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In his increasingly absurd attempt to remake himself to please Rev. Jerry Falwell, Arizona Sen. John McCain (R) is going through laughable contortions on the gay issue. Here is what he had to say to ABC News:
** "I believe that the don't ask, don't tell policy is working in the military."
** "I believe in the sanctity and unique role of marriage between man and woman. But I certainly don't believe in discriminating against any American."
** "I do believe that people ought to be able to enter into contracts, exchange powers of attorney, other ways that people who have relationships can enter into."
** "I just want to point out again, I believe that gay marriage should not be legal, OK? But I don't believe that we should discriminate against any American because that's not the nature of America, OK?"
** "I don't believe we should discriminate against anyone in the workplace. But I don't think we need specific laws that would apply necessarily to people who are gay."
It sounds like McCain is trying to have it both ways. He might as well just say that he was for gay rights before he was against them. It seems that some people will say or do anything to become president. So much for his "independent" streak.
9 Comments:
It's all very simple. It's the wingnut brand of logic: you don't have to have laws protecting gays because they aren't really people anyway. So of course McCain doesn't want to have non-discrimination laws in place, because that would validate the humanity of the gay community, and that would cost him the Republican nomination in 2008.
Remember, McCain was for gay rights before he was against them.
We are none of us free until all of us are free.
posted by Anonymous, at
12/05/2006 5:24 PM
John McCain's tactics (like Mitt Romney's)appeal to what they believe to be the values of a majority of the American people...if the last election didn't convince either one of them that bigotry and intolerance are no longer winning stratagies then both men deserve the overwhelming loss they'll surely receive during the primaries. Sitting on a fence will only force a post up ya' butt. Senator McCain lost my respect when he began kissing the far right wing-nuts ass at Bob Jones University.
posted by Anonymous, at
12/06/2006 7:31 AM
When it comes to John McCain, it's pretty simple: He Sold Out.
posted by Anonymous, at
12/06/2006 8:06 AM
McCain was never any angel; he was one of the "Keating 5", a group of Senators paid off by Charles Keating--a crooked S&L operator and Chritian conservative (guess there was no contradiction here), back in the early 1990's.
Still, compared to Republicans as a whole, he was Aristides the Just for a good while. Guess that pose wasn't working for him anymore.
Who's ass will he have to kiss next?
posted by Anonymous, at
12/06/2006 10:26 AM
Good one Regan. I lost respect for McCain back in the republican presidential primaries when the bushies slimed him by saying his wife had a black love-child; when in fact they had adopted a baby from India. He still kissed their asses and played ball with them afterwards. Wives, children and other family members are NOT fair game in politics; he should have punched them all out. He has no cajones! He also went along with bush's pro torture policies--a man who was tortured himself in Vietnam. Loser!
posted by Anonymous, at
12/06/2006 2:28 PM
I agree with all of you, but if Guiliani can't get the republican nomination, I'll settle for McCain, since I really don't think that Hilary can win.
posted by jekelhyde, at
12/08/2006 9:00 PM
If you want to see waffling on equal rights for gay people, take a look at this week's BayWindows out of Boston. First Romney was for them (reference his 1994 run for the Senate from Massachusetts against Ted Kennedy), before he was against them.
I was living near Boston in 1994 when Romney was running against Ted Kennedy. Ted behaved like a complete swine throughout the race (nothing new there), continually trying to lug in Romney's Mormon faith in a disingenuous fashion that was especially disgusting considering the religious prejudice John Kennedy had to get past during the 1960 election for President, which JFK won by the slimmest of margins.
Ted would say something like: 'My opponent's Mormon faith is not at issue in this election. If he is a Mormon, then that is his own affair. I will never attack my opponent because of his Mormon faith.' etc, etc., ad nauseum. Mormon, Mormon, Mormon; get the idea?
