McCain Ad "I'm Hillary Clinton and I DO NOT Approve That Message"

By: Shawn
Published On: 8/25/2008 9:51:32 PM


Shame on you "Debra" ...  before any woman votes for John McSame they should check out his woeful record on Women's issues ... or Family Medical Leave ... or Equal Pay ... etc. ... click here for more information about the real McCain ... How wrong is Debra? ... she'd vote for 4 more years of Bush/McCain failures ... and what does Hillary Clinton think of "Debra's" support? ... check out the video below the fold ...

By the way "Debra" ... this is what McCain thinks of Hillary Clinton ... h/t The Jed Report

cross posted on VirginiaDem


Comments



I don't understand what McCain is saying there (Hugo Estrada - 8/25/2008 10:45:15 PM)
Could you tell us what is it that he is saying? And who is the old aged lady making the comment?conservatives


McCain's trying not to call Senator Clinton a Bi..h like his supporter did (Shawn - 8/25/2008 11:47:26 PM)
... at a South Carolina restaurant in November, 2007 ... McCain was asked directly "how do we beat the bitch?" ... I believe his laughter and response speak volumes  about what he really thinks of women ... like his offer of his wife for the "Miss Buffalo Chip" competition  


Think Progress Provides More on McSame's Positions on Women's Issues (Shawn - 8/26/2008 2:49:35 PM)
http://www.americanprogressact...

WOMEN'S RIGHTS
Debunking The Spin Campaign
According to a 2008 Planned Parenthood Action Fund poll, many pro-choice voters are under the impression that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) would protect women's rights, particularly in the area of reproductive rights. Forty-six percent of women supporting McCain said they'd like to see Roe v. Wade upheld, and a quarter of the all the pro-choice women polled thought McCain's views were consistent with theirs. The poll reflects the need for greater awareness of McCain's record, as 51 percent of female voters in battleground states don't know what McCain's positions are on women's reproductive health issues. The poll numbers also hint at a spin campaign from McCain and his surrogates to portray a "maverick" image on women's issues and cover up his hard-right record. McCain's long opposition to birth control measures, fair pay legislation, and his support for conservative justices such as Sam Alito and John Roberts -- who have undermined women's rights on the Supreme Court  -- underscore his poor support for women.

THE REALITY: McCain said in 2006 that he would repeal Roe v. Wade. His campaign website calls for overturning Roe, returning the issue of abortion to the states, and then building "the necessary consensus to end abortion at the state level." "I will be a pro-life president and this presidency will have pro-life policies," he told Pastor Rick Warren this month. Planned Parenthood and NARAL have both given him a zero rating on abortion issues. According to NARAL, of 130 congressional votes by McCain related to reproductive freedom, 125 have been against abortion. "I've got a consistent zero from NARAL throughout all those years," he trumpets. On other reproductive health issues, McCain toes the right-wing line, having voted against requiring health care plans to cover birth control, comprehensive sex education, public education for emergency contraception, and restoring Medicaid funding for family planning for low-income women. "The guy I really respect on this is Dr. Coburn," McCain told the New York Times in March 2007, referring to the vociferously anti-abortion Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK). McCain has also supported anti-women's rights judges such as Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas.

THE SPIN: McCain and his campaign, however, have wildly misrepresented McCain's record on reproductive health. McCain supporter Debra Bartoshevich said at a press conference yesterday that McCain is pro-choice, referring to a 1999 quote of McCain saying that "overturning Roe v. Wade doesn't make any sense." McCain chief surrogate Carly Fiorina in July suggested that McCain opposes "health insurance plans that will cover Viagra but won't cover birth-control medication," forgetting that in 2003, McCain voted against legislation requiring coverage of birth control. Fiorina falsely told women in Ohio this year that McCain "has never signed on to efforts to overturn Roe vs. Wade." "When pressed to speak about [women's issues], he often evinces stunning ignorance, a fact that helps reassure the moderate middle that he could not possibly be as conservative as his record suggests," Sarah Blustain of The New Republic observes this week. In July, a reporter asked McCain if it is "unfair" that insurance companies cover Viagra but not birth control. "I certainly do not want to discuss that issue," he said, pausing uncomfortably for several seconds. "It's something that I had not thought much about." When asked whether contraceptives help stop the spread of HIV, he paused, finally answering, "You've stumped me. ... I think I support the president's policy."

WOMEN ON THE BACKBURNER: McCain's record is poor not only on reproductive health issues but other issues related to women's rights. Last month, he skipped the vote on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which would have made it easier for women and other workers to pursue pay discrimination claims. McCain explained his opposition to the bill by saying that instead of stronger pay protection, women simply needed "education and training." In May, he told a 14-year old girl that he didn't think equal pay protections would do "anything to help the rights of women," claiming the legislation could "violate[e] the rights of the individuals who are being sued." (In July, however, he maintained that he is "committed to making sure that there's equal pay for equal work.") McCain has also opposed the reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Act. NARAL President Nancy Keenan reminded the public yesterday that McCain said he would vote against a family-planning program that "provides millions of low-income women with access to birth control and breast-cancer screenings" and that his record suggests he would "force teachers to censor life-saving information from our teens" in support failed abstinence-only policies.