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McCain unwittingly promotes Yankee go home in Spain

Posted by carlgalloway • 9/23/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: mccain, spain

A few days ago Spanish TV and the newspapers were reporting on an interview with John McCain where he was asked if he would meet with Spain's president Zapatero if he is elected to the presidency. McCain responded that he wouldn't meet any leader from South America who works against US values. WTF?

Anyway, here in Spain it's turning into a bit of a joke with Yankk go home being heard everywhere. I wrote up a short post about it;
www.carlgalloway.com/archives/473-Yankee-Go-Home-being-heard-in-Spain.html

But seriously, what kind of fool is this guy if he doesn't know where Spain is?

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9/23/08

drjay1966

McCain's trying to finish the job Bush started of making Americans hated everywhere on earth....

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1. 9/23/08
  
  carlgalloway
  
  We don't hate Americans, hope you guys can take the joke, Yankee go home!
2. 9/23/08
  
  drjay1966
  
  Glad to hear it...nothing was more frustrating when I was in Europe than people blaming me for presidents I voted against...
3. 9/23/08
  
  carlgalloway
  
  Ah that old problem. It's actually quite funny the number of Americans who travel around Europe with Canadian flags on their backpacks, and most Europeans can't tell the different accents apart so they get away with it. Must choke them up a bit having to pretend to be Canadian though.
9/23/08

clioandme

I heard sometimes heard the "go home" phrase in the 80s when I was in the army and there were a lot of Americans stationed in Europe, but what's it even supposed to mean in the South American context? (And yeah, I know you're writing about Spain.)

Lest Spaniards feel slighted, they should recall McCain's gaffes about an Iraq-Pakistan border. And at least McCain hasn't supported a preemptive strike on Spain.

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1. 9/23/08
  
  carlgalloway
  
  Yet! But God help us if he decides Chavez needs to learn an American lesson and he gives the wrong instruction to the generals
10/27/08

LARdT

It seems lame that one of your candidates seems not to know where to find Spain in the map. But it is much more depressing to live under a goverment that tries to sell that issue as a foreign policy success: "They are talking about us in their campaign, ha, ha, how big and important we are". Geography can be learned, common sense cannot.

LARdT from Madrid, Spain.
Blog: "ZAPATERO Presidente y nos van dando por PONIENTE"

Thanks and I wish you americans, good luck in your presidential choice.

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