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.
Good for McCain. What a sad, sad man…to ask such a ridiculous question. Anyone who thinks the involved question was “legitimate”, in light of all the important issues facing our nation and world today, shows a great amount of ignorance.
Isn’t that what all woman are? Hey he’ll get the black vote now.
I am sure Mitt Romney never called HIS wife the C word. or anything else negative.
Romney 2012
Enough is enough. I am tired of the left-wing attacks against Senator McCain. First that fictional front page story in the Treason (New York) Times about an affair with a lobbyist and now this. Senator McCain is a class act and a true American hero- and will make a great president.
There’s no excuse for such language in civil discourse. Have our countrymen lost all respect for gentlemanlyness and civility?
I think its a legitimate question. I read that he had said it and wondered if in fact he did. Goes to his temperment doncha think?? These candidates put themselves out there as a cut above most of us. Are they really??
Even if it happend, so what? Everybody said things once in a while. Right now,we don’t have anybody better. His moved was wonderful!
H.A. NC
I am all for free speech. But public harassment is intolerable. We should give men and woman like this no quarter. He should not be aloud to attend meeting like this if he cannot behave himself like an adult.
This was a question meant for McCain to blow up, but he didn’t and he kept his cool. If McCain wants to win in November he can’t show any of his Irish Temper (even if its justified) because the liberals will have the ammo to paint him as an ill tempered warmonger, which in itself is absolutely ridiculous. And if McCain did call his wife that terrible word, its not nearly as bad as Bill Clinton running around having sex with numerous interns while he tells Hillary that he loves her!
John you did well. Could this have been a set up by the Obama or Clinton camps?
Sure wish they had checked to see if this man was a card “carrying” Liberal. Comes Nov I will cast my vote for McCain.