Who Is Zapatero, Alex?

Posted on 09/18/2008 at 8:37 am by Bob Cesca

In an interview, McCain didn’t recognize the name of Spain’s prime minister, and the Spanish press is alluding to the fact that he might not know where Spain is.

He’s the very serious foreign policy wizard.

UPDATE: Audio. Shhh! McCain is sleepy.

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  • recruitgal

    Holy cow. You’d think that with our ever dwindling number of allies, we’d find it easier to remember who they are, and where they are. I’m writing this from Europe (McCain, that’s a large landmass about 3000 miles to the east).Maybe because Europe overwhelmingly wants Obama to win, McC has just written the continent off as unimportant.

  • http://livefreeordie08.wordpress.com LiveFreeOrDie08

    I really didn’t think there was much to this story…but I just now listened to the interview, and OMG. The interviewer CLEARLY prefaces the question with “OK, let’s talk about Spain”, and then, after TWO horrible responses from McLame where he obviously thinks she’s talking about some Central American 3rd world leader and is balking on a commitment to engage…she finally comes out with what must have been an awkward statement “I’m talking about the President of Spain.” And HE STILL DOESN’T WAKE UP!! He repeats the gaffe for the 4th time!!!Shia vs. Sunni? Your garden variety redneck ain’t gonna know or care about the differenceMexico vs. Spain? They all made it through the 3rd grade. This one’s gonna stick.Let’s all send the McCain camp pairs of comfy slippers and wish Johnny a happy retirement.

  • Phoenicia

    I’ll bet my unmortgaged Thames-side house that McCain thought it was Emiliano Zapata. Hmmmmm, Zapatero, Zapatero ???? some Spanish-y name ending in a vowel? Cue ‘Adelita’ (the ‘Viva Zapata’ movie theme music, starring Marlon Brando.) That’s it, the Mexican terrorist!McCain is held in such universal contempt by foreign leaders and their citizens that his election should be unthinkable.

  • Nanotyrannus

    Let’s address another golden nugget from the interview, something that we don’t want McFeeble to engage in…Terrifying Equation timePresident + Everything in My Power to Support Democracy + Latin American Nation = CIA Shenanigans, Destabilization of the entire region, assassinations, Corporations shitting all over native peoples, and on and on and on.I don’t know why we don’t regard people like McCain, Palin, Buchanan and the like as the dictator wannabe thugs that they really are. They wear an American Flag Lapel Pin (Official Lapel Pin of the 2008 Presidential Election) and suddenly we have to “honor their service to our country.”Believe me, if we had a system of government that allowed the military to back certain leaders, this bunch would have no problem throwing their considerable lack of intellect around with tanks and machine guns backing them up. Imagine an idiot like Sarah Palin in charge with the National Guard, Blackwater and NSA at her disposal.Oh shit, I forgot…