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In 1999, in the course of apologizing for his joke about Clinton — which he called "insensitive and stupid and cruel" — he recalled for reporters another bad joke: ''I said, 'The nice thing about Alzheimer's is you get to hide your own Easter eggs.'" (Earlier in the 2008 campaign season, he reworked that joke to make himself the target.)

McCain hasn't toned down the jokes, which often play better with the audiences at his town halls than when snipped out and recycled on YouTube, as was the case in an incident in which he — in jest — referred to a young man who asked about his age as "you little jerk," before telling him, "You're drafted."

McCain's political allies also sometimes feel the sting. He has jokingly threatened staffers with waterboarding (a practice he condemns as torture). After former Texas Sen. Phil Gramm, a close McCain adviser, dismissed talk of a bad economy as mere psychology, McCain told reporters he planned to make Gramm — who had been seen as a prospective Treasury secretary — ambassador to Belarus.

McCain was also recently condemned by the government of Iran for suggesting that increasing U.S. cigarette sales to Iran could be "a way of killing 'em."

"We condemn such jokes and believe them to be inappropriate for a U.S. presidential candidate," said Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini. "It is most evident that jokes about genocide will not be tolerated by Iranians or Americans."

Iranian criticism, though, is more or less a badge of honor for presidential candidates of both parties. And McCain spokesman Brian Rogers said McCain's humor is, more broadly, central to his appeal.

"He's long said that he's said and done things in the past that he regrets," Rogers said. "You've just got to move on and be yourself — that's what people want. They want somebody who's authentic, and this kind of stuff is a good example of McCain being McCain."

But while voters say they want authenticity, McCain's campaign may test how much of his raw humor Americans can take.

"The world has changed," former Sen. Kerrey said. "It's a lot harder to tell jokes than it used to be."

What else is there to say about this guy?

It's too bad we have become so hung up on political correctness...that we have lost our sense of humor!! There can be no humor unless someone is offended. At least McCain has a sense of humor and a platform other than his family background!!

That being said...I will still not vote for him or O'Bama.


Shipoker offers nothing

O'Bama and McCain offers disaster

Vote Shipoker

Curious George???...

The only think I can add is he's a politician and anyone waiting for an honest one...will have a long wait....hence the disappointment pretty much in anyone who takes office....they talk...they spout...they twist and finagle to get a vote and to get elected.....that's what politicians do.....

the guy governed a state which he made sure and fought for yearrrrs
not to acknowledge MLK day-nuff said

nuh uh
old thinking
expired or outdated...

GO McCain!!!!


Oh this is another scumbag pro Obama threads that we are all so sick to death of

A joke is a joke...

hahaha, WELL PUT! I can recall that live news broadcast where McCain sang "Bomb Iran" to the tune of the Beach Boys' song "Barbara Ann"....Not to mention the incident his daddy the admiral and other people have tried to cover up so intensely...USS Forrestal where over a hundred US sailors died because McDumbass carried WWII munitions against orders and attempted to show off to a buddy by gunning his throttle thereby releasing the old munitions and causing a chain of explosions and fires....It is no wonder the POW/MIA organization doesnt support him...there is convincing evidence that he volunteered secret government information for preferential treatment during his time at the Hanoi Hilton and claims from fellow POW's that he was never even tortured...