After Backing Anti-Birth Control Blunt Amendment-McCain Now Says GOP Needs To ‘Get Off’ War On Women

[kpete]

Source: Think Progress

After Backing Anti-Birth Control Blunt Amendment, McCain Now Says GOP Needs To ‘Get Off’ War On Women

GREGORY: Are you concerned at all to see the focus, with certain elements of the Republican Party, on social issues? In your own state of Arizona, there’s this contraception bill that even the governor has said would put women in the uncomfortable position where they had to say to their employers why they wanted contraception, and why it should be covered — is that a bad road?

McCAIN: I am confident that that legislation will not reach the governor’s desk and if it did it would be vetoed. . . . It certainly does not reflect, in my view, the majority view of the people of Arizona.

GREGORY: Do you think that there is something of a war on women among Republicans?

McCAIN: I think we have to fix that. I think that there is a perception out there because of how this whole contraception issue played out — ah, we need to get off of that issue, in my view. I think we ought to respect the right of women to make choices in their lives and make that clear, and get back onto what the American people really care about.


Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/03/18/446721/after-backing-anti-birth-control-blunt-amendment-mccain-now-says-gop-needs-to-get-off-war-on-women/

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

1. Too late, Grandpa!

[Arugula Latte]

11. ...

[bjobotts]

17. McCain says "We are all (Georgians)er.. women now"

Get this geezer out of government please.

[HereSince1628]

2. But that requires recalling all the copies of the model anti-women legislation ALEC sent out

Too late now, John, the Koch's lackeys are pushing the war across the entire nation.

You might be able to control how the r's play in both houses of congress, but ALEC released thousands of cats with empty cans tied to their tails all across the nation. You'll never get them all rounded up and calmed down before November.

[freshwest]

6. Excellent catch. ALEC again.

[Frustratedlady]

3. I think his daughter is chewing him out on issues...

as well she should.

I can just hear her say, "DAD! What in the hell do you think you are doing?"

[goclark]

4. Do any of the Rethugs listen to Grandpa?

Maybe he could beg Palin to help him get through to those fools.
We know that's not going to happen.

[freshwest]

5. Agreed. Palin is one of those fools.

[freshwest]

7. Soft ball Gregory didn't ask him why he voted for it, did he?

[ewagner]

8. If

if it was true that McCain was seriously concerned about the radicals (Hannity ...Limbaugh...Beck etc.,) taking over the party then he should have stood up against them and not played along with the good-ol-boys club to unleash this madness on America....

actually he unleashed it when he legitimized the half-governor of Alaska in 2008.

[Thinkingabout]

9. McCain is more brave than many Repubs

He has been one of few to attempt to correct the birther issue and the muslim issue on Obama, many others as Bohner and other repub leaders has not the guts to tell the truth. The war on women is going to kill the repubs in the upcoming elections especially with independents. Though we will gain those votes, McCain has stepped up to the plate to right some wrongs. BTW, I did vote for Obama and plan to do so again.

[MsPithy]

10. Translation, Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! OW! Ooowww!

"...respect the right of women to make choices in their lives..."

Sorry Gramps! The Republican party, of which you have been the standard bearer, is not pro-choice. You were happy enough to have the votes of the right-wing Christian whackos, this is what they believe. Personhood, no birth control pills, no in vitro, forced vaginal inspections, re-defining rape, are all parts of the War on Women and are antithetical to the moderates and independents both parties need to win.

You made this bed, stop whining now that you have to lie in it!

[Dawson Leery]

12. After the fact, just as with Murkowski.

These yellow cowards see the writing on the wall (after the fact) and know this is a losing issue.

[L0oniX]

13. My list of the stupid idiotic McCain quotes...

"I disagree with what the majority of the American people want." --John McCain (...and I disagree that you are not senile.)

"I 'Don't See How It Matters' That I Don't Know The Price Of Gas." --John McCain (Elite anyone?)

"Only the most deluded of us could doubt the necessity of this war." --John McCain (Well I am deluded then.)

"Thank God for our form of government. The media won't let there be any cover-up." --John McCain (Someone lied to us? What? Valerie Plame who?)

"We must win in Iraq. If we withdraw, there will be chaos; there will be genocide; and they will follow us home." --John McCain (Glad I still have that fallout shelter in muh back yard.)

"I am fully prepared to be commander in chief... I don't need on-the-job training." --John McCain (Who does these days?)

"Remember the words of Chairman Mao: 'It's always darkest before it's totally black.'." --John McCain (I noticed that the other day when the sun went down it got dark.)

"I will veto every single beer, um, bill with earmarks." --speaking at the National Small Business Summit, Washington, D.C., June 10, 2008 (Damn those sneaky beers trying to slip those dirty earmarks in.)

"We should be able to deliver bottled hot water to dehydrated babies." --Kenner, Louisiana, June 3, 2008 (My baby is hot!)

"I'm going to be honest: I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues. I still need to be educated." --John McCain (Well I am happy that he decided to be honest for a change.)

"I am a illiterate that has to rely on my wife for all of the assistance I can get." -after being asked whether us uses a Mac or a PC (Ok I am going to donate my Atari 800XL to the poor old fuck.)

"It's not social issues I care about." --John McCain (Geeze ..could have fooled me.)

"F**k you! I know more about this than anyone else in the room." --to Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), during a testy exchange about immigration legislation (Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.)

"No, I'm calling you a fucking jerk." --to fellow Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, when Grassley asked "Are you calling me stupid?" (Glad we got that one cleared up. Wouldn't want to send the wrong message.)

"I said, 'The nice thing about Alzheimer's is you get to hide your own Easter eggs.'" --John McCain (I can only hope he forgets why he is running for president.)

"Do you know why Chelsea Clinton is so ugly? Because Janet Reno is her father." --at a 1998 Republican fundraiser (So you're saying you had a 3 way?)

"I will conduct a respectful debate. Now, it will be dispirited -- it will be spirited -- because there are stark differences. I am a proud conservative, liberal Republica-- conservative Republican...Hello? Easy there." --John McCain (The spirits are about to speak.)

“I think I am becoming incapable of being too surprised. But it just makes me sad and sick.” --John McCain quote (Bingo ..yes you are sad and sick.)

"I would vote for a Muslim if he or she was the best candidate able to lead the country and defend our political values." --John McCain (I'd even vote for a Nazi.)

"I hate the gooks. I will hate them as long as I live." --John McCain (Gee I hope no one here is a gook.)

Videos to match some idiot quotes here: http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/johnmccain/a/mccainisms.htm

[calimary]

19. Excellent compilation.

Ahh... what memories. The path not taken. THANK GOD!!!!!!!!

[Bluzmann57]

14. Blah blah blah

Why is McCain even on tv all the time? He is not the Senate minority leader, nor is he a candidate for President. He's just another goofy repuke Senator. And it's too little too late. Shut up and go away McCain.

[otohara]

15. Highlighting How Much He's Been On MTP

like that was a good thing!!!!!!

It just reminds me of the study that showed more GOP'ers, especially McCain are on Sunday talk shows
far more than DEMS = bias.

Gregory just lets him go on and on and on ....blah, blah, blah - whiny

[Yavin4]

16. Almost Every Sunday, It's McCain or Lindsey Graham or Joe Lieberman

on at least one of the network talking head shows.

[Carla in Sequim]

18. "A 'perception out there'.

Geez, McCain, ya think?
The time to say that was before you voted, and then voting no.
What are these people smoking?
And, why would he be confident that next crazy bill won't be signed by the governor of his state when his yes vote on the Blunt amendment would be law for the entire country?

[IndyJones]

20. Quite the "maverick" after Blunt-Rubio failed.

Yes, thank you for standing up for women, now that you see where your party is headed.

[0rganism]

21. translation: Toothpaste, get back in that tube!

and, since we're on the subject, you kids get off my lawn!

[trusty elf]

22. They seem to be getting off on it.

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[E-Z-B]

23. This coming from a man who called his wife a "cunt" in '92

"at least I don't plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you cunt"

[beac]

24. And chose a certifiable nincompoop as the first female GOPVP candidate.