John McCain Does His Trollface When Asked About Obama/Hitler Comment

 

Prior to the 2008 Presidential Election, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) was often the moderate voice from the GOP in the Senate. He often “reached across the aisle” in bi-partisan negotiations throughout his career. Often, he still does. Unfortunately, Old Man McCain does not seem to improve with age. In fact, the older he gets, the more he reminds one of their embarrassingly drunk Uncle at a wedding. When Nelson Mandela passed away recently, President Obama and his family attended a memorial in South Africa. While there, Obama was seen and pictured shaking hands with Raúl Castro, current leader of Cuba. For some reason, this blew a lot of people’s minds on the right. Before you could say “Healthcare.gov is down, again”, they were all over right wing media expressing their distaste for this action.

Never one to miss attention from the press, John McCain decided to jump in the action and link Obama’s action with shaking hands with Hitler. Yes, that Hitler. When asked about it, McCain just laughed it off. Raw Story has more details, below:

 

John McCain ‘pleads guilty’ after linking Obama to Hitler — but thinks it’s hilarious (via Raw Story )

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) was visibly amused on Sunday when he was asked if he had been wrong to say that President Barack Obama’s handshake with Cuban President Raul Castro was like shaking hands with Adolf Hitler. At the memorial service for former…