Aug 05 2008
Biker Johnny
McCain makes the rounds at biker rally
STURGIS, South Dakota (CNN) – Standing on the main stage at a world famous motorcycle rally in rural South Dakota on Monday, John McCain looked out on a sea of denim-wearing bikers and told them he enjoyed their company much more than that of the 200,000 Germans who turned out to see Barack Obama last month.
“As you may know,” he told the tens of thousands gathered at the 68th annual Sturgis Rally at Buffalo Chip campground, “not long ago, a couple of hundred thousand Berliners made a lot of noise for my opponent. I’ll take the roar of fifty thousand Harleys any day.”
That’s interesting. He’ll take Harleys over humans any day.
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.”
Take that, all you bitter Hillary voters. The old guy you are threatening to vote for wanted to enter his wife in a topless beauty pageant. How’s that for feminist values? To say nothing of the family values that the right wing Republicans are always crowing about and laying sole claim to.
How does the old codger get away with all this crap? Bet you won’t be seeing any this in your mainstream newscasts tonight.
(Today’s story actually goes a long way toward explaining the “feeling” I had about the photograph in this post from about a month ago.)
P.S. Can you not imagine the howls of derision that would now be emanating from the right had Barack Obama been the candidate to make an appearance at the Sturgis biker rally?
2 Responses to “Biker Johnny”
“How does the old codger get away with all this crap?”
Well, he was joking about Miss Buffalo Chip. I’m sure Mrs. McCain agreed to it, although it looked like an awkward moment to me.
@Americaneocon : Then he has a very warped sense of humor.
You would think his advance staff could have done a little research and clued him on what kind of event he was going to.
I just don’t believe the man has much respect for women.