thinkprogress.org - 7/18/2008
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Today in the Politico, Ben Smith tracks the numerous offensive jokes — often aimed at women — that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) loves to tell on the campaign trail. Though the campaign said McCain “didn’t recall” telling a joke during his 1986 Senate race about women loving rape , the campaign insisted these offensive jokes proved McCain was “authentic” ...
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McCain being McCain redux
Ben Smith's Blog —
... So when McCain spokesman Brian Rogers said "this kind of stuff is a good example of McCain being McCain" he had specifically indicated he wasn't including the alleged rape joke, something Rachel Maddow noted this evening in an otherwise negative discussion of McCain's humor on MSNBC, but which Think Progress, I think, misread. ...
Campaign Claims Jokes Show “Bad Boy” McCain Being McCain
Crooks and Liars —
... As Dowd rightly predicted at the time, Senator McCain’s vulgar slur produced no backlash, as he “so revered by the press that his disgusting jape was largely nudged under the rug.” Ten years later, as ThinkProgress notes, the mainstream media still gushes over McCain’s “trademark wit.” ...
Providing cover for Phil Gramm's resignation from Rape Joke Johnny's campaign, perhaps?
Brilliant at Breakfast —
... even though he is a) still working; and b) calls the program "a disgrace", and the fact that the freaks he surrounds with in his campaign deciding that joking about how women love to be raped just shows how "authentic" McCain is -- well, it hasn't exactly been a banner week for Captain Codpiece II: Electric Boogaloo. ...
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