McCain attacked 18 year old Chelsea Clinton in 1998 now says Palin's family & kids are off limits

[BigBearJohn]

If you follow politics, is seems that whenever you turn around, you are confronted by an instance of Republican hypocrisy. In the midst of the scandals and issues concerning Sarah Palin and her family and pregnant daughter, John McCain is quoted by the Wall street Journal as saying:


–“This is a very personal matter for the family. We should all respect the love they have for the child and the desire all parents would have for their children’s privacy.”

–“The media should respect Bristol’s privacy. That’s always been the tradition and practice when it comes to the children of candidates.”

–“The children of candidates do not choose to run for office and be thrust into the spotlight.”

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That is a noble sentiment, one with which Barack Obama agrees. If only McCain had been consistent when the family in question belonged to an incumbent from the party opposite.

I rediscovered this snippet from a John McCain speech during a Republican Dinner in June 1998 published in the June 25, 1998 version of Salon:

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

http://www.opednews.com/articles/McCain-attacked-18-year-ol-by-Steven-Leser-080907-422.html

[doc03]

1. Remember when Rush Limpball had his TV show and

they put up a picture of a dog behind him when he was talking about Chelsea Clinton. He looks behind him and sees the picture and pretends like he didn't know it was there. If Chelsea Clinton had been knocked up the Republicant's would still be talking about it.

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

2. Keep reminding the traditional media

Keep repeating the Chelsea "joke" because the gutter humor is so telling of the "character" and lack of judgment of John McCain.

Also McCain's giggling when a supporter refers to Hillary Clinton as "The Bitch."

And of course, the C-word he uses in public to describe his second wife.

The man simply has no character, no judgment.

[mscuedawg]

3. Bullying at its best....the GOP