McCain Tries to Artfully Answer the Question on How to Beat The, Uh, You-Know

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

JOHN MCCAIN, HILLARY CLINTON

Questioner to McCain: How do we beat the b****?
[Much laughter around the room, including from McCain.]
McCain: May I get the - may I get the translation? The way that—
Guy in audience: I thought she was asking about my ex-wife! [More laughter.]
McCain: That's an excellent question. You might know that there was a poll yesterday, a Rasmussen poll identified, that shows me three points ahead of Senator Clinton in a head to head matchup. [applause] I respect Senator Clinton. I respect anyone who gets the nomination of the Democratic party...

The funny thing is, I'm not sure the liberal blogs can keep a straight face when complaining about how rude and caustic the use of the B-word is. (Don't many liberal bloggers use the F-word as a comma?) After putting Lieberman in blackface, Kos' "screw them" comment about the four contractors killed in Iraq, the comments about Mary's sexual activities by the bloggers that resigned the Edwards campaign, the folks who posted Michelle Malkin's home address and the names of her children... In a perfect world, nobody would call opposing lawmakers the B-word. But McCain took the time to say that he respected Hillary, which is about as much of a rebuke as we can expect in today's political world.

By the way, the Rasmussen poll had him up 2.

11/13 05:58 PM Share