http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/03/16/mccain-stumbles-on-hiv-prevention/ I love the part Mr. McCain: (Laughs) âAre we on the Straight Talk express? Iâm not informed enough on it. Let me find out. You know, Iâm sure Iâve taken a position on it on the past. I have to find out what my position was. Brian, would you find out what my position is on contraception â Iâm sure Iâm opposed to government spending on it, Iâm sure I support the presidentâs policies on it.â The guy is running for president and he doesn't know where he stands?
Have you ever campaigned for political office? Do you have a well researched, articulated opinion on every stupid thing that people ask? Who the fuck CARES about John McCain's opinion of condoms. BTW: Who does he have in the East bracket of the NCAA? Here's Alan Keye's synopsis on Aids in Africa. Until African's stop having sex with everything that moves, there will be a high incidence of HIV. I'm sure that response would be too straight talk for the NYT.
McCain is the strongest Republican candidate. The problem is that a large number of evangelicals hate his guts (to the extent that they'd choose Romney or Giuliani) and that by trying to win them over he's ailenating his base. If I were him I'd just say what I think rather than try and pander to them - if he doesn't get the nomination he can always run as an independant with Lieberman.
I think your right but he's already blowing it by sucking up to the religious right. He had a good thing going when he wasn't trying to please everybody. Nobody likes a suck up. He has time to get it right though, but I don't think he will.
America comes first, not Israel. McCain's father was part of the USS Liberty coverup, don't expect anything good from this guy. ------------------------------------------- Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is the âConscience of the Senate.â Nevertheless, he wonât come clean about what really happened to the USS Liberty, at the hands of the Israelis, via napalm, gunfire, torpedoes and missiles, on June 8, 1967, 13 miles off the coast of the Sinai Peninsula. McCainâs conscience, it seems, has its limits. I suspect itâs because the powerful Israeli Lobby weighs in so ominously in Washington, DC, protecting the interests of its favorite country -- Israel -- and making sure the mostly mousey congress people are kept totally in line or else. (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.wrmea.com">www.wrmea.com</a>)</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt">I wrote Sen. McCain, the âConscience of the Senate,â back on March 8, 1997, pointing out to him that for âclose to 30 years, the truth concerning Israelâs murderous attack on the USS Liberty has been covered-up...â I underscored for him that, âThe conspiracy of silence concerning the Liberty must be ended now.â I urged him, âTo stand up on the Senate floor and demand that Congress do its duty: investigate the Liberty affair...call all the survivors and all relevant witnesses to testify at a public hearing. Let justice, finally, be done for the fallen heroes of the Liberty.â (I found out later that one of the fallen heroes was Petty Office William B. Allenbaugh, a Baltimorean, who had graduated from my alma mater, Calvert Hall H.S.) </span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt">McCain declined my offer to raise his voice on behalf of the Liberty. He said that he wasnât going to do anything about it because the âmatter was thoroughly reviewed.â Really! In his letter to me, dated, April 28, 1997, he relied on the results of the now totally discredited Naval Court of Inquiry, which was conducted by Rear Admiral Isaac Kidd, USN. It began on June 10, 1967, and lasted less than a week. A scathing and devastating <a target="_blank" href="http://www.ifamericansknew.org/us_ints/ul-boston.html"> rebuttal</a> of that seriously flawed Naval Inquiry can be found in the âDeclaration,â dated Jan. 8, 2004, of Capt. Ward Boston, Jr., JAGC, USN (Ret). He was the senior legal counsel to the USS Libertyâs Court of Naval Inquiry. Boston said that Admiral Kidd, the presiding officer of the Court, felt that the attack was âdeliberateâ and that the Israelis were âmurderous b.......â Boston added that Kidd was pressured by the White House and the Defense Department to return a finding that the attack was a result of âmistaken identity.â </span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt">The unprovoked assault on the Liberty, which lasted 75 minutes, killed 34 brave Americans and wounded 172 others (<u>Assault on the Liberty</u>, James M. Ennes, Jr. and James Bamfordâs <u>Body of Secrets</u>). The Israelis were trying to murder all 294 Americans on board the surveillance vessel, sink it, and make it look like the Egyptians had done it (<u>Operation Cyanide</u>, by Peter Hounam). The Israelis claimed it was âa mistake,â (See, Zionist Israel apologistâs Ahron Jay Cristol, âThe Liberty Incident.â Cristol also smears those demanding justice in the Liberty matter as âconspiracy theorists.â) </span> </p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt">Now, hereâs the kicker: One of the Navy bigwigs pushing hard for a sanitized Liberty inquiry was none other than Sen. McCainâs father, Admiral John S. McCain, Jr., Commander-in-Chief, Naval Forces Europe. He wanted the investigation done in less than a week. Boston said a âproper inquiry would take at least six months.â Admiral McCain also wouldnât permit Admiral Kidd to travel to Israel or to contact any potential Israelis witnesses. In fact, according to Boston, the written affidavits of 60 witnesses from the Liberty itself, who were hospitalized at the time of the restricted Inquiry, were also excluded from the final report and not considered as part of the evidentiary record. Boston is convinced, too, that the Israelisâ machine-gunning of the Libertyâs lifeboats, while the crew was trying desperately to assist their colleagues that were seriously wounded, was âa war crime.â Boston said higher ups wanted âto put a lid on everythingâ concerning the Liberty. </span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt">Many competent and authoritative responses have been made to all of the lame excuses raised by the Israelis and their sycophants. For compelling evidence, check out the books of Ennes, Bamford and Hounam cited above; also, go to the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.ussliberty.org">www.ussliberty.org</a> site itself, and its related links. Terrence OâKeefeâs insightful <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usslibertyinquiry.com/commentary/travesty/biglie.html"> The Myth of Thirteen Investigations</a> is a good place to start anyoneâs education in a quest for the full truth, along with the excellent video, âUSS Liberty Dead in the Water.â </span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt">So, McCain, the âConscience of the Senateâ wasnât going to do anything about bringing justice to the Liberty! He did, however, say something else in his letter that made me feel suspicious about his do-nothing position. He said, âThe attacking nationâ did not submit any evidence or testimony on their behalf about the assault at the inquiry. âAttacking nation!â What is that suppose to mean? Why couldnât McCain just come right out, he is the âConscience of the Senateâ after all, and simply say: The Israelis? Why use a deceptive term, like: âattacking nation?â Talk about Orwellian Double Speak! I canât imagine McCain writing about the attack on U.S. forces at Pearl Harbor, on Dec. 7, 1941, and instead of stating up front that Japan was responsible, refer to that sneaky, militant aggressor as the âattacking nation.â </span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt">McCain may be known as the âConscience of the Senate,â but considering the low reputation of that body, thatâs not really saying much. I mean these are the same political weasels, led by that repulsive Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Ct), who passed the USA Patriot Act in the middle of the night, without any public hearing. Then, they gave away their Constitutional war-making power, under Art. 1, Sec. 8, to President George W. Bush, Jr., so he could lie us into the Iraqi conflict. And, while the country was still reeling from all of that, the Congress enacted the draconian Homeland Security Law. McCain participated in all three of these gross violations of the public trust, acting as a lap dog for the hawkish Lieberman. </span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt">Now, having said all of that, everyone knows that McCain is a genuine war hero. He spent 7 dreadful years as a Vietnam POW, under some horrific conditions. He was a naval pilot, who was shot down on a bombing run over that beleaguered country. Some POWs, however, seem like bigger, more celebrated heroes than others. I think it depends on your family, and PR connections, too, and also your propaganda value, if you know what I mean. For example, it didnât hurt McCain that his dad and his grandfather were both admirals in the U.S. Navy. </span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt">Meanwhile, my old buddy from South Baltimore, Harry Agro, was a U.S. Navy guy, and a POW, too. He was a gunnery mate on merchant marine ships and survived two sinkings. Somebody should make a movie about Agroâs harrowing war time experiences. He spent close to 3 years in a Japanese POW camp, Hakodate, on the northern most island of Hokkaido, during WWII. The racist Japanese guards, (they hated Americans), beat Agro viciously just about every day of the week. They also worked him almost to death in their coal mines, while giving him little to eat. Harryâs father, a native of Sicily, unlike McCainâs, was a blue-collar worker. So, nobody has heard much about his sonâs POW ordeal. McCain, yes. Agro, no. Even so, Agro will always be one of my personal heroes. </span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt">Finally, important and relevant disclosures have been made regarding the Liberty matter, since the âConscience of the Senateâ sent his half-baked letter to me on April 28, 1997. During this presidential election year, McCain will be making numerous campaign stops on behalf of the Bush-Cheney Gang. If you get a chance, ask him this question: âWhen are you going to stop covering-up about what really happened to the USS Liberty?â </span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><b><font color="#FF0000"> William Hughes</font></b> is the author of <u>Saying âNoâ to the War Party</u> (IUniverse, Inc.). He can be reached at <a href="mailto:liamhughes@mindspring.com">liamhughes@mindspring.com</a>. © William Hughes 2004 </span></p> [/quote]
McCain is nothing but a scumbag. Check out McCain and Charles Keating or the Keating five. He should have gone to jail.
The sound you hear is McCain's campaign going down the toilet. He used the word "tarbaby", so now he will get the Trent Lott treatment for a week or two. For a guy who is dropping fast in the polls, the last thing he needs is a distraction.