Slog - Comments on Maybe Not the Best Joke to Make When You've Verbally Abused Your Wife in Public? http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/maybe_not_the_best_joke_to_make_when_you Republican candidate John McCain, chuckling, tells the Las Vegas Sun he "stopped beating my wife just a couple of weeks ago." Oh, John, you big ironist! What a kidder!... Copyright 2008 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:42:51 -0800 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:49:31 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Sexism. Erica. C. Barnett Sexism. Sexism.
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]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/maybe_not_the_best_joke_to_make_when_you#c1060681 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/maybe_not_the_best_joke_to_make_when_you#c1060681 Politics Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:54:52 -0800 Comment by Greg Now, I'm usually right with ya on ECB and her pet topic, @1, but this post is right on point.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/maybe_not_the_best_joke_to_make_when_you#c1060748 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/maybe_not_the_best_joke_to_make_when_you#c1060748 Politics Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:30:03 -0800 Comment by Jeff Stevens Now we know: John McCain is "aware of" Teh Internets and strategic misogyny. Sounds like a heartland winner to me.

]]> Jeff Stevens http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/maybe_not_the_best_joke_to_make_when_you#c1060773 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/maybe_not_the_best_joke_to_make_when_you#c1060773 Politics Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:46:05 -0800 Comment by dave hey, um...it might help if ecb provided a link to the interview in question, or at least post the quote in the context of the question mccain was asked. i feel like it is possible that mccain was calling out the interviewer for hitting him with a complex question, a logical fallacy for which the query "so when did you stop beating your wife?" is a common example. no?

]]> dave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/maybe_not_the_best_joke_to_make_when_you#c1060781 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/maybe_not_the_best_joke_to_make_when_you#c1060781 Politics Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:52:31 -0800 Comment by banjoboy The comment is right at the end: http://lasvegassun.com/blogs/ralstons-flash/2008/jun/26/transcript-mccain-interview/

Yes, he's referring to a well-known example of a no-win question, but still a bad choice of words.

]]> banjoboy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/maybe_not_the_best_joke_to_make_when_you#c1060804 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/maybe_not_the_best_joke_to_make_when_you#c1060804 Politics Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:07:37 -0800 Comment by w7ngman Wait, ECB cherry-picks things to make her "points?" Well, I never...

]]> w7ngman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/maybe_not_the_best_joke_to_make_when_you#c1060841 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/maybe_not_the_best_joke_to_make_when_you#c1060841 Politics Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:40:25 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Sadly, @1 wins.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/maybe_not_the_best_joke_to_make_when_you#c1060884 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/maybe_not_the_best_joke_to_make_when_you#c1060884 Politics Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:14:50 -0800 Comment by josh http://wonkette.com/400611/stupid-mccain-viral-video-is-kind-of-funny

]]> josh http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/maybe_not_the_best_joke_to_make_when_you#c1060962 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/maybe_not_the_best_joke_to_make_when_you#c1060962 Politics Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:21:44 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO ECB is either trying to get hate comments, or really seriously totally needs to get laid.

Can anyone out there take a joke? I fucking hate McCain, but to go through the trouble of posting about this? Really?

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/maybe_not_the_best_joke_to_make_when_you#c1061107 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/maybe_not_the_best_joke_to_make_when_you#c1061107 Politics Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:53:21 -0800 Comment by Mary F ECB didn't say McCain was sexist. She said it was a poor choice of words for someone who has called his wife a cunt in public. Frankly I'm getting a littled tired of journalists inifinitely parsing politician's verbal gaffes this season, but ECB's post, when viewed objectively fits more with that trend than with her propensity to complain about sexism.

]]> Mary F http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/maybe_not_the_best_joke_to_make_when_you#c1061171 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/maybe_not_the_best_joke_to_make_when_you#c1061171 Politics Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:10:08 -0800 Comment by Gabriel He wasn't making a joke about beating his wife, Erica. As @5 said, McCain was referring to the question that had just been posed to him, characterizing it as a no-win question along the lines of "So have you stopped beating your wife?" He wasn't trying to make a joke about spousal abuse. Geez, cut him some slack.

]]> Gabriel http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/maybe_not_the_best_joke_to_make_when_you#c1061309 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/maybe_not_the_best_joke_to_make_when_you#c1061309 Politics Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:12:04 -0800 Comment by gillsans Sarcasm doesn't work in print. I will be making this point over and over.

]]> gillsans http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/maybe_not_the_best_joke_to_make_when_you#c1061348 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/maybe_not_the_best_joke_to_make_when_you#c1061348 Politics Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:49:31 -0800