Day: August 26, 2008

He really is running for President of POW.

This sounds like a story you might read on the spoof site, womenforjohnmccain.com, which Trish wrote about earlier today, but, sadly, this is no joke. Or at least it’s not meant to be.
John McCain believes Roe v. Wade is a flawed decision that must be overturned.
– McCain website
Yesterday, just in time for the start of the Democratic National Convention, the McCain campaign released a new ad that features Debra Bartoshevich, a nurse from Washington, who claims to be a “proud Hillary Clinton Democrat” who now plans to vote for McCain.

But at news conference in Denver arranged for the Republican National Committee, Bartoshevich revealed what appears to be a shaky grasp on her candidate’s position on an issue that is fundamental to actual Hillary Clinton supporters:

Midway through the event, Bartoschevich was asked if she was concerned about McCain’s pro-life voting record. At a podium paid for by the Republican National Committee, with McCain aide Carly Fiorina standing nearby, Bartoschevich said this, “Going back to 1999, John McCain did an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle saying that overturning Roe v. Wade would not make any sense, because then women would have to have illegal abortions.”

Bartoshevich must have missed McCain’s appearance at the Saddleback megachurch a couple of weeks ago, when he said this:

“PASTOR RICK” WARREN: Let’s deal with abortion. I, as a pastor, have to deal with this all the time, every different angle, every different pain, all of the decisions and all of that. Forty million abortions since Roe v. Wade. Some people, people who believe that life begins at conception, believe that’s a holocaust for many people. What point is a baby entitled to human rights?

MCCAIN: At the moment of conception. (APPLAUSE). I have a 25- year pro-life record in the Congress, in the Senate. And as president of the United States, I will be a pro-life president. And this presidency will have pro-life policies. That’s my commitment. That’s my commitment to you.

And Bartoshevich has apparently not bothered to look up McCain’s position on abortion, which is plainly stated on his website, under the heading “Overturning Roe v. Wade”:

John McCain believes Roe v. Wade is a flawed decision that must be overturned, and as president he will nominate judges who understand that courts should not be in the business of legislating from the bench.

Or there is another possibility: Maybe Debra Bartoshevich is a Republican plant and not really a “proud Hillary Clinton Democrat” at all.

I groaned when I saw the name of this web site. Then I noticed the coat hanger in the logo. And now I have a new favorite site for humor and really good information.

Note to self: Friday is both McCain’s 72nd birthday and the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. What serendipity!

I especially love this blog entry:

As Women for John McCain, we know that America’s next generation of multimillionaire, debutante heiresses can’t afford Barack “One House, One Spouse” Obama – and with a net worth in the mid- seven figures, he certainly can’t afford us…

Barack Obama’s campaign has been trying to paint John McCain as ignorant and out of touch on the economy in recent ads and statements. But can we trust someone with a tiny fraction of the net worth of the McCains – who recently picked the lowest net worth member of the Senate as his running mate – with our estates and trust funds?

And can we really trust a presidential ticket with such ridiculously complicated economic proposals? The Obama / Biden economic proposals are so absurdly over-specific and wordy they could fill a 48-page book.

Do they really expect Improve Transparency in the Market: Investigate Potential Conflicts of Interest between Credit Rating Agencies and Financial Institutions to fit on a bumper sticker?

Are crowds really going to be able to chant Protect Homeownership and Crack Down on Mortgage Fraud: Ensure More Accountability in the Subprime Mortgage Industry in anything resembling unison?

John McCain is a former POW who won’t raise the white flag of “retreat and defeat” when it comes to George W. Bush’s war on America’s economy…

At this defining moment in our nation’s history, America’s simple economic challenges require a simple leader, with one simple, easy-to-remember solution to every problem our nation faces…

John McCain. President. Because the economy is just like a war. And John McCain was in one of those once. For five and a half years. In Hanoi. As a Prisoner of War. In the Navy. As a POW. That stands for Prisoner of War. Prisoner. Of. War. John McCain. POW. In Vietnam. For five and a half years. As a POW in Vietnam.

You get the idea. Visit womenforjohnmccain.com and prepare to snort.

We found this posted at WTF and just had to pass it along.

Who says John McCain is technologically illiterate?