McCain being coy on abortion?
Abortion rights groups, trying to convince female voters that Republican John McCain is not on their side, are jumping on McCain's comments that he might be open to picking a pro-choice running mate.
On Wednesday, McCain said opposition to abortion is central to the GOP, but also cited former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge, who supports abortion rights, as someone worth considering.
"I think that the pro-life position is one of the important aspects or fundamentals of the Republican Party," McCain told The Weekly Standard. "And also I feel that -- and I'm not trying to equivocate here -- that Americans want us to work together. You know, Tom Ridge is one of the great leaders and he happens to be pro-choice. And I don't think that that would necessarily would rule Tom Ridge out."
Democrats say that represents a reversal from April, when McCain said on MSNBC that opposition to abortion is a "deeply held belief" for him and that it would be "difficult" to pick a vice presidential nominee who didn't share it.
McCain favors overturning Roe v. Wade, the US Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide, then working with states to reduce abortions and eventually end them.
"Sen. McCain appears to have caught Olympic fever with the freestyle flip-flop he’s attempting to pull off with his hints about the possibility of a pro-choice running mate,” Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, said in a statement. “Pro-choice Americans know that this flip-flop is not indicative of a policy shift or a reverse course for the anti-choice and anti-birth control McCain. It is clear that McCain is nervous about his diminishing support among Independent women, a key voting bloc that will likely determine the outcome of this election. McCain knows he needs pro-choice Independent and Republican women to win in November, but his extreme position on a woman’s right to choose makes it increasingly difficult to attract these voters.”
Sex, Money and Power
Adultery cast a shadow on a person's ethics. It does not necessarily mean that the offending person is a bad person but it defines the person’s credibility and respect of the political office he/ she holds or aspired for.
John McCain had a well-documented affair on his first wife, former model Carol Shepp with his current wife, formerly Cindy Lou Hensley. Cindy was much young, beautiful and with lots Budweiser money to support his political ambition. The LA Times had reported that McCain obtained an Arizona marriage license on March 6, 1980, while still legally married to Carol. On Friday, February 12, 1999 when questioned about the affair by CNN's Bernard Shaw, the Arizona senator said. "Let me say that I am responsible for the breakup of my first marriage. I will not discuss or talk about that any more than that. If someone wants to criticize me for that, that's fine."
Later on McCain went on to cheat on his second wife Cindy with a much young and beautiful lobbyist Vicki Iseman. Vicki Iseman represented telecommunication companies on the Senate Commerce Committee that John chaired. They contributed tens of thousands of dollars to McCain's campaigns. In return, McCain championed de-regulation for them. He pressured the FCC to uphold marketing agreements that allows television companies to control two stations in the same city and introduced a bill to create tax incentives program for them.
Two times, he tried to advance legislation that would permit a company to control television stations in overlapping markets. If John Edwards' political career is over, why isn't John McCain's? Is McCain credible enough to be trusted to serve as a President? Once a cheater shall always be a cheater. A man that cannot be faithful to his loving, self-sacrificing wives cannot be trusted to be faithful to the American people.
Why do these abortion rights women think that women won't vote for a candidate that is pro-life?
"Pro-life", "Pro-choice"... what ever it is, it shouldn't be "pro late-term abortion" as deemed okay by Obama ... or did he say he was confused/mistaken about the actual methods/meaning of "pro late-term abortion"?
"pro-education" on women/young girls on using appropriate protection
K does not know what s/he's talking about. Is s/he talking about late term abortion, which is proscribed in all but the most limited cases by Roe v. Wade, or is s/he talking about so-called "partial-birth abortion?" The one who's confused is K.
The research is clear. When Republican and Independent pro-choice women hear about how extreme McCain is on abortion -- anti-Roe, anti-abortion for rape and incest victims, anti-birth control, anti-family-planning, etc. etc., then they move towards the pro-choice candidate, Sen. Obama. McCain is worried, that's why he said nice things about Ridge. But he's way too far out of the mainstream on issues like birth control (98% of American women use birth control at some point during their child-bearing years), and way too squeamish in talking about birth control, to be trusted to lead the country.
God Bless and protect the unborn.
McCain is not just coy about abortion. He is also coy about the indications he is having mini-strokes. His public statement of health indicates high blood pressure, dizzyness, and forgetfulness, all of which are symptoms consistent with his having min-strokes.
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