Bizarre McCain Remarks Appear To Reject Spain As Ally

[Canuckistanian]

Late Wednesday night, news made its way from the other side of the Atlantic that John McCain, in an interview with a Spanish outlet, had made a series of bizarre responses to a question regarding that country's prime minister.

"Would you be willing to meet with the head of our government, Mr. Zapatero?" the questioner asked, in an exchange now being reported by several Spanish outlets.

McCain proceeded to launch into what appeared to be a boilerplate declaration about Mexico and Latin America -- but not Spain -- pressing the need to stand up to world leaders who want to harm America.

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The implication seemed fairly clear: McCain was refusing to commit to meet with Zapatero, the "socialist" party leader, whose country is a member of NATO and intricately involved in many of America's global financial and national security objectives.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/18/bizarre-mccain-remarks-ap_n_127346.html

[DCBob]

1. McGoo just got confused again.

He thought Zapatero was some banana republic dictator in Latin America.

[Mojambo]

2. This is a rather gigantic gaffe. One might even call it "Bushian."

I hope the media gives it the scrutiny it deserves.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

7. Bush once called the Spanish Prime Minister "Mr. Goose" in Spanish

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._presidential_faux-pas,_gaffes,_and_unfortunate_incidents

June 11, 2001 — Bush appeared on Spanish television and said "It is a great honor to travel to Spain and visit the King and also Prime Minister Anzar. But I have to practice the very pretty language, and unless I practice I am going to destroy this language". He had in fact mispronounced the name of the Prime Minister, José María Aznar. He called him ansar, a Spanish word for "goose". (Daily Telegraph)

[Lithos]

3. Probably confused...

Zapatero with Zapatista

Them foreigners and their groups all sound alike to him.

L-

[rurallib]

4. Why do they call it Latin America when they speak Spanish

Why not call it Spanish America?
Just waiting for that one from McCain soon.
Did Quayle say something like that once?

[melody]

5. It's not rejecting Spain at all ... it's evidence of an addled old man n/t

[Canuckistanian]

8. That's true

He barely knows what he's doing from day to day.

We can't expect him to remember Major European countries who are also NATO allies.

Why, there must be a dozen of 'em!

[melody]

9. That whole Europe place is so confusing anyway :)

I swear he sounds like they woke him out of a deep sleep to ask him that question.

[lutherj]

6. They probably have him on medications, to keep him from going into meltdown.