Was McCain Pandering to the Crowd on Saturday Night?

It has already been well established that John McCain has given new meaning to the word flip-flopping, but McCain's current positions on abortion rights and a review of recent statements and positions is not only relevant, but must be brought to the attention of people who automatically presume that McCain is a man of his word. A quick review of a 1999 CNN interview makes this issue crystal clear http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Trbaufpok8

Frankly, I have always been anti-abortion, but staunchly pro-choice. Like Barack, I do not believe that anyone has a right to interfere with a woman's right to choose for herself whether to have a baby or terminate her pregnancy. I do feel that Barack must refine his response when it comes to the question of when life begins, but I also believe that almost any answer except absolute overturn of Roe v Wade and any other rhetoric that goes along with that position will not satisfy any Christian and/or evangelical crowd.

It is also imperative to point out that John McCain will say anything to an audience at any given time. The relevance is that Barack Obama, like his answers or not, says the same thing in Biloxi, Des Moines, San Francisco or Berlin. Please take a listen to this little video about McCain that points out so many altered or changed positions and compare his past statements with so much of what he said this past Saturday night at Saddleback Church http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W_K4RCisxc&feature=related Sure he makes decisive statements, and he sounds folksy and is an aw shucks kind of guy, but what will he be saying next week? Your guess is as good as mine.

If we're going to be fair, then McCain appearing at any forum where he will be unchallenged or not receiving follow-up questions should have a screen behind him displaying what he has said in the past that contradicts what he's currently saying or at least listing previous positions that he's taken that differ from his current position. It is only fair that unsuspecting audience members be given a fair opportunity to know what McCain stands for, has stood for and possibly will stand for in the future, because all three positions may be diametrically opposed to one another.

In the process of writing this blog, I reviewed about ten other youtube videos and found them interesting, even entertaining because they follow the same theme, which is demonstrating John McCain's hypocrisy, his anger, his tendency to have a steadfast belief no matter what he learns in the interim, and of course the dozens of times on a myriad of issues where he's said one thing and now says another. I must say in the strongest language that I can muster that we (and I mean us and the Obama campaign) must stick to the issues. Although it proves a point to say that McCain needs anger management counseling or that he and his gang are manipulative, conniving and crafty, it gets us off message, and McCain will win that war every time, my friends.