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. MORE »

And look at that, John McCain completely evaded the legitimate question with the usual “that’s offensive to people” nonsense. But guess what? John McCain reportedly called his nice rich recent wife Cindy McDain a “cunt” when she mocked his thinning hair stretched over his thousand-year-old skull. Look, we are not quaint with our language, but we don’t call our wives “cunts.” [YouTube/FireDogLake]