McCain Suggests Wife Participate In Topless Contest

Yesterday evening John McCain took part in the Sturgis Rally 2008 at Buffalo Chip in South Dakota, an annual tribute to veterans. The candidate was so enthused, he told attendees, that he encouraged his wife to participate in the festivities: "I told her with a little luck, she could be the only woman ever to serve as both the first lady and Miss Buffalo Chip."

As the Huffington Post reported on Sunday, the Miss Buffalo Chip contest is more than a little risque -- not to mention bedeviled by violence:

ESPN's Jim Caple described the as "essentially a topless beauty pageant. And occasionally bottomless, too."

"During a drenching rain Wednesday night, the contest broke up into smaller groups and one woman wound up dancing naked on a bar top. Her boyfriend/husband saw her and angrily dragged her away as she struggled to put her pants back on and muttered something about how, "It's only this one week a year."

How sweet. Sadly, the pageant also sees its share of domestic abuse, which even the event's organizers admit to Caple is a major problem.

Here are some videos from last year's contest (warning: probably NSFW or young readers).

The beauty pageant:

The wet t-shirt contest:

The pickle-licking contest:

Comments

[Yasir]

10:01 PM on 08/08/2008

Indeed just a typical republican deed that will not succeed.

[sjmarie]

12:47 PM on 08/08/2008

How degrading. Wow.

[acerigger]

12:37 PM on 08/08/2008

how long can cindy mac put up with this dum-a**?

[Teresa777]

11:36 AM on 08/08/2008

Poor Taste... No doubt... Can't really defend that. I'm sure he thought he was being funny. We've seen this before from him, when he gets caught off guard. He is a regular guy who laughs at things my husband might laugh at... I think he has a sense of humor. I don't really think he would be happy if his wife participat­ed.

Kind of a dumb thing to get too upset about.

[SouthPrairie]

01:21 AM on 08/09/2008

Ahhhhhhh..­..he was reading from notes. This was planned. Oooooooo ick.

[chinationreport]

02:00 AM on 08/08/2008

Does anyone know John McCain's IQ score? Does America really want to go backward?


http://www­.chination­report.com­/

[NoBiasJustTellTheTruth]

12:54 AM on 08/07/2008

ATTENTION ALL HRC SUPPORTERS­!!!!!!!

Listen, please don't take this as sarcasm - because I am NOT trying to be a jerk. Honestly.

But with all due respect to you, and to HRC herself... I'm pointing a finger at every one of you EIGHTEEN MILLION HRC SUPPORTERS right now. Just hear me out for a second...

Many of you HRC supporters said you would vote for Mc-Cane instead of Ob-ama.

I DARE YOU - EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU "EIGHTEEN MILLION" - I DARE YOU TO JUMP ALL OVER MC-CANE FOR THIS CRAP!!!! I HAVEN"T HEARD ONE WORD FROM ANY OF YOU FOLKS. WE'RE TALKING WOMENS WRESTLING, TOPLESS BEAUTY CONTESTS, PUBLIC NUDITY, AND LOTS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE SITUATIONS­... AND I HAVE NOT HEARD ANY ONE OF YOUR "EIGHTEEN MILLION" VOICES!!!

MC-CANE EVEN JOKED ABOUT HIS OWN WIFE ENTERING A TOPLESS "BEAUTY CONTEST"!!­!

Let's be real for a minute - if Ob-ama did this EXACT SAME THING during the Democratic Primaries, tell the truth - just be honest - EVERY ONE OF YOU "EIGHTEEN MILLION" HRC SUPPORTERS WOULD HAVE BEEN TEARING HIM TO PIECES - AND YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY RIGHT TO DO SO.

But EVERY ONE OF YOU is letting MC-CANE get away with this crap without breathing one single complaint. Now THAT sucks!!!!!

You're completely wrong to let MC-CANE get away with this without hearing your "EIGHTEEN MILLION VOICES".

Can we hear some disgust from ANY of you - even HiLLLLARY herself??? I'd even settle for SEVENTEEN million

[orangepetal]

01:27 AM on 08/08/2008

You are very moral for a liberal democrat. I wonder if it is sincere or just desperatio­n.
McCain is a cool dude. I would even have a martini with him. Just winding you up, kind of like how Obama winds us up when he dismisses us. What you worried about, could it be the judges ???
Hillary or McCain / Powell

[Jamchinadian]

09:46 AM on 08/08/2008

Are you a man or a woman? If you are a man, that is very sexist - overlookin­g his sexist behaviour to his wife like that. And if you are a woman it's even worse - where's your self-respe­ct?

BTW, who says McCain would want to drink with you - after November that is. You probably said you'd be happy to have a beer with Bush as well. Did you ever?

[SouthPrairie]

01:24 AM on 08/09/2008

While he'd doing karioki bomb, bomb Iran, I suppose.

[Opinionater]

06:28 PM on 08/06/2008

Different rules for old Johnny boy, as in no rules. McCain gets away with everything he wants and media pretends it never happens.

[orangepetal]

01:27 AM on 08/08/2008

So familiar, like Obama in the primary...­.....

[Heyman]

06:11 PM on 08/06/2008

I watched all three videos. Then went to You Tube. Here's what the exploiter said:
http://www­.youtube.c­om/watch?v­=DjtQGAtbe­04&feature­=related

Of course "Keating Five" McCain will do anything to get a vote. I hope the people of Arizona wake up. He'll never be the next president.

[thegirlnextdoor]

06:01 PM on 08/06/2008

well, this might not be an event I personally would attend, but really they are just having fun and that has to be a good thing.

[perplexedindetroit]

03:01 PM on 08/07/2008

oh stop...

[perk]

03:56 PM on 08/06/2008

Well I am glad they are all McCain voters. Would not look good to have them at a rally for the O. Good for him for staying away and sticking with catering to a bit more upscale type of human being. Funny that he will likely be labeled "uppity" for not catering to these sub-humans­.

Fortunatel­y, the riders will not be bringing the kind of campaign money to McCain that the more civilized intellectu­al-left will be bringing to Sen. Obama.

[kybo88]

09:34 PM on 08/06/2008

Yeah, i mean it would be a shame for John Mccain supporters like yourself to be intelligen­t.

[SouthPrairie]

01:30 AM on 08/09/2008

I thought he was just trying to appear to have a crowd. Did you notice that his Cindy remard was the only time you heard ANY cheers.

[iRob08]

03:53 PM on 08/06/2008

He should have suggested his own campaign as a Miss Buffalo Chip contestant­. He makes his sorry campaign look and sound pretty, but in reality, it's a big bust.

[schicklett3]

02:56 PM on 08/06/2008

These video's should be shown all over the news - let the consertati­ves see what they're really supporting­.

[Opinionater]

02:01 PM on 08/06/2008

"President Sarkozy, allow me to introduce my wife: Miss Buffalo Chip Finalist and First Lady Cindi"

[aquarius2001]

01:50 PM on 08/06/2008

This is so degrading (esp. that pickle licking contest). I cannot believe someone who desires to be our POTUS would attend. Why isn't the MSM reporting on this?

[aquarius2001]

01:44 PM on 08/06/2008

Not Mr. Conservati­ve...Mr. Family Values...a­ttending such degrading events. I'm sure all of his religious right wing supporters are really pleased with their candidate this week!