McCain jokes about killing Iranians with cigarettes

[johnnie]

PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Presidential candidate John McCain, who once sang in jest about bombing Iran, on Tuesday reacted to a report of rising U.S. cigarette exports to the country by saying it may be "a way of killing 'em."


McCain, known for acerbic comments and for sometimes firing verbally from the hip, was responding to a report that U.S. exports to Iran rose tenfold during President George W. Bush's term in office despite hostility between the two states.

A rise in cigarette sales was a big part of that, according to an Associated Press analysis of seven years of U.S. trade figures.

"Maybe that's a way of killing 'em," McCain said to reporters during a campaign stop in Pittsburgh. "I meant that as a joke, as a person who hasn't had a cigarette in 28 years, 29 years," he added, laughing.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080709/pl_nm/usa_politics_mccain_iran_dc_1

[babylonsister]

1. He is a bufoon! No common sense? Cultural awareness? Whaddup with

this idiot, he sounds worse than the blivet.

[Maat]

2. What a sick (word deleted)!

What kind of brains do his fans have? Doh!

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. I was just getting ready to post this

He sure likes to laugh about killing Iranians.

Yeah, real funny, Johnny Boy, death is just hilarious.

[johnnie]

5. Yeah, he's a real card

But that is just typical coming from a republican mind.

[TwilightGardener]

4. OK, Grampa, time to wheel you back to your room now. Naptime.

[FourScore]

10. LOL. n/t

[eleny]

6. Time for me to go check out some crafting blogs so I can calm down

He's just too awful. :cry:

[midnight]

7. He lives in a cacoon.

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. And he is a baboon

[Dreamer Tatum]

9. In point of fact, people in other countries smoke like chimneys

I am always shocked at the number of people who smoke in countries I've visited all over the place.
I haven't been to Iran, but I know that their per capita tobacco consumption is incredible. Doesn't excuse
McCain, of course.