Once upon a time the battle cry in this country of ours was:
"I may disagree with what you have to say but I will defend to the death your right to say it"
We were the light unto the world; a beacon of freedom - the role model for others to emulate.
John McCain's take on that?
“It’s disgraceful, it’s got to be retracted and condemned by the Democrats, and MoveOn.org ought to be thrown out of this country.”
However ill advised MoveOn.org was in its ad tag line (and I sincerely believe they were very ill advised) they have a right to say it ... in a free society. But Republicans like McCain feel differently. They feel that anyone who says anything that offends them should be "thrown out of the country".
My, my, how far we've come.
Of course, later, someone must have whispered in his ear an dgiven him a set of brains about the meaning of a free society. His campaign issued the following backpedal:
The McCain campaign clarified the senator’s comments for CBS News. “Senator McCain, like most Americans, is appalled by the MoveOn.org ad. Last night he expressed his outrage in words that did not convey his intended meaning. What he meant to say was that MoveOn’s smear of General Petraeus’ character should have no place in the American political debate.”
No place in the American debate? I guess that's a step in the right direction.
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