Sigh, loosen up those curlers. Gossiping is what one does when one posts a hurtful "rumor" for the express purpose of being able to say "Well, if it's true -- Shame on him!". Your chum then says: "If it's true it's totally disgusting." Mission accomplished, you've succeeded in spreading a particularly hurtful piece of information (based on fact or not) and shown all of us how upright and moral you are.

I'm by no means above being snarky and mean but I try very hard to keep hypocrisy to a minimum.

Hyprocrite:
IN BRIEF: A person who pretends to be good, pious or sympathetic without really being so.

As another poster asked, please do post any information you may have to refute the allegations about Senator McCain. Surely blah, blah, blah, isn't the best we can expect from you and/or chum is it?