Does McCain Speak For McCain On Affirmative Action?
Does McCain Speak For McCain On Affirmative Action?
In an interview on ABC News’s This Week yesterday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) announced his support for a ballot initiative in Arizona that seeks to amend the state constitution to ban affirmative action. “I support it, yes,” said McCain when asked by host George Stephanopoulos. Watch it:
But, as critics quickly pointed out, McCain’s embrace of the initiative is a reversal of the stance he took in 1998 when Arizona considered a similar referendum. At the time, McCain spoke out against the effort to limit equal opportunity, calling it “divisive.”
Caught off-guard by McCain’s comments, his spokesman, Tucker Bounds, struggled to explain his contradictory positions, saying that he did not “have a firm enough grasp on the historical and relevant context of McCain’s remark in 1998” to “pushback” on claims of flip-flopping. Later, McCain’s campaign “refused to say” it stood by McCain’s policy declaration:
But McCain’s own campaign refused to say whether it stands by the candidate’s announcement that he supports the ballot initiative.
This isn’t the first time that McCain campaign has indicated that the senator’s public statements about policy may not be his actual policy. After the Tax Policy Center released a report showing a $2.8 trillion gap between Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) public economic proposals and his advisers’ private assurances, top econ adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin told Slate that just because McCain says something publicly about a policy, “that doesn’t mean it’s official.”
Ironically, while trying to distance McCain from his “econ brain” Phil Gramm’s “nation of whiners” comment, Holtz-Eakin declared that on policy issues, “Senator McCain speaks for Senator McCain.”
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Not only is mcCain trying to distance himself from GW Bush...
July 28th, 2008 at 3:08 pmhe is also trying to distance himself from mcCain!!
OT
July 28th, 2008 at 3:10 pmThe projected budget deficit is $490 billion, but it does not include the $80 billion being spent in Iraq, to which the Congress mandated that Bush not exclude!
The actual budget deficit is $570 billion.
The McCain camp is already claiming that the potential depression in our future will be caused by an Obama administration! Whiners.
Let's see, if there's a minimum age requirement to run for president, shouldn't there be a maximum age restriction as well ?
July 28th, 2008 at 3:13 pmHey, you can't expect the old coot to remember where he stood on anything ten years ago.
July 28th, 2008 at 3:13 pmC'mon, be fair, ask him about something he said last week.
Before election day, McCain might want to consider getting a diagnosis a la Robert Novak.
July 28th, 2008 at 3:13 pmMcSame is the only candidate that regularly requires his campaign to distance itself from him.
July 28th, 2008 at 3:14 pmReporter: "Do you support the ballot initiative, Senator?"
July 28th, 2008 at 3:16 pmMcCain: "Uh... yes... I mean no... uh, I don't know. What was the question again?"
I win!
I correctly predicted the next flub would be immigration last Saturday.
That's ten Political Points. I'm on a roll, baby!
July 28th, 2008 at 3:17 pmMcShit rolls out another turd to the adoring no questions asked media...
July 28th, 2008 at 3:19 pmNext prediction, for another ten, Alex - is Social Security.
Let it ride
July 28th, 2008 at 3:20 pmOFF TOPIC:
I like to post this article every now and then. It is one of the most significant articles I have read in the last couple of years. Please, read.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17475.htm
July 28th, 2008 at 3:20 pmAnyone know where the Clintons are? Where the other Democrats are who could be helping expose these contradictions of McCain?
July 28th, 2008 at 3:24 pmEh, he's just practicing for all those signing statements he'll be issuing once he's prez...
July 28th, 2008 at 3:26 pmSounds like the textbook definition of senility to me.
Don't tell him, though - I wouldn't want to piss the old coot off.
July 28th, 2008 at 3:29 pmI guess he isn't worried about one of Affirmative Action's discrimination stances: Old age. If he was, he would be VERY worried that the US would find him too old and senile to be CiC.
July 28th, 2008 at 3:32 pmMcSpin's spokesman, Tucker Bounds, struggled to explain his contradictory positions, saying, "If the Senator doesn't know what he's saying, how the Hell would we know"?
July 28th, 2008 at 3:35 pmOne wonders if McCain ever lets himself know what he is thinking......
July 28th, 2008 at 3:41 pmMcStupid speaks for McStupid on reaffirming he's a stupid old bastood........
July 28th, 2008 at 3:41 pmMarie Says:
Anyone know where the Clintons are?
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Gearing up for 2012 and hoping Obama loses to McCain, no doubt.
July 28th, 2008 at 3:43 pmrobbez_92107 Says:
Sounds like the textbook definition of senility to me.
Don’t tell him, though - I wouldn’t want to piss the old coot off.
Tell him, when he gets mad he pumps his fists up and down like a 2 year old throwing a fit.
It would be quite humorous to see that go viral on YouTube =)
July 28th, 2008 at 3:44 pmJebus. It'd be news if McFaust DIDN'T flipflop.
July 28th, 2008 at 3:49 pmMmmm. McSenile speaks for no one.
July 28th, 2008 at 3:54 pmI think the best idea for the McCain Campaign might be to affirm here and now that John McCain doesn't necessarily speak for the John McCain Campaign.
Any other strategy is just too dangerous for the McCain Campaign.
July 28th, 2008 at 4:00 pmBut Republicans are for Affirmative Action - for Republicans.
See Monica Goodling.
July 28th, 2008 at 4:00 pmOf course, Daryll, you don't mind getting your assist from Affirmative Action, right?
July 28th, 2008 at 4:00 pmYESSSSS!
It's another appearance by The Performance Artist Known as Daryll™.
Tell us, Daryll, how do you know what is Jesus' will? Did he whisper it to you when he told you to start calling the candidate "President-Elect Huckabee"?
And I always thought it was GOD'S will that we were supposed to be concerned with.
And did Jesus leave me anything in His Will? I had my eye on his baseball card collection, personally.
July 28th, 2008 at 4:03 pmI know this is not Jesus’ will.</em
Jesus had a will? I coulda sworn he died intestate!//
July 28th, 2008 at 4:08 pmI had no idea that Jesus ever weighed in on affirmative action. Or hiring practices, for that matter, although he did have a unique spin on hiring disciples.
You would think, though, that a "dark american" would understand that affirmative action and "quotas" are not the same thing. Unless, of course, that "dark american" was dumber than dirt.
July 28th, 2008 at 4:08 pmC'mon Daryll, you didn't get your cushy DOD tester job based on your (**snickering**) CIS degree from Oral Fellatio Roberts did you!
July 28th, 2008 at 4:10 pmYou got it because you are a BushitCo suckup and religious nut. Admit it, and feel better about yourself.
...or not really a "dark American".
But he does have a lucrative contract with the DoD which technically means this war profits him and his family. Perhaps this contract was a bequest in Jesus' Will.
July 28th, 2008 at 4:11 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
But he does have a lucrative contract with the DoD which technically means this war profits him and his family. Perhaps this contract was a bequest in Jesus’ Will.
It is his nifty excuse for cheerleading the occupation while studiously avoiding military service. Jesus wept.
July 28th, 2008 at 4:16 pmWe know about your lying, Daryll, but have you added nonobservance to your list of character flaws? Flip-Floppy McSpin doesn't vote anymore so, he has the liberty of claiming multiple positions without ever needing to say yay or nay.
July 28th, 2008 at 4:17 pmI did not see idiot Daryll posting at the Goodling thread about how she decided to hire or reject a candidate.
Has anyone else felt a general sense of failure and frustration coming from republiscums since Barack spoke in Germany? I really think the real wackos are filling with rage that they will have to vent somehow.
The next thing I expect to see are the pundits pleading for respect as their house of cards beging to fall.
Maybe they can get Mitch McConnell to sponsor a "Hug a republiscum Day" resolution in the Senate, so all the sheeple will feel better, and stop shooting people who think.
July 28th, 2008 at 4:18 pmDaryll Says:
People should receive employment positions based on merit and credentials,
So, you think George W. Bush should be a Wal-Mart greeter.
July 28th, 2008 at 4:18 pmI still can't figure out why Daryll is so enamored of a man who was rumored to wear sandals and a dress. I don't think he would get a job in the Bush administration with that kind of baggage. Not even if he got a decent, Republicriminal, haircut.
July 28th, 2008 at 4:22 pmI wonder how John McCain got into the Naval Acadamy?
July 28th, 2008 at 4:22 pmDaryll:
July 28th, 2008 at 4:26 pmHow do you feel about athletic and legacy set asides at universities? Doesn't it piss you off when some dumb jock or spoiled rich kid takes away a spot from a much more gifted and talented learner?
shoeless Says:
I wonder how John McCain got into the Naval Acadamy?
July 28th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
I once heard a 30 year Naval Aviator say:
"There are three kinds of Naval Aviators. Men who love flying and their country more than life itself. Future politicians. And Admiral's kids.
As a member of the first group, I never grieved for the other two when they managed to buy the farm".
July 28th, 2008 at 4:30 pmshoeless Says:
Daryll Says:
People should receive employment positions based on merit and credentials
So, you think George W. Bush should be a Wal-Mart greeter.
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Classic!
July 28th, 2008 at 4:32 pmDaryll Says:
shoeless Says:
People should receive employment positions based on merit and credentials,
So, you think George W. Bush should be a Wal-Mart greeter.
No, a CEO of Corporate America.
Mission Accomplished™.
Unfortunately, if America were a corporation, it would be in Chapter Eleven. And CEO Bush would have been ousted by the shareholders. With a Golden parachute, of course.
July 28th, 2008 at 4:33 pmDaryll. I don't understand. A child can be educated elsewhere so jocks and brats should get preferential treatment but you don't think people can get jobs in other places. There seems to be a disturbing lack of consistency to your thought process
July 28th, 2008 at 4:34 pmSo... you're a little... flexible on the whole "based on merit" thing, huh?
July 28th, 2008 at 4:35 pm(something tells me we may be in for a classic Daryll performance today, kids. Maybe not at level of his "shaking the Devil off", but the potential is there for HIGH-larity. Keep tuned.)
July 28th, 2008 at 4:37 pmDaryll Says:
Sen McCain, vote in support of the banning of Affirmative Action. It is not necessary. People should receive employment positions based on merit and credentials, not quotas. I know this is not Jesus’ will.
Hey, Darryl - you mean like those "merit and credentials" Monica Goodling used to hire lawyers for the DOJ...?
July 28th, 2008 at 4:39 pmdbadass,
If Daryll had a process to his "thoughts" he wouldn't Believe that God Created the Heavens and the Earth, all the critters and plants, sent His Son to die, anointed America, damned America, manages every aspect of every life except for Believing His ridiculous book; yet can't make sure the most qualified people are justly rewarded and is ALWAYS begging for spare change.
If Daryll's God is so great, why can't he manage His money?
July 28th, 2008 at 4:41 pmLeftside Annie:
I love it!
Daryll:
July 28th, 2008 at 4:42 pmDon't let being pwned above slow ya down. Ralph isn't the only one who has faith in you!
Saint Augustine Says:
I really think the real wackos are filling with rage that they will have to vent somehow.
Sadly, St. A., I think we saw that venting yesterday when that Christofascist gunned down two people in the Unitarian-Universalist church in Tennessee. See, that's the last resort of reich wingers -- when the facts and public opinion don't follow their narrow view of the way the world oughta be, they act out with violence rather than relying on reasoned debate and discussion and democracy. I'd expect much more of this type of sociopathic behavior to emerge in the coming months, as it becomes apparent to these nutjobs that there will soon be a new sheriff in town.
Why do right wingers and Christofascists hate America? Is it because of our freedom?
July 28th, 2008 at 4:43 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
So… you’re a little… flexible on the whole “based on merit” thing, huh?
One "merit" is having the smarts to be born into a wealthy family.
July 28th, 2008 at 4:43 pmDaryll Says:
shoeless Says:
People should receive employment positions based on merit and credentials,
So, you think George W. Bush should be a Wal-Mart greeter.
No, a CEO of Corporate America.
Bush already tried that. Unfortunately, he couldn't handle the job, and his corporation went Arbusto.
July 28th, 2008 at 4:48 pmDogfather - I've already predicted as much.
These hate-filled fanatic religious wingnuts are going to be marginalized (again) by an Obama presidency; and yet, the reichwing will continue to spew their hate from the radio and the teevee, Roe v. Wade will stand, gays will have equal rights, affirmative action will continue, there may be 3-4 new liberal judges appointed to the SCOTUS...
And even now, the Hagees of the world are creating "Warriors for Christ" (rent/buy the film "Jesus Camp") - what's to stop them from becoming Christian jihadis right here in America - "fighting for Jesus" with bombs and guns?
Nothing.
July 28th, 2008 at 4:55 pmThe Dogfather Says:
Why do right wingers and Christofascists hate America? Is it because of our freedom?
July 28th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Yes. They do hate our freedom. As slaves to an ideology which is all about CONFORMITY, they fear freedom to the depths of their souls. And it's a short step from fear to hate.
July 28th, 2008 at 4:58 pmJust a note.
Jesus Camp is available on Youtube in ten minute clips. Which was about as long as I could watch that crap without taking a shower.
July 28th, 2008 at 5:00 pmAnnie: sadly, I've concluded the same thing as you -- nothing's going to stop the neocrusaders from running amok in the next 4-8 years. It's particularly frightening given the hold that the right wing gun nuts in this country have on the Supreme Court.
Of course, Hagee and his ilk have professed their true intentions -- to bring on the rapture as soon as possible by starting the battle of Armageddon between Muslims and Christians -- so perhaps we shouldn't be so surprised.
I sure hope they get that Mars colony thing worked out soon...
July 28th, 2008 at 5:10 pmdbadass:
DO you really believe Daryll has the capacity for cognitive understanding?
Daryll, like many other republiscum, rightwing, conservative or neocon supporters suffer from cognitive dissonance, the psychological conflict that results from incongruous beliefs and attitudes held simultaneously.
July 28th, 2008 at 5:29 pmDogfather:
They don't hate us for our freedoms, they really hate themselves. Their sickness is a result of drinking too muck of the kool=aid they've been getting from the pulpits and the political platform of the right.
To be fair, I also know a leftwing whacko who defied his boss who instructed him to wash away an unkown chemical leaking from a tank trailer. This fellow had reported the leak, described how a little green cloud appeared as each drop of liquid hit the blacktop, and that since there was no marking or signage (as required by DOT) indicating what the chemical was, that washing it away with water might not be the correct thing to do.
This leftwing whacko knew there was a possibility that the unknown liquid could have an unwanted violent reaction with water or could cause problems to the river when it washed over the parking lot into the river less than 500' away. Instead of following the order he had been given, this whacko walked out of the office and called 911 from a phone booth and summoned the Chemical Response Unit of the city's fire department. Fortunately the station is located less than 1 mile away and had trained for this type of situation at the container port facility where this happened.
The chemical would not have had a violent reaction with water but would have been a pollutant in the river and would have harmed wildlife and killed fish. The company was fined but they never did find out I made that call.
July 28th, 2008 at 6:09 pmSpinning like a top!
July 28th, 2008 at 8:00 pmDo you think the GOP's secret plan is to have McSpin declared incompetent at the convention so that he can run on the platform that he's not responsible for past statements?
July 28th, 2008 at 8:49 pmI think by now it's been pretty well established that McCain doesn't speak for McCain on anything. He is manifestly untrustworthy, and it's hard to tell how much of his incessant vacillation results from political calculation and how much from the onset of dementia.
July 29th, 2008 at 5:12 pm"...All men are created equal..."
- Source: Declaration of Independence (1776)
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness." - Full Quote
These words were written by 'white aristocrats' that owned 'black slaves'.
...They knew full well that they never fully intended to meet the obligations of the contractual agreement that they had entered into as they later signed the Constitution, a 'contractual agreement' defining obligations between individuals and the state.
After 200+ years of institutionalized racism, its nice to see that we as a nation are doing something, anything, to pay reparations to the very people once considered property.
July 29th, 2008 at 9:01 pm