[World] John McCain just forget where Spain was. Seriously, not kidding. (AMERICAblog)

posted by   mandakini (87)   2 months ago (www.wikio.co.uk)

Per a post on John Marshall's site , I just listened to an interview John McCain did with a Spanish journalist recently. The interview is in English, but there's a Spanish translator translating the tape into Spanish at the same time. So the English part is difficult to hear. I am however fluent in Spanish, and what Josh reports is exactly what the Spanish version shows. Namely, that John McCain didn't appear to know that Spain was in Europe, or that the leader of Spain was named Zapatero. This, after the interviewer told him, and I paraphrase, "Okay let's switch to Spain - would you be willing to meet with the head of our government, Mr. Zapatero." McCain then launched into this weird discussion about how friends of America are welcome, but enemies of America are not, and then he starts talking about Mexico. The reporter, obviously sensing something weird, asks him again, and again, would you be willing to meet with our president. McCain again talks about America's enemies. Finally, she says, and again I paraphrase, "Senator, I'm talking about here in Europe, in Spain, would you be willing to talk to our leader?" And McCain AGAIN starts rambling about America's enemies. What's even odder, the article about the interview in the Spanish paper says that in April McCain told El Pais during an interview that he'd love to have Zapatero visit the US, that any differences we may have had in the past are bygones. So it's simply bizarre that, if McCain actually understood what was going on during the this recent interview, that he'd now equivocate about inviting Zapatero. Either McCain had no idea what the woman was talking about when she said "Spain," and then said "our president, Mr. Zapatero," - and then he still didn't understand when she repeated, I'm talking about Spain and our president here in Spain - or McCain intentionally snubbed the country of Spain tonight for no apparent reason, which is very hard to believe. The interview is absolutely bizarre, especially in that it sounds like McCain wasn't even lucid, it sounds like he simply doesn't have complete control over his faculties anymore. And judging by the fact that just a few months ago McCain was fine with Zapatero, it sounds like McCain simply wasn't quite all there any more during the interview. He got horribly confused and didn't know what was going on. This is just incredibly disturbing.Talking Points Memo : El Cid! (More on Mccain's Liberation of Spain) ...Talking Points Memo : Losing It ...blogs : D-Day,Blog of the Moderate Left,Washblog - Front Page,Pam's House Blend,Marc Cooper...(31 posts, last update: 18/09/2008 17:02)