McCain Hires Key Falwell Staffer For Presidential Campaign
McCain Hires Key Falwell Staffer For Presidential Campaign
In 2000, John McCain called Jerry Falwell an “agent of intolerance.” Now, he has hired the debate coach from Falwell’s Liberty University, Brett O’Donnell, to advise him on his communications strategy. O’Donnell has been executing Falwell’s strategy to train scores of debaters to confront “the culture on moral default.”
Falwell said the hiring should not be considered an endorsement:
The Rev. Jerry Falwell, chancellor of the Lynchburg university, said he has not endorsed a candidate, and O’Donnell’s appointment should not be interpreted as a signal that he is backing McCain…”Senator McCain is getting a real winner, and I’m sure Brett will be a great help to him,” Falwell said. “He’s getting Brett at the peak of his production.”
McCain also delivered the commencement address at Liberty University this summer.
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McCain has become as bad or worse than Bush himself!
November 18th, 2006 at 9:53 pmRudy Guilliani is going to beat him. Plenty of Christian Conservatives I know are getting sick of their leaders one trick poney Agenda. Rudy will be the revenge of the Secular Right!
November 18th, 2006 at 9:57 pmIf Mcacin or Hillary wins, I’m leavibg this country.
November 18th, 2006 at 9:58 pmmccain is a sad, sad case… he may not realize it, but he’s sinking, and i predict he is going to fall totally out of favor with the american public soon… he thinks he’s building a base but the base ain’t there any more…
And, yes, I DO take it personally
November 18th, 2006 at 10:01 pmNow THIS is what I call interesting.
Can’t wait!
November 18th, 2006 at 10:02 pmEither way Guilliani will beat McCain and will crush Hillary Stalin Clinton in the general. Then he’ll put the Leftists press and their Islamic Supremist allies in their place. I can’t wait!
November 18th, 2006 at 10:07 pmIf Mcacin or Hillary wins, I’m leavibg this country.
Comment by Firefox
Even the promise of you leaving the country won’t get me to back either of them.
November 18th, 2006 at 10:08 pmZooey,
November 18th, 2006 at 10:12 pmI’m shcoked. I thought the Left admires Hillary. I mean she’ll establish a Stalinist regime and try to throw us Rightwingers into Gulags! Don’t you guys support that?
I mean she’ll establish a Stalinist regime and try to throw us Rightwingers into Gulags! Don’t you guys support that?
Comment by Firefox
Don’t be ridiculous.
November 18th, 2006 at 10:13 pmMcCain has suffered a loss of credibility in recent months, and the condition is getting worse. We are suffereing under a dishonest president now, and another hypocritical politician in the White House won’t be tolerated.
November 18th, 2006 at 10:16 pmzooey,
November 18th, 2006 at 10:18 pmI’m not ridiculous, I’m serious. She wants to establish a Stalinist state. Wouldn’t you like that. Us Rightwingers thrown in camps and kill?
I think Hillary and McCain are nothing but the MSM’s creations. I know they have star power for now, but I think the veneer will wear thin before the Iowa caucuses. McCain has said too many things on camera that will come back to haunt him, and Hillary is a do-nothing moderate. Forget Guiliani: he has way too many skeletons in his closet. Women don’t like men who keep cheating on their spouses (plus, Bernard Kerkik is an albatross around his neck).
November 18th, 2006 at 10:19 pmUntil we see the pictures of him dressing as a woman!!!!
BWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!
November 18th, 2006 at 10:21 pmI’m not ridiculous, I’m serious. She wants to establish a Stalinist state. Wouldn’t you like that. Us Rightwingers thrown in camps and kill?
Comment by Firefox
Get back on your meds — please.
November 18th, 2006 at 10:22 pmZep Tepi,
November 18th, 2006 at 10:26 pmDream on, Rudy is the Left’s worst nightmare. That’s why you guys hope he won’t win. He’ll clean this country up like he did NY.
You Wacko Clinton is fully part if the NAFTA and CAFTA trade agreements, nort did any righties get thrown into camps.
It is Bush that throws people into camps!!
It is Rushdoony and the Gary North, Tim Lahaye Wackos of the Christian right that want to destroy the constitution and create interment camps!!
But your right people over at freekrepublic who mail hate letters and Foley predators should be locked up alongside Abramoff!!!
Besides Firefox didnt you know Bush is from the Eastern Liberal Esttablishment and a member of the very Liberal Bohemian Club that meets every year? You know the place that Nixon called the faggiest GD thing hes ever seen!!!!
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!
November 18th, 2006 at 10:29 pmthe maverick! bwhahahahaha
November 18th, 2006 at 10:30 pmLMAO!!!! Like Bush cleaned up corruption in congress and put a stop to war profiteering??
November 18th, 2006 at 10:32 pmplease ignore the attention whore firefox
November 18th, 2006 at 10:32 pmThat must be why I never worry about Booty Ghooly Annie!!!
Bwaaaaaaaaaa!!
November 18th, 2006 at 10:33 pmHow do you spell political whore? M-C-C-A-I-N. Someone needs to market a McCain Torture Doll. Yessiree kids you can practice electroshock, waterboarding, fingernail removal, degrading poses, and much, much more. There’s no limit to your depravity and you’ll be supporting America’s most wanted maverick for President. Please ignore the corporate brand on his get along.
November 18th, 2006 at 10:34 pmhe maverick! bwhahahahaha
— klyde
I think Falwell has turned him to a steer, for sure haha
November 18th, 2006 at 10:35 pmHey firefox did you know that Bechtel bailed out of Iraq because of the war torn state?
And they stole 1.3 billion of your dollars with mostly no bid contracts!!!!
Not to mention the welfare state of Iraq that Bush purchased with a unemloyment rate of 70+%!!!!
Bwahahhahahahaaaaaa!!
And you worry about a few Americans on Welfare!!
How about that 8 billion Bremer lost in Iraq Firefox??
Bet that bought alot of guns and bullets so the terrorists could kill more Americans.
And that 2 million FOX paid them to buy weapons as well!!
Yeh your batting a thousand FF!!
BWHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAA!!
November 18th, 2006 at 10:37 pmThe problem with pandering is that it never goes over or fools anyone. Plus you end up pissing off those who previously liked you.
November 18th, 2006 at 10:43 pmAs a seasoned pol I would think McCain would know this. This is also a lesson unlearned by Hillary as well.
Pandering to the religious right looses McCain the support of the independents and moderate republicans. And the religious right can tell when someone is not for real and is just playing.
I see this as the nail for his presidential bid.
Don’t be surprised when McCain starts wearing a crown of thorns.
November 18th, 2006 at 10:47 pmhttp://myrepublicanblog.blogspot.com/
McCain is “Un-Republican”
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
Even the GOOPERS KNOW MCCAIN IS A HACK!!
November 18th, 2006 at 10:47 pmFalwell does nothing for religion, he harms it by appearing as a death for Jesus wacko!!
November 18th, 2006 at 10:52 pmI
#11, Firefox: I’m not ridiculous, I’m serious. She wants to establish a Stalinist state. Wouldn’t you like that. Us Rightwingers thrown in camps and kill?
Reichvingers, who are so fervently fond of blood sacrifices, should go on their own volition to Iraq, i.e. the Shiite fundamentalist republic which they helped Pres. Bush inadvertently father in direct reponse to the horrific attacks of 9/11.
Tens of thousands of lives have been ruined and $400 billion has been spent on a Islamic fundamentalist state which has close and extremely long standing ties to Iran thanks to the Reichvingers.
The very least the Reichvingerscould could do for the USA is go live in the paradise (snicker) that they helped usher in.
BTW: The Badr Corps is also in need of canon fodder. You morons would be a great help and could give your lives to Iraq. Please think about about seriously.
November 18th, 2006 at 10:56 pmObviously McCain realizes he needs the support of the Religious Right Wing Doomsday nut jobs if he and the Republican Monopolist Oil and War Profiteers expect to win in 08.
November 18th, 2006 at 11:00 pm#25, Fools on the Hill: Don’t be surprised when McCain starts wearing a crown of thorns.
Well, that’s about right…we just had the Crisco Kid (Ashcroft)….
What a bunch of WACKOS!!
I could see if nuts like Falwell could actually read biblical literature in Aramaic, Arabic, Hebrew, Syriac, etc.
But he cannot.
Falwell is not literate.
Falwell, nevertheless, claims to know what the Bible says?
Make zero sense.
November 18th, 2006 at 11:03 pmAnd George is still a bumbling boob that consistently lies!!!
Heckuva Job Brett, You learn that McCain real good ya hear!!!
November 18th, 2006 at 11:04 pmFirefox, Rudy doesn’t have a chance of getting past the right wing religious wackos that comprise your party’s ‘base’ - and man are they ‘base’, hehehehe - and getting the nomination. Especially if McCain is lickin’ Falwell’s boots this far out.
November 18th, 2006 at 11:04 pmSo, McCain has hired the debate coach from Falwell’s Liberty University, Brett O’Donnell, to advise him on his communications strategy.
Question: Will that make McCain a “master debater?”
November 18th, 2006 at 11:08 pmMcCain wants to be president too desperately, which is demonstrated by his willingness to do ANYTHING to try to get there. The right wing WILL turn on him again. I won’t be surprised if he offs himself at some point.
November 18th, 2006 at 11:09 pmI doubt he does. If he did he wouldn’t be fleecing his flock for millions of dollars and using it for personal empowerment.
Falwells lust of money is the root of evil.
November 18th, 2006 at 11:12 pmQuestion: Will that make McCain a “master debater?â€
Comment by Briseadh na Faire
Heh. Something like that. How’s your head, counselor?
November 18th, 2006 at 11:14 pmIt’s quite simple. We don’t need anymore Presidents who suck up to religious nutcases. Bush was quite enough.
November 18th, 2006 at 11:14 pmNot too bad. Being a healer helps in situations like these. Reiki works well on hangovers…
Quite a mix last night. I decided to honor my international law studies: Dom Perignon, Glen Livet Scotch, and Sacher Liqueur for an after-dinner nightcap (chocolate liquer I brought home from the Sacher Hotel in Vienna…mmmmm…)
November 18th, 2006 at 11:34 pmre: #8 The Pot
I’m shcoked. I thought the Left admires Hillary. I mean she’ll establish a Stalinist regime and try to throw us Rightwingers into Gulags! Don’t you guys support that?
Comment by Firefox — November 18, 2006 @ 10:12 pm
The irony of Republicans…they preemptively kill, murder, torture, rape, steal, exploit, and then have the audacity to accuse their victims of being the same so they can sleep at night… Sweet dreams!
PK
November 18th, 2006 at 11:37 pmQuite a mix last night. I decided to honor my international law studies: Dom Perignon, Glen Livet Scotch, and Sacher Liqueur for an after-dinner nightcap (chocolate liquer I brought home from the Sacher Hotel in Vienna…mmmmm…)
Comment by Briseadh na Faire
Holy shit! I feel sick reading that.
Sacher Liqueur sounds good…
November 18th, 2006 at 11:39 pmMcPhony? McLoser? McSnowjob Express? McWinger? McLiar? McDinkweed?
Send this clown back to Arizona.
-GSD
November 19th, 2006 at 12:02 amHey BNF you ever do the thing where you activate unused DNA and it feels as if your whole body goes to vibrating?
I can find only a few people that have mastered it and raised their frequency to this level. And well it’s hard to find folks that understand this knowledge of the labrum
November 19th, 2006 at 12:09 amReminds me of the time I got drunk on white russians and ate a big bowl of Chili !!!
I will never do that again!!
November 19th, 2006 at 12:11 amHeh. White Russians & Margaritas. Won’t be doing that one again! :P
November 19th, 2006 at 12:29 amMcCain was revealed as a PoHo (political ho) six years ago when he endorsed Bush after Dubya emasculated him in the primaries. There used to be Democrats and Independents who liked this guy as a war hero and supposed straight-talker. He’s managed to gut all that support. What a hack.
November 19th, 2006 at 1:28 amall aboard the ‘zero dignity express’!
November 19th, 2006 at 1:33 am#25
“…Don’t be surprised when McCain starts wearing a crown of thorns.
Comment by Fools on the Hill — November 18, 2006 @ 10:47 pm…”
K street type inSultants and lobyist tell these people do to crap JUST like that FotH. I will niether be shocked nor suprised but I will be more adimate about McCain staying out of the WH because he so out of touch he’ll listen to hacks like Carville et al.
November 19th, 2006 at 2:26 amMcCain looks like he is almost 80 years old, so he is washed out and looks like death warmed over, plus his mind got damaged in prison camp in North Vietnam > I bet he has been brainwashed by them too!
November 19th, 2006 at 3:06 amWe Need A Permanent Restraining Order Against Any Republicans Getting Closer Than 500 Yards To Any Governmental Institution.
November 19th, 2006 at 3:54 am#6… what the hell have you been smoking? Guilliani is a non-starter - no way he is presidential material and no way he can outrun the taint of scandal from his time in office, which was prob. not widely reported outside of New York, but in a primary forget Rudy, he’s toast.
Both Hillary and McCain are so busy positioning themselves as something they’re not, I don’t think either of these phonies will play well against other candidates.
McCain is acting really bizzare. What happened to the Maverick? McCain Feingold has been replaced by sycophantic Bush hugging and Right wind religous crazy coddling. Is this some bizzare Manchurian Candidate stuff? WTF?
November 19th, 2006 at 3:57 amEverybody knows Jay Randall is a troll, just saying derogetory things about McCain so that O’Lielly can go on TV and decry us “Liberal bloggers” for hitting McCain below the belt…
…but that being said, McCain is a piece of s#it, lol… seriously, I used to like the guy, but he is a sell out now. As soon as he started shilling for the Bush Regime, he lost all credibility with free-thinking people. He stands for nothing but his own political interests, much like Joe Lieberman… dueschebags.
November 19th, 2006 at 5:02 amFalwell…that is one heavy-duty case o’ Hastert-Limbaugh Syndrome.
November 19th, 2006 at 7:21 am“I thought the left admired Hillary…”
November 19th, 2006 at 7:28 amThis is one of the key problems with this country right there.
If you actually paid attention to what ‘the left’ is saying, you’d know we don’t particularly like Hillary, and are in fact pretty disgusted with her.
It’s almost funny how this chant from the Right, Hillary Hillary Hillary has been going on for years now, when the truth is a dozen folks would beat her out, from Al Gore to Russ Feingold to Wes Clark to Barack Obaama, fer Krissake.
The dittohead trolls don’t even know what their opponents’ positions are any more: all they know is what Rush and Hannity say they are–and the trolls rush over here to badmouth Hillary, misspelling the stuff they’ve only heard on the radio. And they think they’ve counted coup when they’ve badmouthed ‘our favorite.’
The real horror is not that there are racist xenophobic chickenhawks who got hit on the head with Atlas Shrugged at an early age–we’ve had those for a long time, It’s that there’s a whole pile of people who just listen to these right wing fabulists make stuff up. And so they make points against positions their opponents don’t hold, triumphantly trot out incorrect facts, and type LOL triumphantly when all we do is scratch our heads and wonder what’s wrong with them.
That’s the really sad thing.
The Heartbreak of Hastert-Limbaugh Syndrome
That’s a good point, pbg. It would be an interesting study to how early reading of Atlas Shrugged correlates with subsequent onset of HLS.
Per Sharon Cox, the symptomology includes:
Perhaps Zooey can help us pull all this together.
November 19th, 2006 at 7:40 amTrue Democrats are back in power in the House and Senate after 12 years, but dramatic changes in basic U.S. foreign policy are unlikely, particularly in the “war on terror†and combating “Islamic radicalismâ€, on which there is a bipartisan consensus.
The de-ideologization of U.S. foreign policy into a more “realistic†mode is still a long way off. The “war team†— Bush, Dick Cheney, and Condoleezza Rice – is still in the driver’s seat and has the veto power on war and peace issues; Democrats have yet to lay their hands on the steering wheel of their country’s international policies.
Reviewing U.S. voting records at the Security Council reveals the most recent veto as the 30th anti-Palestinian vote and the 42nd anti-Arab out of more than 80 U.S. vetoes.
Both Democrats and Republicans are expected to play politics more than they will plan policies until they settle the leadership dilemma in the 2008 election; the future of military occupations and peacemaking in the Middle East will have to wait until then
I SAY IMPEACH BUSH , GAIN THE STEERING WHEEL AND START ENGAGING NOW IN INTERNATIONAL POLITIC NOW
November 19th, 2006 at 7:57 am“I thought the left admired Hillary…â€
This is one of the key problems with this country right there.
If you actually paid attention to what ‘the left’ is saying, you’d know we don’t particularly like Hillary, and are in fact pretty disgusted with her.
It’s almost funny how this chant from the Right, Hillary Hillary Hillary has been going on for years now, when the truth is a dozen folks would beat her out, from Al Gore to Russ Feingold to Wes Clark to Barack Obaama, fer Krissake.
The dittohead trolls don’t even know what their opponents’ positions are any more: all they know is what Rush and Hannity say they are–and the trolls rush over here to badmouth Hillary, misspelling the stuff they’ve only heard on the radio. And they think they’ve counted coup when they’ve badmouthed ‘our favorite.’
The real horror is not that there are racist xenophobic chickenhawks who got hit on the head with Atlas Shrugged at an early age–we’ve had those for a long time, It’s that there’s a whole pile of people who just listen to these right wing fabulists make stuff up. And so they make points against positions their opponents don’t hold, triumphantly trot out incorrect facts, and type LOL triumphantly when all we do is scratch our heads and wonder what’s wrong with them.
That’s the really sad thing.
Comment by pbg — November 19, 2006 @ 7:28 am
Well said pbg. Hillary is probably the one that convinced Bill to sign off on NAFTA and CAFTA which in my opinion was the biggest mistake Clinton ever made beyond anything the Republicans castigate him for. Ironically, the Republican Oil and War Profit Monopolists are very quiet about this point on Clinton’s record. But we all know thats what they really love him for…Outsourcing America. The first order of business with the new Congress and Senate should be to eliminate NAFTA and CAFTA…then as Tobey said, let the Impeachments begin.
November 19th, 2006 at 8:12 amYou can help stop the Republicans from using the veto and the filibuster.
Go to http://www.opensecrets.org
search on the name Mitch McConnell
He will serve as the minority leader of the senate in 2007. Find his campaign contributors and list the ones that sell consumer products. Find their email addresses and phone numbers and fax numbers.
Send each of his campaign contributors the following message.
Get your CEO to tell Mitch McConnell: Do not use the filibuster nor let George W Bush use the veto or we will not buy your products ever again and we will tell everyone in this country not to buy your products.
Then tell Senator McConnell, do not use the filibuster nor allow Bush to use the veto or I will boycott your campaign contributors that sell consumer products.
November 19th, 2006 at 8:56 amMcCain doesn’t have a whisper of a chance to become president. He sold his soul to the corrupt GOP and was the original “flip flopper” - then he licked bootstraps and knuckled under on the terror bill….he’s a puny, sycophantic GOP “gopher”. It’s a shame because he at one time had integrity and, in joining ranks with corruption, has become corrupt himself.
He sold his soul as far as this country is concerned.
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November 19th, 2006 at 9:55 amWhen in trouble…
…reach out to the TREASONOUS, racist, al Cracker inbred base…
-Republican CONNED’servative political machine-
…these are your family members…
…your co-workers…
…your neighbors…
…and friends…
November 19th, 2006 at 10:11 amAmerica should not and must not elec a war mongering president wrapped up with extreme religious dogmas of leaders believe in Raputre, the end of time, and ‘war of civilizations’; a president who does not claim that wars were God sent messages to him. America should elect a man with new vision on how to live in this 21 century peacefully with all nations,religions and cultures on this planet..America saves billions of dollars by doing that and saves also thousands of live here and abroad. McCain looks like he is wearing the religious coat this coming elections. Will it work?!! I have doubts about his march to success carrying the torch of religion given to him by J.Falwell.
November 19th, 2006 at 10:29 amMcCain is running the far right campaign.
November 19th, 2006 at 11:00 am“Brett O’Donnell, to advise him on his communications strategy” … “He’s getting Brett at the peak of his production.â€
communications … propaganda
production … fabrication
more stright talk from a crooked gun
November 19th, 2006 at 11:26 amNot gonna work Johnny. The “American Taliban” was rebuked in the last election. You should be courting all Americans and not the 31 percenters. Where’s your backbone son ??
November 19th, 2006 at 12:12 pmPandering to the false christians is what earned the GOP its minority status.
Note to false christians: God made gay people just as he made all the people. Your selective use of the old testament to support your hatred is in direct contradiction to the words Jesus spoke about love being the most important virtue.
November 19th, 2006 at 12:38 pmShamRock post 52 > LOL I am not a troll and have been posting on TP for almost a year now. I will kick McCain’s crotch if I want to and why should anyone vote for a white haired freak like McCain > he is a disgrace!
November 19th, 2006 at 1:12 pmI’m going to put it as plan and simple as I can: John McCain has NO crediability left, whatsoever. He is pandering to the worst of America when he kisses up to hateful so called christians like Fallwell. Jerry Fallwell is nothing but a bigoted, devil worshiping ahole who wouldn’t know Jesus Christ if he walked up to him. Just mouthing the words of the bible doesn’t make one Christ like in his deeds. He (Faldwell) hates minorities, and anyone who doesn’t agree with his extremist views on the issues of the day.
So go ahead McCain, hitch your wagon to the extremist and you invitation to the swearing in of the next President will be as a quest. You had it right when you represented the center of the political arena, but you ran right to your political demise. Any fool should realize that the right lost the last elections because they were too extreme, not to moderate. Remember Senator Rick Santorium, the uncompremising rightwing nut that stuck the Bush like a glove and Senator George (Macaca) Allen? Well my flip floping friend they lost and so will you.
November 19th, 2006 at 1:12 pmMcPhony? McLoser? McSnowjob Express? McWinger? McLiar?…
Comment by GSD — November 19, 2006 @ 12:02 am
i like a sam seder tag after he caved in on the torture bill: mcCAVE
November 19th, 2006 at 1:15 pm…
[…] Link […]
November 19th, 2006 at 2:56 pm67 - Jay, I think ShamRock was writing “tongue-in-cheek” so to speak. At least that’s the way I read it.
We know you’re no troll. However, to the Reich-wing, you may be perceived as an ogre!
November 20th, 2006 at 12:17 am“I am a pro-life, pro-family fiscal conservative, an advocate of a strong defense, and yet Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell and a few Washington leaders of the pro-life movement call me an unacceptable presidential candidate. They distort my pro- life positions and smear the reputations of my supporters. Why? Because I don’t pander to them, because I don’t ascribe to their failed philosophy that money is our message.
…
The political tactics of division and slander are not our values, they are… (APPLAUSE) They are corrupting influences on religion and politics, and those who practice them in the name of religion or in the name of the Republican Party or in the name of America shame our faith, our party and our country.
(APPLAUSE)
Neither party should be defined by pandering to the outer reaches of American politics and the agents of intolerance, whether they be Louis Farrakhan or Al Sharpton on the left, or Pat Robertson or Jerry Falwell on the right. ”
John McCain, Feb. 28, 2000
November 20th, 2006 at 12:39 pm[…] McCain Hires Key Falwell Staffer For Presidential Campaign […]
November 20th, 2006 at 1:34 pmMcCain must not be reading papers or watching tv, or reading blogs — he doesn’t have a chance. He is really in a state of denial.
November 20th, 2006 at 4:39 pmMcCain had he chance to do what was right for both himself and the country in 04, he did not choose wisely. He supported Chimpman.
November 21st, 2006 at 1:18 pmIt has become quite clear, the Rethuglicans learned nothing
December 5th, 2006 at 5:55 amfrom the last election. Any real conservative is putting as
much distance between themselves, and the PsudeoChristian
fruitcakes like Falwell, Dobson, etc etc as possible.. After what
these dispicable creatures have shoved down the nations throat,
there is not a self respecting Moderate, or Independent
alive that will be associated with any Candidate that are in
anyway involved with, or beholden to, the Christian Right.
McCain is dealing himself out early for some odd reason. His
credibilty is already in question, due to his pandering to
the ProWar crowd. Aligning himself with Falwell, is sheer insanity.
and calls his intelligence into question.
Bye Bye John,
[…] The danger of this paragraph is two-fold. Both reasons connect to the media-created perception on McCain as a maverick. First, McCain has been actively shifting is ideology to the right on social issues over the last six years. He has become a diminutive clone of George W. Bush and has flip-flopped consistently to the right on social issues. If he was at one time too liberal for far right, he has remade himself into a scion of Falwell (even hiring Falwell’s former staffer Brett O’Donnell). McCain supports an immediate reversal of Roe v. Wade - I don’t think there’s a more regressive stance on abortion than that. McCain cut commercials in support of Arizona’s gay marriage ban. He is no liberal; his beliefs are squarely in line with the far right of the Republican Party. […]
December 10th, 2006 at 1:07 pm[…] to cozy up to the man who said Americans “deserved” the 9/11 attacks. (Indeed, McCain has now hired Falwell’s debate […]
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