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McCain compares Iranian leader to monkey; draws GOP charge of racism - First Read
McCain compares Iranian leader to monkey;
By Domenico Montanaro, Deputy Political Editor, NBC News
Updated 12:52 pm ET. Always one to speak -- or Tweet -- his mind, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) Monday made a joke comparing Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to a monkey, something one Republican congressman charged was racist.
So Ahmadinejad wants to be first Iranian in space - wasn't he just there last week? McCain said in a tweet that also linked to a story about Iran launching a monkey into space.
Some didnt take so kindly to the not-so-diplomatic quip, prompting McCain, 76, to respond: Re: Iran space tweet - lighten up folks, can't everyone take a joke?
Seeing that, Michigan congressman Rep. Justin Amash, 32, shot back.
Maybe you should wisen up & not make racist jokes, Amash tweeted.
Not everyone on the right agreed with Amash. Conservative John Podhoretz, for example, Tweeted this: "How dare McCain say something demeaning & disparaging abt the foremost anti-Semite on the planet." And this: "So...it's defend-the-Jew-hater-from-the-war-hero day."
Its not the first time McCains made a joke about Iran that landed him in some hot water. During his run for president in 2007, McCain sang about bombing the country.
Asked by a GOP primary voter when the U.S. would send an air-mail message to Tehran, McCain said, That old Beach Boys song, Bomb Iran? Bomb, bomb, bomb, anyway.
McCains response then as now? Its just a joke -- "get a life.
When veterans are together, veterans joke, McCain said at the time. And I was with veterans and we were joking. And if somebody cant understand that, my answer is, Please, get a life.
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McCain compares Iranian leader to monkey; draws GOP charge of racism - First Read
McCain compares Iranian leader to monkey;
By Domenico Montanaro, Deputy Political Editor, NBC News
Updated 12:52 pm ET. Always one to speak -- or Tweet -- his mind, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) Monday made a joke comparing Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to a monkey, something one Republican congressman charged was racist.
So Ahmadinejad wants to be first Iranian in space - wasn't he just there last week? McCain said in a tweet that also linked to a story about Iran launching a monkey into space.
Some didnt take so kindly to the not-so-diplomatic quip, prompting McCain, 76, to respond: Re: Iran space tweet - lighten up folks, can't everyone take a joke?
Seeing that, Michigan congressman Rep. Justin Amash, 32, shot back.
Maybe you should wisen up & not make racist jokes, Amash tweeted.
Not everyone on the right agreed with Amash. Conservative John Podhoretz, for example, Tweeted this: "How dare McCain say something demeaning & disparaging abt the foremost anti-Semite on the planet." And this: "So...it's defend-the-Jew-hater-from-the-war-hero day."
Its not the first time McCains made a joke about Iran that landed him in some hot water. During his run for president in 2007, McCain sang about bombing the country.
Asked by a GOP primary voter when the U.S. would send an air-mail message to Tehran, McCain said, That old Beach Boys song, Bomb Iran? Bomb, bomb, bomb, anyway.
McCains response then as now? Its just a joke -- "get a life.
When veterans are together, veterans joke, McCain said at the time. And I was with veterans and we were joking. And if somebody cant understand that, my answer is, Please, get a life.
.