Corbett Blues

Thanks to a heads up by my father, who is a Corbett listener but not necessarily an agreer, I head about Corbett's so called "Operation Turndown". At first I thought this was just a joke until I realized how serious he was.

The gist is that Corbett, who is a die hard Clinton supporter and a self-proclaimed "Radical Democrat", is saying he will not back Obama in the general election since now it is all but declared that he will be the nominee. Now he certainly has the right not to back Obama. What I have an issue with are the callers who say they will back John McCain in the general election. While I was listening most of these callers happened to be women.

Whoa wait a minute here. John McCain?

The same John McCain who in May of 2007 said he would support overturning Roe v. Wade?
The same John McCain who voted to keep the ban on abortions at military bases?
The same John McCain who has a 0% rating by NARAL?
And the same John McCain who skipped the vote on the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and said

"They need the education and training, particularly since more and more women are heads of their households, as much or more than anybody else. And it’s hard for them to leave their families when they don’t have somebody to take care of them."

The Ledbetter Fair Pay Act would do in short help women seek remedies if they are being paid unfairly.

So I ask these women, do you know what you're getting into if you vote for McCain? Assuming you do not share his values and you are not a DINO, you are selling out your beliefs and values for revenge and out of spite. That is wrong.

I do not believe that we can handle another four years of failed policies and virtually the same Republican policies which have not worked for us.

One of the callers justified voting for McCain because it is safe to assume Democrats will strengthen their majority in Congress. That is fine, but there is one issue that the caller failed to realize. Not all Democrats vote alike. Blue Dogs are more conservative fiscally and may not back more liberal economic policies. Some Democrats are moderate and even conservative on social issues. And not all Democrats are committed to ending the war in Iraq. If Democrats cannot get the support to override vetos then we are not getting anywhere. If Democrats do not get the support to vote against conservative judges, then we are getting no where. It is safer to further Democratic policies if we have a Democrat in the Oval Office.

John McCain is already talking judges. Right now the Supreme Court has a right leaning bias. We need to make sure that the Court is at the very least moderate in their rulings.

We will see what happens.



http://www.ontheissues.org/John_McCain.htm
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/23/mccain-dismisses-equal-pay-legislation-says-women-need-more-training-and-education/
http://www.now.org/press/07-07/07-31.html