Yes, I think we should vote in favor of our daughters.
1. McCain voted against securing equal pay for women: The Lily Ledbetter Bill was named after Ms Ledbetter, who worked for Goodyear Tires. She worked there for 19 years, and by the time she left, she made $9,500 dollars less then the lowest-paid male supervisor. The Supreme Court threw out her complaint, saying she had waited too long to sue. The bill seeks to counteract the time limit.
2. MCain voted in favor of legislation to amend the definition of those eligible for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to include the unborn — while voting against legislation to expand SCHIP’s coverage to low-income children and pregnant women at least six times.
3. He opposed legislation requiring that abstinence-only programs be medically accurate and based in science.
4. He voted to abolish funding for birth control and gynecological care for low-income women.
5. He said “I have stated time after time after time that Roe v. Wade was a bad decision.” But then, In the 2000 primary, he was asked what he would do if his daughter Meghan, then 15, became pregnant. McCain said it would be a “family decision.”
“The final decision would be made by Meghan with our advice and counsel,” McCain said, referring to himself and his wife, Cindy. When reporters suggested that this view made him, in fact, pro-choice, McCain became irritated. “I don’t think it is the pro-choice position to say that my daughter and my wife and I will discuss something that is a family matter that we have to decide.”
Hmm, hypocritical or just stupid? Let’s see…
6. In March 2007, the New York Times’ Adam Nagourney asked McCain whether grants for sex education in the United States include instructions about using contraceptives, or if they should abide by Bush’s abstinence-only policy.
After a pause, McCain responded, “Ahhh. I think I support the president’s policy.”
Nagourney followed up: “So no contraception, no counseling on contraception? Just abstinence. Do you think contraceptives help stop the spread of HIV?”
After another pause, McCain replied, “You’ve stumped me.”
How is it acceptable for the leader of the free world to prevent women from taking good care of their own health and helping take care of their families?
And it’s not just a ‘party line’- In his 1992 Senate bid, McCain was joined on the campaign trail by his wife, Cindy, as well as campaign aide Doug Cole and consultant Wes Gullett. At one point, Cindy playfully twirled McCain’s hair and said, “You’re getting a little thin up there.” McCain’s face reddened, and he responded, “At least I don’t plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you cunt.” McCain’s excuse was that it had been a long day. If elected president of the United States, McCain would have many long days.
And recently he volunteered his wife for a beauty pageant that often features contestants topless — and, occasionally, without any decency — at the Sturgis, South Dakota, motorcycle rally.
I don’t want a man like that leading my daughter into her future.