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Straight Talkin’ Johnny McCain: Maverick and Cultural Sensitivity Guru |
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So sad, yet so true. The maverick “straight talkin’ Johnny McCain” doesn’t always talk so straight. But have no fear, this cowboy ain’t all hat and no cattle. His crooked talking moments get balanced out by moments when he speaks straight as an Apache arrow.
Some examples to clarify:
When an African American father asked a question on divorce, McCain made reference to a “tar baby.”
Afterwards, “straight talkin’ Johnny” and his campaign advisers decided that was a little too straight. “I hope nobody takes that as a racist comment,” he said, “but I shouldn’t have used that word, it was wrong to do it.”
On the 2000 presidential campaign trail, McCain said “I hated the gooks. I will hate them as long as I live.”
Afterwards, “straight talkin’ Johnny” and his campaign advisers decided that was a little too straight. He was only referring to his Vietnamese captors, he explained.
In order to get some laughs at a GOP debate, McCain took a swipe at Al-Qaeda, and poked some fun at a common element of Middle Eastern culture in doing so. “I’m not interested in trading with Al-Qaeda, all they want to trade in is burqas,” he said.
Afterwards, “straight talkin’ Johnny” and his campaign advisers decided that was the perfect degree of straightness, and they stuck to their guns.
See how straight that man can talk?
While shooting from the hip might fly in the badlands of Arizona, it’s clear we can’t have our president going off half-cocked. We’ve already had damn near eight years of that. At a time when the U.S. desperately needs to repair its relations abroad, as well as convince its own citizens that their government gives a damn about them, McCain’s brand of “straight talk” is bound to do more harm than good.
Please straight talkin’ Johnny, just ride off into the sunset already.
I hate MOOKS and I’ll hate them as long as they run for president. - Joey “Straight punches to the mouth” Kittens