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McCain takes heat for Ahmadinejad space joke

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    Was senator's monkey quip racist?

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We'll Mahmoud step on the mom moon and Obama did -- John wants to be Iran first astronauts face saying this -- quote.

I've -- it'd be the first Irene to sacrifice myself for our country's scientists.

On Monday Senator John McCain to edited -- about the at rainy and not back lead to a story from last week that Iran had launched a monkey into the cosmos.

Quote so Ahmadinejad wants to be the first arabians in space wasn't -- jets their last week.

Well some on Twitter accuse McCain of being racist to which you responded lighten up folks can't everyone take a joke.

EA said lighten up wouldn't -- it has stocks and -- -- -- -- Lightning round -- are -- racist or not racist.

Moderates inside thought of inappropriate comment by the way it was and into the same Mountain -- -- -- the -- you're probably what happened to say that -- though when they don't -- whatever we can't Baghdad anyway but no not recently was up funky I think not -- -- -- it finally -- my -- sent its lottery for other furry animal out there don't you think McCain still between the same thing.

You know -- whole lot.

I'm in the last person asked couldn't we just have a website we have we can't compare rainy and some monkeys now I don't know -- just -- Braves that's not good then and that is the biggest baboon Alf they're all worldly that you're saying we can't come Harare -- Saying that I I think what McCain specifically saying that this guy's a jerk he's a monkey in the background is that hate.

I want a web page telling you what is not racist -- I go to Greg racist hate fox dot org and have a listed everything that is racist and I'm not a race I think that's sort of relax -- yet.

Joseph I racism is your bread and butter.

So you really the expert here the failure look McCain made a joke and he got a lot of backlash for -- rightfully so is the most offensive joke.

Towards monkeys and I've ever heard -- Later rounds and I'm wondering where was he -- -- -- in being the Canadian.

Brought -- down a little rumor that he it is over the head with a punch -- out of this direction -- -- You know what.

A little bit about that he made us think yeah.

-- -- it really needed some little -- nephew applied to be the first human to enter a monkey.

Yeah.

I hate -- go to the bronze -- and an off day.

Go ahead flat -- today that I don't know what I said we gotta do to --