Oh my. Who would have thought that the biggest gaffe of the campaign wouldn't come from Sarah Palin or Joe Biden? Some background. A Democratic Congressman from western Pennsylvania named John Murtha made headlines by calling his region of the state "racist." While the old "win over your constituents by calling them racist" ploy is the oldest trick in the book (I didn't say what book,) some people have taken Murtha's words to be insulting. Who are you to call these people, some of whom own Steelers jerseys with a black man's last name emblazoned on the back, racist?
Well, non-racist people of western Pennsylvania, John McCain thinks that anyone who calls you racist is . . . absolutely right? Wait, what?
He recovered nicely (not really) but how awkward was that. Look at that guy in the red hat's face. He's so confused. Why would John McCain invite him onstage to stand near an attractive Asian girl only to insult his home state? Luckily, he lives in "the most patriotic part of the country" so he was humming Lee Greenwood in his head the whole time.
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