This is a country where kids are getting diabetes, and being fat is considered a "health problem" that we sue fast food companies over. So the remarks really aren't far off. A lot of Americans are fat, lazy, stupid xenophobes who rush to a McD's faster than the needle goes north on a compass. Plus, it was kinda funny. And no one seems to have a problem when Borat does it.
And I've seen worse typos in these parts.