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McCain vs Reality

Category: Politics
Posted on: August 6, 2008 9:09 AM, by Ed Brayton

McCain: I supported the establishment of a holiday honoring Martin Luther King's birthday.

Reality: not so much.

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There goes reality's well-known liberal bias again.

Posted by: Squiddhartha | August 6, 2008 9:44 AM

Of COURSE McLame supported the MLK holiday - eventually - when it became apparent that in doing so would lead to votes. There is no evidence, now or then that he did so out of philosophical support of ANYthing MLK stood for. You could easily argue the reverse, McC, like most repubs tends to oppose the values Dr. King espoused at the risk (and cost) of his life (Peace, non-violence, equality, dignity, character, etc.).

Posted by: Blaidd Drwg | August 6, 2008 10:00 AM

And John McCain is also an elitist (although I cite Wikipedia, I'm assuming that the campaign has learned to vet what is written there, and decided not to vet this):

McCain has Scots-Irish and English ancestry.[4] His father and paternal grandfather both became four-star United States Navy admirals.[5] His family, including his older sister Sandy and younger brother Joe,[3] followed his father to various naval postings in the United States and the Pacific.[6] Altogether, he attended about 20 schools.[7]

So, he comes from a line of military admirals, and is in a family of admirals. (I imagine that this is a relatively small group of individuals; one might even hazard saying 'elite'.)

And he went to 20 schools? How (truly) elitist!

Posted by: Umlud | August 6, 2008 1:32 PM

AND Mayor McCheese is a descant of the Duke of Orange
...yep he's from a long line of navel oranges (thank you Neddy Seagoon) - DJ

Posted by: DingoJack | August 7, 2008 12:27 AM

How is this different from, "I voted for it before I voted against it?"

Posted by: bullet | August 11, 2008 6:35 PM