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.
Comment by Brad Kaser
I think that McCain conducted himself as a true Leader! I’m glad that we have a candidate
who doesn’t have any dirt under his collar.
Ron - “i weep for the future.” Why so serious?
“…the night is darkest just before dawn…” - Harvey Dent
I am not surprised that a man with no class asked a question like that to draw attention to himself. Some people believe that bad attention is better than no attention.
What surprised me was that John McCain did not get angry. He was rational, respectful, even to that clod. That is about all I need to know about John McCain. He is a real hero, a real person, and sort of like the Velveteen Rabbit story we read to our children. I hope we could have someone of his caliber in office and it looks as if my hope was not in vain. John McCain’s realness comes from many years of weathering storms in his life that most of us can not even imagine.
The man who stooped so low to gain attention to himself such as the questioner in Iowa deserves no one’s respect or attention.
I maybe can see asking David Vitter about the DC madam, but about name calling sixteen years ago. Come on! My wife and I have been married 33 happy years and I haven’t always called her sweetheart. Sounds like that person is full of hate, because things just aint going their way.
McCain’s reaction is to be commended. His first thought was respect for everyone in the room.
In his Presidency, we have a man that has sacrificed for his country. A real man will protect his surroundings. That’s what McCain did.
What concerns me is the fact that the police forcefully removed the guy for simply asking question….
Allen - you were “there” when he did it? Gosh, I’m convinced!
How about some details, then, if you were there. (Quick, turn to the page in the book that you read to copy off of…)
Is the best “attack” they can come up with??
Good grief.
Truthfully, McCain was not my first choice for a Republican candidate, but I have to say that he has handled himself with class when “they” (the liberal media, etc) have attacked him. It’s also nice to see that they don’t really have much to throw at him.
You go Johnny boy!!!!! (-:
THE LEFT WING LOONS ARE OUT IN FORCE AND WANT A LEFT WING LOON IN OFFICE AND HAVE 2 TO CHOOSE FROM.
Questioner should have hit Bill Clinton with that one!