Picture this: Barack Obama goes to a popular event among the African-American community that features topless women, misogynistic musicians, and a raunchy nightly beauty contest. At the event, Sen. Obama jokes that he wanted his wife, Michelle, to compete in the topless (and frequently bottomless) beauty contest, which generally devolves into a drunken orgy, so that she could be Miss [event name here] and First Lady.

Does anyone think that wouldn't be the only thing on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox "News" 24 hours a day for the next week?

So why is it that John McCain can do it without even a peep on the news networks?

Indeed, McCain felt so comfortable at the event that he even volunteered his wife for the rally’s traditional beauty pageant, an infamously debauched event that’s been known to feature topless women.

“I encouraged Cindy to compete,” McCain said to cheers. “I told her with a little luck she could be the only woman ever to serve as first lady and Miss Buffalo Chip.”

That McCain can get away with this kind of thing is utterly ridiculous. So along with having no character or integrity, John McCain can also be accurately described as a misogynist... not that we didn't already know that from his generally anti-woman voting record and penchant for woman-hating "humor."

And anyone claiming to have a conscience can still support this man?

Update Thought: John McCain claims to be a Christian. What kind of Christian man would dishonor his wife by even joking in public about his wife participating in something like this?

Buffalo Chip has a reputation for that sort of thing. It holds a Miss Buffalo Chip contest every night, which is essentially a topless beauty pageant. And occasionally bottomless, too. During a drenching rain Wednesday night, the contest broke up into smaller groups and one woman wound up dancing naked on a bar top. Her boyfriend/husband saw her and angrily dragged her away as she struggled to put her pants back on and muttered something about how, "It's only this one week a year."

I laughed when I heard the guys at Buffalo Chip tell the story, but then I thought about the conversation I had with Pearl Gulbranson, who was working at the Crisis Intervention Center for domestic abuse, which is located in a house across the street from the Broken Spoke. Gather 500,000 people in one spot, feed them a lot of alcohol and there are bound to be some serious problems.

Labels: John McCain, Media Bias, Politics