We’re not sure we follow the logic here.
@MeghanMcCain not every repub who opposes gay marriage opposes it on the grounds that it will "ruin the institution"
— Jamie Cafarella (@JamieBcaf) May 8, 2013
@MeghanMcCain so it's ok to be for #adultry and #homosexuality and vote for @MarkSanford?
— Dale Hudspeth (@DaleHudspeth) May 8, 2013
@MeghanMcCain News Flash: Most people are not single issue voters. Especially when it comes to gay marriage.
— Mac Stoddard (@MacStoddard) May 8, 2013
Is it not possible to be troubled by Mark Sanford’s infidelity yet also believe that the alternative to Sanford — a liberal Democrat — was worse?
https://twitter.com/jbgoldcanyon/status/331949281038725121
https://twitter.com/bpt826/status/331946951807471617
Just curious: If McCain’s dad (who opposes gay marriage) lived in South Carolina CD-01, whom would he have voted for?
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Related:
Donna Brazile on Mark Sanford victory: ‘Women lose’
Mark Sanford wins House seat; ‘2014 is everything’ declares Matt Drudge
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Update:
Does McCain consider her father a hypocrite?
Right on @MeghanMcCain! I agree, we need less politicians who would have an affair then marry and more people like John McCai… oh wait…
— Marcus (@MarcusHUSA) May 8, 2013
.@meghanmcain — the product of one man leaving his wife for a younger woman — complains about Sanford. Who's the hypocrite now, Meghan?
— A.J. Delgado (@AJDelgado13) May 8, 2013
@MeghanMcCain if it wasn't for politicians cheating on their wives, you wouldn't exist.
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) May 8, 2013
McCain responds:
That's right, go apeshit on my feed, right wing extremists.
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) May 8, 2013
Good “argument” there, Meghan.
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Update:
https://twitter.com/MeghanMcCain/status/331973690717794307
Since her gestation?
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Update:
My beliefs and opinions are always fluid and I often change my opinion as I grow and get older. Unlike people that never question anything.
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) May 8, 2013
This is perhaps a reference to this:
Hey, remember when @MeghanMcCain wrote "Forgive Mark Sanford"? Here: http://t.co/jDMbVzLRsr cc: @EWErickson
— Eric Kohn ? (@iEricKohn) May 8, 2013
Interesting that McCain did not mention this sentence:
But what goes on in Governor Sanford’s personal life, I believe, just isn’t relevant to his role as a public official. The problem I see, like most problems I have with politics, goes back to the same thing—the hypocrisy of it all. One thing making everyone so mad, myself included, are the clips being played of Governor Sanford publicly blasting former President Clinton for his affair with Monica Lewinsky. It looks horribly hypocritical. And it is. We have to stop requiring that our politicians live at such a high level of moral superiority, as if they are infallible creatures. Let me assure you, they are not. Because when these same politicians fall from grace—especially in the South—we demand that they leave office immediately. (Unlike, say, Eliot Spitzer, Governor Sanford didn’t do anything illegal. If he were to be convicted of misusing state funds for traveling to Argentina, then, of course, it is a different matter entirely and he should step down. )
[Emphasis added.]
Sanford did in fact use state funds to visit Argentina.
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Update:
With each experience you gain perspective and I fear people who think they have every single thing figured out, especially in politics.
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) May 8, 2013
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Update:
McCain has deleted this tweet:
http://twitter.com/#!/MeghanMcCain/status/331973690717794307
Doesn’t she know Twitchy is forever?
More importantly, doesn’t she know how commas work?
Commas, do, not, work, this, way. RT @MeghanMcCain None of you crazy, extremists scare me.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) May 8, 2013
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