More McBlather
National Review’s ‘The Corner’ runs an excellent article titled McCain’s Truce. The commentary, written by Frank Cannon and Jeffrey Bell questions John McCain’s newly articulated [but we suspect, long-held position] on abortion.
The article contains this observation: “On abortion, McCain apparently believes Republicans should maintain a broadly pro-life position. But when considering what to do to protect the unborn, whom pro-lifers by definition believe to be innocent human beings, no action plan should be adopted, much less executed. McCain implies that the very subject of protecting the unborn should be avoided. If it is brought up, we should admit to being pro-life, but emphasize how much we respect the opinions of those who believe unborn babies deserve no protection whatsoever.”
Seeing Red AZ took McCain to task over his advice to Republicans concerning winning future elections, articulated during last week’s Fox News’ Sunday interview with host Chris Wallace. Regarding abortion, a topic he brought up, McCain advised “Leave the issue alone,“ claiming we have to have a “bigger tent.” McCain went on to say that he “respects the views” of abortion advocates.
Being disappointed in the duplicitous John McCain is not difficult. He hasn’t a conservative bone in his body. So we were not as charitable to the hypocritical U.S. Senator as authors Cannon and Bell. They questioned his position as “a man of honor.” As conservatives and Arizonans, we have never labored under that illusion.
What a joke it is for John McCain to be giving advice on winning presidential elections. The last I saw, he did everything he could to help Obama win! While still running as the 2008 GOP nominee, the idiotic McCain told Republican audiences that there was “no need to fear” an Obama presidency, calling him a “good family man.” He even declared Obama’s middle name “Hussein” to be off limits, although Barack Hussein Obama proudly used it himself during his inauguration. I’m a lifelong Arizonan, an elected Republican precinct committeeman and a conservative…and have no use for John McCain.
I believe McCain was so sold on Obama, and realizing his own limitations, he probably voted for him. He would have gratefully accepted a cabinet post, but for all of his trouble, one was never offered. I wouldn’t trust John McCain to walk my dog.
It’s all symbols and labels anyway. Abortion is never going to be criminalized. It’s a choice of personal morality.
Harry Reid calls himself pro-life and Rudy Giuliani call himself pro-choice. I would without question back Rudy Giuliani.
All pro-lifers really want is for politicians to talk and obsess over the issue, like Akin and Mourdock did. Except whenever they talk about it, Americans run into the arms of pro-choice Democrats.
The legal battle over abortion was lost a long time ago, and you can mainly blame purist pro-lifers who weren’t willing to offer reasonable concessions like an exception for rape. Even if Roe vs Wade was overturned, all 50 states would have some form of legal abortion on the books.
Abortion is now a question of personal morality, and even most conservative Republicans are ready to move on and address real issues.
So baby killing is just a symbol? Life issues have nothing to do with Akin or Mourdock’s views. They are fundamental to who we are as a society and what we place a premium value on. If not life than the Nazi’s ovens and gas chambers must have won your approval.
Abortion IS a dead issue. Over 50 million dead babies are evidence of that.
Ah, yes! There we have the classic Liberal “never” naysaying again at it’s finest!
Since it’s never going to happen, Jamie, then you shouldn’t mind at all if we try… and TRY we shall! So sorry to disappoint you! We’re NOT throwing in the towel… EVER!
Have a nice day, Jamie! :-)
Jamie, at one time abortion was illegal, Doctors went to jail if caught.
John McCain has never actually exhibited a strong commitment to being pro-life, but he has conned the pro-life community in AZ for a long time. He’s a political chameleon, (which is nicer than calling him the political “whore” that he is). The longtime director of Arizona Right to Life has been seduced by McCain for years, bragging how he can get McCain on the phone anytime. McCain buys a table at the annual dinner but has never showed up himself. As the old saying goes, “Money talks and bullsh*t walks.”
McCain is, in my opinion, evil BUT that doesn’t mean that he’s stupid! Let’s see if we can make sense of McCain’s position on abortion from his perspective.
Despite whatever his position of the week is on illegal immigration, we all know that he’s really an “open borders” guy who promotes illegal immigration at every opportunity. Does that fit in any logical way with his position on abortion?
According for the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) the percentage of abortions by race for 2009 were as follows:
White 37.7
Black 35.4
Hispanic 20.6
So we see that Hispanic women have a much lower rate of abortion than do White or Black women. Now, add this:
“Explaining Why Minority Births Now Outnumber White Births”
“by Jeffrey Passel, Gretchen Livingston and D’Vera Cohn”
“Released: May 17, 2012″
“The nation’s racial and ethnic minority groups—especially Hispanics—are growing more rapidly than the non-Hispanic white population, fueled by both immigration and births.”
http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2012/05/17/explaining-why-minority-births-now-outnumber-white-births/
So on the one hand, McCain promotes illegal immigration, which leads to more births of children of Hispanic illegal immigrants, and on the other hand he promotes abortion, which kills off a greater percentage of White and Black babies than Hispanic babies.
Why is McCain promoting all of this? It’s part of the “One World”, “New World Order” agenda which has as it’s short term goal the breaking down of everything and anything which gives America a unique national identity. That must be accomplished first before we can come under “One World” rule by the United Nations.
Other areas under attack are marriage, religion, profit making, traditional American financial independence, home ownership, manufacturing prowess, the quality of education, the ability to save money and the ability to pass on an amassed fortune through inheritance, to name a few. The single thread which ties all of these together in a logical and meaningful way is the “One World” agenda.
Don’t be fooled. The ULTIMATE goal is neither Socialism nor Communism per se. Those are merely a means to an end for the “One World” people.
Hey guys, I found this doing a search on THIS site! You should have included it in this post. Back in 2010, John McCain was the ONLY Republican who refused to answer the Phoenix Diocese of the Arizona Catholic Conference candidate survey — which included questions concerning sanctity of life issues.
http://seeingredaz.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/mccain-refuses-to-answer-pro-life-questionnaire/
You have to realize this is typical McCain! He doesn’t need any endorsements. He’s got the big bucks from years of seniority and cozying with lobbyists, having a beer heiress wife, and the ability to keep milking votes from senior citizens who believe his story of being a hero that is not quite what his co-captive Vietnam vets recall. Had it not been for being the son and grandson of Admirals, he never could have gotten into the US Naval Academy at Annapolis — where he graduated at the bottom of his class. His history as a womanizer is one he readily admits, which is what broke up his first marriage. John McCain will be whatever he thinks benefits him. THAT’S the bottom line. Pro Life? My butt. Not when he says he “respects” the views of those who see nothing wrong with snuffing out innocent life.
This is just one of those rare moments where he speaks the truth.
Oh my Darling Clementine:
I fairly often hear at this blog negative political comments about “senior citizens”. I’m a senior citizen. I didn’t vote for and do not support John McCain. Please don’t get suckered in by the stereotype of “senior citizens” being put out there by both the Democrat and Republican establishments.
The “establishments” don’t like us and try to dump on us because we know too much. We know too much because we have too much information in our memories. That means that we can bust them on past actions and that we can easily discern long term trends. We have too much factual history in our brains for their liking. They prefer younger people who have received a lower quality education than we did and whose ADULT political memory spans 20 years or less. It’s easier to “sneak one by” those with less political history in their brains.
Not picking on you, Darling Clementine. It’s just that your comment was the most recent about senior citizens and I felt that it was time to address the issue.
Live long and prosper.
Conservatives—true conservatives—please read this article. It explains alot about the the good ole boys of the Republican party in D.C. The fellow who wrote this column was a guest on Mike Huckabee’s radio show this week.
I had no idea how bad things really are.
http://www.redstate.com/2012/11/28/the-incestuous-bleeding-of-the-republican-party
Great find, Saguaro Sam! I had heard about this in general terms but the specifics in your linked article would make Sherlock Holmes tip his hat!
Saguaro Sam:
I’m going to post some excerpts from articles and links to them to show that Conservatives are aware of what is going on and, across the country, they haven’t missed a beat in fighting the war!
“Time for Priebus to Go!”
“September 23, 2012 by virginiaconservative”
“About a week ago, both the Republican Liberty Caucus and the Virginia state chapter of the RLC issued press releases calling for the resignation of the chairman of the Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus. The reasoning for this action revolves around the conflict that took place during the recent Republican Nation Convention in Tampa, Florida.”
http://virginiaconservative.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/time-for-priebus-to-go/
“Defeats lead to calls for Maryland Republican chief’s ouster”
“Some blame Mooney for failure to mount fight on ballot issues”
“November 24, 2012|By Michael Dresser, The Baltimore Sun”
“After the sound drubbing Maryland Republicans received at the ballot box this month, a faction in the state GOP is calling for the resignation of state party Chairman Alex Mooney.”
“The call was sounded the week after the election by four GOP activists who are among the contributors to the conservative blog Red Maryland.”
“While he didn’t take a position on Mooney, former Del. Don Murphy, a Baltimore County Republican, said the Red Maryland blog and associated Internet radio network are increasingly influential in GOP circles.”
“I’ve said some crazy things in my life but calling Red Maryland not serious isn’t one of them,” he said.
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-11-24/news/bs-md-mooney-resign-20121122_1_chairman-alex-mooney-party-chairman-ballot-questions
“Conservatives call on GOP leaders to step down”
“WASHINGTON—Six conservative leaders blasted Mitt Romney as a “weak, moderate” candidate and called for Republican Party leaders to resign a day after Democrats dealt the GOP a sweeping defeat in the 2012 elections.”
“Brent Bozell, the chairman of ForAmerica and founder of the Media Research Center, Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List, and Jenny Beth Martin, national coordinator for the Tea Party Patriots, were among the press conference speakers who laid “the epic election failure of 2012” at the feet of Republican elites.”
“ConservativeHQ.com’s Richard Viguerie identified Republican National Chairman Reince Priebus, Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, and House Speaker John Boehner as individuals who “should be replaced with leaders more in tune with the conservative base of the Republican Party.”
http://www.worldmag.com/2012/11/conservatives_call_on_gop_leaders_to_step_down
Sen. Juan McAmnesty has no personal pro-life history. His pro-life votes in the Senate have been for show, when he couldn’t otherwise waffle and hide from the voters. Many will remember when campaigning for the presidential nomination in 2000 and wearing his pro-life mask, he was asked by a reporter what he would do if his (then) 14 year old daughter came home pregnant. He stammered & stuttered, and then responded that he would leave the decision up to her. Not surprisingly, he was soon blasted out of the primary campaign, and that ignited his red-hot hatred for conservatives & for eventual winner GW Bush.
In his 2010 primary against conservative patriot JD Hayworth, McNasty again donned his pro-life mask when he BOUGHT, for a lot of McHensly & campaign dollars, the endorsement of the Arizona Right to Life (ARTL). JD & Mary Hayworth were frequent attendees at ARTL functions, while the McNastys never were. JD had better pro-life ratings from every pro-life & conservative group in the universe, but McNasty BOUGHT the endorsement. As a result of that sell-out, multiple local Pro-Life groups separated from ARTL and many pro-lifers throughout the state terminated their support of ARTL.
Sadly, there is a huge population of Republicans, young & old, who do not search for information across the internet, on sites such as this. For the young, they are searching for other than political; for the elderly (senior citizens), they don’t know how. They still get their news from the Repugnant in the morning, and the mainstream media during the day and evening, because that is what they have always done. In the minds of a huge number of these senior citizens, McAmnesty is the POW/war hero that he has always pretended to be. They have no clue as to his true history in Vietnam, nor his political history as a duplicitous, conservative-hating RINO. That is exactly why his 23 million dollar television campaign of lies against JD Hayworth was a success. McAmnesty specifically targeted that voting block of senior citizens, and was hugely successful. McAmnesty got a huge boost from Fox News and Shaun Hannity who made him their DC daily poster boy during that AZ primary campaign, for the eyes and ears of that voting block. Sad, but true.
McAmnesty pro-life? –No. McAmnesty conservative? –Never. McAmnesty is the consummate politician, with huge special-interest financial resources behind him. To take back our party & our country, it is imperative that conservatives encourage other conservatives to get engaged in the local party groups, and to volunteer and work for conservative candidates while supporting them year-round.
God bless America.