During the last few months, many established media outlets have decided to report innuendo and rumor about the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal, as long as they have a source they can cite (at least anonymously), or another media player has reported the same.
But this new standard in the practice of journalism seemingly does not extend to other political figures, at least not media darlings like Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. Earlier this month, at a Republican Senate fund-raiser, McCain told a downright nasty joke making fun of Janet Reno, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton.
The fact that McCain had made the tasteless joke was reported in major newspapers, as was the vain attempt by his press secretary to initially deny what McCain had done. But in several major newspapers, the joke itself was kept a secret. When McCain subsequently apologized to President Clinton, the Washington Post, in its personality section, noted the apology but said the joke "was too vicious to print."
Wow, I'm riveted! I would LOVE to read a joke told by a leading Presidential candidate that is "too vicious to print"!
I mean, I've got a ton of dirty jokes that have gotten groans of disgust from truckers, so this has to be one hell of a joke right? Well, here it is:
"Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly?
Because her father is Janet Reno."
That's it? That's it!?!?! I've got worse ones then that! Hell, the joke I told a bit earlier this year was worse:
What do you get when you cross a lesbian and a draft dodger?
Chelsea Clinton.
I mean, I've got jokes about necrophilia, incest, pedophilia, you name the subject, I've got a joke for it probably. Real taboo topics too, not this "why is Chelsea so ugly" tame stuff.
Although, it does raise my respect level for John McCain if he did make the joke. It makes him more personable, shows he has a sense of humor, and shows that he knows what a good looking woman looks like and doesn't look like. :)
Travis
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