My LTTE submitted today (VOP in Akron Beacon Journal) - let me know what you think

[zbdent]

(I've corrected the references to Metzenbaum to reflect John Glenn)

Freshly elected to the Senate, John McCain became an original member of the Keating 5. Because of John Glenn’s involvement with Keating, Republicans were demanding Glenn be thrown out of office. Now they embrace another Keating 5 member.

Once the Keating 5 became politically radioactive, John McCain started fighting for campaign finance reform, essentially wanting to ban what got him into office in the first place.

He even went so far as authoring the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform bill. Before too long, he voted against the legislation which bears his name as top billing.

Then McCain decided to campaign for president, touting that he would follow the legislation that he voted against.

And now he refuses to follow the campaign finance reform that he championed. Or didn’t champion. Or did. Or not.

In 2004, the Republicans got a lot of traction out of "I voted for it before I voted against it." The Republicans smirked and said “Well, we don’t DO nuance.” And now, the Republicans try to nuance their way out of McCain’s constantly shifting stance on not only campaign finance reform, but the role of the Religious Right in politics, his stance on abortion, the support/rejection of Bush’s tax cuts, and so on ...

Apparently the only real "change" John McCain will bring is his mind ...

[Ninga]

1. Wasn't it John Glenn???? Not Metzenbaum???? n/t

[zbdent]

2. good catch! I'll notify them of my correction

[DiverDave]

3. Yep, the republican moral code

they tell US how to live, but they can do and say anything they please.

I just sent a LTTE today (to the Wilmington Delaware Journal), I'll start a thread if they publish it:

Once again we see the hypocrisy of the Republican Party.
When Jamie Lee Spears was discovered to be pregnant, the howling machine couldn't have been louder ( Parents were not doing their job, just plain old white trash) all the things expected by the "family values" party.
My, how things have changed!
Now a teen pregnancy is "a private affair"
A "gift from god", etc.
The fact is that the Republican party has 2 moral codes, one for them and one for the rest of us.

Hypocrites, plain and simple.

xxxxxx
New Castle

Update for spelling