McCain's Brother: VA Suburbs "Communist Country"

WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate John McCain's brother made an apparent joke at a campaign rally this weekend that might not play well in parts of newly competitive Virginia.

Joe McCain, speaking at an event in support of his brother, called two Democratic-leaning areas in Northern Virginia "communist country," according to a report on The Washington Post's Web site.

"I've lived here for at least 10 years and before that about every third duty I was in either Arlington or Alexandria, up in communist country," Joe McCain, a Navy veteran, said at an event in Loudoun County, Va.

Joe McCain then apologized, but the remark drew laughter at the event, according to the report.

Virginia has long been a Republican stronghold in presidential elections, but Democrat Barack Obama is running even or ahead of McCain in recent state polls. Obama is being helped by fast-growing communities in the Washington, D.C., suburbs of Northern Virginia, which tend to vote more Democratic than other parts of the state.

One of those areas is Arlington, Va., where John McCain owns a condominium.

"This was Joe McCain's unsuccessful attempt at humor," said McCain campaign spokeswoman Gail Gitcho. "John McCain and Sarah Palin are committed to winning the support of voters in Northern Virginia and understand the region's importance to victory statewide."

Comments

[Tinsdale]

Dear Joe McCain,
May I call you, Joe?
Say it aint so, Joe! There ya go again.
P.S. Does your comment include Langley, Virginia? Inquiring minds want to know.

[Liszt]

Bigoted white humour at its best.

[MadeinAmericaProud]

darn tootin or you betcha, take you-all's pick. I am just starting to get folklike.

[faithfully]

The McCain brothers are a real barrel of laughs. (not)

[Bftsplk]

Or the Pentagon, or Arlington Cemetery?

[HeIsTheOne]

Joseph Pinckney McCain II, born April 26, 1942, also referrered to as Joe McCain, is a stage actor, newspaper reporter, and brother of John McCain. He is the son of John S. McCain, Jr. and Roberta McCain and was born at the hospital on the naval base in New London, Connecticut.

Jack of all trades. Clearly qualified to designate communist districts in his area. LOL.

[barbwiregrrl]

Humm a stage actor....is he G@Y?? :)

[HeIsTheOne]

At least he was born in a state of the US, unlike mcsame who was born in Panama.

Thespian, what say you? A 66 year old actor slash newspaper reporter. Yikes. Wonder if he has anger management issues too?

[faithfully]

what's with their middle names? Sydney? Pinkney?

[lbjranch]

Hussein?

[MadeinAmericaProud]

voter bully, treasonous coward, china's joker

[Honza]

Wanna bet there are a lot of recruits fighting in Iraq that come fron the VA suburbs, so I say to another old Joe McCain zip it, and go live with John and Cindy.

[tempting]

http://www.linktv.org/specials Check out these issues before you make up your mind.

[Burgess]

Who the hell are you trying to Tempting, get out of here with your insinuations and lies and your stupid linktv bs

[swanie]

In addition to the other comments below, I lived and worked in Fairfax County for almost 20 years before I moved to Arizona in 2006, so I speak from some experiential expertise.

McBush's brother is somewhat correct, and his attitude reminds me of the red necks, bigots, racists, and "good ol' boys" who also lived in northern Virginia. Fortunately most of them were NOT in Fairfax County, but were in Prince William, Faquier, Loudoun and other outlying counties. But, as the population grew, it became more educated, more well off, and les tolerant of the attitudes of the "good ol' boy" types in the area. And they didn't like it but .

[barbwiregrrl]

Yessh I meant...their mother must be so proud of her offspring. McDumb and McDumber

[UCSD101]

Another NUT, Newt Gingrich:

Posted by: unite4change

CAUGHT ON TAPE: NEWT GINGRICH - OTHER'S

Palin not ready, (prepared) for Katie Couric interview – but preferred by Newt over Obama to be President.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luwqRA0GWGc

OBAMA-BIDEN 2008

[barbwiregrrl]

McDumb and McDumber's moth must be so proud of her gene pool.

[gretcheno]

She must have taught them this type of h a t r e d! He is 72 and who knows how old she is and they are from that era of r a c i a l hatred and bigotry.

[DaOne]

Keep talking bro, keep talking..................

Obama 08

[morefromLA]

Yeah, he misspoke. He meant to say it's terrorist country.

[Big0725]

Another Virginia "macaca moment"!

[mistlesuede]

Couldn't this be the "macaca" moment of 2004? I sure hope someone caught this on a camera phone or on video and wants to share it with the MSM.

[RockySoldier]

was that virginia i just saw turning blue?

thanks, joe!

[Jacob77030]

I love the philosophy at Mccain hqs. If you can't win just resort to childish name-calling. Don't worry Sarah will smooth things out by telling us what she just read on her starbucks latte.

[BigHeadTodd]

The McApple doesn't fall far from the tree, eh? John McCain being a prisoner of war does not give him license to tell scatological "jokes" as a public servant and United States senator. I don't care if salt-of-the-earth or "mavericky" describes someone who uses that language in their private home conversations, it's wrong for HIM to make these kinds of PUBLIC comments and it's wrong for his BROTHER to make outrageously nonsense "jokes" in public as well.

McCain is at the TOP of this REACTIONARY party ticket and he should be ashamed and pull out of the race for his conduct thus far.

People have been arrested in this country in the last seven years for merely wearing "BUCK FUSH"
t-shirts, and McCain and his band of hateful followers are spouting off at the mouth in a vain attempt to throw red meat to an ever-DECREASING band of people who really only want to talk about how to fix the ECONOMY and save JOBS from going overseas, not hear McCain & Company play the fear/race/hate cards.

[topkatnc]

I hope that Virgina and North Carolina will go Democrat this time. Please vote for the person and not the party.