John McCain Insults Irish with Ethnic Joke

[FourScore]

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[XemaSab]

1. All Irish are stupid drunks. McCain's Irish.

Ergo... :D

[Drunken Irishman]

4. No!

McCain isn't Irish.

His family traces their line back to Scotland, NOT Ireland.

x(

[XemaSab]

11. As a Scots-Irishwoman myself

I know that! :P

[bobd0]

2. McCain is an Irish joke (no offense meant to my Irish friends and relatives)

[Drunken Irishman]

3. Yes, because all Irish are dumb and drunk.

Irish jokes are funny...if told by an Irish or Irish-American. Not by some twit who's Scottish and not Irish.

:eyes:

[izquierdista]

5. O'Reilly twins??

Reagan twins. Now THAT'S funny. :rofl: :rofl:

[Wizard777]

8. The thought of Bill O'Reilly having a twin is just scarey.

[Ashy Larry]

6. McCain doesn't know why he can't tell more ethnic jokes.

He doesn't know why that is.

[Heather MC]

17. I wonder what other "ethnic" jokes would he tell "if he could"

ass hat

[PatSeg]

7. I've heard that joke before

and actually its pretty funny, but somehow its not very funny when McCain tells it.

[Zuiderelle]

9. Nice that he has time to joke around when he should be "fixing our economy"

[LeighAnn]

10. Like he'd tell others if he could

"It's the only ethnic joke I can tell. I don't know why that is" means, if it were okay to joke about African Americans and Hispanics, he would.

[jimlup]

12. Is he filling time??

I mean really? Doesn't the guy have more important things to do with his mic time? He's Irish enough that it isn't really "offensive" but but this is sad. Somebody should give this guy a clue.

[jrockford]

13. I guess I don't even understand why an "ethnic" joke was so necessary. It's almost as if he was

lamenting that you can't tell them anymore..

[Steelworker In OH]

14. McPalin walks into a bar...

just to shoot a moose.... yeah, not really funny but who gives a crap.

Hey assbag McLame, I'm Irish, my Great-Gandparents rode of here on a boat eating potatoes and drinking the whole way, ya don't see me taking up valuable time at work telling jokes about it you halfwit. Everyone loves a good joke, ethnic or not, when told by appropiate people at appropiate times.... if you wanna tell jokes at your "townhall" meetings and rallies, tell POLITICAL jokes... heres a few you could tell about your WONDERFUL VP pick...

How you can tell that Sarah Palin is from Alaska:

Sarah Palin knows how to skin a moose with a penknife.
Sarah Palin wrote a Caribou recipe book.
Sarah Palin know which leaves are safe to use for toilet paper.
Sarah Palin rides to the Governor's mansion on a stretch snowmobile.
Sarah Palin has waffle soles on her high heels.
If you ask Sarah Palin what the four seasons in Alaska are she will tell you that they're Early Winter, Winter, Late Winter and Road Repair.
Sarah Palin keeps her lipstick in her hunting bag.

or even better, how about some you'd know best... Your own campaign...

Q. Why is John McCain running for President?
A. It was at the top of his bucket list.

"The nice thing about Alzheimer's is you get to hide your own Easter eggs." --John McCain

/end rant

[ejbr]

15. What was the purpose of that?!

Does this mean the next time I go see stand up comedy, the comic is going to tell us how he is going to fix the country???!

[ksimons]

16. I thought he was going to say it was the Bush brothers getting drunk again

oh well, my bad

[gateley]

18. I've told that joke before - maybe even here on DU -- but I can. I got the

creds. McCain doesn't. I can also tell a hell of a Catholic joke :evilgrin:

[happygoluckytoyou]

19. JUST SENT IT TO MY IRISH SON-IN-LAW.... just lost another vote ! how about another wifebeater joke

he'd tell an asshole joke--- but then he'd have to vote for obama