You People?

Senator John McCain referred to a group of Hispanics he was meeting with as "you people" evidently exposing the anger he still feels over losing the Hispanic vote by a wide margin to President Obama last fall. And the best part is that this was supposed to be an "outreach" meeting. I really want to know how he is going to try to spin this. Better yet I wonder if David Gregory will ask him about it then next time he comes on Meet The Press since evidently he has a standing invitation. Of course I wouldn't count on it.

From ThinkProgress

On March 11, Sens. John McCain (R-AZ), John Thune (R-SD) and Mel Martinez (R-FL) met with a group of Hispanic business leaders in the Capitol’s Strom Thurmond Room as part of an effort to reach out to Hispanic voters. National Journal is reporting that several participants in the meeting said McCain got “angry” while talking about immigration. At one point, McCain reportedly began referring to Hispanics as “you people“:

“He was angry,” one source said. “He was over the top. In some cases, he rolled his eyes a lot. There were portions of the meeting where he was just staring at the ceiling, and he wasn’t even listening to us. We came out of the meeting really upset.”

McCain’s message was obvious, the source continued: After bucking his party on immigration, he had no sympathy for Hispanics who are dissatisfied with President Obama’s pace on the issue. “He threw out [the words] ‘You people — you people made your choice. You made your choice during the election,’ ” the source said. “It was almost as if [he was saying] ‘You’re cut off!’ We felt very uncomfortable when we walked away from the meeting because of that.”

The only thing that keeps me from getting pissed about this is the fact that he did in fact get his ass kicked last November. But just to not get it twisted, FUCK YOU John McCain and the rest of the racist muthafuckas who will try to explain away your hateful words.