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.
There is always a monkey in every crowd. The guy probably needs to get a life. Kindest Regards Joe
Very well Done Mr. McCain!!
Someone needs their mouth washed out with soap.
Unbelievable! Liberals seem to be filled with hate. I don’t understand why someone would try to do this to anyone. Hate the politics not the politician.
With his temper, who knows?????????
They were trying to get him to lose his temper, it did not work- But trust me, they will keep trying.
Not a big supporter of McCain, but I have to say he reponded like a very descent man.
JT
Boy, people will do anything to cut the legs at the knees from a politician. That question was uncalled for. The person asking that question has embarassed himself, the State of Iowa and Mr. McCain. No room in an election process for such junk talk.
The best responce would have been: She’s worth one hundred million dollars, what do you think?
It’s obviously Obama and his cronies who continue to play dirty nasty politics by planting that guy there. Just like they planted several people to harass Chelsea Clinton about Monica Lewinsky. The Obama camp is the lowest of the low. That’s why people, after getting to know Obama, don’t like him at all.