Posted on 11/15/2007 8:43:53 AM PST by jdm
US Republican presidential hopeful John McCain has caused an uproar after he laughed when an audience member called Democratic rival Hillary Clinton a "bitch" instead of telling the woman off.
At a campaign event on Monday, the woman asked Senator McCain, "How do we beat the bitch?''
Senator McCain laughed along with the crowd as he said, "May I give the translation?''
"That's an excellent question,'' he said.
"I respect Senator Clinton. I respect anyone who gets the nomination of the Democratic Party.''
Overnight, Senator McCain said his response to the woman's comment was "appropriate", the Associated Press reported.
"She made a comment, I made light of the comment, and then I said very seriously I treated and continue to treat Senator Clinton with respect and I've said that many times,'' he said.
When asked whether he thought the woman's comment was funny, Senator McCain said he laughed because he wanted to move on.
"I can't dictate what other people say - that's not my business,'' he said.
Yesterday,CNN journalist Rick Sanchez raised the question of whether Senator McCain should have admonished the woman.
"Most people who have seen it are looking at it as a real mistake on his part in terms of the way he handled it,'' Sanchez said on the cable network's Out in the Open.
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Rick Sanchez asked yesterday what would conservatives reactions be if someone called Laura Bush or John McCain’s wife a bitch. He misses the whole point there, these women are not candidates so that comparison isn’t valid. Like you say, where’s the other side’s outrage when the conservative side is called names or worse.
It is just fine to attack her policies and her obfuscations at will. Never hold anything back. Only then will she suffer an almost certain political death.
Moties Unite!
I would love it if at the next campaign stop, someone asks McCain, “What can we do to beat the c#%t?”.
I thought the left respected and honored people who “speak truth to power”.
Plus I don’t remember hearing any of them call out their constituents when they’ve said far worse.
No grown American man may refer to, or stand by and permit reference to, any woman in public as a "bitch." If you, or McCain feel it's appropriate, the Clintons have already won.
“is it o.k. to call hillary! a bitch?”
after hillary! said that the best and brightest didn’t go to viet nam, it would be o.k. to call her anything, including a pompous progressive.
i prefer scumbag but bitch is okay-it really does define her character-a whore for power
Exactly what is the problem here?
There is nothing to see here folks. Please move along.
Avoiding my question I see.
I explicitly said it would hurt our side. Do you have a problem with that?
I also asked you (DIRECTLY) If Hillary! isn't a bitch, please define what a bitch is.
Witch, bitch,...what’s the difference?
LOL! I have a few choice words to call her but I can’t print them!!!
Bullshit. Hillary is a power, money hungry whore whose liberal constituents in NY elected her to position of Congresswomen. She is worst of the worst in our U.S. Congress (Ted isn't far behind.) She is beyond liberalism.
Respect, the love and freedoms of America are what make a true American. She represent none of the above.
BTW, my dad has a word for her which I cannot post here. It's the most vile and disrespectful word referring to women. The word suits Hillary just fine.
Gee, I was taught never to use certain words, that is one of them. How old fashioned I must be.
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