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McCain on Spain Tries Lamely to Explain
Author: Raine    Date: 09/18/2008 12:28:57

Note: the Blog has been updated with the original ENGLISH version of the interview.

So this morning, I wake up to find that John McCain doesn't know where Spain is. Seriously. I went over to another one of my fav sites, AmericaBlog, and it was confirmed by this second source, who is fluent in spanish.

Check it out:
When asked about Spain and Zapatero, by a Spanish reporter for a Spanish newspaper, McCain responded about Mexico and Latin America. A reader suggested something that Josh had already considered, that perhaps McCain thought the reporter was talking about the Zapatistas in Mexico, the guerilla group. But that's not possible as the reporter clearly said she was talking about Spain and Spain's leader, Zapatero. She told McCain this twice. Let me tell you exactly what she asked McCain (per the translation):

"Senator, finally, let's talk about Spain. If you're elected president, would you invite President Zapatero to meet with you in the White House?"

McCain then gives this odd answer about America's friends and America's enemies. He also, oddly, talks about Mexico (why Mexico? The question was about Spain) and how he'd invite friendly leaders to the White House. She then asks him again, would that invitation include President Zapatero? He says again that he'd have to review relations first, blah blah. She then says again, "so you'd have to wait to see, so would you meet with him in the White House?" He again repeats his weird statement about friends and enemies. McCain also throws in, oddly, to the Spanish reporter, when she's asking him about meeting the Spanish president, a line about the importance of our relationship with Latin America (this is now the second time he answered a question about meeting the president of Spain with an answer about Latin America). She then says to McCain one last time:

"Okay, but I'm talking about Europe - the president of Spain, would you meet with him?"

This time, there was no room for confusion. McCain then gives this very bizarre answer:
"I will meet with any leader who has the same principles and philosophy as us in terms of human rights, democracy, and freedom and I will stand up to those who do not."

This concerns me. Deeply. This is not a minor gaffe; this was a major blunder. He thought Spain was in Latin America. He was acting as though Spain was some rogue nation. He forgot where Spain was. He forgot that Spain is a NATO ally.

How many other blunders will it take for America to realize that John McCain, POW or not, is simply not prepared to be the leader of the United States of America? I am left wondering how ill is John McCain?
Listen here.

What is wrong with this man? How sick is he? How confused is he? What DOES he actually know? This is from the mouth of a man who has touted himself as the experienced foreign policy leader, and he forgot that Spain is an ally. You will recall he forgot that Czechoslovakia no longer exists, he forgot where the border of Pakistan is, he has confused who the leaders of Russia and Germany are... how many more of these 'gaffes' will it take for the media, and AMERICA as a whole to understand that this man is indeed showing signs of dementia and truly is not going to be able to lead this nation?

Now that he has Caribou Barbie as his VP, I suspect he'll go with Dora The Explorer as Secretary of State. At least she knows her way around the world. It would be funny, if it were not so damn sad.

Today will probably be another rough one on Wall street Folks. Grab tight to your bootstraps, and let's blog.

:peace: and
Raine
(Who Actually knows where Spain is.)




 

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