Remember back in
1992 when McCain’s headline read McCain-Called-His-Wife-TheC-Word
According to Cliff Schecter’s new book, The
Real McCain, this one time in 1992, he went all “Hanoi” on her and called
her a cunt. That is what he called her.
Three reporters from Arizona, on the condition
of anonymity, also let me in on another incident involving McCain’s
intemperateness. In his 1992 Senate bid, McCain was joined on the campaign
trail by his wife, Cindy, as well as campaign aide Doug Cole and consultant Wes
Gullett. At one point, Cindy playfully twirled McCain’s hair and said, “You’re
getting a little thin up there.” McCain’s face reddened, and he responded, “At
least I don’t plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you cunt.” McCain’s excuse
was that it had been a long day. If elected president of the United States,
McCain would have many long days.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator John McCain
(R-AZ) released the following statement today withdrawing his support of Donald
Trump:
“In addition to my well known
differences with Donald Trump on public policy issues, I have raised questions
about his character after his comments on Prisoners of War, the Khan Gold Star
family, Judge Curiel and earlier inappropriate comments about women. Just this
week, he made outrageous statements about the innocent men in the Central Park
Five case.
“As I said yesterday, there are
no excuses for Donald Trump’s offensive and demeaning comments in the just
released video; no woman should ever be victimized by this kind of
inappropriate behavior. He alone bears the burden of his conduct and alone
should suffer the consequences.
“I have wanted to support the
candidate our party nominated. He was not my choice, but as a past nominee, I
thought it was important I respect the fact that Donald Trump won a majority of
the delegates by the rules our party set. I thought I owed his supporters that
deference.
“But Donald Trump’s behavior this
week, concluding with the disclosure of his demeaning comments about women and
his boasts about sexual assaults, make it impossible to continue to offer even
conditional support for his candidacy. Cindy, with her strong background in
human rights and respect for women fully agrees with me on this.
“Cindy and I will not vote for
Donald Trump. I have never voted for a Democratic presidential candidate and we
will not vote for Hillary Clinton. We will write in the name of some good
conservative Republican who is qualified to be President.”
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