This Joke Is An Oldy, But A Misogynistic-y

It's been over a decade since McCain made this nasty (and jokebook-level dumb) gag at a Republican Senate fund-raiser, but we might as well relive it, a comment the Washington Post thought "was too vicious to print" — and they printed Cheney saying "Fuck yourself!" Wipe away any expectations, it's not clever or interesting:

"Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly?
Because her father is Janet Reno."

All together now: That's not change we can believe in.
[via a Salon.com article, so old it's in the previous HTML layout]

McCain Wants the Wife to Earn her Bud, Enter Somewhat Topless Beauty Contest

Below: a publicity shot from the official Buffalo Chip beauty contest that McCain encouraged Cindy to take part in. Though, in a characteristically humorous way...

McCain Thinks "Rape" Funny Ha-Ha

A joke John McCain made to a reporter in 1986 is coming back to haunt him. Recently, when his spokesperson was asked about this incident, they said:

"He's long said that he's said and done things in the past that he regrets," 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."

Here's McCain's infamous joke:

Did you hear the one about the woman who is attacked on the street by a gorilla, beaten senseless, raped repeatedly and left to die? 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?"

More here from the Huffington Post.