John McCain Makes Spanish Gaffes During Interview
By Juan Gonzalez
Daily News Staff Writer
Where is Spain, John McCain?
Republican Presidential John McCain showed some confusion Wednesday night about the identity of the Prime Minister of Spain and exactly where that country of 40 million people is located.
In an interview with a Florida affiliate of Spain's Union Radio, McCain was asked, if elected president, would he invite Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero to the White House.
"I would be willing to meet with those leaders who are friends and want to work with us in a cooperative fashion," McCain said. He then mentioned Mexican President Calderon, who he said "is fighting a very tough fight against the drug cartels."
When the reporter repeated that he was talking about Spain, McCain responded: "I know the issues, I know the leaders."
Asked again if he would invite Zapatero, McCain shot back:
"All I can tell you is that I have a clear record of working with leaders in the Hemisphere that are friends with us and standing up to those who are not and that's judged on the basis of the importance of our relationship with Latin America and the entire region."
Spain is a longtime NATO ally, has nearly 1,000 soldiers fighting with the U.S. in Afghanistan, and was the target one of the worst Al Qaeda attacks in 2004.
It is also happens to be located in Europe, not the Western Hemisphere - and Zapatero is no johnny-come-lately: He's been in office for four years.
Reader Comments
McCain on Spain
Spain is the 8th largest world economy, the sixth largest world investor, the first or second investor in Latin America ( depending on the country) and the fourth largest investor in the US ( all according to OCDE statistics). Furthermore, Spain has played a major role in world history and also in US history. It was Spain, not France, the country which provided more material help to the American insurgents against the British ( an independent US reciprocated by appropiating most of the remaining Spanish territory in North American and by declaring an illegal was against Spain over Cuba- remember the Maine?). Spain is also a major contributor to stability operations from Libanon to Afghanistan ( alongside the US) and it has an active diplomacy not only in Europe and Latin America, but also in the Mediterranean, the Middle East and Subsaharan Africa. Its language and culture are shared by more than 400 million people around the world.....and a candidate for leading the US does not know where Spain is? Oh dear¡
McCain
IF ANYONE IS A LIER IT IS obama , HE IS A LIER, WHITE HATER UNLESS FOR HIS PERSONAL GAIN. IT WAS OK WHEN HE WAS GETTING THE SECOND HIGHEST YIELD BEFORE THE CRASH. HE HAS A BROTHER THAT LIVES ON $1.00 A MONTH AND HE IS A MILLIONAIRE. YOU ARE WHO YOU ASSOCIATE WITH AND LOOK WHAT HE HAS ASSOCIATED WITH. SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT WHO HE REALLY IS. HE HATES WHITE, DIDNT EVEN RESPECT HIS MOTHERS RACE , AS SAID IN HIS BOOK. MCCAIN LOVES HIS COUNTRY NOT WHAT HE CAN GET OUT OF IT. HE HAS MONEY. HAS ALWAYS LIVED A DECENT LIFE. NEVER HAD TO STEP ON PEOPLE OR LIE TO GET IT. IF HE DOESNT GET IN WE WILL BE IN FOR A WORLD AWAKENING AND IT WILL BE TO LATE FOR AMERICA. TALK ABOUT DEPRESSION, BUT I AM SURE obama WILL MAKE SURE HE HAS HIS OWN PERSONAL GAIN
More Bush
Just more of GW with McSame's ignorant replies and canned answers. The "yur either fer us or agin us" mentality. Be very afraid.
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