McCain Cancels Event with Controversial Fundraiser

By GottaLaff



John Sidney McCain has shown exemplary wisdom. He canceled a fundraiser that was to be hosted by a crass, tasteless crackpot. Gee whiz, it must have taken a lot of courage for him to do that:

ABC's Rick Klein reports: Sen. John McCain on Friday abruptly cancelled a Monday fundraiser that had been scheduled at the home of a Texas oilman, after ABC News contacted the campaign inquiring about a verbal blunder the Texan made during an unsuccessful 1990 campaign for governor.

This was no ordinary "verbal blunder". No, nononono, this was a verbal train wreck.

Clayton Williams stirred controversy during his 1990 campaign for governor of Texas with a botched attempt at humor in which he compared rape to weather. Within earshot of a reporter, Williams said: “As long as it's inevitable, you might as well lie back and enjoy it.”

And what did Classy Clayton have to say about this?

Williams told the Midland Reporter-Telegram recently that he had already raised more than $300,000 for McCain and the fundraiser to be held at his home in Midland. Williams said that he needed to help McCain raise money to stop an Obama campaign that would enact “socialist” policies if elected to office.

“Much of the media, particularly the TV media, are to the left,” Williams told the newspaper. “To combat that we must have money to put our case to the people. We are way behind on [fundraising]. If Obama wins, it could move our country to the left, from which we will not recover.”

Too bad you're so far behind, Clayton. One might even say you're losing ground, and after all that effort, too. Oh well then. You might as well lie back and enjoy it.