McCain refers to Iran's president as a ‘monkey'; GOP rep calls jab ‘racist'

[sweet-a-kins]

 http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/mccain-iran-president-monkey-161256673--politics.html

McCain refers to Iran's president as a ‘monkey'; GOP rep calls jab ‘racist'

Oh, dear. Republican Sen. John McCain on Monday called Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a "monkey." The blunt-speaking Arizona lawmaker leveled the jab-swiftly condemned as "racist" by a Republican representative-via Twitter:

Apparently stung by the response on Twitter, McCain later added:

In response, Republican Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan tweeted:

 

It's not the first time McCain's comments about a foreign leader on Twitter have raised eyebrows. In August 2009, he tweeted about an "interesting meeting" with Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi, calling him "an interesting man."

McCain, long a fixture on the Senate Armed Services Committee, recently joined the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which vets nominees to senior diplomatic posts.

[LindaClement]

Where did the tweets go?

[AdrianneHill]

How? Persians are white. They aren't even Arabs who are also white

[FromAtoZ]

Quoting LindaClement:

Where did the tweets go?

If you click on the link,  you see the tweets.

Some people find these types of comments funny.  *shrug*

[12hellokitty]

 

Quoting AdrianneHill:

How? Persians are white. They aren't even Arabs who are also white

 I think it was Prince Henry would got in trouble for using the term sand monkey, so maybe that's the connect? 

[LindaClement]

I thought it was funny that they weren't pasted with the post...

Quoting FromAtoZ:

Quoting LindaClement:

Where did the tweets go?

If you click on the link,  you see the tweets.

Some people find these types of comments funny.  *shrug*

[Lizard_Lina]

How is saying a man is "interesting" eyebrow raising? And if the man isn't even black how is calling him a monkey racist?

[Radarma]

 

[coolmommy2x]

While he may not have meant anything bad, as a public person, he needs to choose his words a little better.

[sweet-a-kins]

 

Quoting LindaClement:

I thought it was funny that they weren't pasted with the post...

Quoting FromAtoZ:

Quoting LindaClement:

Where did the tweets go?

If you click on the link,  you see the tweets.

Some people find these types of comments funny.  *shrug*

 couldn't copy and paste them so I linked the article

[Imacakebaker]

 Just looking to make something out of nothing.  Who cares what anyone calls the evil Iranian president?  I don't