Straight Talkin’ McCain Takes Both Sides of Gay Marriage Amendment Debate
Straight Talkin’ McCain Takes Both Sides of Gay Marriage Amendment Debate
In 2004, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said he opposed a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage:
Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona broke forcefully with President Bush and the Senate GOP leadership Tuesday evening over the issue of same-sex marriage, taking to the Senate floor to call a constitutional amendment that would effectively ban the practice unnecessary — and un-Republican. “The constitutional amendment we’re debating today strikes me as antithetical in every way to the core philosophy of Republicans,” McCain said.
But yesterday, ABC reported that McCain confided to Jerry Falwell that he would support such an amendment:
McCain “reconfirmed” to Falwell that he would support a federal constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman if a federal court were to strike down state constitutional bans on gay marriage.
Since aligning himself with Falwell and far right conservatives, gay marriage isn’t the only issue on which the “straight talk express” has backtracked. In 2000, McCain called Falwell one of America’s “agents of intolerance;” now he has agreed to give the commencement address at Falwell’s Liberty University on May 13.
UPDATE: Carpetbagger has more.
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So does that make him bi-cameral? ;)
March 29th, 2006 at 4:29 pmMcCain is going down faster then a $2.00 dollar hooker when the fleet pulls in.
March 29th, 2006 at 4:30 pmI support gay marriage rights, but I’d make an exception for the two in the picture. Ugh.
March 29th, 2006 at 4:30 pmWhere is the earlier post about the Democrats’ national security strategy, and the lack of any cohesive plan on Iraq? Are the beltway Dems twisting the screws on CAP, or what is going on here?
March 29th, 2006 at 4:30 pmIsn’t that “flip, flopping”?
March 29th, 2006 at 4:32 pmyou beat me to it Gary Kleppe..1st admendment, ‘except when kissing a bush’.
March 29th, 2006 at 4:33 pm#5, i would classify it as rolling over!
March 29th, 2006 at 4:34 pm#4 - I am still waiting for a republican strategy - after all they are the ones that got us here. And stay the course IS NOT a strategy!!
March 29th, 2006 at 4:35 pmWhy do people keep electing these troglodytes?
Wish I could post my picture of Bush with his arm around McCain, who’s tarted up like whore.
March 29th, 2006 at 4:36 pmJeez. I’m inclined to say something lewd & baudy involving both McCain & Falwell, but I would hate to cause Judd any more anguish than I already do.
Let’s just say that Jerry and John are both very hot on each other. Get a room boys!
March 29th, 2006 at 4:38 pmMe too, kindness. I just can’t think of a way I could put down what I’m thinking in a less than disgusting manner. Oh well…
March 29th, 2006 at 4:46 pmIs it me or do they look like they are about to kiss?
March 29th, 2006 at 4:47 pmBut he reallyreallyreallyreallyreally wants to be preznit…
March 29th, 2006 at 4:47 pmOnce upon a time, I supported McCain…but no longer. His straight talk was all fairy tale.
March 29th, 2006 at 4:54 pmi see once again the nation’s most important issues will be on the front burner….there is no way to defeat these anti-american greed whores if we keep playing by their rules - the country is better than this and needs some one to stand up for them - NO GREED WHORES in 06 or 0 fucking 8
March 29th, 2006 at 4:54 pmOnce upon a time, I supported McCain…but no longer. His straight talk was all fairy tale.
In today’s political world crafted by the Republics, you can’t get elected if you try to be honest.
March 29th, 2006 at 4:58 pmbut since the thread is already here i think a caption contest is long over due:
Though Bush & McCain continue to bang heads, a deep affection began to arise between the two.
March 29th, 2006 at 4:59 pm“Theat blue tie really brings out your eyes”
March 29th, 2006 at 5:03 pm“Aww shucks, partner you know how to get me all buttered up. Hehehe”
[…] I guess they all just eventually cave in and give up any sense of principle. I had such hopes for McCain. I supported him for 2000 and thought he got a very raw deal. I was hoping to support him for 2008 but alas, it seems he is heading to the crossroads in order to get elected. […]
March 29th, 2006 at 5:04 pmMcCain “reconfirmed†to Falwell that he would support a federal constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
But was that before or after he knelt and kissed Falwell’s ring?
March 29th, 2006 at 5:07 pmMcCain is owned and operated by the neocon spies now.
March 29th, 2006 at 5:19 pmOWNED
Soon, they’ll own all of us.
But I’m not sure how many of us will get the same precious photo opportunities to snuggle with Bush as McCain does.
I don’t think that was what he was kneeling for.
March 29th, 2006 at 5:20 pm#20 - Depends on where he’s keeping that ring.
March 29th, 2006 at 5:21 pmMore red meat for the base. How dare those sickos think that being an American guarantees them the same rights as all the good Christian, GOP voting, bigots and homophobes. How dare they…
March 29th, 2006 at 5:22 pmVERY clever #17. VERY clever.
March 29th, 2006 at 5:28 pmlast one:
“So, I just grab your soul from here, then you’ll be my puppet….hehehe”
March 29th, 2006 at 5:33 pmMcCain “reconfirmed†to Falwell that he would support…
March 29th, 2006 at 5:53 pm“reconfirmed” - he confirmed again? when did he first confirm that support?
It is so weird ow mcCain has become a pod person… maybe he’s doing it on purpose? Win the election and become president, then pull an FDR and turn socialist in his backers?
March 29th, 2006 at 5:55 pm“i wish i could quit you”
March 29th, 2006 at 5:59 pmHere is a great link just scroll down and read it all .http://www.answers.com/topic/siamese-twin
March 29th, 2006 at 6:04 pmAmanda ought to be ashamed of herself. Check out the pic of junior and McCain with this post. What the hell are those two guys doing?
I mean, I don’t want to hear squat about homosexuals from now one from either of those two fags.
March 29th, 2006 at 6:08 pmDoes this suprise anyone , McCain allways sits on the fence . he sides with wherever political gain can be made , I’m really suprise though that he didn’t mention he stayed in the Hanoi Hilton , just in case we forgot . I don’t have a caption for the pic but it does look like the Brokeback Mountain poster minus the cowboy hats .
March 29th, 2006 at 6:13 pm“NO GREED WHORES in 06 or 0 fucking 8″
Oh, man … this is a vision I’ll undersign! But is it possible any more? Isn’t GREED HO’IN’ what politics is all about, any more?
March 29th, 2006 at 6:19 pmCaption:
“Doctors were optimistic that at least one of the two would survive the separation surgery.”
March 29th, 2006 at 6:43 pmMcCain is following his “have it both ways” formula that proved so successful in the aftermath of the draconian South Dakota aboirtion restrictions. For the details, see:
March 29th, 2006 at 6:51 pm“The Prostitution of John McCain.”
McCain is so lame and has no backbone. He’s beneath content. Can you just retire? You’ll never be president. Just give it up already.
March 29th, 2006 at 7:11 pmI’m not interested in being soft on any Republican until I get my government back on the road to REALITY. I see that photo and think; what the hell kind of moment are they sharing? From the color if Bush’s hair, it would seem that this sweetheart pose of Bush and McClain had to have been taken a few years back. I do think when old photos are used that the date should be posted below it. There still a lot of stink that cannot be denied with that kind of embrace. But the date or some notation as when it was taken may even enhance the remarks it is now accompanying.
March 29th, 2006 at 7:43 pmi went to images.google.com to try to find a date for that photo -
March 29th, 2006 at 8:06 pmlots of george + mccain pics! can’t find that date yet, but looky at this:
http://www.radicalruss.net/blog/images/mccain-bush.jpg
oooeeeeee! this is fun!
March 29th, 2006 at 8:09 pmhttp://www.thehollywoodliberal.com/mccain_hugs_bush.jpg
McCain is a keating five phoney.He is too old and cancer infested.Just a matter of before right wingnut radio turns on him.foget abad im.
March 29th, 2006 at 8:22 pm#40 should read ‘just a matter of time’.Thanks.
March 29th, 2006 at 8:27 pmanother funny…after 10+ pages, i found that pic once, at this site
with this caption, from 2000:
Aw, c’mon John, I didn’t mean it the way it sounded.
The strange ritual dance of the Politicus Candidatus has entered a new, if predictable phase.
Now the official alpha males of their respective clans, GW Bush and Al Gore, are to be observed clucking, preening and cooing sweetly to John McCain and Bill Bradley, their erstwhile competitors. The ruffled feathers must be recoiffed. It is important to woo the bruised and the disaffected back into the tent for the really big spectacle in November.
(With apologies for the license taken by use of this AP photo of Bush and McCain. It appears to demonstrate, however, the Politicus in full preening maneuver).
heh…”politicus candidatus”…
March 29th, 2006 at 8:33 pmOh, sure pick on McCain. He’s against gays all the way. He only goes Brokback Mountain whenever Bush is around.
March 29th, 2006 at 9:04 pmSell out bitch! HELLO, can anyone say flip flop? How about Swift Boating his ass and coming up with someone who swears he sold out his fellow inmates at the Hanoi Hilton? Any takers?
March 29th, 2006 at 9:48 pmStraight Talkin out of both sides of his mouth!
March 29th, 2006 at 11:20 pmlook
March 29th, 2006 at 11:39 pmIF this idiotic idea SOMEHOW managed to be passed, and be signed into law, kiss the “church wedding” goodbye. The separation of Church and State would make “civil” weddings the rule. People could still have a “ceremony” in the church, but it would have no legal validity. Right now, people can be legally married in many different venues. But they can only go to a court of law to obtain a divorce. The reality is, “God” dosen’t “marry” you, the State does. Gawd, why don’t the “scaredy-cats” just “trademark” the term “marriage” and get it over with? It would be just as rational. Onion Heads.
March 29th, 2006 at 11:57 pmNo one is going to vote for ‘Keating five’ McCain after all this.
March 30th, 2006 at 12:07 amAny guy who kisses Bush is Gay or Bisexual, so that means McCain has been outed now, and Lieberman has been outed too > lol.
March 30th, 2006 at 12:26 amLets be honest here,
If they said Zell Miller said BLAH, BLAH how many people on the left would care?
Same goes for McCain on the republican side. Sure he pulled Farwell in for a minute (it won’t last, he is way too extreme).
March 30th, 2006 at 3:05 am#49- Come on now, Jay! Get crucial here. Honestly, no SELF-RESPECTING Gay man would bring their lips within a mile of GWB!!! Now the Self-Loathing ones are an entirely different matter altogether. But it is insulting to “lump” all gay men together. It is like saying all lesbians wouldn’t mind making out with “Pickles” Bush. Talk about YUCK!!! You don’t need to use Republican tactics. It is beneath you!
March 30th, 2006 at 5:38 amFLIP FLOPPER!!!!!
March 30th, 2006 at 8:44 amThey are always snuggling. Yuck!
March 30th, 2006 at 9:22 amPost 49 lol I never inferred that openly Gay men would have anything to do with a closet queen like President Dubya! Yes the self-loathing guys like McCain and Lieberman only! Any self-respectfull male would NOT kiss Bush > PERIOD.
March 30th, 2006 at 9:23 amAnd here we thought this guy was principled. Not when getting elected is on the line. Readers on this site may label it flip flopping, but will the pundits? Not likely. Someone needs to start keeping a list anway - this isn’t his first by any means. Not that it matters, it didn’t with Bush when page after page of his “partly truth, partly fiction, he’s a walking contradiction” episodes were spread across the web, but at least it is entertaining viewing.
March 30th, 2006 at 11:44 amI guess it all depends on what the definition of ‘is’ is.
March 30th, 2006 at 1:22 pmIf the situation is calling for supporting equal rights, he’s all for equal rights. But when the situation changes five minutes and ten feet down the road, then he’s anti-equal rights. He flips more than a pancake, depending on which side he wants to butter.
For me, that picture of the oh-so-sweet hug after Bush slandered McCain’s entire family says it all. He’s Golum. He’s hugging his ‘Precious’ and his eyes are closed in ecstacy.
My eyes, however, are never going close again when it comes to McCain.
#36, Snappy, “McCain is so lame and has no backbone. He’s beneath content. ”
I know this is a “Freudian slip,” but it’s a GREAT Freudian slip.
ALL REPUBLICANs seem to be pretty much beneath content. :^)
March 30th, 2006 at 6:23 pm[…] and ABC news reports (via thinkprogress) McCain “reconfirmed†to Falwell that he would support a federal constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman if a federal court were to strike down state constitutional bans on gay marriage. […]
April 3rd, 2006 at 6:02 pm[…] By the time he got to Liberty University, his position was more in line with that of his audience: McCain “reconfirmed†to Falwell that he would support a federal constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman. […]
May 22nd, 2006 at 11:06 am[…] Straight Talkin’ McCain Takes Both Sides of Gay Marriage Amendment Debate […]
January 6th, 2007 at 10:58 pmMcCain , do not waste UR time
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