McCain calls Iran's president a monkey, tells people to "lighten up"
It's not a lot to ask - Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., just wants everyone to "lighten up" and enjoy his joke about Iran's president being a monkey.
Responding to reports that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is ready and willing to suit up his astronaut gear to help his country reach its goal of achieving a manned space flight, the notoriously candid McCain wrote on Twitter this morning:
"@SenJohnMcCain So Ahmadinejad wants to be first Iranian in space - wasn't he just there last week? 'Iran launches monkey into space' http://news.yahoo.com/iran-launches-monkey-space-showing-missile-progress-003037176.html"
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Having evidently faced some backlash for his shot at the leader of a nation testing long-range ballistic missiles with very sad-looking animals, McCain later followed up on the social media site: "@SenJohnMcCain Re: Iran space tweet - lighten up folks, can't everyone take a joke?"
But despite the plea, McCain-the-cutup isn't making any friends with his material, even on the right. Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich. - an Arab-American - responded on Twitter.
"@repjustinamash Maybe you should wisen up & not make racist jokes. @SenJohnMcCain: Re: Iran space tweet - lighten up folks, can't everyone take a joke?"
For the record, it's not McCain's first stab at comedy: Two weeks ago, he made a crack about "waterboarding" Secretary of State John Kerry in his Senate confirmation hearing.
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All this crap i again a product of fauxRush media for Obama is now a double horror to much of the racist repub southern bible belt constituency A black president who supports equality for gay people.
The psych term is 'the bad is more powerful then the good"
Done lots of times - outrageous things, then after the damage is done and the news cycle has gone elsewhere they appologize .
knowing darn well that the hate / stupidity is entranced into many minds and few even know of the appology. Oldest trick in the book.
The rest of you liberal sheep need someone to give you your opinion.
Wake-up Sheeple!!