What a straight talker, what a maverick…
ABC:
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., faces enormous pressure from social conservatives to ignore his repeated commitment to change the GOP’s platform on abortion.
“If he were to change the party platform,” to account for exceptions such as rape, incest or risk to the mother’s life, “I think that would be political suicide,” said Tony Perkins, the president of the conservative Family Research Council, to ABC News. “I think he would be aborting his own campaign because that is such a critical issue to so many Republican voters and the Republican brand is already in trouble.”
A senior Republican close to McCain told ABC News that building a more inclusive GOP is a top priority for the Arizona senator. But this adviser does not see changing the party platform to include exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother as necessary for achieving that vision.
The problem for McCain, however, is that he excoriated then-Gov. George W. Bush during a 2000 debate for not being willing to make this change to the platform, and Democrats are salivating at the prospect of arguing, in the words of one strategist, “that another four years of Bush begins with another four years of Bush’s platform.”
Watch McCain’s heated exchange with Bush here.
While McCain has not addressed the abortion platform since becoming the presumed Republican nominee, he reaffirmed his desire to change the GOP’s official abortion stance following a multicandidate forum that took place in Des Moines, Iowa, April 14, 2007.
Despite McCain’s support for changing the platform in 2000 and 2007, Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., the co-chairman of McCain’s Justice Advisory Committee, significantly downplays the possibility that McCain would revise the party’s call for a nationwide constitutional ban on abortion with no exceptions.
“I don’t think that’s going to happen. I think you’re going to see a platform process that is going to maintain that plank,” said Brownback, a leading abortion rights opponent who endorsed McCain after ending his own White House bid.
“There are going to be a number of people supporting his nomination that want that plank left exactly as it is,” he said. “They’re going to be a strong majority.”
The GOP’s platform committee will meet in Minneapolis-St. Paul the week before the Sept. 1-4 Republican National Convention.
While leaving the platform untouched would please many in the GOP’s socially conservative base, it could alienate some of the more moderate voters that McCain hopes to woo.
“If he doesn’t change the platform, then he’s being the same kind of hypocrite that he accused Bush of being in 2000,” said Jennifer Blei Stockman, the co-chairwoman of Republican Majority for Choice. “To not accept abortion in cases of rape and incest, give me a break. That’s sick. That’s inhumane.”
Speaking of which, friends active in the reproductive health community have told me to keep a close eye on Bush over the Memorial Day weekend, where he is suspected to reinstate the “Global Gag Rule” domestically. Recently the Family Research Council, as mentioned above, an ardent opponent of Planned Parenthood was received at the White House to deliver their petitions of over 80 right wing organizations calling for the gag rule to be enforced and thus disqualify PP from participating in the program. The “Gag Rule” would limit federal funding to reproductive health outlets that give women information about abortion, as was specified in Rust vs. Sullivan.
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The DevilHagee made made him do it.Pasty old white men telling women what they can and cannot do with their bodies - when will it ever end?
McFlame/McSame/McMundane… flipflopping yet again?! I can hardly believe it… /snark off
well, that should get him the vote of the self-hating women, especially if they are voting on DIEBOLD.
This may get a little awkward for Senator McLame.
This is where I get pissed as hell. It is no damned politician’s business what the fu*k I do with my body. When they stop starting wars and killing people, maybe I might listen to them with their save the embryos bs. It’s a sin to abort an embryo but not to send a man or woman to die in a war based completely on fabricated reasoning?
I can’t wait for the media to ignore this story too.
The more extremist the GOP is the better….let them implode.
Gooper swine have a place to park their vote too. Bob Barr is there to scoop up the survivors of the GOP Titanic re-enactment.
Make it up as you go along, then do as you were going to anyway. Highlight how evil Myanmar and China are, along the way!!– (repeat on loop)
More crap from the Bullshit express.
Hmmm, clicked on the link expecting to here Bush and McCain Arguing the abortion point and all of a sudden I’m looking at Jenna Bush getting married.
I thought they were going to keep that crap private. My breakfast is ruined.
McCain is trying to fool moderates. But no one cantrust him since he Flip Flops on almost all issues. Here is a list of things Mccain hopes to do to beat Obama.
McCain’s 7 Steps to Beating Obama:
1. Paint Obama as a False Messiah
2. Work, Woo and Win the Referees
3. Meet With the People, and Force Obama to Follow
4. Claim the High Road Without Leaving the Low Road
5. Use A Vice President to Temper The Age Issue
6. Make Inroads Among Traditional Democratic Voters
7. Rely on the Historic RNC Advantage
http://www.time.com/time/natio.....-2,00.html
♠Bangkok-Bob♠ @ 13:
hear bush … HEAR … Damn I hate when that happens.
You got it. That’s the GOP! Sink and inhumane on almost every issue.
Considering the number of dead Iraqi children Republican policies have produced and which John McCain endorses, any protestations regarding the sanctity of life should only be taken as heartfelt if you happen to own a salt mine.
I am all in favour of post natal abortion for Republicans esp self inflicted after a nice juicey scandal,
just not sure what term would be appropriate.
OT, ex-State officials allege corruption in Iraq:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200.....corruption
Emma Hussein Goldman @ 16:
Amazingly consistent are they not?
Oh good. Let’s hope he’s stupid enough to come out in favour of banning abortion. ‘Bout time he gave the other two candidates something to savage other than each other.
♠Bangkok-Bob♠ @ 13:
She must have had the baby or an abortion going by the recent photographs, she was rather plump last fall.
Is this where the newest candidate, Bob Barr, can get a jump on him? McCain is going to have to fight Barr for the asshole and idiot vote now.
ferrofluid @ 18:
“Euthanasia”?
Peter G @ 20:
very! it’s good to know that they’ll say anything. now I would really like to believe that, after four elections cycles, people see through the gop bs and understand that voting gop is voting against their best interests. but that’s just me.
On CNN the just had McCain saying that he will act on global warming. No drilling in ANWR? I wonder if he will put it on the same list with abortion.
Al most seems the Cons purposefully want to lose so they can dump the whole mess off on the Dems for 4 years.
pissed off patricia @ 23:
At least they have the same family values. Barr devorced his wife for a newer model as well. I think Barr and Gringrich were doing it at the same time… while bashing Clinton for a blow job.
Blue Lensman @ 24:
Retroactive abortion.
Oh fuck, CNN is going to do a “flag pin” story. I can’t wait. Fuck. I’m hoping they mix in a Reverend Wright story before the evening is over. Assholes
pissed off patricia @ 23:
well McCain will get the drooling and senile vote (faux viewers), also the basement dwelling teengopper vote,
he wont get the intelligent military or angry veteran vote, hell will freeze over before that happens.
The xtian types are not too pleased with him, they would prefer somebody else, preferably not an adulterous divorcee.
Its hard to see what his base could be, most republicans are rather dejected at McCain.
The only ones keen on McCain are the VP promoting Reagan 03/30/81 types.
Brad @ 29:
I wouldn’t say I’m a huge Kavorkian fan but when I look at McCain I think, “there’s a problem for every solution”.
Captain Bitter Elitist Husein Kangaroo @ 30:
Time to start wearing folded $20 monopoly bills in place of flag pins to ridicule the repugs
Captain Bitter Elitist Husein Kangaroo @ 26:
tune in later, when the ‘clarification’ will deny he meant what he said.
L.A. Confidential @ 27:
and during those four years, the msm will blame everything on the dems as if ther never was a bush administration.
Of course he has to flip. That would complete the full circle, making him the rare perfect hypocrite. -The Political Jerk
ferrofluid @ 33:
Think about it for a second, phoney money sent in as campaign donations. Then start wearing the phoney money around.
ferrofluid, you’ve had a moment of brilliance. Let’s do it.
OK, where to find large quantities of play money?
ferrofluid @ 31:
McCain also will NOT get the 3,000,000+ voters that the Obama campaign has registered.
Blue Lensman @ 32:
We should start a sweep stake on how long McCain is for this green and pleasant land.
Every president loses their boyish looks and goes white haired when in office, the stress must be quite something.
Does any sane republican think McElderly would last longer than one or two years as the POTUS !!!!
mudshark @ 37:
photocopy monopoly money or find some web image of it and print it,
its not as if its real money as in green backs, the people who make Monopoly would love the publicity and the extra sales of the board game…
Captain Bitter Elitist Husein Kangaroo @ 38:
The recent voting was four to one Dem to Rep.
mudshark @ 37:
This is a very good idea ferrofluid. Very good. It would show the whole flag pin nonsense is as phony as a $20 monopoly bill. Very good indeed. I’ll mail you some Mudshark.
Captain Bitter Elitist Husein Kangaroo @ 42:
Its also the Bob Allen angle, keeps that boiling and amusing for Minneapolis.
Captain Bitter Elitist Husein Kangaroo @ 42:
hehehehehehe, you do that.hehehehehehehe
I even bought a printer a few weeks ago.
oh man, am I gonna have some fun.
I’m gonna have to go out and buy a couple hundred envelopes.
heheheheheheheheh:)
ferrofluid @ 40: