McCain Gambles with Awkward Joke

Non-story.

When I was growing up we had an adloscent retort to complainants such as these. "So what does that make you - a midwife??" More specific than combat boots - you know !!!

What a joke of an article. If Barack Hussein Obama had said it, these so called journalists would find a way to gloss over it.

The mainstream media SUCKS.

What happened to objective journalism, i.e. why dont you go work for the National Inquirer? I mean really, have all of you democrats decided to go against journalistic integrity in order to further your own political interests? If you attack a candidate dont be an insinuating little girl, be a man and say what you mean.

McCain got shot down how much of a hero does it take when gravity takes over? He found his personal limits when tortured not that you and I would have done any better but to be a real hero he would have had to done better and perhaps died rather than cooperate and live? The point is how does following the laws of physics and doing what it took to survive captivity give him any experience that is of any value as a leader.

Bin Laden's doctrine of asymmetric warfare has been very successful. The Giant is off balance. Our economy has taken a severe, largely self inflicted, hit. It has been said that it will take 100 years to recover from Bush/Cheney but that may not happen, we may not be so lucky. China owns our economy, we sold it to them to finance a fruitless war. Perhaps it is fitting that a one time alcoholic sold us down the river for one more drink of oil.

McCain's cantankerous compared to Obama's silky smooth disco moves but hell yes I'm voting for him! He may have an anger problem too but compared to Obama... there is no choice... it's McCain all the way! Gotta love this democracy... perfectionists need to apply.

If someone takes offense to what was obviously a joke they need to be beat themselves. What a waste of print.

McCain got upset a few days back when asked about Obama's claim that McCain will appoint Supreme Court Judges who will overthrow Roe v. Wade, and how that squares with the appeal McCain is trying to make for the Hillary women. McCain replied that his record speaks for itself.

And now, so do his jokes.

Joke was fine. What was awkward was this non-story, this attempt to manufacture controversy from the innocuous.

"Some have found the subject of McCain's joke -- wife-beating -- inappropriate."

Really. Who are these some? Is there a single adult person who actually thinks this is inappropriate? Name one.

"Might want to scratch that joke from the schtick, senator"

No, don't think so. Might want to keep it up and do it alot more. Flushes out inane media twits.

Folks. It doesn't matter who gets elected. Either one of them is going to be forced to sit there while oil and food prices wreck the country. Our dollar is weaker than water soup. Stagflation has already started. Better find a nice patch of land and learn to farm!!

Doesn't everyone beat his wife? MAN! JUST A JOKE! I thought it was funny, but I have a sense of humor.

It's really frustrating that this 30-second-attention-span generation doesn't seem to realize that McCain's "wife beating joke" isn't a wife-beating joke. It's an obvious joke about loaded questions that uses THE most well-known example of a loaded question.

Obvious, at least, to anyone with a grasp of more than 30 seconds of history. However, I shouldn't worry - the same people who are so indignant about this issue will soon see something shiny and forget about the whole thing in another 30 seconds or so...

What an inane piece of journalism. We wrote more probing articles on my junior high school newspaper.

This is about the most idiodic story I've ever read.

You really are reaching for something, but I can tell you, this ain't it!

Get a life!

Haha I'm still not gonna vote for the guy but that response made me like him a little more. In a way it was kind of like a Bushism, which was one of the few things I like about our preisdent

susan what is your source for the "in front of campaign staff, and reporters" quote? I never heard it or saw it reported - wondering if it's web lore

For the first time in my adult life I am proud of my country. May Allah bless Michelle.

Another non-story about McCain. Everybody thinks their Woodward & Bernstein. Instead of running a gossip column, why don't we stick to the issues? I don't know whome you're trying to fool.

I guess the way for John McCain to lure the Hillary women over to vote for him is with a wife-beating joke. This guy isn't smart enough to be president.

Hey democrats. You like $4.50 gasoline? Then you will like $10 gasoline on Obama's watch. Ha Ha Ha Ha HA. Morons.