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

[Samsara]

I cannot stop wondering who McCain's ill-chosen advisors are...

[abby4ever]

Maybe they secretly hate him.

[whizkid]

Dignity. Like Snoop Dog?
Hate to say it, but McCain has his finger on the pulse of Joe Lunchbox.

[joebaggadonuts]

You got that right. Fortunately Paris Hilton is going to run and take these votes away from him.

[rocketJsquirrel]

wrong. Paris is too elitist to be seen at the kind of places where Mrs. Mc takes off her shirt.

[WFV]

....he needs to be sure he still has a pulse.....

[sime0n]

The headline for this is really misleading. This is what I clicked on:
WATCH: McCain Offers Up Wife For Topless Contest

I don't see a video of McCain on this page.. What crap.

[SSF]

Obama takes an overseas trip to eight different countries on two different continents and wins the respect and admiration of not only the people, but the leaders of those nations. For this effort he receives, at best, grudging praise, if not cynical criticism from the mainstream press. John McCain gives a speech at the Sturgis Biker Rally in South Dakota; an event soaked in booze, drugs, nudity and public sex, and the event is almost completely ignored by the media! McCain half-jokingly suggested his wife Cindy should take part in the wet tee shirt/ topless revelry. I wonder if he would feel the same about his young daughters doing the same! Presidential material, indeed!

[Bettysdad]

Can a "rhymes with hunt" win this contest?

[Diogenis]

Miss Buffallo Chip, Cindy McCain! Is this what it take for Mac to attract voters? Oh well, roll out the barrels and light another blunt! He gives a new meaning to "made in the USA!"

[ramal]

Great! Another President who is nothing more than a fraternity boy at heart. Is this a classy country or what?

[GiannaX]

Let's see if the MSM spends the next week obsessing 24/7 over McCain's outlandish debacle!
After he 'offered up' his wife as a contender for *Miss Buffalo Chip*, he went on yet another rambling, nonsensical, tirade to the crowd. It was beyond embarrassing.

McCain is off the chain...mentally. He has become a court jester... ALARMINGLY unfit to be president. Why is the media sweeping this under the carpet?! I feel like I'm watching a tacky B movie.

[poliscibabe]

OK - does anyone need more proof that Barack Obama is paying the "Black Tax" to run for president? Any other white democrat would be 20 percentage points ahead by now. Not to mention, if Obama suggested anything close to what McCain suggested he would now be off the ticket. This makes me sick!!! Wake Up America!!!

Obama 08 and 12

[GiannaX]

Let's see if the MSM spends the next week obsessing 24/7 over McCain's outlandish debachle!
After he 'offered up' his wife as a contender for *Miss Buffalo Chip*, he went on yet another rambling, nonsensical, tirade to the crowd. It was beyond embarassing.

McCain is off the chain...mentally. He has become a court jester... ALARMINGLY unfit to be president. Why is the media sweeping this under the carpet?! I feel like I'm watching a tacky "B" movie.

[chitown8]

Oh Maverick you are xo mavericky! I bet the women groups are all over this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfF7YR6wFMQ

[margardner]

Something the "PUMA's" can be proud of.

Go ahead and vote for a pig who celebrates and exploits this kind of behavior for the sake of votes.

I am so sick and tired of being embarrassed by Bush and his ignorance, I couldn't stand another four years with McCain.

[olivia]

Anyone notice how refreshingly absent of PUMA type trolls this thread is?

Wonder why.

[olivia]

I think the subtext here is, you disrespect your wife, I disrespect my wife. I'm just like you, and I approve of you, so vote for me.

[mesut]

I really wonder about his respect for his wife. The fact that he would just offer her up for the sake of votes is really scummy