McCain Gaffes, Volunteering Wife For Topless Contest

[RamboLiberal]

Source: ABC News

ABC News' Gregory Wallace and Sara Just Report: Sen. John McCain, R-Az., perhaps unknowingly, volunteered his wife for a beauty pageant on Monday that often features contestants topless -- and, occasionally, without any decency -- at the Sturgis, South Dakota, motorcycle rally.

"I was looking at the Sturgis schedule, and noticed that you had a beauty pageant, so I encouraged Cindy to compete," McCain told an audience at the rally. "I told her with a little luck, she could be the only woman to serve as both the First Lady and Miss Buffalo Chip."

The audience, clearly better versed in the details of the pageant, cheered and whistled their approval.



Read more: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/08/mccain-voluntee.html

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It's hit the MSM - they will probably find it charming!

[BlooInBloo]

1. He did NOT!

[truthisfreedom]

2. He was fully aware, having been warned about this because it was all over the blogs before he got

there. He knew EXACTLY what he was doing. He does NOT operate in a bubble.

[tridim]

4. If you see the video, he's reading it directly from his notes.

[Limelight]

25. They warned him on the blogs?!

Please if they were trying to use blogs to warn John McCain they might as well have just sent a letter printed in braille...LOL

He can't even send and email, you think he's reading the blogs?:silly:

[truthisfreedom]

47. Well, his, umm, people... never mind.

sigh.

[Heather MC]

65. They warned him in smoke signals

[Norrin Radd]

82. He only understands cuneiform.

[HEyHEY]

29. Yeah, cause 72-year-old men are known for their dedicate blog reading.

[clydefrand]

56. Hey, don't knock old men reading blogs...my husband is older

than McCain and reads 'em and sometimes posts, too.

But it's ok to knock McSame. He's a dumbass.

[Critters2]

86. My dad is 73, and a DU'er

He not only reads blogs, he writes one! In spite of his senility :eyes:

[HEyHEY]

88. McCain's running for prez, despite his!

[NightWatcher]

3. did . not . want . to . see . the . banana . eating . contest

you are welcomed for the visual

[BlooInBloo]

5. Linky to a fuller description of the contest's activities....

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/207172.php

[NightWatcher]

10. I'm sorry, I meant the pickle lickin contest, ew

[mcg]

79. Doing a Google or AltaVista Images search on Sturgis shows what goes on...

Do not click if you don't want to see flesh ...

Google Images search on Sturgis ...

http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&q=Sturgis&btnG=Search+Images

on Sturgis topless ...

http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&q=Sturgis+topless&btnG=Search+Images

AltaVista Images search on Sturgis ...

http://www.altavista.com/image/results?itag=ody&q=Sturgis&mik=photo&mik=graphic&mip=all&mis=all&miwxh=all

From an AltaVista Images search on Sturgis topless ...

http://www.usbikerparties.com/events/2004/huggy5-4/

[MaineDem]

6. And the crowd chanted "Show us your tits"

According to a youtube video.

McCain is an idiot.

And Cindy waved her arms in a victory stance. Honest.

[TheCowsCameHome]

31. ....And McCain complied, pulling up his shirt....

...thinking he was addressing a group of male republican congressmen.

[TheCowsCameHome]

37. .

dupe.

[awoke_in_2003]

60. Thanks

:spray:

[guitar man]

92. ROFL!!

"show us your tits"....gotta love bikers! :D

[janethussein]

7. Isn't that the kind of thing "trollop cunts" do?

[arewenotdemo]

69. One would hope so.

[Born Free]

8. This is one Harley rider that is not impressed

it will take more than his wife to make me want to vote for him....

[RedLetterRev]

35. Include this household of two

Harley riders. Not even if they both did us all the favor of jumping off a bridge first. With or without benefit of bungee.

[guitar man]

93. me either

One more Harley rider that will not vote for McGramps. :hi:

[blondeatlast]

9. Did they show video of the actual contest (available freely in GD/P)?

He has NO excuse for this ginormous gaffe--he may not speak for the campaign, but surely he does speak for himself and Cindy and Meghan (who was also onstage).

VILE.

[Swagman]

11. he's just a creepy old man ( with apologies to the aged !)

[RamboLiberal]

12. I can't wait to see what Jon Stewart does with this

Wonder if it will be tonight or tomorrow. It should be great!

[BlooInBloo]

13. I just said that to a coworker!

[Alexander]

14. The MSM is covering it! I can't believe this!

And at ABC, no less.

[Solly Mack]

15. I don't believe he was clueless

[goforit]

16. I believe it!

[RamboLiberal]

17. So far the MSM is treating it as kind of folksy charm

Cindy McCain as Miss Buffalo Chip?
By Kate Phillips

Senator John McCain dipped in and out yesterday at the big bikers’ rally in Sturgis, S.D., to the roar of motorcycles and the admiration of veterans in attendance.

We’re pretty sure then that when he offered up his wife Cindy, who has graced Vogue this year and other magazines as one of the country’s most beautiful women, to compete in the rally’s Miss Buffalo Chip contest, that well, he didn’t entirely get — as an ESPN writer suggests — that the contestants sometimes wind up topless, walk about in thongs (Shocking!) or are otherwise scantily clothed. (Oh! Debauchery!)
Or maybe he did and was just having a little fun.

“I told her with a little luck that she could be the only woman to serve as First Lady and Miss Buffalo Chip,” Mr. McCain told the crowd, as his wife waved to them. (To laughter from the audience, we might add.)
Here’s the YouTube clip where you see the senator and Mrs. McCain (who by the way is laughing), on stage, while he jokes about

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/05/cindy-mccain-as-miss-buffalo-chip/

Along with making history with his appearance, McCain came close to breaking new ground as he introduced his wife, Cindy McCain (who, Drogin wrote, "wore the equivalent of a nun's habit here: black jeans and a long-sleeved shirt").

McCain, Drogin relates, told his rowdy listeners "that he had encouraged his wife to enter the annual Sturgis beauty contest, one in which nudity is not uncommon. ... 'I told her with a little luck she could be the only lady to serve as first lady and Miss Buffalo Chip,' he said with a broad grin."

Mrs. McCain has been doing yeoman work on the campaign trail. Just this last weekend, she expertly mingled with a NASCAR crowd at Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania (and took a short spin in the pace car). Showing excellent judgment, however, she passed on her husband's latest suggestion.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/08/cindy-mccain-as.html

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

20. Kate Phillips writes buffalo chips.

Shameless.

[Alexander]

22. I wonder if they feel the same about what McCain calls his wife.

[wordpix]

100. what?

[mitchum]

54. That LA Times piece is quite a fluff job

[awoke_in_2003]

61. "as one of the country’s most beautiful women"

Are they (the magazine) kidding me? Have they actually looked at her? What ever looks she may have are ruined by the type of person she is, anyway. Not to be superficial, but when I hear "country's most beautiful women" I envision Halle Berry, Salma Hayek, Rosario Dawson, Jessica Alba- but not this stepford looking woman.

[ginnyinWI]

66. her face is botoxed into oblivion. n/t

[awoke_in_2003]

71. Yeah,

intentionally injecting the botulism virus into your skin is still something I do not understand

[SoxFan]

89. Other "beautiful women"

[Geek_Girl]

91. I think he was just pandering to the white trash voter demographic

which is now his base.

[boomerbust]

18. MILFy

On to YOUPORN for Cindy!

[Peregrine Took]

19. Why is "Susie Stepford" always standing next to him? Its bizzare!

Obama rarely has Michelle next to him for everyday appearances.

This makes no sense - unless he is using her blondness as "exhibit A" in his attempt to appear less of a doddering old goat.

She must be very ambitious to go along with being marketed in such a cheap and transparent way.

[spag68]

67. It's obvious

that his handlers have told them that a younger wife is a reflection on him. I don't get why it's ok for him, but they made fun of dennis and his wife. The rethugs are ruthless and really have little sense of decency. McSame is just a picture of the culture of he and his peers growing up.

[wordpix]

101. I've noticed that, too---doesn't she have her own life to live, like helping those less fortunate,

maybe? Or helping on the campaign trail as a surrogate? Geesh!

[pleah]

21. Mike Barnacle just mentioned it on Hardball.

McCrazy is getting desperate.

[chelsea0011]

23. "crowd cheered and whistled" I'd like to filter out what they really were saying.

[madrchsod]

24. huffington has this story on her site

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mayhill-fowler/rolling-with-mccain-throu_b_116962.html

yes it`s by mayhill fowler.......

[RamboLiberal]

26. "Wet t-shirt! Wet t-shirt!" a guy in the crowd shouts

Yeah, real classy Johnny!

[wordpix]

102. "Obama's gonna spend all our money"---WTF do these bikers think Gorge's War has done?

As Obama says, the repukes are taking pride in their ignorance. :puke:

[happygoluckytoyou]

27. need a new car? John THE BUSH REPUBLICAN McCain is selling his wifes tatas!!!!!

[tinrobot]

28. Did he also call her a c*** ??

n/t

[hedgehog]

30. Not to raise hackles, but who was it who accused the Clintons

of pimping out Chelsea? They were falsely accused, but I think the charge is valid with McCain!

[geckosfeet]

32. Yeah. Please let him call the shots on the campaign trail. Please.

[liberal N proud]

33. The first toppless lady

:rofl:

[Bluebear]

34. "Pose, you c**t!"

[backscatter712]

36. This conjures some very bad imagery.

Now you have me imagining Cindy McCain topless...

AUGH!!! OUT!!! GET OUT OF MY MIND!!!

:puke: :banghead:

[TheCowsCameHome]

38. She probably paid big bucks for those puppies

along with all the other worn out parts that are now replaced with plastic.

[lonestarnot]

39. So he volunteered the C to be a buffaloe chip/shit contestant! Damn he thinks highly of her.

:evilgrin:

[muntrv]

40. The reponses to the ABC News article are actually PRAISING the McCains.

:dunce:

[AlbertCat]

50. I just want a president

I can have a beer with....and a 1st lady who enters topless biker beauty contests. As long as no cigars are involved!

[struggle4progress]

41. I suspect he originally planned to offer Britney or Paris. But both turned down the audition

and he concluded they must be Obama fans

[struggle4progress]

42. Mr. McCain Goes to Sturgis (NYT blog)

... Mr. McCain is the first presidential candidate to attend the annual biker gathering, according to The Los Angeles Times. He spoke on stage at the Buffalo Chip campground, the main festival site, which holds two female oil wrestling matches each day as well as the nightly Miss Buffalo Chip contest, a topless beauty competition ...

tp://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/05/mr-mccain-goes-to-sturgis/

[struggle4progress]

43. Cindy McCain as Miss Buffalo Chip? (NYT blog)

... “I told her with a little luck that she could be the only woman to serve as First Lady and Miss Buffalo Chip,” Mr. McCain told the crowd, as his wife waved to them ...

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/05/cindy-mccain-as-miss-buffalo-chip/

[BearSquirrel2]

58. Yes, He was clearly joking ...

I think some people around here need to check their outrage. If Stewart makes fun of anything, he'll make fun of the kneejerk reaction.

[XemaSab]

68. Even if it was a joke

what would the reaction be if Obama had said the same about Michelle? :shrug:

[closeupready]

90. What kind of dignity does such a man possess that he sort of pimps out his wife?

I'm sorry, you are so wrong. This behavior is completely trashy, and demonstrates a disrespect for women, which is part of a pattern with him.

[BearSquirrel2]

96. She laughed ...

Cindy laughed at it ... so what's your problem. Women are obsessed with the idea that men want to look at their body. So it's no wonder that this can be tactfully put as a compliment.

Knee-jerk feminist reactions isn't going to help Obama win an election.

[closeupready]

97. Um, "take my wife, please" is a Rodney Dangerfield joke, not a compliment.

n/t

[keroro gunsou]

98. actually...

it's henny youngman's signiture line.... one of many.

[closeupready]

99. Oh, right - Dangerfield borrowed it on occasion, that's why I said it was him.

Oops. :rofl:

[Deny and Shred]

44. McCain obviously willing to lose a wife to win an election

And they accused the Clintons of pimping Chelsea?
Holy hand-grenade, this guy really can't get out of his own way, can he?

And the MSM? Just imagine the pimping innuendo if Obama did the same with Michelle. This will fall by the wayside, like his other daily gaffes.

Three months 'till Election Day, then a long two months of hoping the lame duck doesn't start WWIII.

[truthisfreedom]

49. Bwahahahahaha. Lose his wife to win the election... hilarious.

[struggle4progress]

45. McCain campaigns at another sort of rally in Sturgis, S.D. (LAT)

... Not everyone in the crowd was convinced.

Bruce Charles Wenger, 54, who served 31 years in the Army and now is a criminal defense lawyer in Hudson, Wis., made his annual pilgrimage to Sturgis on his Harley. He wore shoulder-length white hair and a black leather vest over his bare chest.

"As a career military man, it sickens me that our boys are dying in Iraq," Wenger said heatedly. "It's pointless. That's why I'm supporting Obama."

Mickey Hartnett, 60, a Vietnam veteran and an environmental engineer, also was skeptical. "I don't agree with all his positions," he said ...

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-mccain5-2008aug05,0,5460366.story

[DinahMoeHum]

46. Tee hee! McCain may have just lost the "Bible Belt" vote with this!

Ain't schadenfreude grand??

:evilgrin::rofl::evilgrin:

[bitchkitty]

48. McCain should enter - a buffalo chip is a dessicated piece of shit.

They used them for fuel on the prairies, where there was little wood.

[tomreedtoon]

51. Does "without any decency" mean NEKKID???

It's obviously a reference to SOMETHING. Maybe it could be as simple as not having a Dale Ernhart sticker on your car. Anyone want to clarify to what this refers?

[usregimechange]

52. No respect for women

[Odin2005]

53. BWAHAHAHA!!! Keep getting more rope to hang yourself with, Gramps

The Obama campaign and the DNC need to use this and tell people about McLame's lack of "family values," MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I can already see his poll numbers tumbling... :evilgrin:

[Waiting For Everyman]

73. Oh please God, let O. make an ad of this for the Olympics

[caseymoz]

55. This will reduce his popularity with women.

It should blow a few percentage points off his numbers, and maybe it will encourage another percentage point to vote for Obama. In this race, that's very significant.

[Deb]

57. check out the WSJ article

"Before selecting those tops, McCain quickly glanced at a rack of red T-shirts which your pooler saw featured a topless Miss Buffalo Chips with her arm and a denim jacket strategically placed. A few feet away stood the woman herself, who goes by Jessica, wearing a black bikini and black leather chaps, signing autographs. McCain did not make his way over to her but several other male patrons did. “I don’t want John McCain’s autograph,” one man slurred to Jessica. “I want yours,” he said, holding up a T-shirt for her to sign"
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/08/05/party-on-mccain-senator-campaigns-at-sturgis-motorcycle-rally/
:rofl:

[NBachers]

59. Alright!! That's it!!

His popularity in front of a crowd proves what a shallow, bubble-headed pseudo-celebrity nitwit McCain is.

Sin-Sin Cindy and her Tassled Twins perform for your pleasure.

I don't recall Obama offering to have Michelle flash the crowd in Germany . . . I wonder how a little "joke" like that would've played to the oh-so-righteous-and-sanctimonious McLame / Republican crowd? Or the NYT? Or the WSJ? Or the Washington Post, MSNBC, Washington Times, CNN, or any of the MSN stovepipes. Think they would've been charmed by Obama's folksy down-home American humor? Or would he be a ghetto n***** pimpin' out his ho?

What would the reaction have been if Bill and Hillary, in their desperation, offered to have Chelsea dance naked in front of a biker crowd?

[Caretha]

81. You are so right on

It's incredible isn't it? It's like they advertise "we're so sleezy, but ain't we cute". The fuckin' retards in this country literally don't get it and are as stupid and clueless, classless and as in the gutter as he is. Their response is to pull out their wankers and pull on em' and go...yeah man! Show your wife's titties, we think thats cool man, your one of us man. GAWD, I'm just fucking apalled. And they think this man should be the leader of the USA. Shoot me....I think it might be less painful.

[awoke_in_2003]

62. Those signs kill me

"Bikers for McCain". There aren't many bikers in that pic. A bunch of accountants and doctors, but not many bikers Most of them probably trailered their bike out there. Sturgis isn't what it was 15 or more years ago- just a bunch of "Billy Badass" wannabees who are lucky to put 1000 miles on their bike a year.

[mcg]

75. I've known some "bikers" like that, IT managers.

Yes, they own bikes and ride them some, but I sensed the wannabeeness involved.

[awoke_in_2003]

77. I know quite a few, too.

I call their bikes "butt jewelry". Just something to have in the garage to impress the neighbors, put 2000 miles on in two years, sell it and by a brand new one. Can't understand it. I have an '83 HD, and if I don't get in at least 15k miles a year I feel like I am neglecting her. They are meant to be rode. And you can't beat 45 miles to the gallon (or 40 if I am getting on the throttle). I could never imagine selling her, too much history together. The "biker" craze has had a few good side effects- cops don't hassle us as much anymore and people don't look at you funny and draw their kids closer when they see you.

on edit: sorry for the rant

[mcg]

83. I didn't see a rant, 45 mpg is great,

that beats my Prius. I was hoping for about 50 mpg but I'm getting a little less than 40 mpg. I don't know if it's my driving habits or if something is wrong. I'd like to see 100 mpg cars.

I've only been on a motorcycle once, as a passenger. It was a memorable experience.

[awoke_in_2003]

84. Most gas nowadays

have 10 percent ethanol. Part for part, it produces half the energy of gas, so that 10 percent brings down the potential of the gas, which makes the engine need more. That way, two groups profit: corn growers and gas companies.

[NBachers]

85. So did those "credit-card bikers" go out and print those signs?

Or were they distributed by political operatives trying to seed the crowd for staged photo-impressions?

On the other hand, did Obama need to distribute a shitload of Obama paraphernalia in Berlin?

Yeah, I know what you mean about the Accountants Gone Wild. What always gets me is how they have the perfectly co-ordinated outfits and showroom accessories to dress up and ride around in, with "attitude to spare."

[lutefisk]

63. He thinks POTUS means "Panderer of the United States"

Panderer in Chief

:shrug:

[wordpix]

103. McCain: always looking for a crowd, but never drawing one

[AngryOldDem]

64. Why the fuck does she put up with him? n/t

[Scooter24]

70. It's kind of sad that the only way for him to get large crowds is to show up at events

that are known to gather large amounts of people.

I bet over half of those in the audience didn't even care to see the man.

[DeepModem Mom]

72. K&R

[not fooled]

74. Wonder what the Fundies think of this...

...have the XTian whackjobs checked in w/their take on all this??? Or are they just thinking "it's bad, but at least he's not the Antichrist"? :silly:

[Endangered Specie]

76. Better her than Barbara Bush...

[blue neen]

78. Oh. My.

McCain is a doddering fool.

[Karl_Bonner_1982]

80. He finally pulled a big throbbing one

I can't wait to see where this one leads....

[Mad_Dem_X]

87. He has no respect for women whatsoever.

Any woman who thinks otherwise is deluding herself.

[Felix Mala]

94. Did he think a title named for cow excrement was a good thing? nt

[TrogL]

95. So who won the beauty pageant?