President Obama has often received bipartisan praise for his speechmaking skills. ... Senator John McCain (R-AZ), in good humor, sang “Bomb, bomb Iran” on April 19, ... He pointed out in a serious tone, “The Qur'an is perfect just the way it is.. Senator John McCain charged that Senator Barack Obama's policies toward Iraq ... Party to lay out a series of substantive attacks on Mr. Obama, his likely ... the Beach Boys song “Barbara Ann” as “Bomb Iran” — referred in his speech ... And he called for the United Nations to impose tougher political and .... The mythical John McCain is an affable, straight-talking, moderately ... to calling Mr. Obama a traitor, and Senator McCain should apologize ... “Bomb-bomb Iran” to the tune of “Barbara Ann” by the Beach Boys. ... You may opt-out at any time. ... that he has a short fuse and has at times made jokes about it.
John McCain (AZ) joked about bombing Iran this week during a campaign appearance in Murrells Inlet, S.C.. McCain was asked by an audience .... Obama's Policy of “Tough Diplomacy” Sasan Fayazmanesh ... attack on Iran, McCain replied: “You know that old Beach Boys song, Bomb Iran?” and ... Yet, the media failed to point out that the joke was troublesome coming from a man who ... 2008, reported the incident extensively: Senator John McCain's trip overseas was ...
The gnarled maverick outpolls his party and might even beat Barack Obama. ... while similarly indulgent, at least pointed out many, many facts the Economist ... you omit : McCain once called a fellow Republican senator 'a ******* jerk', and told ... Also omitted : MCain's singing of 'Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran' to the .... John McCain interviewed by CNN's John King, March 21, 2008.. How YouTube Is Changing the World . . . with Double Rainbows, Singing Foxes, ... of Senator John McCain and Governor Mitt Romney.3 The loss took Allen out of ... review a comeback strategy in the wake of President Obama's election, it was said ... McCain jokingly referencing “that old Beach Boys song, 'Bomb Iran' ” and .... John McCain's famous riff on "Barbara Ann." But when McCain said, "Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb-bomb Iran," he was joking, sort of. ... calling on President Barack Obama to use the famous military option that he's always ... Western investment in Iran's oil and gas industry is like putting out a welcome mat for .... Occupations, Interventions, Empire and Resistance Noam Chomsky ... is dangerous in the extreme that in the cauldron of animosities that we call the Middle East, ... like John McCain, joking about what fun it would be to bomb Iran and to kill ... Barack Obama declares that he would do “everything in my power” to prevent Iran ...
Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama debated in Nashville, ... And, in fact, we just found out that AIG, a company that got a bailout, just a week ... "Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran," who called for the annihilation of North Korea. ... I say -- I was joking with a veteran -- I hate to even go into this.. Lieberman gives Obama a deadline of the end of 2010 before he has to ... the missing two-part harmony to Senator John McCain's famous riff on "Barbara Ann." But when McCain said, "Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb-bomb Iran," he was joking, ... Until now, calls for bombing Iran have been mostly limited to the .... "Bomb bomb bomb/Bomb bomb Iran," sang the Arizona senator, when asked about the proper U.S. posture towards Tehran, though he later said he was just joking. ... bombing campaign that accurately takes out all of the Iranian nuclear ... President Obama: In 2010, Gingrich called Iran's nuclear aspirations .... McCain's joke was thought to be a reference to an actual parody of the Beach Boys song “Barbara Ann”, called “Bomb Iran.” In 1980, a group .... John McCain hasn't had good luck joking about Iran. ... The Timetable for Pulling our Troops out of Afghanastan depends on technology. ... Elect McCain we stay; elect Obama, we stay until the wells run dry or until some PhD invents ... Singing bomb bomb bomb iran, talking about killing iranians with cigarettes.. it is simply a .... How Comedy, Irony, and Satire Shaped Post-9/11 America Ted Gournelos, ... of Barry Blitt's July 2008 New Yorker cover that depicted Barack Obama as a terrorist, U.S. politics and culture have been impacted by 9/11-inflected jokes, satires, ... (September 2007), and John McCain's singing “Bomb Iran, bomb, bomb Iran” at .... Bomb Iran is the name of several parodies of the Regents' 1961 song "Barbara Ann", originally ... "Bomb Iran" gained a resurgence in notoriety in 2007 during John McCain's 2008 ... the first publicly known version of this parody was recorded by a group called "The Baritone ... Sidoti, Liz: "McCain Jokes About Bombing Iran".. John McCain is far more consistently bad than you've been led to believe. ... Because Janet Reno is her father,” he joked at a 1998 Republican fundraiser ... and tirelessness — speaking out against repression and authoritarianism, ... bomb, bomb, bomb” Iran; who listened to him call for an escalation of the ... eff9728655