You've probably heard about McCain answering a question on Iran by singing to the tune of the Beach Boys Barbara Ann, ‘Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran.’ I heard the clip on NBC this morning. They just said on a question about Iran and played the clip of the singing. Think Progress had a longer clip that included the question, see this YouTube video. The question was:
"It's well-documented that we have for quite a long time now known where the real problem is in the middle east, and in fact the president adequately described it as the axis of evil. I guess my question is that how many times do we have to prove that these people are blowing up people now nevermind if they get a nuclear weapon; when do we send them an airmail message to Tehran."
You have to admit it was a loaded and moronic question (well-documented, real problem, these people). Also notice that the clip cuts off just before he gets to the substance of his answer. The singing was in poor taste and improper for a presidential candidate, but depending on what he said after it was clearly a joke.
Already someone has editted that clip to the Greenday song "I walk along" playing the singing over and over again. At least in one of the repeated parts they included more of his answer, that he considers Iran a treat. Another clip editted pictures of bombed children after the singing.
I know it's been a world of sound bites for a while but this seems far more extreme. The level of debate just went down even further. I don't know what this election is going to bring in a year and half. It might all depend on what youtube clip is popular.
He's an older clip of McCain singing Barbara Streisand. It might be from SNL but yeah, that's in bad taste too, nevermind.
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