 John
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 2008
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 Clayton
Wheat "Claytie" Williams Jr
CLAYTON WILLIAMS News:
20080615
John
McCain - Clayton
Williams -  Women
-  Politics
-  Texas
-  Ariz
- 2008
Election - "McCain
Texas Fundraiser Back On, Sans Oilman." ... "[2008
Elecition Republican Presidential Candidate and Arizona Senator] Sen. John
McCain (R-Ariz [Republican-Arizona]) has decided to hold a fundraiser initially
sponsored by a controversial Texas oilman later in the summer at a different
venue, according to an aide who asked not to be identified." ... "McCain
had planned to hold a joint fundraiser with the Republican National Committee
on Monday at the Midland, Tex., home of Clayton Williams, who ran for governor
of his state in 1990. But after reporters from The Washington Post and
ABC inquired Friday about a remark Williams made comparing rape to bad
weather -- "As long as it's inevitable, you might as well lie back and
enjoy it" -- the campaign cancelled the fundraiser. Williams has apologized
for the remarks" -By Juliet Eilperin
-WashingtonPost
20080615
John
McCain - Clayton
Williams -  Money
- Politics
- Texas
- 2008
Election - "McCain
Cancels Event Over Texan's 1990 Rape Joke: Clayton
Williams Made Comments While Running Against [then Texas Democratic Candidate
for Governor] Ann Richards." ... "Questions from the media prompted Republican
[2008 Election Presidential Candidate] John McCain to cancel a fundraiser
at the home of a Texas oilman who once joked that women should give in
while being raped." ... "The Texan, Republican Clayton "Claytie" Williams,
made the joke during his failed 1990 campaign for governor against Democrat
Ann Richards. Williams compared rape to the weather, saying, "As long as
it's inevitable, you might as well lie back and enjoy it." He also compared
Richards to the cattle on his ranch, saying he would "head her and hoof
her and drag her through the dirt."" ... "Williams told his hometown newspaper,
the Midland Reporter-Telegram, that he had raised more than $300,000 for
McCain." -AP
via -cbs2chicago.com
20080614
John
McCain - Clayton
Williams - Money
- Politics
- Texas
-  History
- 2008
Election - "McCain
fundraiser's joke about rape resurfaces: GOP [GOP=Grand
Old Party=Republican] candidate postpones event in Midland [Texas] after
questions emerge." ... "[2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate
John] McCain's campaign late Friday said it had pulled the plug on a fundraising
event scheduled for Monday at Williams' Midland home after reporters contacted
the campaign asking about remarks made by the Texas Republican during his
1990 race against Democrat Ann Richards." ... "But Saturday afternoon,
the McCain campaign told the Houston Chronicle that the Midland event had
been postponed until this summer and would be held in a public venue."
... "Late Saturday afternoon, a McCain aide confirmed to the Chronicle
that the Midland event had been postponed but had not been taken off the
calendar. The compromise allowed McCain to say he had not held a fundraiser
at Williams' house; it gave Williams an opportunity to say that the event
he organized had not been canceled." ... ""Clayton Williams' totally inappropriate
remarks about women are well-known," [daughter of Ann Richards, Cecile]
Richards told the Chronicle. "Planning to host a fundraiser at his house
is just another example of how out of touch John McCain is when it comes
to women's issues. This is a major misstep for the McCain campaign, who
is having a hard time getting support from women."" -By
Richard S. Dunham with contributions by Alan Bernstein and Bennett Roth
-Chron
20080613
John
McCain - Clayton
Williams - Money
- Politics
-  Family
- Abortion
-  Law
- Texas
- 2008
Election - "McCain
Cancels Fundraiser with Oilman Who Joked About Rape."
... "Clayton Williams, who ran unsuccessfully against the late Texas [Governor]
Gov. Ann Richards (D [Democratic]), sparked controversy nearly two decades
ago when he joked women should give in while being raped. "As long as it's
inevitable, you might as well lie back and enjoy it," the oilman remarked
at the time." ... "The Planned Parenthood Action Fund, which has sharply
criticized [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate John] McCain
for his opposition to abortion rights and other family planning programs,
first contacted the Post about Williams' remarks. The group's president,
Cecile Richards, is the daughter of the late Texas governor." ... ""It's
shocking that John McCain would choose to fundraise with Clayton Williams,
who made his political career saying completely inappropriate and disrespectful
remarks about women," Richards wrote in an e-mail. "This is a real misstep
for the McCain campaign, who is having a hard time getting support from
women."" -By Juliet Eilperin
-WashingtonPost
 John
McCain's contributor Clayton Williams "in His Own Words".
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Mcain
fundraiser Clayton Williams on rape:
"As
long as it's inevitable, you might as well lie back and enjoy it."
Clayton
Williams on Texas Democratic candidate Ann Richards:
Comparing
Ann Richards to cattle Clayton Williams said he would "head her and hoof
her and drag her through the dirt."
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