McCain campaign: McCain’s rape joke is ‘a good example of McCain being McCain.’

[Ichingcarpenter]

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” and showed “McCain being McCain”:

“He’s long said that he’s said and done things in the past that he regrets,” McCain spokesman Brian Rogers said. “You’ve just got to move on and be yourself — that’s what people want. They want somebody who’s authentic, and this kind of stuff is a good example of McCain being McCain.“

The mainstream media has also gushed over McCain’s “trademark wit,” declaring that a joke about blowing up Jon Stewart with an IED “makes him seem much more accessible” because “everybody likes a guy with a good sense of humor.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/17/mccain-bad-jokes/

[babylonsister]

1. Jeeze, his campaign is justifying that joke? And OT,

I love the photoshop! :rofl: That IS photoshopped, right? :wow:

[Ian David]

2. Liberal humor speaks Truth to Power. Conservative "humor" Ridicules the Powerless.

See also:

http://wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/72297/A_joke_told_by_John_McCain

[NatBurner]

3. yeah, he's a real stitch

perhaps, after he recovers from his november ass-kicking, he can go on tour in the poconos