"Senator McCain, is it true your called your wife a c*nt?"

[Bruno]

Yes, that was the 2nd question McCain received an hour ago at the Health Care Forum here in Des Moines.

I lost my nerve to ask him the pointed question I had prepared after that guy got hauled off by the police.

Of course, people were disgusted, and though I agree that it was a tough question and vulgar language, the truth is that he did say it.

http://majikthise.typepad.com/majikthise_/2008/04/straight-talk-e.html

[sratiug]

Gotta love that...

[crazyfingers]

I have a feeling old Johnny boy is going to explode at someone before the election. I'm sure it keeps his handlers up late at night. Someone just needs to find the right "nerve" to hit.

[CurtisLow]

Yep he did. She should have divorced his ass. I have no clue what she See's in him?

[pinkmandy]

Lol! Good times...

[MoneyWhereMyMouthIs2]

Yes, that was the 2nd question McCain received an hour ago at the Health Care Forum here in Des Moines.

I lost my nerve to ask him the pointed question I had prepared after that guy got hauled off by the police.

Of course, people were disgusted, and though I agree that it was a tough question and vulgar language, the truth is that he did say it.

http://majikthise.typepad.com/majikthise_/2008/04/straight-talk-e.html

Oh, wow. Police why? Was a law broken? I wish there were video of this. I'm not proud about this, but I derive some enjoyment when watching McCain get all worked up. (especially over nothing.)

[Czolgosz]

Why was a guy taken away for asking a question (vulgar or not)?

[OptionsTrader]

Oh, wow. Police why? Was a law broken? I wish there were video of this. I'm not proud about this, but I derive some enjoyment when watching McCain get all worked up. (especially over nothing.)

I don't need a video to know why.

If, in a totalitarian state, you ask the wrong questions, you will be hauled off by the Schutzstaffel.

Be a good American, and let the elite run this country the way it needs to be run. Archaic pieces of paper be damned.

[The One]

That is so money. I want to shake that guy's hand.

[asgardshill]

Of course, people were disgusted, and though I agree that it was a tough question and vulgar language, the truth is that he did say it.

Well, some guy trying to sell his book claims McCain said it anyway ... :rolleyes: And it wouldn't surprise me if he actually did.

[Bruno]

Why was a guy taken away for asking a question (vulgar or not)?

I can't confirm that he did in fact get arrested.

He said the question, then the microphone was taken away from him. He was in the front row. He bent down to talk to a photographer, and the photographer gave a dirty look and said something to him. The guy then proceeded to walk to the middle of the room down where the press tables were lined up. He was right behind me about 10 feet. He stood at the press table and held up what must have been a small sign to the press. At the point, someone came over in a suit, put his arm around him, and quietly escorted him towards the door. Police and others, possibly and probably secret service, walked him outside. I would say about 10 to 15 people eventually walked him out the door. He did not protest.

My curiosity wanted me to follow, but I knew my big mouth would get me in trouble and my wife would be bailing me out after she got off of work.

I can upload a picture. It just shows the guy's back and the arm around him before he was escorted out. How do you do that?

[TER]

How did McCain respond?

[Cinderella]

LMFAO!!! well he did call her a TROLLOP!!! hahahaha i need to use that on someone...

[Bruno]

How did McCain respond?

Sorry, in my haste to write this up, I forgot McCain's response.

The room remained silent. The guy had the mic taken away from him, gently I may add, and he just stood there for a minute. McCain said something to the effect of, "Well, look, there are people here waiting to answer serious questions. Let's go to this gentleman over here."

And then all the polite Iowans listened to the next question.

A guy later did announce himself as a vet and said, "My apologies for that man earlier with his question, Senator, he does not represent Iowans." There was applause after that.

Thinking about this just now, it made me wonder - when a guy showed up at Hillary's town hall last year, and said, "IRON MY SHIRT", it was all over the news.
Why not this?

Maybe because they would have to tell the back-story of how McCain actually did say to his wife in front of reporters, "At least I don't pack on my make-up like a damn trollop, you f'n c*nt!" Yikes. I guess the reporters don't want to touch that hot-potato.

[sophocles07]

That is so money.

Hehe

[LibertyOfOne]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOl4iT46Eec

[hypnagogue]

I don't think I'd have answered that question either. If I had been a dick one day and mouthed off something to my wife well then that would just be between me and her. I dislike the political focus on candidates' private lives.

Find an example of him acting like a dick in a professional setting and ask him something about that.

[Gadsden Flag]

For crying out loud...


You are not a martyr for asking a stupid question. America is not a totalitarian state because they made you leave after you did it.

He didn't break any law when they made him leave. You don't need to have broken any law because it's their event.

[asgardshill]

You are not a martyr for asking a stupid question. America is not a totalitarian state because they made you leave after you did it.

He didn't break any law when they made him leave. You don't need to have broken any law because it's their event.

QFT

[bkreigh]

If i ever was able to ask McCain a question I would say

"Senator McCain i dont agree with most of your issues but if you can answer this ONE question you will receive my vote. Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly?"

I would love to see his reaction.

[Perry]

Yep he did. She should have divorced his ass. I have no clue what she See's in him?

POWER!

[asgardshill]

If i ever was able to ask McCain a question I would say

"Senator McCain i dont agree with most of your issues but if you can answer this ONE question you will receive my vote. Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly?"

I would love to see his reaction.

In a perfect world, he would reply by saying, "Why don't you ask Web Hubbell that question?"

[Highland]

I have a feeling old Johnny boy is going to explode at someone before the election. I'm sure it keeps his handlers up late at night. Someone just needs to find the right "nerve" to hit.

Yes...a self implosion here is a great example of how it could look when it happens!
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/346889/

:D

[The One]

Perhaps we should consider giving McCain the benefit of the doubt.....maybe his wife is a cunt.

Oops....did I say that out loud?

[josephadel_3]

Lol

[SeanEdwards]

I don't think I'd have answered that question either. If I had been a dick one day and mouthed off something to my wife well then that would just be between me and her. I dislike the political focus on candidates' private lives.

Find an example of him acting like a dick in a professional setting and ask him something about that.

That's true, but this issue goes directly to McCain's well documented anger and emotional unsuitability to be entrusted with control of a world-killing nuclear arsenal.

[Bruno]

Perhaps we should consider giving McCain the benefit of the doubt.....maybe his wife is a cunt.

Oops....did I say that out loud?

:D Yes, you did.


That's true, but this issue goes directly to McCain's well documented anger and emotional unsuitability to be entrusted with control of a world-killing nuclear arsenal.

+1

[LibertyOfOne]

It's like asking someone if they beat their wife.

[sfws09]

It's like asking someone if they beat their wife.

if u asked me if i beat my wife, and i didnt, i would tell iu i didnt.


hey, at least he didnt lie about it....

also, it is documented that he has called MY senator names. "Asshole", i think.

[sfws09]

http://http://blog.case.edu/conservativemovement/2008/01/29/john_mccains_top_ten_temper_explosions

John McCain's top ten temper explosions

1) Defending His Amnesty Bill, Sen. McCain Lost His Temper And “Screamed, ‘F*ck You!’ At Texas Sen. John Cornyn” (R-TX). “Presidential hopeful John McCain - who has been dogged for years by questions about his volcanic temper - erupted in an angry, profanity-laced tirade at a fellow Republican senator, sources told The Post yesterday. In a heated dispute over immigration-law overhaul, McCain screamed, ‘F— you!’ at Texas Sen. John Cornyn, who had been raising concerns about the legislation. ‘This is chickens—stuff,’ McCain snapped at Cornyn, according to several people in the room off the Senate floor Thursday. ‘You’ve always been against this bill, and you’re just trying to derail it.’” (Charles Hurt, “Raising McCain,” New York Post, 5/19/07)

2) In 2000, Sen. McCain Ran An Attack Ad Comparing Then-Gov. George W. Bush To Bill Clinton. SEN. MCCAIN: “I guess it was bound to happen. Governor Bush’s campaign is getting desperate, with a negative ad about me. The fact is, I’ll use the surplus money to fix Social Security, cut your taxes and pay down the debt. Governor Bush uses all of the surplus for tax cuts, with not one new penny for Social Security or the debt. His ad twists the truth like Clinton. We’re all pretty tired of that. As president, I’ll be conservative and always tell you the truth. No matter what.” (McCain 2000, Campaign Ad, 2/9/00; www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHoXkCprdL4)

3) Sen. McCain Repeatedly Called Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) An “A**hole”, Causing A Fellow GOP Senator To Say, “I Didn’t Want This Guy Anywhere Near A Trigger.” “Why can’t McCain win the votes of his own colleagues? To explain, a Republican senator tells this story: at a GOP meeting last fall, McCain erupted out of the blue at the respected Budget Committee chairman, Pete Domenici, saying, ‘Only an a–hole would put together a budget like this.’ Offended, Domenici stood up and gave a dignified, restrained speech about how in all his years in the Senate, through many heated debates, no one had ever called him that. Another senator might have taken the moment to check his temper. But McCain went on: ‘I wouldn’t call you an a–hole unless you really were an a–hole.’ The Republican senator witnessing the scene had considered supporting McCain for president, but changed his mind. ‘I decided,’ the senator told Newsweek, ‘I didn’t want this guy anywhere near a trigger.’” (Evan Thomas, et al., “Senator Hothead,” Newsweek, 2/21/00)

4) Sen. McCain Had A Heated Exchange With Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) And Called Him A “F*cking Jerk.” “Senators are not used to having their intelligence or integrity challenged by another senator. ‘Are you calling me stupid?’ Sen. Chuck Grassley once inquired during a debate with McCain over the fate of the Vietnam MIAs, according to a source who was present. ‘No,’ replied McCain, ‘I’m calling you a f—ing jerk!’ (Grassley and McCain had no comment.)” (Evan Thomas, et al., “Senator Hothead,” Newsweek, 2/21/00)

5) In 1995, Sen. McCain Had A “Scuffle” With 92-Year-Old Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-SC) On The Senate Floor. “In January 1995, McCain was midway through an opening statement at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing when chairman Strom Thurmond asked, ‘Is the senator about through?’ McCain glared at Thurmond, thanked him for his ‘courtesy’ (translation: buzz off), and continued on. McCain later confronted Thurmond on the Senate floor. A scuffle ensued, and the two didn’t part friends.” (Harry Jaffe, “Senator Hothead,” The Washingtonian, 2/97)

6) Sen. McCain Accused Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Of The “Most Egregious Incident” Of Corruption He Had Seen In The Senate. “It escalated when McCain reiterated the charges Oct. 10 in a cross-examination, calling McConnell’s actions the ‘most egregious incident’ demonstrating the appearance of corruption he has ever seen in his Senate career.” (Amy Keller, “Attacks Escalate In Depositions,” Roll Call, 10/21/02)

7) Sen. McCain Attacked Christian Leaders And Republicans In A Blistering Speech During The 2000 Campaign. MCCAIN: “Unfortunately, Governor Bush is a Pat Robertson Republican who will lose to Al Gore. … The political tactics of division and slander are not our values… They are corrupting influences on religion and politics, and those who practice them in the name of religion or in the name of the Republican Party or in the name of America shame our faith, our party and our country. Neither party should be defined by pandering to the outer reaches of American politics and the agents of intolerance, whether they be Louis Farrakhan or Al Sharpton on the left, or Pat Robertson or Jerry Falwell on the right.” (Sen. John McCain, Remarks, Virginia Beach, VA, 2/28/00)

8) Sen. McCain Attacked Vice President Cheney. MCCAIN: “The president listened too much to the Vice President . . . Of course, the president bears the ultimate responsibility, but he was very badly served by both the Vice President and, most of all, the Secretary of Defense.” (Roger Simon, “McCain Bashes Cheney Over Iraq Policy,” The Politico, 1/24/07)

9) Celebrating His First Senate Election In 1986, Sen. McCain Screamed At And Harassed A Young Republican Volunteer. “It was election night 1986, and John McCain had just been elected to the U.S. Senate for the first time. Even so, he was not in a good mood. McCain was yelling at the top of his lungs and poking the chest of a young Republican volunteer who had set up a lectern that was too tall for the 5-foot-9 politician to be seen to advantage, according to a witness to the outburst. ‘Here this poor guy is thinking he has done a good job, and he gets a new butt ripped because McCain didn’t look good on television,’ Jon Hinz told a reporter Thursday. At the time, Hinz was executive director of the Arizona Republican Party. … Hinz said McCain’s treatment of the young campaign worker in 1986 troubled him for years. ‘There were an awful lot of people in the room,’ Hinz recalled. ‘You’d have to stick cotton in your ears not to hear it. He (McCain) was screaming at him, and he was red in the face. It wasn’t right, and I was very upset at him.’” (Kris Mayes and Charles Kelly, “Stories Surface On Senator’s Demeanor,” The Arizona Republic, 11/5/99)

10) Sen. McCain “Publicly Abused” Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL). “[McCain] noted his propensity for passion but insisted that he doesn’t ‘insult anybody or fly off the handle or anything like that.’ This is, quite simply, hogwash. McCain often insults people and flies off the handle…. There have been the many times McCain has called reporters ‘liars’ and ‘idiots’ when they have had the audacity to ask him unpleasant, but pertinent, questions. McCain once… publicly abused Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama.” (Editorial, “There’s Something About McCain,” The Austin American-Statesman, 1/24/07)

well maybe he didnt call my sen an asshole...but i think u might get the picture ;)

[Bruno]

Here's the picture of the guy before he got escorted out. He called into a local reporter later to tell his story. He did not get arrested, they just wanted to make sure he was not intending to cause McCain physical harm. His intent was to ask McCain the question because this man with a temper might have his finger on the nuclear button.
http://i27.tinypic.com/vf2gn.jpg