Bomb, bomb, bomb,...bomb, bomb, Iran

[volinbham]

McCain made a little joke about bombing Iran and Moveon.org is all over him.

MoveOn ad targets McCain's 'Bomb Iran' joke - CNN.com

McCain, campaigning Wednesday in South Carolina, answered a question about military action against Iran with the chorus of the surf-rocker classic "Barbara Ann."
"That old, eh, that old Beach Boys song, Bomb Iran," he said. "Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, anyway, ah ..."
His audience laughed, but MoveOn.org called the comment dangerous.

McCain's advice to his critics:

"Please, I was talking to some of my old veterans friends," he told reporters in Las Vegas. "My response is, Lighten up and get a life."
Asked if his joke was insensitive, McCain said: "Insensitive to what? The Iranians?"

 

[utvolpj]

McCain said: "Insensitive to what? The Iranians?"

I like that response.

 

[JZVOL]

me too! Lighten up, I like it!

 

[CSpindizzy]

We'll see if this gives him a bounce in polls. The only thing is that he's losing numbers from the independents and raising his numbers with the base. That should at least help towards winning the nomination if anything.

 

[Fine Vol]

Dont type "bomb" in a crowded message board

 

[JZVOL]

Dont type "bomb" in a crowded message board

Makes me think of Meet The Parents when Ben Stiller is in the airplane.

 

[BigPapaVol]

His stance vis a vis Iran could certainly change my vote.

 

[Vol Mania 21]

I'm so sick ppl taking offense to something like that. that comment was dangerous. oh no.....hell bomb iran before they bomb us. it makes me sick, we are pansies(i have another word i'd like to use, but i believe i'd get in trouble for using it)

 

[CSpindizzy]

Right now thanks to where we are in Iraq, it will take a certifiable threat fully proven before Congress will approve another major operation regardless of where it is.

 

[OrangeEmpire]

For some reason I do not believe it.........

 

[TennTradition]

We'll see if this gives him a bounce in polls. The only thing is that he's losing numbers from the independents and raising his numbers with the base. That should at least help towards winning the nomination if anything.

In the past, that was McCain's biggest weakness. However, he has had to latch onto a war very unpopualar among the dems and indies...so he has probably lost a lot of his "old base." But...you have to get the nomination first and then seek the general...which was always his biggest weakness....we'll see i guess.