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More infamous was the quip he made a dozen years later, during the Lewinsky scandal. "Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly?" he asked a group of Republicans. "Because her father is Janet Reno."
The McCain team has not denied that he made any of these comments. While noting that the candidate has done and said things in the past that "he regrets," spokesman Brian Rodgers observed that the American people "want somebody who's authentic and this kind of stuff is a good example of McCain being McCain."
Is it just me, or should we (as a nation) be kind of F-R-E-A-K-E-D O-U-T? An ape raping a woman? Severe injuries? And the woman likes it? What kind of sick fuck dreams up that fantasy? What kind of sick fuck finds that funny? And the Chelsea Clinton thing — I don't even know what to say. Can you imagine if any other public official on earth indulged in this kind of hate speech?
No? Well, let's try a little thought experiment. Let's say Barack Obama was at a fundraiser and he said, "Some of you probably know my opponent, John McCain, has an adopted teenage daughter, little Bridget. From what I've been told, she gives pretty good head! Hey, those cleft palates always do!" Or if Joe Biden got up on the stump and said, "Just saw Cindy McCain on CNN. Man, she looks so bored on stage. My old friend John should hire a donkey to fuck her awake."
It would be naïve, of course, to suppose that the political arena isn't rife with this sort of misogyny. It remains one of the last preserves of male dominion. What's distressing is the notion that a politician who broadcasts his hatred for women so openly would be granted a free pass by our vaunted free press.
The McCain defense is that his misogyny is a thing of the past. But earlier this year, when one of his supporters asked him in reference to Hillary Clinton, "How do we beat the bitch?" he said nothing to suggest that calling his fellow Senator a bitch was inappropriate. And just a few weeks ago, he responded to a question he considered prosecutorial from the Las Vegas Sun with this old chestnut: "And I stopped beating my wife just a couple of weeks ago." Ha-ha-ha.
But the most sexist stunt McCain has pulled in his entire career is to choose Sarah Palin as his running mate.
But the most sexist stunt McCain has pulled in his entire career is to choose Sarah Palin as his running mate. Again, a little thought experiment. Would McCain have chosen Palin if she weren't a former beauty queen? If she looked like, say, Janet Reno?
Nobody will say so out loud, but McCain — who insisted his central criterion for a running mate was experience and preparedness — chose a political novice whose grasp of domestic and world affairs belongs on a bumper sticker. Anyone who watched her interview with Katie Couric can tell you that Couric would have been a more responsible choice.
Her selection wasn't just a crude political calculation; it was a manifestation of McCain's contempt for women. He knows Palin isn't prepared to answer the sorts of questions a male candidate would be required to answer, so he's treated her like an exotic bird. Our job is to leer at her plumage and applaud her ability to parrot talking points. And anyone who insists that Palin be treated like an actual vice-presidential candidate? They're being sexists! Welcome to GOP Feminism 101: shut up, look pretty and get me elected.
The most astonishingly shameless ploy in an election season thick with them was McCain's attempt to brand Barack Obama as sexist for referring to McCain's health plan as a "pig in lipstick." See, Palin had made a joke involving lipstick, too. Ergo, Obama was calling Palin a pig. This sort of manufactured outrage is always good for a few days worth of distraction from the real issues, thanks to desperate pundits.
But the pundits missed the deeper significance of the accusation. It was generated by the McCain campaign because it was a direct reflection of the McCain mindset. To him, women are pliant creatures, beasts to be wooed, mocked and exploited for gain.
So next time you female voters catch a glimpse of McNasty gawking at his running mate's ass, please remember: it's not just her he wants to fuck. It's you.n°
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