My New Hero

Yesterday a Baptist minister asked McCain one of the many questions we'd love to hear him answer. Did he really call his wife a "cunt"?



As you can tell from the gasps in the room, it would upset McCain's base to no end if this story were true. Unfortunately we don't have any videotape of the incident, so the press will pretend it never happened. We also don't have audiotape of the cruel joke he told about Chelsea Clinton back in 1998.

McCain is a real piece of work. And by that we mean asshole. He doesn't answer the question, which is clear enough evidence that the incident reported in Cliff Schecter's book is true. Maybe when the press stops salivating over that Chicago minister who isn't running for office, they can concentrate on the Arizona fat cat who is.

[UPDATE]

Via Balloon Juice, I've seen that the minister in question, Marty Parrish has spoken about the incident to HuffPo. Sounds like an alright guy to me.

Marty Parrish was aware of John McCain's alleged history as an adulterer and that he had left the wife who had raised his children while McCain was held captive in Vietnam for a rich, young trophy wife.

But last week, when Parrish -- a business owner in Des Moines -- read a HuffingtonPost article by Adam McKay, "Vetting the Candidates," that related how McCain had verbally abused Cindy McCain in front of reporters and staff, Parrish became both angry and concerned.

"A guy who would call his wife a trollop and a c--t just because she had ruffled his hair in front of five guys is not only a jerk, but a dangerous hothead if he ever gets his finger on the button," Parrish said Thursday evening.

"And since the mainstream media has decided to give McCain a free pass, I decided to stand up and, if they gave me an open mike, ask the question that the press refuses to touch," he explained. "Our country is in a serious crisis after nearly eight years of Bush, and America appears to be oblivious to the danger this guy (McCain) poses to our country," said Parrish....

Since his first choice for president didn't work out, Parrish has transferred his allegiance to Sen. Barack Obama and plans to volunteer for him in the general election should the Illinois Senator win the nomination.

"The Secret Service agent made me promise not to show up at any McCain campaign events in the future," said Parrish. "I told him that wouldn't be a problem - I'd forgotten how boring Republican events are," he added. "McCain had about 300 really old people today. When Obama campaigns here in the fall, there'll probably be 15,000 people of all ages and backgrounds, cheering him on."