As just reported by Politico, John McCain will be spending this Saturday courting female voters, specifically targeting Hillary Clinton supporters:
Per the campaign: "On Tuesday, Carly Fiorina hosted the first meeting of our Women for McCain task force ... Today, Carly will be in Ohio to meet with a group of Clinton supporters who have an organization called Women for Fair Politics to talk about her support for John McCain ... On Saturday, John McCain and Carly will meet with Clinton supporters by hosting a virtual town hall meeting webcast with them."
McCain, whose reputation as a womanizer precedes him, is dubbing this new outreach program the "I Like-a The Ladies and They Like-a Me Tour."
The "I Like-a The Ladies and They Like-a Me Tour" will highlight McCain's track record on women's issues. Campaign spokesmen Jeff Sadosky stated that McCain's days as a straight up playa will feature prominently in the "I Like-a The Ladies and They Like-a Me Tour."
He first met Carol in the Fifties while he was at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis. He was a privileged, but rebellious scion of one of America’s most distinguished military dynasties – his father and grandfather were both admirals.
But setting out to have a good time, the young McCain hung out with a group of young officers who called themselves the ‘Bad Bunch’.
His primary interest was women and his conquests ranged from a knife-wielding floozy nicknamed ‘Marie, the Flame of Florida’ to a tobacco heiress.
Sadosky went on to say that Johnny Mac will aggressively pursue the female vote in much the same way he aggressively pursued notches on his bedpost, because, hey, loving the ladies is what JMC was born to do. When pressed as to what, exactly, McCain is promising the women of America, Sadosky said that each woman is different, but at the bare minimum McCain is promising silk sheets and a homemade omelet, with the lady's choice of ingredients (excluding red peppers; McCain is allergic to them). When asked by Andrea Mitchell if this approach will be viewed by some women as sexist, Sadosky replied, "Oh yes. Very sexy. Very, very sexy."
Other highlights in the "I Like-a The Ladies and They Like-a Me Tour" will be a recounting of McCain's treatment of his first wife, Carol, who suffered horribly in a car crash in the winter of 1969.
After her first series of life-saving operations, Carol was told she may never walk again, but when doctors said they would try to get word to McCain about her injuries, she refused, insisting: ‘He’s got enough problems, I don’t want to tell him.’
When McCain ... was released in March 1973, he told reporters he was overjoyed to see Carol again.
But friends say privately he was ‘appalled’ by the change in her appearance ... ‘John started carousing and running around with women,’ said Robert Timberg ... McCain has acknowledged that he had girlfriends during this time, without going into details. Some friends blame his dissatisfaction with Carol, but others give some credence to her theory of a mid-life crisis.
Sadosky stated that the story of McCain's abandonment of Carol and his subsequent womanizing is meant to be a direct appeal to younger, hotter female voters, who may feel as though John McCain's age is a non-starter in a romantic or political relationship. "Despite reports to the contrary, John has always felt and expressed personal and physical affection for young, attractive, blond women. To suggest that John is only interested in the needs and desires of older women is to deny that Senator McCain is someone who likes the ladies. In turn, we want to make it clear that this is someone the ladies like, as well."
Until Saturday, we will have no way of knowing the full rollout of talking points for the "I Like-a The Ladies and They Like-a Me Tour," but sifting through McCain's past can give us some hints as to other topics that may be discussed:
- McCain's adamant support of an overturning of Roe v. Wade and zero lifetime rating from Planned Parenthood demonstrates that McCain really loves the ladies when they're preggo; grrr-rowl.
- McCain's belief in the global gag rule that prohibits organizations from discussing abortion or advocating for legal abortion shows that he loves-a the ladies in third world countries.
- McCain doesn't believe in sexual education or the discussion of contraceptives in school - as he has said before: "Daddy McCain will teach you all you need to know."
- McCain agrees with the Supreme Court that women protesting unequal pay should do so within a few weeks or months because, hell, ladies, why all the crying?
When questioned by reporters as to the efficacy of the "I Like-a The Ladies and They Like-a Me Tour," Sadosky stated that focus-groups have responded overwhelmingly to the outreach, and that many women have converted to McCain simply by breathing in his musky odor; what Sadosky describes as a mix between Brut cologne and gasoline. "Look, we all know that women are fickle creatures," stated Sadosky, "whose uteri can flit about all up in their lady parts and whatnot. This causes them to react irrationally to all manner of stimuli, and so whereas our opponent will be attempting to use reason to win over female voters [ed. note - Obama has called for equality in the workplace, support of the fair pay act, and is a resolute supporter of women's reproductive rights], our tact is simply to charm them and let them know that John McCain thinks their a real doll, sugar."
Stay tuned for more updates as they come in and be sure to come back to DailyKos for full coverage of this weekend's "I Like-a the Ladies and They Like-a Me Tour."