John McCain on choosing a running mate:

IN A WIDE-RANGING INTERVIEW aboard his campaign plane this morning, John McCain said that he is open to choosing a pro-choice running mate and named former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge as someone who merits serious consideration despite his support for abortion rights. [...]

"I think that the pro-life position is one of the important aspects or fundamentals of the Republican Party," McCain said. "And I also feel that--and I'm not trying to equivocate here--that Americans want us to work together. You know, Tom Ridge is one of the great leaders and he happens to be pro-choice. And I don't think that that would necessarily rule Tom Ridge out."

McCain's comments came in response to a question about comments he made to several reporters during the Republican primary season. During that exchange, McCain was asked whether New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg would make a good running mate. McCain offered strong words of praise for Bloomberg but said that Bloomberg's position on abortion--he is also pro-choice--would make it difficult to choose him as a vice presidential candidate.

In the interview this morning, McCain suggested that Ridge would be more palatable to social conservatives than Bloomberg. "I think it's a fundamental tenet of our party to be pro-life but that does not mean we exclude people from our party that are pro-choice. We just have a--albeit strong--but just it's a disagreement. And I think Ridge is a great example of that. Far moreso than Bloomberg, because Bloomberg is pro-gay rights, pro, you know, a number of other issues."

 

So, if I follow McCain here, the GOP, and the social conservatives (and, perhaps, McCain) would be willing to tolerate someone who, by pro-life lights, advocates the killing of innocent babies, and is a supporter of a greater mass slaughter than the Holocaust (I mean, that is their rhetoric, right?) -- but if that person also is willing to accept two men or two women who want to live loving, committed relationships together ... well, that's just un-American crazy talk? 

Explain it to me again slowly, Senator ... I really don't understand.

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Thanks Dave, very good stuff...perhaps one day people will understand the facts and use reason when electing people...