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Senator John McCain (Republican-Arizona), at a Republican Senate fund-raiser, November 1998:
Sen. John McCain (Republican-Arizona), at a Republican Senate fund-raiser, November 1998:
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:"Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly?
 
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:Because her father is Janet Reno."<ref>David Corn, "A joke too bad to print?" Salon, June 25. 1998.http://www.salon.com/news/1998/06/25newsb.html</ref>
 
 
"Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly?  
 
Because her father is Janet Reno."<ref>David Corn, "A joke too bad to print?" Salon, June 25. 1998.http://www.salon.com/news/1998/06/25newsb.html</ref>
 
  
  

Revision as of 14:56, 15 June 2008

Documenting and analyzing the history of anti-LGBTQ jokes provides revealing insight into the preoccupations and prejudices circulating in mainstream culture.


This is a stub article in the process of development. Please add more well-documented "humor" in chronological order.

Senator John McCain (Republican-Arizona), at a Republican Senate fund-raiser, November 1998:

"Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly?
Because her father is Janet Reno."[1]


References

  1. David Corn, "A joke too bad to print?" Salon, June 25. 1998.http://www.salon.com/news/1998/06/25newsb.html