Republican McCain/Palin Platform Denies a Woman’s Right to Choose and Worse!
Ξ September 4th, 2008 | → | ∇ Off the Cuff |
This just came out, and you can tell me that you would trust McCain and Palin with the executive power of the White House? Read my previous post. If they get into office, this country and everything it stands for is toast, flushed down the sewer, screwed…and so are we, its citizens.
Yesterday [09-02-08], John McCain’s campaign manager told the Washington Post, “This election is not about issues.”
It’s clear why the McCain campaign doesn’t want to focus on the issues — their platform is the most extreme we’ve ever seen from the Republican Party.
The Republican platform opposes embryonic stem cell research. It denies a woman’s right to choose, even in cases of rape, incest, or to save the life of the mother. It fails to mention equal pay for women. And it barely acknowledges the $10 billion a month we are currently spending in Iraq.
While many of the policies listed in the 2008 Republican Platform are laudable, the scary ones outweigh any good:
A constitutional amendment that bans abortion
A constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman only
A ban on stem-cell research
Returning prayer in school and allowing religious influences in government.
Allowing organizations the right of free association…if they are Christan-based, but denying other organizations, including states, the right of condemn or blacklist organizations which discriminate based upon Christian prejudices and biases against gays, lesbians, and non-Christians.
You want to read a run-down? Click here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080826/pl_bloomberg/avmvtejizjbw
You want to read the ratified, “official” 2008 Republican Platform? Here it is: 2008 Republican Platform (PDF) It can be found at: http://www.gopplatform2008.com/
Want to compare it to the 2008 Democratic Platform? Here it is: The 2008 Democratic Platform (PDF) It can be found at: http://www.demconvention.com/assets/downloads/2008-Democratic-Platform-by-Cmte-08-13-08.pdf
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EXTRA BONUS TODAY, TOO! FROM REPUBLICAN MOUTHS!
WHAT THE REPUBLICANS REALLY THINK OF PALIN. THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE SAYING BEHIND THEIR HANDS WHEN THEY THINK NOBODY IS LISTENING
It’s funny what Republican pundits say when they think nobody’s watching. Today, John McCain’s former campaign chief Mike Murphy and former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan were caught on tape after an NBC interview. They shared their real thoughts on McCain’s judgment in selecting Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate.
Noonan asked, “The most qualified? No.” She called the selection of Palin “political [B.S.].” Murphy called McCain’s selection gimmicky and cynical. The video and transcript are below. This is a breaking story today—it’s on many top blogs and is climbing the YouTube charts.
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on September 4th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
All they’ll need to do is align the supreme
court with their agenda and…oooooh. Waiiiit.
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