McCain Ambushed With Obscene Question at Town Hall Event
An audience member ambushed John McCain on Thursday at an otherwise placid town hall meeting in Des Moines, Iowa, with a surprise question about whether he had ever called his wife by an obscene term.
The man stood up and first said he wanted to ask the Arizona senator about a “mental health and mental health care” concern.
“Previously I had been married to a woman who was very verbally abusive to me,” the man said. He paused and asked, “Is it true that you called your wife a c***?”
The crowd booed, and McCain responded:
“No, no — you don’t wanna, you don’t wanna. You know, it’s a great thing about town hall meetings, sir,” he said. “But we really don’t — there’s people here who don’t respect that kind of language. So I’ll move onto the next questioner in the back.”
Secret Service agents escorted the man out of the building.
The question came out of a new book called “The Real McCain,” by Cliff Schecter, that alleges McCain publicly called his wife Cindy that word in 1992. The McCain campaign has called the book “trash journalism” and called the alleged incident a “complete fabrication.”
FOX News’ Mosheh Oinounou contributed to this report.
Get a life Folks! Even though I don’t support John McCain, I’ve certainly been exposed to worse language than that.
What’s the problem? Aren’t they all?
I’m not shocked if John McCain may have allegedly referred to his wife and may be other women with the C-word. Military guys use this word and others all the time without blinking. It’s part of the culture. After I left the military, it took me a while to tone down my language without realizing it was offensive to most civilians.
How many times have I heard some one call their wife’s a little CXXT without meaning any disrespect. It would be like saying my wife is just a little Shxt because she is small. I wonder if this man worn an earring in his right ear, that would make him a Liberal.
I think McCain handled it well. When politicians are in public arenas, a few nuts are bound to get in.
Sounds like this was an attempt to get Senator McCain to show his temper in a public format, hoping that he would lose it. It also sounds like the attempt failed. Good for McCain.
To ‘Mr. Politics’
If you think that was a question that McCain should have answered, then you are as sick as the person who asked it. You libs have no class. None whatsoever. (See Hanoi Jane using the same disgusting word on morning network t.v., and Air America host Randi’s obscenity-laced rant.)
Bravo Senator John McCain! You showed enormous composure, and respect for the Town Hall
audience. Was this a designed left wing question? How despicable!
Absolutely pathetic that this person asked a question like that at a town hall meeting in a public setting.
The man sounds like a liberal.