsame's voting records when it comes to the troops or veterans... and he'd be screwed.

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dad · 1 year ago

thank goodness he has sarah to help him on foreign policy

Dave of the Jungle · 1 year ago

Took the words right out of my mouth, dad.

dad · 1 year ago

soggy

dad · 1 year ago

he's holding campaign events in shipping containers?

via · 1 year ago

I am seriously worried about the melanoma. Negative lymph node biopsy is by no means a guarantee that it hasn't spread through the blood or lymph system.

PeteLI · 1 year ago

I don't think it's a big gaffe. We all know what he meant. We all know he realizes where Venezuela is. But it shows that he is a rather poor speaker, a poor communicator. And that is a very poor quality to have in a president, as we have seen.

Soundboy_jeff_meanie · 1 year ago

exactly, don't misunderestimate mcsame.

Dave of the Jungle · 1 year ago

But such slips are becoming more frequent and herald a decline in cognitive function that underlies judgment and analysis.

aquarius2 · 1 year ago

I agree. I don't think it is a big gaffe. Spain? That was a major gaffe.

Hurrycane · 1 year ago

I think you have a point. If this was a one-time slip, fine, but it does seem to be a pattern.

We desperately need a good communicator in the White House. A "Facilitator in Chief," as I'd like to call him.

Sage24 · 1 year ago

Without bail out McCain campaign is at a dead end.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080930/ap_on_el_pr...

Indigo · 1 year ago

If Chavez were any kind of a gentleman, he'd move Venezuela to where Senator McCain could find it.

scytherius · 1 year ago

McCain is getting senile. He's too damned old to be President . . . take that from someone close to 70.

richmx2 · 1 year ago

OMG! By the way, did anyone else notice that the Caracas stock exchange was the only one in the Americas to gain yesterday?

BTW, someone might tell McCain that the two largest foreign oil suppliers to the United States are Canada and Mexico.

MyVoice · 1 year ago

It is the word "other" that lumps Venezuela into the Middle East. The fact that has escaped everyone is gas was $1.46 where I live the day Bush was sworn in. How much was the national average that day. The war in Iraq is partially if not half the reason OPEC has been increasing prices. Gaffes like this seem harmless but if said in different circumstances could harm foreign policy work.

MyVoice · 1 year ago

And Venezuela only holds less than 3% of the worlds oil reserve. Chavez does not have much power in my eyes but the fact that saber rattling has pushed him to linking with Russia on the world stage does bother me.

Here is a link to help affirm my gas price statement. I hope you have a good laugh!

http://www.pensitoreview.com/2008/03/08/in-2000...

bluestockton · 1 year ago

I'll bet the reason his GPA at the Naval Academy was so low was that F-minus he scored in Geography.

zavlin · 1 year ago

Wow, hispanic voters should be infuriated that mccain cant tell any of their cultures apart.

KarenMrsLloydRichards · 1 year ago

And Caracas are those things you shake.

nothingasitseems · 1 year ago

I have to give McCain the benefit of the doubt on this one. he was obviously trying to clump the Middle East with Venezuela which are both major producers of oil. I'm sure he didn't mean to suggest Venezuela was in the Middle East.

Hurrycane · 1 year ago

To me, this is just like Obama claiming to have visited, what, 57 states? It was a misstatement. Obama knew full well that there were fifty states, and McCain knows that Hugo Chavez is a Latin American leader.

We have bigger fish to fry.

kh7463 · 1 year ago

Geez. I'm really bad at geography but I'm also not running for president. Or VP.