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McCain May Have Opened Door For
Charges That He Is A Sexist |
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September 9, 2008 John
McCain's presidential campaign put out a web
ad on Wednesday morning that longtime
political observers are describing as one of
most sordid they have ever seen.
The spot, titled "Lipstick," accuses Obama of
sexism for saying that McCain's attempt to
portray himself as a change-agent was the
political equivalent of putting lipstick on a
pig. The McCain campaign, feigning hurt
feminist sensibilities, protested that Obama
was attacking Gov. Sarah Palin, who has
referred to herself as a pitbull with
lipstick.
Right. The line was blasted on the top of the
Drudge Report and the airwaves of cable news,
but other members of the press weren't buying
it. Marc Ambinder of the Atlantic quickly
pointed out that the charge was in insult to
Obama's intelligence (why would he ever
deliberately make such an attack?).
And while Democrats were at once concerned and
fuming over the contrived controversy, others
saw political opportunity in its wake.
"I don't know if the McCain campaign wants to
go there," said an operative.
Indeed, he added, if sexism is a debate McCain
wants to have, than Obama may be well suited
for it. That's because the Arizona
Republican's resume contains several
inflammatory remarks about women. Just this
election cycle, for example, McCain did not
protest as a questioner at a town hall meeting
referred to Hillary Clinton as a bitch. McCain
went on to say he respected Clinton, but he
laughed when the question itself -- "how do we
beat the bitch?" -- was asked.
In 1998, McCain famously made his tasteless
joke about Chelsea Clinton's looks, claiming
the then first daughter was "so ugly" because
"her father is Janet Reno." He later
apologized.
Then there are the unconfirmed reports. From
Cliff Schechter's book, The Real McCain, there
is the report that McCain publicly insulted
his wife, Cindy, during the 1992 Senate
campaign, including referring to her as a
"trollop" and "cunt." In the 1986 campaign,
the Tuscon Citizen reported on allegations
that McCain had told a Republican audience a
disturbing joke about a woman enjoying being
raped by a gorilla. Both of these accounts
have been denied by McCain and his campaign.
What Democrats will do with these mostly
little-known stories remains to be seen.
Certainly, a campaign ad highlighting these
instances would be met with harsh resistance
from the McCain campaign and be proclaimed an
example of Democratic desperation or
deteriorating morals. Indeed, how willing
Obama is to roll up his sleeves on this front
could end up signifying one of the major
differences between him and McCain.
As it stands now, the Illinois Democrat seems
more content to take the high ground to the
McCain attack and, in the process, point out
the more substantive issues on which they say
the Republican ticket would be bad for women,
such as abortion rights, equal pay, and health
care policy. |
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