re: #246 american sabra

Remind me again why this was news for 5 days? Sometimes I really hate that we’ve become a bunch of whiny pansy asses. Or maybe it’s just that Palin will do anything for a little airtime.

There was this by McCain in 1998:
Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father was Janet Reno. Which I think goes well beyond what Letterman said and yet I don’t recall ever hearing about it. In fact Chelsea was constantly made fun of and I never remember the Clintons going on about it.

From the article you linked at Salon:

Though no tape of McCain’s quip has yet emerged, this is what he reportedly said:

Salon - WTF do you expect?