"If McCain's rape joke could be verified, it would end his campaign"

By GottaLaff

Rachel Maddow just interviewed Ben Smith of Politico about John Sidney McSicko's alleged sense of humor. Smith has a post up about that. I'll tell you what the two had to say, but first, a nostalgic look back at J Sid's interpretation of what makes people laugh, starting with that 1986 evergreen piece of tasteless crap, The Rape Joke:

• "Did you hear the one about the woman who is attacked on the street by a gorilla, beaten senseless, raped repeatedly and left to die? When she finally regains consciousness and tries to speak, her doctor leans over to hear her sigh contently and to feebly ask, 'Where is that marvelous ape?'"
• "Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly?" he asked guests at a Senate Republican fundraiser. "Because her father is Janet Reno."
• "The French remind me a little bit of an aging actress of the 1940s who is still trying to dine out on her looks but doesn't have the face for it," McCain told Fox News a few years ago.
• And earlier this year, McCain responded to a question with the line, "And I stopped beating my wife just a couple of weeks ago."
• During his 1986 campaign, he referred to a retirement community called "Leisure World" as "Seizure World."
• "The nice thing about Alzheimer's is you get to hide your own Easter eggs."
• He referred to a young man who asked about his age as "you little jerk," before telling him, "You're drafted."
• He recently condemned by the government of Iran for suggesting that increasing U.S. cigarette sales to Iran could be "a way of killing 'em."
• And the always popular, "Bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb Iran".

Rachel was irked that the rape joke didn't get coverage. Ben Smith said that if it could have been verified (McSicko says he doesn't remember telling it, which doesn't do much to bolster his memory creds), it would end his campaign.

Rachel then commented that the unsettling part is that he's "a little sadistic" and she doesn't want a sadistic president.

Too late. We already have one.

Ben Smith's comeback was that the J Sid bunch think that those endearing little gems show him to be not insensitive, stupid, or cruel, but-- wait for it-- "authentic", "real", and "one of us". He's just "McCain being McCain". It's... an asset.

Rachel: "That's a steep hill to climb for marketing."

Tell you what, McSadistic, you little jerk, after you stop beating your wife, you can take your authenticity straight to Seizure World, get bombed and hook up with that marvelous ape.