McCain Mispronounces Name of Georgian President Three Times

CNN's "American Morning" 08/12/08

[Transcription]
KIRAN CHETNY: That deadly conflict that unfolded yesterday, John McCain saw an opening. [...]

ED HENRY: [...] With Russian tanks running deeper and deeper into Georgia, John McCain is trying to seize upon the issue to show he's better prepared to be commander and chief. Appearing in Pennsylvania with Tom Ridge, the former homeland security secretary, John McCain tried to showcase his own foreign policy credentials.

MCCAIN: The United States and our allies should continue efforts to bring a resolution before the United Nations Security Council, condemning Russian aggression.

HENRY: With Barack Obama vacationing in Hawaii, McCain has the stage to himself to try to show he has the experience to handle a crisis, and claim he was ahead of the curve months ago when he started denouncing Russian leader Vladimir Putin anti-democratic muse.

MCCAIN: We must remind Russia's leaders that the benefits they enjoy from being part of the civilized world require their respect for the values, stability, and peace of the world.

HENRY: [...] McCain's offensive harkens back to the 3am ad Hillary Clinton ran in the democratic primaries to suggest Obama was not up to the job.

[3am ad shown]

HENRY: The ad didn't work for Clinton, but the McCain camp thinks the issue may resonate more in the general election with independent voters concerned about security. Though McCain's claim to have a handle on national security could be slightly undermined by mispronouncing the name of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili three times. [...] An ABC News/Washington Post poll found last month that when asked who they trust more to handle an unforeseen crisis, 50 percent said McCain, 41 percent said Obama. A 9 point edge for the Republican, but not necessarily as big as one might expect. For example, when asked who they trust to handle the economy, 54 percent said Obama, 35 percent said McCain. A 19 point edge for the Democrat.

Category:

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Tags:

• McCain
• Russia
• Georgia
• Conflict
• Foreign
• Affairs
• National
• Security
• experience
• crisis

[tygerbrite]

If McCain wins, I'll turn off television for 4 years.

[bloodflowerbill]

Terrible! Shame on you, John McCain. You learn first to pronounce right the name of a man who sacrified many lives of his citizen just for your campaign.

[thegreendestiny]

I'm sure "Sashkavili" will continue to lick McCain's ugly ass.

[markseed]

i liket obama befor now hearing this i hate him because i thot he is smart and not this stupid to think bad about russia i hope he is going to be cool with russia because if he isn't usa is screwed

[casperado666]

xD "shashkowilly" and mccain claims to be his buddy!

[PanzerfaustMonk]

Is his pronunciation relevant to anything? ANYTHING?

I'm not a huge fan of McCain either, but it's horrible how these kind of insignificant issues gum up the political process. We should care about REAL issues with REAL impacts, not how McCain isn't a perfect linguist or how Obama was friends with a "domestic terrorist."

I fucking hate this country and everyone living in it.

[XShevaX]

''With Russian tanks running deeper and deeper into Georgia'' ''Russian aggression''-- That is fucking hilarious, haahahahahahaah. These guys are full of cold war mentality.

[XShevaX]

amricans are morons, I swear. No offense to any americans here. But damn! It's so obvious.

[boosuff]

Classic scare tactics and idiots buy into it...

[babyboy11431]

If America wants Peace around the world , I think there will be no fight in between Jew + Muslim no Fight or any terrorism around the world .But American don't want this. I think White how is the Evil House where they make stupid and ugly plan to attack others and trying to show Muscle power

[champ258]

or McSame

(as bush)