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McCain's New Campaign Song?
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ABC News' Bret Hovell Reports: Politics watchers have an excuse to continue humming "Barbara Ann" around the water cooler this week.
The campaign of GOP presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., played the now infamous Beach Boys' surfer classic during two campaign events in Columbia and Greenville, South Carolina on Thursday -- the senator's first campaign day since officially announcing he's running for president.
McCain was criticized this month when he responded to a question about a preemptive strike against Iran by creating new lyrics for the Beach Boys song.
"Remember that old Beach Boys' song, Bomb Iran?" he asked the crowd. "Bomb-bomb-bomb - anyway."
McCain's has deflected the criticism, saying he has always and will continue to use homor on the campaign trail. Those who don't like that should "get a life", he has said.
His campaign seems to have adopted the same mentality.
"I think it's our team in South Carolina's way of showing they have a good sense of humor," said McCain's communications director Brian Jones. "And let's face it, it's a catchy tune."
In a press briefing immediately following the event, McCain said he was surprised the song was played and didn't intend to sing the 'Bomb Iran' tune again.
But, he said, "I said it before and I'll continue to say it, you gotta have a sense of humor."
April 26, 2007 in Thompson, Fred | Permalink | User Comments (3)
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How irresponsible and reckless for McCain to joke about bombing another country. This is the same arrogance and bravado attitude that the Bush administration used to destroy the good will, credibility, and respect that America once had with the rest of the world prior to the Iraq war. It seems McCain would provide more of the same bad behavior. I don't buy that he has a free pass to make light of serious and sensitive issues because of his veteran status. It's reckless and dangerous behavior for anyone with presidential ambitions.
Posted by: John | Apr 26, 2007 4:59:58 PM
The bush foreign policy of destruction is lunacy while the foreign policy of self defense is solid policy. The idiocy of michael savage shows how vulnerable Isreal is and how they think lobbing nukes would save them is more lunacy. Refugees would flood in and turn that state into a delightful color really...might be the result of that militaristic doughhead sappiness. Is that a word????
Posted by: frodaddy | Apr 26, 2007 6:26:23 PM
Hopefully the Beach Boys will ask McCain to stop using their song. I can't believe they'd want to be associated with McCain at this point.
Posted by: Heidi L | Apr 27, 2007 1:36:17 PM
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