"I hate the gooks," McCain said February 18, 2000 in response to a question from reporters aboard his campaign bus. "I will hate them as long as I live." McCain, a former Navy pilot who spent five years in a Vietnamese prisoner of war camp, was questioned about the language because of a story last month in the Nation magazine reporting his continued use of the slur. Since then, reports of McCain's language have been circulating on Internet chat sites and e-mails among Asian Americans, many of whom find the the term offensive and inappropriate for an elected official. McCain's appeal to voters has been as a wartime hero and a feisty politician who speaks his mind and damns the consequences. But his comments on the eve of the key South Carolina primary show the candidate's vaunted "straight talk" in another light. "The use of a racist slur can't be acceptable for any national leader, regardless of his background," said Diane Chin, executive director of the San Francisco-based Chinese for Affirmative Action. "For someone running for president not to recognize the power of words is a problem." While McCain's words may have little effect in conservative South Carolina, where few Asian Americans live, they could come back to haunt him in other states. "Historically, straight talkers who say things off the top of their heads eventually hang themselves with those sorts of remarks," said Bruce Cain, a political scientist at the University of California at Berkeley. "While it might not hurt him now, Democrats are not going to have any hesitation about using this stuff to string him up later."For a Double-shot of McCain Racism, Remember that Public enemy video Chef Rykwon posted a few months back that references McCain's staunch opposition to the Martin Luther King Holiday? Peep game:
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Don't forget Grandpa McCain and his great state of Arizona opposing the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in the beginning, then being the last state to accept the day as a national holiday...
You gotta check this photo of McCain with bloody fangs, LOA-style:
Greenberg's web site is at www.manipulator.com. Because of her use of Flash, you can't deep-link to the individual pictures. From her home page you have to follow these onscreen options:
1. Click Enter Manipulator
2. Click Names
3. Scroll to John McCain and click his name
4. Click thumbnails at the bottom of the screen.
Enjoy!
Here it is in all it's blood-dripping glory:
http://myfriendscallmenikkos.blogspot.com/2008/09/interesting-campaign-strategy-truth.html
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