The Latest Gem From McCain's Long History Of Horrifying 'Wisecracks'

John McCain's always had a hearty arsenal of "cocktail party jokes," including several about killing Iranian civilians with either bombs or exported American cancer, and another about Chelsea Clinton being ugly because her father is Janet Reno's penis. These jokes, however, can't shake a stick at the latest gem someone has unearthed from a 1986 copy of the Tucson Citizen , one that got him in a tit-bit of trouble at the time. After the jump: McCain's crack about the gorilla who rapes and murders some gal in the street .

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?'

Oh, we get it! The girl was aslut.

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[ 1986 Tucson Citizen Article .PDF ]