Spain, Venezuela; What’s The Difference?
Posted on September 18, 2008 by andrew
John McCain wants to fight everyone. Even Spain.
Well, that’s not entirely fair. He doesn’t know who Spain’s leader is, but the guy has a funny name and John McCain’s default position therefore is to fight him.
Read Josh Marshall’s posts on the matter. The TPM crew is having some trouble figuring out precisely what happened due to translation issues, but the basic situation appears to be as follows: John McCain was being interviewed by a Spanish news outlet. He was, presumably, briefed by his campaign for this interview. The interviewer asked McCain a question about Spanish Prime Minster Zapatero after some questions about US-Latin America issues. McCain appeared to be uncertain of Zapatero’s identity, but quickly bluffed his way through some tough-guy talk about standing up to America’s enemies.
So, John McCain lacks the foreign policy experience that has served as the basis for his campaign: He ought to know who the leader of Spain is, especially when he’s just been prepped for a Spanish interview. Even more troubling, John McCain’s default position when he lacks information is to slip into bellicose rhetoric.
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