Clarke writes about how she first encountered Mark Salter in 1988 at the Republican Convention . She mistakenly thought he was the bodyguard for Jeane Kirkpatrick , the former ambassador to the United Nations . Instead he handled communications and wrote for her . Through a chance meeting after the convention , she met him in New Orleans and told him to send writing samples because McCain needed a writer .

Question: Why would Mark Salter be so offended ?
Answer: Someone made a racist joke .None of the above choices .Someone mistook him for someone else .Someone made a joke about him .