"That One' remark was completely innocent

[Blue Meany]

McCain was just have an Alzheimer's moment, and could not remember his opponents name. Oh, and this also explains why he got so mixed up his own record, what day it was, and what state he was in.

[myrna minx]

1. Yep. Like "palling around with terrorists" was innocent.

Completely innocent.

[wishlist]

2. Right, he was just being his lame dumbass normal self nt

[redqueen]

3. No... it was not. It's dismissive and disrespectful, and everyone knows it. (nt)

[pnwmom]

11. I think you missed the edge in the OP.

Accusing McCain of having Alzheimers is as bad, or even worse, than accusing him of being "dismissive and disrespectful."

[redqueen]

21. Heh, you're right... I did.

Independents and undecideds probably aren't as comfortable with the idea of having an Alzheimers patient as president as the neocon party's voters are.

[Ian David]

4. He stopped himself from saying "that BOY" just in time. n/t

[FloridaGrl]

16. I agree

and I can't believe their are folks trying to down play what he said. I found it very disrespectful and racist. He knows Sen. Obama's name, he even knows his middle name and seemed to have no problems with it until that point.

[Cosmocat]

40. The OP was half right ... It was a senior moment and what ...

it revealed was two layers.

I do believe the clown forget BO's name, and I think he got himself pinned down to having to identify him AND got exposed for his rank condemnation of BO by saying THAT ONE - and I don't care what anyone WANTS to believe, if BO was white, he would not have said "that one." Call it racism, or don't, but he said THAT ONE because in his mind he views BO as less than him, and he slipped up with a dismissive and color oriented identifier - he got outed by his failing mind.

[Demi_Babe]

5. bull shit...it's called respect and McCain clearly has NONE...no excuse for it

[Blue Meany]

7. Is it better if he's senile or racist? n/t

[Peacetrain]

6. Totally dismissive on McCains part

[Bucky]

8. Well, I agree with those who say it isn't racist. He'd be peeved at anyone kicking his ass.

He's a snarky, hostile, self-entitled guy.

[PseudoIntellect]

9. When I heard him say it in the debate, I thought he meant to first say

"You know which Senator DID vote for it? That one" but that he forgot to say the first part.

[OnyxCollie]

10. It was dehumanizing.

Add that to Moosalini's comment that Obama thinks the country is "imperfect" and you got the Aryan vote sewed up.

[pennylane100]

12. I hate to admit that McCain was just being a jerk and not a racist jerk,

but I often use that term if I am in a discussion and want to belittle my opponent. Of course, that does not mean he is not a racist.

[Schema Thing]

19. absolutely. maby a little ageist.

It's what midwestern grandmas say as they point to their middle grandchild who crayoned the walls; "now *this one* is a mess...".

[Blue Meany]

20. I think he really is racist though...

I just sense it in the way he interacts with blacks: he's extremely uncomfortable and patronizing, and is afraid to touch them because he thinks the color will rub off on him. Not looking at Obama was just one of many such instances.

[yardwork]

26. Again, I agree. McCain radiates racism. I think that most white people recognize it.

I'm white. I've met many people with racist attitudes exactly like McCain's. Some people excuse it as "people of that age" but there's no excuse. Lot's of people who are now McCain's age and older were marching in Civil Rights protests decades before McCain voted against the MLK holiday for his state!

McCain's a mean racist. That's just one of his horrid attributes.

[pennylane100]

37. I am sure that someone that evil is also racist.

I wonder how many people on his staff are people of color, they all seem to be mean white males to me.

[pnwmom]

13. I hear the irony in your post, although most people here don't.

He may "innocently" have Alzheimers, but that's hardly in his favor!

[helderheid]

14. .

[1corona4u]

15. WTF??? Why are so many people today defending this sack of shit??

I just don't get it.

[Schema Thing]

22. what's to defend? "that one" is not a racist comment.

It's simply unappealing. It stands on it's own as a fuckup by McCain. No need for our side to get batshit illogical over it.

[elkston]

31. In isolation, the comment is not racist. But the lack of respect and professional courtesy

reveal McCain's contempt for Obama. And some of that, I believe, has racial overtones.

Its something that not even McCain realizes. In fact, its the kind of ingrained and subtle racism that some whites have and are unware of it until it is pointed out to them. They don't think its racist because there is a "natural" impulse to patronize and underestimate black people.

This is only cured through more interpersonal and professional relationships with blacks. If they are segregated from blacks for large chunks of their life, it only works to further obscure their own racial insensitivity.

[Schema Thing]

38. He's already made Obama's lack of experience a central theme

and we know he's running for president out of bald ambition. Combined with his age and entitled life, all of those things seem way more than adequate to explain McCain's apparent contempt for Obama standing in his way, w/o streeeeeetching to find racism in a decidedly non-racist comment.

[yardwork]

27. I think the OP sailed right over your head. Reread it!

[1corona4u]

35. No, it didn't.

I got it. I just don't agree with it. He did it on purpose.

[tulsakatz]

17. ok, so if that's true........

...and I'm not saying it is but let's assume for a moment that it is true. Isn't that a good reason why he is not qualified to be President?

[yardwork]

18. It looks like hardly anyone got your OP, but I laughed.

You're right. McCain just forgot his opponent's name, his own record, what day it was, and what state he was in. But he's fully competent to lead the country! No problem! Really!

Welcome to DU! We need humor here.

[AllyCat]

23. I too, thought he was searching for his name for a second...and then

came up with that doozy. "He" would have sufficed. In an Alzheimer's moment, he forgot that he was trying to pretend he's not a racist pig.

[liberal N proud]

24. My ass

He detests the ground Obama walks on.

[FloridaGrl]

25. No it was racist

[Hutzpa]

28. These malign responses

gets under my skin, it stops short of being snaky and
condescending, which means in a subtle way, do not
condemn McCain for his ignorant remarks.

Where are you people from, what has this place become???
This systematic intrusion is becoming border some.


:eyes:

[yardwork]

30. Did you read the OP? I think you missed the point.

[Hutzpa]

32. I know for a fact I did not miss anything

I'm calling it as I see it,as well as others, maybe you missed
the post and should go back and read what the OP is REALLY
asking for, I'll give you that chance to do that.

[Abacus]

29. Before responding, please note how deeply the OP's tongue is buried within the OP's cheek.

[Hutzpa]

33. Good point,

tongue tied or is it tongue twisted or put your foot in it??

:shrug:

[seabeyond]

34. it was childish. the whole repug party is childish, adolescent... n/t

[Overseas]

36. Yuk Yuk Yuk -- we love those Alzheimer's jokes.

This attempt at humor fell totally flat with me. Yuck and thud.

[pnwmom]

39. Since he won't release his medical records, and he's been showing so many signs

of deterioration lately, you might have to get used to not laughing.

[slampoet]

41. McCain IS ON THE RECORD AS A RACIST.

McCain IS ON THE RECORD AS A RACIST.

Is this innocent too?




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