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This report is contested, and I am told (by [livejournal.com profile] zarq in comments) that the Yahoo! editorial (and several other sources I saw with the same information) are all incorrect - the joke was not told this year, but 22 years ago in a Senatorial campaign.
Sadly all too revealing...
Did you hear the one about the woman who is attacked on the street by a gorilla, beaten senseless, raped repeatedly and left to die? When she finally regains consciousness and tries to speak, her doctor leans over to hear her sigh contently and to feebly ask, 'Where is that marvelous ape?'
&mdash Senator John McCain, on the campaign trail, last week
(Spotted via [livejournal.com profile] emrecom.)

Date: 2008-07-18 04:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zarq.livejournal.com
In the interest of accuracy, and to no way excuse McCain for making the "joke", this wasn't said last week on the campaign trail. The editorial is wrong.

It was said by McCain 22 years ago, in 1986, during his first Senate run. The Huffpost spoke this week to the journalist who wrote the original article that reported it back then, who didn't recall exactly what was said, but did agree that a joke was made about rape and an ape. (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/15/sources-recall-mccains-jo_n_112955.html)

ThinkProgress (http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/15/mccain-finds-rape-hilarious/) also mentions that McCain accepted, then turned down a campaign contribution from Clayton Williams, who during his run against Ann Richards for Governor of TX, commented that women should lay back and enjoy being raped.
Edited Date: 2008-07-18 04:12 pm (UTC)

Date: 2008-07-18 06:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jordan179.livejournal.com
After all, rape isn't about sex. It's about demeaning and intimidating a powerless victim.

I think it's about both.

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