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McCain: "Maybe that's a way of killing 'em,"

news.yahoo.com — Presidential candidate John McCain, who once sang in jest about bombing Iran, on Tuesday reacted to a report of rising U.S. cigarette exports to the country by saying it may be "a way of killing 'em." Racist against a whole damn country.

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onyxcoltrane, on 07/09/2008, -4/+26How Presidential of McLame
alapoet, on 07/09/2008, -2/+22Yeah, THIS is the guy we want leading us and representing us to the world.

Right.
thirdcoastborn, on 07/09/2008, -2/+22Make this man your President and we'll definately go to war with Iran. People wake the ***** up. McCain is Bush. Bush is McCain.
BarbArt, on 07/09/2008, -2/+14I guess the old man just lost the Smoker Vote.
thirdcoastborn, on 07/09/2008, -2/+16and the iranian americans
eclipse007, on 07/09/2008, -2/+11What do you call someone who keeps making jokes about murdering a nation?!!
- Rotzooi, on 07/09/2008, -0/+11"Presidential material", according the the Republican voters.
- Suneet67, on 07/09/2008, -2/+3Hitler, Ahmadinejad, McCain
- Chassit, on 07/09/2008, -0/+5Sick.
- parasitemite, on 07/09/2008, -0/+4A tortured man with deep psychological problems.
JekJob, on 07/09/2008, -2/+16Bush is a terrible president and I disagree with everything he's done, but even HE wouldn't say something like that. McCain is as bad as Bush but with a shorter temper, some old-fashioned racism, and the old-man attitude of not caring what comes out of his mouth.
- Cuchanu, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1You wippersnapper!
pintomp3, on 07/09/2008, -2/+10he's got a really sick sense of humor.
- MrTulip, on 07/09/2008, -9/+2makes him almost likeable. crudeness can be a great humorous device if delivered right.
  btw all those mccain articles get boring. where are the submissions that deal with obama's latest utterances, esp during his pandering tour in the red states?
  - MrTulip, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1hey, that's a serious question. after he secured the nomination etc. pp. he has said and done things that confuse me a little. why is digg so awfully silent regarding these issues? and no, i have no agenda, i'm not even u.s. american. i'm just interested.
Krisgi, on 07/09/2008, -4/+15How come all Republicans are so ***** cynical? I know they don´t give a hoot about anyone except themselves and their kind, but do they have to be cruel and laugh about it to boot? I guess that they think that war, death, poverty, misery and suffering is very ***** hilarious.

Remember Bush´s schtick at the Press Club? Looking under the podium for WMD´s... Maybe they´re here... oh I dunno... maybe they are here...

They horrify me way more than Al Quaeda.

Looks like the Hanoi Hilton did nothing to humanize this old fart. ***** Mc´Cane´... ***** the Grotesque Onerous Poobahs.
SoyJames, on 07/09/2008, -3/+12Shhhhh.... shhhhh. What's all this anti-McCain stuff? Don't you know he'll just use the magic words? "Maverick". "War Hero". There. All better...
DuggDowner, on 07/09/2008, -2/+15Apparently crashing a few planes doesn't qualify you to be a comedian either.
evilgourmet, on 07/09/2008, -1/+6Insane in the McCain, insane in the brain
stfucupcake, on 07/09/2008, -5/+3Dupe. http://digg.com/politics/McCain_Jokes_about_killin ...

Still, McCain is an complete idiot. He is such a disgrace to the American people.
- iPirate, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1Dupe? This article was submitted first. However... I will be digging the other story because it has a better title and description.
Bilabrin, on 07/09/2008, -0/+7So, we're all agreed then, the overall goal is "killing them."

/highlighting the subliminal undercurrent of McCain's thinking process.
MurphyWatson, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1The term politically incorrect comes to mind.
wizalt, on 07/09/2008, -9/+1You gotta admit, it's a funny joke. Inappropriate, just the way I like it.
PolishLogic, on 07/09/2008, -8/+4Racist? Give me a ***** break.

A funny and off the cuff comment that people with even the slightest bit of a sense of humor would chuckle at? Definitely.

Buried based solely on your stupid ***** article description.
- Taciturn, on 07/09/2008, -3/+5Chinese person 1: "We sure are exporting a lot of lead-tainted toys to America."
  Chinese person 2: "Maybe that's a way of killing 'em."
  
  You're right, it's hilarious.
  - PolishLogic, on 07/09/2008, -1/+2Not hilarious, but it is funny.
- thirdcoastborn, on 07/09/2008, -2/+1Do all polish have no logic?
  - PolishLogic, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2Sorry, but where's the racism here? I don't see him talking about killing "towel heads", etc., or talking about those "filthy brownies in the desert".
    
    Unless I just missed those quotes in the article.
  - thirdcoastborn, on 07/09/2008, -1/+1he wants a whole race (the iranians) dead. "kill them all"
    If that aint racism then it's worst than racism
  - PolishLogic, on 07/10/2008, -0/+1Ignoring the fact that you can't determine a tongue-in-cheek joke, from a discussion on foreign policy, let's say you're right and he wants them dead...that doesn't mean it's an example of racism either.
    
    If anything it's jingoism, a fanatical patriotism displayed in this case by wanting to see your country wipe another country (who is shown as an enemy) off the map.
    
    If McCain were being racist, he'd have said "a way of killing Persians".
    
    You just keep up that fake outrage though, you do it well.
jaymzdean, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1The bullies from the ruling class have reached a level of delusion that's embarrassing, detrimental, and dangerous.
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