The mystery is this: Is John McCain secretly a white supremacist? No American wants to believe it, but one cannot help asking this question after reading Gook.
The racial slur "gook" has a secret history of its own, evolving from war to war, from the U.S. conquest of the Philippines to its occupation of Haiti, to North African colonial conflicts, to the Korean War. The epithet reached a crescendo during the Vietnam War and then infiltrated the common American vocabulary.
Asian American author Irwin A. Tang writes of his own frightening run- ins with the KKK as a child, but he pulls no punches in chronicling the disturbing history of John McCain's relationships with white supremacists and racist, warmongering preachers.
"John McCain supported the rescinding of Martin Luther King Day while sending his own money to terrorists in Nicaragua," said Tang. "That sums up the entire notion of the word 'gook.' Some people, whether they are black Americans or Asian or Latino peasants, are simply subhuman to the most powerful, most cynical politicians."
Gook examines McCain's partnering with leading white supremacist Richard Quinn, as well as McCain's endorsement of hate group lecturer George Wallace, Jr. for lieutenant governor, both actions fitting with his support for the Confederate flag as an official state symbol.
I hate the gooks, said John McCain, I will hate them as long as I live. Senator McCain said these words when asked about his continued use of the racial slur, "gook."
John McCain has told us who he is.
John McCain supported the rescinding of Martin Luther King Day.
John McCain keeps on his payroll white supremacists, race-baiting swiftboaters and lobbyists for dictators and terrorists. John McCain endorsed George Wallace, Jr., a favorite speaker among white supremacists. He fought to keep the Confederate battle flag flying over South Carolina. He seems to subscribe to a brand of religion- inspired bellicosity that calls for the U.S. to wage war for the sake of imparting our values upon humanity. McCain promised to immediately start wars in North Korea, Libya, and Iraq during his first presidential campaign, and in 2008 he has promised new wars to come. He sent his own money to the contra guerillas, and even visited their illegal war camp. War is the way of John McCain, and racial bias makes it easy to execute those wars. Long before George W. Bush became president, McCain planned an invasion of Iraq. He lobbied for an Iraq invasion just days after 9/11, and when it came time to convince the American people, he insisted that the Iraq War would be easily won. The combination of racism and warmongering are perfectly encapsulated in gook, a racist term formed during numerous U.S. wars, from the invasion of the Philippines (1898-1902) to the occupation of Haiti in 1920, to the Korean and Vietnam Wars. John McCain used this anti-Asian slur freely with the media until he was forced to stop for fear of sabotaging his own presidential ambitions. The portrait of John McCain painted in Gook is far more disturbing than any racial epithet. A central thesis of Gook: war fertilizes racism, and racism justifies wars and the killing of civilians. This dynamic thrives within the most dangerous leaders of the world. Is John McCain one of them?
Work From Home wrote: > The mystery is this: Is John McCain secretly a white supremacist? No > American wants to believe it, but one cannot help asking this question > after reading Gook.
> The racial slur "gook" has a secret history of its own, evolving from > war to war, from the U.S. conquest of the Philippines to its > occupation of Haiti, to North African colonial conflicts, to the > Korean War. The epithet reached a crescendo during the Vietnam War and > then infiltrated the common American vocabulary.
> Asian American author Irwin A. Tang writes of his own frightening run- > ins with the KKK as a child, but he pulls no punches in chronicling > the disturbing history of John McCain's relationships with white > supremacists and racist, warmongering preachers.
> "John McCain supported the rescinding of Martin Luther King Day while > sending his own money to terrorists in Nicaragua," said Tang. "That > sums up the entire notion of the word 'gook.' Some people, whether > they are black Americans or Asian or Latino peasants, are simply > subhuman to the most powerful, most cynical politicians."
> Gook examines McCain's partnering with leading white supremacist > Richard Quinn, as well as McCain's endorsement of hate group lecturer > George Wallace, Jr. for lieutenant governor, both actions fitting with > his support for the Confederate flag as an official state symbol.
> I hate the gooks, said John McCain, I will hate them as long as I > live. Senator McCain said these words when asked about his continued > use of the racial slur, "gook."
> John McCain has told us who he is.
> John McCain supported the rescinding of Martin Luther King Day.
> John McCain keeps on his payroll white supremacists, race-baiting > swiftboaters and lobbyists for dictators and terrorists. John McCain > endorsed George Wallace, Jr., a favorite speaker among white > supremacists. He fought to keep the Confederate battle flag flying > over South Carolina. He seems to subscribe to a brand of religion- > inspired bellicosity that calls for the U.S. to wage war for the sake > of imparting our values upon humanity. McCain promised to immediately > start wars in North Korea, Libya, and Iraq during his first > presidential campaign, and in 2008 he has promised new wars to come. > He sent his own money to the contra guerillas, and even visited their > illegal war camp. War is the way of John McCain, and racial bias makes > it easy to execute those wars. Long before George W. Bush became > president, McCain planned an invasion of Iraq. He lobbied for an Iraq > invasion just days after 9/11, and when it came time to convince the > American people, he insisted that the Iraq War would be easily won. > The combination of racism and warmongering are perfectly encapsulated > in gook, a racist term formed during numerous U.S. wars, from the > invasion of the Philippines (1898-1902) to the occupation of Haiti in > 1920, to the Korean and Vietnam Wars. John McCain used this anti-Asian > slur freely with the media until he was forced to stop for fear of > sabotaging his own presidential ambitions. The portrait of John McCain > painted in Gook is far more disturbing than any racial epithet. A > central thesis of Gook: war fertilizes racism, and racism justifies > wars and the killing of civilians. This dynamic thrives within the > most dangerous leaders of the world. Is John McCain one of them?
I see McCain more as a bland, boring, albino. He is not a racist. He is more like a toad stool that mouths what he thinks will sway the Walmart crowd. America, Jesus and Professional Wrestling.
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