Thursday, September 18, 2008

Donde Esta El Zapatero?*

If you haven't seen the interview of McCain showing a complete lack of knowledge about the Prime Minister of Spain, watch now. It's frightening.



The whole thing reminds me of Mr. Burns in the episode Deep Space Homer. Mr. Burns begins the worker of the month (or week?) announcement thusly:
"Compadres, it is imperative that we crush the Freedom Fighters before the start of the rainy season. And remember, a shiny new donkey to whoever brings me the head of Colonel Montoya. Huh? Wha? Oh by that I mean to announce the worker of the month." (Or something to that effect).

Of course, an old, senile, evil, wealthy, corporate baron who runs for political office to further his business interests (and abolish regulations) is funny in a cartoon. In reality, it's just depressing. We have a candidate running on "foreign policy experience" stating that he won't necessarily meet with a NATO/EU member. Is this a joke?

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4 Comments:

Blogger Patrick Bageant said...

"Many people feel that Latin America is ignored in Washington. If you are elected, what would you do to not forget Latin America?"

"Pay more attention."

9/18/2008 11:44 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

yawn

9/19/2008 9:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It's clear, from 3:46 on, that McCain had no idea who Zapatero is. He dodges the question with a platitude about "our friends" and shared values. Painful.

9/19/2008 1:02 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Give the poor old guy a break. Heck, my grandpa's senile too.

9/20/2008 6:12 AM  

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