Say What?! McCain Trying To Raise Money Over Hillary "Bitch" Flap

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain says he respects Hillary Rodham Clinton and that he said as much when a woman used the word "bitch" to describe her.

"How do we beat the bitch?" the woman asked Monday at a McCain event in South Carolina.

Watch the video here.

....On Tuesday, CNN's Rick Sanchez raised the question of whether McCain should have admonished the woman, and McCain's campaign criticized that criticism on Wednesday.

"Most people who have seen it are looking at it as a real mistake on his part in terms of the way he handled it," Sanchez said on the cable network's "Out in the Open."

McCain's South Carolina campaign manager, Buzz Jacobs, said in a statement Wednesday: "It not only reflects poorly on him, but on CNN. If Mr. Sanchez had even the faintest perspective on the race for the White House, he would know that Senator McCain has expressed his utmost respect for Senator Clinton numerous times on the campaign trail, as he did at Monday's event in Hilton Head."

Hours later, the McCain campaign was using the controversy to raise money for his candidacy.

Campaign manager Rick Davis e-mailed supporters, saying, "We are asking you to help us fight Rick Sanchez and CNN and stand with John McCain. Please make your most generous contribution from $25 up to the maximum limit of $2,300 to the only candidate who can defeat Hillary Clinton."

Update: Politico's Jonathan Martin notes that McCain's fundraising email is also highly dishonest:

Irony aside, the McCain camp misrepresents the facts of the encounter with the lady in South Carolina who asked, "How do we beat the bitch?" McCain did not first respond by noting his respect for Clinton before talking up his electability, as Davis asserts in the email.

Rather, he laughed along with the rest of the crowd, cracked a joke and then laughed some more at another joke before deeming the inquiry "a good question." Then he cited favorable polling data. After all this, he noted his respect for his colleague.

McCain's campaign didn't respond when asked about the discrepancy.

Comments

[xrayman]

Just remember, McCain is the one that sang, "Bomb, bomb, bomb. . . bomb, bomb Iran." Funny, John.

[scrzbill]

And a polygamist campaign stop was heard-"How do we beat this christofascist bastard?" Later Romnay said I have the greaatest reeespect ffor John McCain.

[repubesnivel]

So there's a typical republic stooge masturbating on here while talking about Hillary's female equipment.

If you could go any lower, wuss, you'd be dishing out rice in the paddies.

You are trying to shock people, never realizing how laughable you really are. A 10 year old uses the tactics you exhibit as if it were actually amusing.

So, you ARE afraid of women. You are also a waste of time.

[FiddleDD2]

McCain has had a digusting sense of "humor" for some time. Chelsea didn't escape his "humor" as a child...wh­y would we think a nasty comment about Hillary would even cause him to pause.


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[LastSpartanStanding]

John McCain is the real deal. He is truly an American hero. This country can do no better that to elect him as our next President.

The Last Spartan Standing

[shaefromTn]

I'll take Hillary any day over the broken down old fools in the GOP. You know what GOP stands for Group of Pedafiles!!!!!

[gopnot]

HELLO PEOPLE,I AM FROM ARIZONA,I HAVE ENDURED JOHN MCCAIN FOR NEARLY TWENTY FIVE YEARS,HERE IS WHAT HE IS,HE IS A "WEATHERVANE",PLAIN AND SIMPLE.WHE­REVER THE GOP BAD WIND BLOWS,HE FOLLOWS.he was AGAINST the bush tax cuts,because he said it was unfair,and would bankrupt the country,AND NOW HE IS FOR THOSE DAMN TAX CUTS WHICH INDEED ARE UNFAIR TO THE "MIDDLE CLASS",AND HAVE INDEED HELP BANKRUPT OUR COUNTRY.he was against the war,NOW HE IS FOR THE WAR,the list goes on and on and on.YEARS AGO when he was almost a candidate,BUSH SMEARED HIM,SWIFTIE VOTED HIM,HAD HIS GOONS IMPLY HE WAS "MENTALLY UNSTABLE",simply translated "A NUT",BECAUSE HE SERVED TIME IN HANOI HILTON,what did mccain do about this,WHEN BUSH DEFEATED HIM,HE KISSED HIS ASS BEFORE ALL AMERICA!!!this is when i decided i would never,ever vote for him,i used to respect and admire him because he was a individual,BUT NO MORE,HE IS A TRUE REPUBLICAN PUPPET,so those of you who do not live in arizona,beware,he will never serve anyone,or anything,but a RICH,RIGHT WING REPUBLICAN­.HE IS SHAMEFULL,AND SAD.THE "WEATHERVANE" MCCAIN!!!

[Firaxis]

Time to take a shower and get the slime off me from Jane C.

[kardwell]

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The State Department's inspector-general announced Wednesday he would recuse himself from decisions involving security contractor Blackwater, after admitting his brother serves as an adviser to the company.

[nutmegger]

This from the same community who have fainting couch vapors every time a liberal points out a disturbing fact about a prominent wingnut - generally of the sexual predator/pervert variety.

[LastSpartanStanding]

This nation doesn't need a monkey for it's president. It doesn't need a man who cares more for his hairdresser than his wife. And it certainly doesn't need some one who has to squat to pee. None of the above fit the discription of Commander-In-Chief.

You are the only one who fits the bill.

Please be our President.

We have always believed in you.
Won't you please believe in us.

The Last Spartan Standing

[TLV]

What luck for Hillary that the woman recognized her comment would give Hillary more credibility among Bush-voting women!

After all, every time I hear some redneck call his woman over to where he is, he says, "Git over here, bitch!"

[LastSpartanStanding]

Some want a man filled with vanity. Some chose a banana eating fool. Some fools want the one who squats to pee.

I choose the real deal. The only real American hero in this race. Please stay in this race. It's not about money. It's not about some jackass who write a column. It is about decency. And you are our man. The only one with a measure of decency fit to lead this great nation.

Stand with us. We humbly ask you to be our President and lead this nation.

We believe in you John McCain.
Won't you believe in us?

sincerely,

The Last Spartan Standing

[ariuszme]

I've had zero respect for John McCain ever since I saw how he behaved after he lost the 2000 nomination.

He can't run his whole damn campaign on something that happened to him 40 yrs ago.

He's old and half senile and isn't fit to be the president.

[dryfactoidobotanoid]

even though I self-identify as "liberal," your attacks on little old ladies make me want to call you "libtards".

THE OLD LADY IN THE VIDEO IS THE ONLY HERO OF THIS STORY