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AP misrepresents McCain's positions on same-sex marriage, civil unions, abortion

Summary: The AP reported that Sen. John McCain "has expressed limited support for the rights accorded couples in same-sex civil unions" and that he "oppos[es] a constitutional amendment to ban abortion." But the AP's assertions about McCain's views are contradicted by statements McCain himself has made, which the AP did not report.
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Posted by snoopy

Jukebox John changes his position everytime the wind blows, so how can this be misinformation? ;)

john mc cain funny

Posted by wesley in reply to snoopy

Now that's funny...I don't care who you are!

Posted by pearlene_scott1602 in reply to snoopy

Snoopy, priceless!!!!!!!!

Posted by onionhead in reply to snoopy

"I'm so pretty, oh so pretty..."

Posted by jeter2 in reply to onionhead

Wrong guy Onion...that was Edwards/Breck Girl's theme song.

;-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AE847UXu3Q

Posted by onionhead in reply to jeter2

At least Edwards saw his own reflection when he looked into a mirror.

Posted by BillJ-MN in reply to onionhead

When Cheney looks there's no reflection.

Posted by princeofwheels in reply to snoopy

Snoop, FYI...McCain was interviewed on KDKA Morning Show. When asked about being out of touch with the average Amercian worker trying to make ends meet, the other POW informed the hosts that he knows what it is like to not have a house, table and chair etc. He is right but hates to talk about it.

KDKA1020 Morning show...

Posted by snoopy in reply to princeofwheels

Not surprised. He's been using the POW line ever since he first started running for the senate years ago. I'm waiting to see what his "surprise" tonight is though. He's running an ad at the exact same time that Obama starts speaking. He's supposed to be speaking to the camera as he's speaking directly to Obama, and there's supposed to be some striptease involved too. Hope it isn't him...

Posted by nerzog in reply to princeofwheels

He's using that bit about not having a table, etc. a lot lately. I hope McGrampy came up with that himself..... I'd hate to think that he actually paid some Karl Rove Padawan for that lame talking point.

Posted by snoopy in reply to nerzog

Well, let's see. He had to ask cindy how many houses he has, he had to ask a campaign surrogate what he drives, he had to ask Loserman about foreign policy issues, and he had to ask the maid what his daughters' names were. No, he didn't come up with that all by hisself...

Posted by onionhead

Of course McCain doesn't support same sex marriage or Civil Unions.  It's a well-known fact that they lead to more abortions. 

I am sure AA will be here shortly to document that fact for us.

Posted by snoopy in reply to onionhead

Posted by pointofview

MMFA is guilty of Miss-info here.  McCain is opposed to a Federal ban on gay marriages, but supports allowing the states to decide.  Where is the problem?

Posted by nerzog in reply to pointofview

"But if it is overturned by a superior court, I will then obviously support the other path."

Gee, what other path could he be referring to?

Posted by snoopy in reply to pointofview

23. McCain wanted to change the Republican Party platform to protect abortion rights in cases of rape and incest. Now he doesn’t.

58. McCain went from saying he would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade to saying the exact opposite.

And from his campaign website:

However, the reversal of Roe v. Wade represents only one step in the long path toward ending abortion. Once the question is returned to the states, the fight for life will be one of courage and compassion - the courage of a pregnant mother to bring her child into the world and the compassion of civil society to meet her needs and those of her newborn baby. The pro-life movement has done tremendous work in building and reinforcing the infrastructure of civil society by strengthening faith-based, community, and neighborhood organizations that provide critical services to pregnant mothers in need. This work must continue and government must find new ways to empower and strengthen these armies of compassion. These important groups can help build the consensus necessary to end abortion at the state level.

Looks like you're wrong again...

Posted by chuck prentiss

The AP was plainly exposed and debunked by Keith Olbermann last night, based on its abysmal coverage of Obama's acceptance speech. The AP can now be clearly recognized for what it has become -- a Republican propaganda arm -- an illegitimate Kissin' Cousin of Fox News.

Posted by rfollot1193 in reply to chuck prentiss

I get my internet service via Comcast.  More often than not, their news headlines are anti-Dem, anti-Obama.  That means that I see these neg headlines each and every time that I go online.  They run pieces from AP, Reuters and others.  When I open the story, I find that the negative ones are most likely to be from AP, though not always.  Often, Comcast doesn't identify the piece as commentary or analysis even though that’s what it is.  How many millions of other Americans are subjected to the same rightwing slant daily when they go online via Comcast? Comcast simply lists it as "News."  For example, they are running a 'story' this morning that is nothing more than a biased analysis of proposals Obama outlined last night in his (fantastic) speech.  It is HORRIBLE!  They manage to fault Obama’s health care proposal even while acknowledging that it is nearly identical to the Massachusetts model, which has been largely successful.  I plan to write a letter to Comcast to complain.  I concur with others here who have said that corporate info-tainment whores are unfairly lending their support to McSame and the Repugs.  See   http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-politics/20080828/CVN.Obama.Promises.and.Problems/

Posted by bisceglia2000117

No intelligent, educated person has yet to offer a convincing argument against the LGBTIQ community's civil right to marry the person they love. Unfortunately, this issue needs to be addressed by the Supreme Court and NOT each individual state, so myself and others will be withholding federal taxes until we get our day in court. GAY TAX PROTEST