OK, WILL THIS GET SOME TRACTION?

The GOP has successfully brought the "character" issue to bear on Democratic candidates and although the attacks are bogus, the "liberal" media aids and abets the GOP. Today, Granpa McWAR was asked a "character" question at a townhall meeting:

McCain fields audience question on whether he called wife an expletive
DES MOINES REGISTER STAFF • May 1, 2008

A member of the audience, identified as Marty Parrish of Clive, asked McCain during the event at the Polk County Convention Complex about a rumor that McCain had once used a profane word referencing female genitalia to describe his wife.

A book, “The Real McCain” by Cliff Schecter, accuses McCain of using the word in an exchange with his wife, Cindy, in 1992.

Here’s a transcript of today’s remarks:

PARRISH: This question goes to mental health and mental health care. Previously, I’ve been married to a woman that was verbally abusive to me. Is it true that you called your wife a (expletive)?

MCCAIN: Now, now. You don’t want to … Um, you know that’s the great thing about town hall meetings, sir, but we really don’t, there’s people here who don’t respect that kind of language. So I’ll move on to the next questioner in the back.

Parrish, a 45-year-old Baptist minister and technology business owner, said he attended the event specifically to confront McCain about the rumor.

“This is about character,” Parrish said, when reached by telephone afterward. “And in a moment of intemperance, he called his wife the most despicable name a person can call a woman.

(You can see the video clip at HuffPo.) As I write this, there is no coverage from the MSM.