McShame Redux

I received a lot of comments on the John McCain link I posted the other day. First -- while the link WAS from a blogger, the quote is actually from a researched book. The most common response was that people did NOT want to believe it about McCain. One person accused me of “character assassination”. My response to him was that it would be character assassination if it were false. It is, however, unlikely that it IS false.

On the off chance that I am wrong, I have ordered the book (and several companion volumes) that I will read as soon as I can (although definitely not until after the PA primary.) If I’m wrong, I’ll gladly admit it, and take my lumps.

The reason I believe the quote is correct is because of other positions John holds, and other things that he has said and done. While blogging predominantly Democratic, I have been compiling a McShame file (it’s currently a little over half an inch thick) which I plan to start sharing as soon as the Democrats have a candidate. (Officially…..)

And my research indicates a man truly misogynistic. Men who love and respect women do not hold the following views: (in parentheses are the sources)

Roe v Wade should be overturned (his web site)

A Constitutional Amendment should be passed prohibiting abortion (NY Times)

Judges must pass a pro-life litmus test (The New Yorker)

And from his voting record: despite the fact that he missed 57.5% of the votes in the current Senate session, when one looks at his total record, he is anti-S-CHIP, anti sex-ed, anti-contraception, and the list goes on. He has even consistently voted against Title X which provides family planning services AND mammograms and Pap smears. (And NOT abortion, as the anti-choice people would have you believe).

Men who love and respect women believe that WOMEN and not men, should be allowed to make choices. Calling one’s wife a bad name is the least of it compared to what you want to do to millions of women. “Barefoot and pregnant” is not a position progressive men take.