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07-11-2008, 10:32 AM
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| are Clinton supporters really going to vote for McCain?
McCain Awkward Pause On Birth Control Too Smart To Vote For McCain, The Nation: A Feminist Would Have To Be Insane To Vote For The Presumptive GOP Nominee - CBS News Quote: |
His record on contraception and sex education is just as bad. He voted against a 2005 budget amendment, sponsored by Senator Hillary Clinton, that would have allotted $100 million to reduce teen pregnancy by means of education and birth control. He voted to require parental consent for birth control for teenage girls and to abolish Title X, which funds birth control and gynecological care for the poor. He voted against requiring insurance companies to pay for prescription contraception, when they pay for other prescription drugs — like, um, Viagra. The beat goes on, and on. With a handful of minor exceptions (he voted to confirm prochoice Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher after voting against prochoice Dr. Joycelyn Elders), he has a just about perfect antichoice record, including votes to confirm the Supreme Court nominations of Thomas, Roberts and Alito.
| somehow it is hard to not smirk at the image of a man married to a woman 18 years younger claiming they don't know anything about Viagra. ( or the vote) | 
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07-11-2008, 10:46 AM
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| Perhaps Clinton supporters have more important concerns than relative spousal ages. | |
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07-11-2008, 10:52 AM
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| so you don't think it is material to voters that McCain thinks Viagra should be covered but not contraception?
Which is more important to families, that couples can have control over timing and frequency of pregnancies or that men can take a potency drug? | |
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07-11-2008, 11:11 AM
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| Please see the topic on the Recession. | |
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07-11-2008, 11:13 AM
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| you must be a natural politician- can't give a straight answer to a simple question. | |
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07-11-2008, 12:24 PM
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| my first thought when I watched the YouTube segment was that it might have been altered because it was so awkward. But then the follow up story from MSNBC noted how long the pause was.
The clip certainly made it appear as if he had no idea of the discrepancies between Viagra coverage and birth control coverage. That's kind of scary. | |
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07-11-2008, 12:30 PM
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07-11-2008, 12:33 PM
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| Perhaps it's as bad as administering a breathalyzer to a kid with asthma. | |
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07-12-2008, 08:27 AM
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| Straight answer: most of Clinton's supporters will vote for Obama. Their threats to vote for McCain are like a threat that you're going to tell off your boss and quit your job--it's fun to imagine the short-term pleasure, but the long-term effects keep you from carrying out the fantasy. | |
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07-12-2008, 08:48 AM
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| Hunt, I suspect that you are right. Every Clinton supporter I know, including everyone in my family, will vote for Senator Obama. None of us would, even remotely, seriously consider voting for McCain. | |
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