Comments on: John McCain shows great ignorance regarding birth control

By: Erich Vieth

Erich Vieth — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:50:15 +0000

Gerald: Here’s my problem with McCain. Yes, the question could be interpreted as a technical one involving the legalities of insurance coverage. In that sense, McCain was correct to reserve judgment if he didn’t know that answer.

But the question CRIES OUT for reassurance that women should have easy access to birth control, because birth control prevents unwanted pregnancy, and unwanted pregnancy leads to many abortions and the GOP hates abortions.

So how about something like this: “Birth control pills and devices should be freely available to those who don’t wish to become pregnant. To the extent that insurance companies aren’t covering birth control pills, that is a travesty and I will look into that further. In fact, I will become known as the Birth Control Pill President! This is an easy call.”

But, instead, McCain froze. He was so incredibly transparent. He refused to say the obvious moral thing in a land that ostensibly believe in personal liberties–that people who want birth control should be able to have them–because he was panicked that saying this would inflame the right wing zealots he so desperately needs to win the election.

By: projektleiterin

projektleiterin — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:50:05 +0000

You don’t think McCain is able to cheat on his wife with a much younger nubile woman and produce some more offsprings? (I just realized that I’m feeling some qualms about making jokes about someone who was POW for so many years…?!)

By: gerald peck

gerald peck — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:45:36 +0000

i am the first to come out and bash mccain, but i think it took a lot of guts to plead ignorant. it shows a certain honesty that you rarely see in poltics. the normal thing would have been to answer the question without answering it, such as “there are a lot of irregularities with insurance companies and drug benefits. i am for cleaning up the polcies and making them more consistent”

By: grumpypilgrim

grumpypilgrim — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:10:16 +0000

Well of course Grandpa McCain is uninformed about birth control: at his age, the topic is irrelevant.

By: Niklaus Pfirsig

Niklaus Pfirsig — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:39:30 +0000

I believe you are mistaken about the radical right wanting to outlaw all forms of birth control. They want to outlaw all forms of pre-emptive methods such as contraceptive devices and drugs. They do, however, favor many forms of “retro-active birth-control” such as executions and war.