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McCain on Chelsea Clinton

“Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.”
– John McCain speaking at a Republican dinner, June 1998

“Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.”
– John McCain speaking at a Republican dinner, June 1998
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Can you pleas provide the source for this quote? I truly can’t imagine a grown man, a father himself, making such an unkind remark about a child.
If he did, then shame on him!
Hi Kate, we pulled this quote from two sources that appear to be accurate and a third source that cites McCain’s apology over the matter:
http://www.salon.com/news/1998/06/25newsb.html
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/02/09/john-mccains-crude-chelsea-clinton-joke
Arizona Republic’s Murphy reports, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)
“formally apologized” to Pres. Clinton on 6/12 “for a crass joke
he made earlier in the week at the expense of” Hillary Rodham
Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, and AG Janet Reno. McCain spokesperson
Nancy Ives “said a letter of apology had been hand-delivered to
the” WH.
Source: http://tinyurl.com/2tcwxg
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