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Thursday, October 12, 2006

The Straight Talk Express

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McCain was also criticized for his continued use of an ethnic slur in reference to his Vietnamese captors. He told reporters, “I hate the gooks.... I will hate them as long as I live."[7] At first, he stood by his use of the slur, saying that it was “the kindest, the kindest description I can give them.” [8] Amid heavy criticism[9], McCain later reversed his position and apologized. McCain would go on to win a few more primaries (Massachusetts, Arizona, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Vermont), but in a two-man contest he was unable to catch up. Though he apologized for his usage of the racial slur “gook,” he had aroused the ire of Asian Americans due to the delay of an apology for such an obvious transgression.[7] It is also speculated that this is the cause of McCain losing the California and New York primaries due to their large Asian American demographic.

You can trust if McCain makes it through the primaries this will be used endlessly against him in the general election.

Just one more reason NOT to support McCain in the Republican Primary.

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Rob
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Personally, I don’t so much blame him for using “gook” to describe the Vietnamese commies who captured and tortured him, but the fact that he bowed to public pressure and apologized for it.


When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

-- Thomas Jefferson

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Rob on October 12, 2006 at 01:20 pm

Well I don’t think I was criticizing him for talking about the Vietnamese he was fighting.  It doesn’t appear that he said that about any Americans of Vietnamese decent.

I think it will be a factor in the general election.


What’s going to happen to US industry when the global warming extremists like John McCain double the price of electricity?  I would think all these factories will close and set up in countries where they aren’t scared of technology.


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The Whistler on October 12, 2006 at 01:25 pm
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People have short memories. Its wont be a story if he runs for President.

Goon on October 13, 2006 at 07:29 am
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