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So what if the Rev. Jesse Jackson said he wants to “cut [Obama’s] nuts off”? Oh … they caught it on tape? Hmmm … that could be damaging. And he made some other, potentially racist comments? So … that can’t be good. And you say The O’Reilly Factor is going to air the comments on tonight’s broadcast? Huh … well, that could be quite terrible really.

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Sen. John McCain hasn't had good luck joking about Iran. But he tried it again Tuesday.

Responding to a question about a survey that shows increased exports to Iran, mainly from cigarettes, McCain said, "Maybe that's a way of killing them."

He quickly caught himself, saying "I meant that as a joke" as his wife, Cindy, poked him in the back.

Last time, it was also Iran. His singing about bombing Iran to the theme of the Beach Boy's "Barbara Ann" drew derision from many quarters but a "lighten up" response from McCain.

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What he said, exactly, we won’t know until 8 p.m. EDT tonight, but Rev. Jesse Jackson is already very, very sorry for a “crude and hurtful” remark about Barack Obama that he made to a reporter Sunday when he didn’t realize a microphone was running.

In damage control mode, Jackson emphasized his support for Obama’s campaign as he distanced himself from comments that will air on Fox’s “The O’Reilly Factor” this evening. (Fox News is owned by News Corp., which also owns Dow Jones & Co., publisher of The Wall Street Journal.)

In a statement Jackson explained that his remark was an aside in a conversation about how Obama addresses issues in the black community: “My appeal was for the moral content of his message to not only deal with the personal and moral responsibility of black males, but to deal with the collective moral responsibility of government and the public policy which would be a corrective action for the lack of good choices that often led to their irresponsibility.”

Jackson’s pre-emptive apology has fueled online speculation about his colorful language, which was offensive enough for his son, Illinois Democratic Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. to say he was “deeply outraged and disappointed in Reverend Jackson’s reckless statements” in a statement intended to “reject and repudiate his ugly rhetoric.”

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Responding to a question about a survey that shows increased exports to Iran, mainly from cigarettes, McCain said, "Maybe that's a way of killing them."

He quickly caught himself, saying "I meant that as a joke" as his wife, Cindy, poked him in the back.

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Jackson is probably bitter he wasn't the first black candidate for president like he so wanted to be.  I don't like him, but it is understandable. 

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Can we expect better, or is it just human nature to say things we wish we could take back?
 
People say stupid things all the time, these guys were near a microphone and now have embarrassed themselves on the world stage.
 
If countless people were following you around with a mic all the time, would something "come out" eventually?

About that hidden bug in your house, you might want to reconsider singing in the shower... 

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What he said, exactly, we won’t know until 8 p.m. EDT tonight, but Rev. Jesse Jackson is already very, very sorry for a “crude and hurtful” remark about Barack Obama that he made to a reporter Sunday when he didn’t realize a microphone was running.

In damage control mode, Jackson emphasized his support for Obama’s campaign as he distanced himself from comments that will air on Fox’s “The O’Reilly Factor” this evening. (Fox News is owned by News Corp., which also owns Dow Jones & Co., publisher of The Wall Street Journal.)

In a statement Jackson explained that his remark was an aside in a conversation about how Obama addresses issues in the black community: “My appeal was for the moral content of his message to not only deal with the personal and moral responsibility of black males, but to deal with the collective moral responsibility of government and the public policy which would be a corrective action for the lack of good choices that often led to their irresponsibility.”

Jackson’s pre-emptive apology has fueled online speculation about his colorful language, which was offensive enough for his son, Illinois Democratic Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. to say he was “deeply outraged and disappointed in Reverend Jackson’s reckless statements” in a statement intended to “reject and repudiate his ugly rhetoric.”

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/07/09/jesse-jackson-apologizes-for-crude-and-hurtful-obama-remarks/?mod=googlenews_wsj

The son rejects the father.....

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LOL McCains comment was hilarious... Not as good as when he said Chelsea Clinton was so ugly cause Janet Reno was the father or when he sang Bomb Bomb Bomb Iran to the tune of "Barbara Ann" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-zoPgv_nYg

See thats what makes McCain such a great leader, he relates to people... Hes Navy to the core and says what we all think...  :)

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LOL McCains comment was hilarious... Not as good as when he said Chelsea Clinton was so ugly cause Janet Reno was the father or when he sang Bomb Bomb Bomb Iran to the tune of "Barbara Ann" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-zoPgv_nYg

See thats what makes McCain such a great leader, he relates to people... Hes Navy to the core and says what we all think...  :)

What is the difference between this and Ahmadinejad saying Israel should be wiped off the map?

I'll tell you. If McCain is President, he'll have far more power to bomb Iran than Ahmadinejad has as president to bomb Israel.

You might say McCain was just joking but for someone in his position to make such jokes, he's pretty sick.