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John McCain likes to act like a tough guy. It's one of the reasons people like him. It doesn't make me like him, but from what I hear some people think it's charming. In 2000, he went around saying he was going to "beat Al Gore like a drum."
Still, the person who let him say this should be pouring through the want ads.
After I whip his you know what in this debate, we're going to be going out 24/7," McCain said of his upcoming debate with Obama, but seeming to consider recent criticism that his words have been too inflammatory, he quickly told supporters to be respectful.
I don't think McCain meant anything particularly nasty by this. He was just talking trash, the way candidates do. But my advice would be not to tell everyone you're going to "whip" the black man running for president.
--A. Serwer
