Miscellaneous

Does John McCain Heart Rape Jokes?

Who knows if this is actually true, but allegedly (and we're a blog, so we make a living in "Allegedly Land") 22 years ago, John McCain told a joke in horrible taste, which went something like this, according to the Huffington Post:

In an appearance before the National League of Cities and Towns in Washington D.C., McCain supposedly asked the crowd if they had heard "the one about the woman who is attacked on the street by a gorilla, beaten senseless, raped repeatedly and left to die?"

The punch line: "When she finally regains consciousness and tries to speak, her doctor leans over to hear her sigh contently and to feebly ask, "Where is that marvelous ape?"

It's pretty despicable, and not entirely inconsistent with McCain's sense of humor, who once joked, "Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? ... Because her father is Janet Reno."

Full post as published by Quiz Law on July 16, 2008 (boomark / email).