McCain Puts 14-yr-old Girl on the Spot, Disses Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=25154
Sen. John McCain, at a 5/7/08 town hall event in Michigan, singled out a girl wearing a t-shirt critical of him and challenged her to ask him a question. She asked about the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which would have corrected the Supreme Court's destructive ruling in Ledbetter v. Goodyear: "I was wondering Senator McCain why you had the opportunity to vote to give equal rights to women equal pay [but] you didn't show up to vote and you said that if you did you wouldn't support it."

"This question should be on the minds of millions of working women who may face pay discrimination during their careers," said Kathryn Kolbert, president of People For the American Way. "Senator McCain had the perfect opportunity to embrace equal pay for equal work, but he instead parroted talking points fed to him by corporate lobbyists. It's pretty clear from his response that he's more concerned about the rights of big corporations than those of everyday Americans."

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[orange667]

Why are those poor, poor, Republican women clapping for him?

[christiancantarutti]

Well clearly youre an ignorant little faggot than considering she asked a legitimate question and got a bullshit answer.  And to top it off Old Johnny though this fourteen year old girl was ''very attractive", but yeah....respect to mccain if youre into 72 year old pedophiles running for office.

[quarterxchange]

@dsteph44

Gosh, does it hurt to be so stupid?

[97ALEx12x]

Lol did he say she was attractive... Mccain is a pedophile

[johnfox3]

@christiancantarutti political noob

[dsteph44]

All workers deserve equal pay for equal work regardless of sex. McCain said he sided with the supreme court, I didn't realize the supreme court ruled against paying women equal pay for equal work. So Mr. McCain may you be born a woman in your next lifetime and suffer the abuses you presently uphold (that's how Karma works anyway).

[DivineAGoGo]

fuk mccain.

[thepheoniix]

He did not win so calm the fuck down...

[Shyreenify]

How could he dumb her question down ? I found that young woman had a good point. What an ass...

[MrDivalover1]

@YourVelvetTouch don't forget mccain 2002 mccain find gold he passed in 2002.

[Zeeboe]

If I was that girl, I would have asked him to explain his answer. How would it only help the lawyers exactly?

[catclaw357]

I'm really glad he didn't win.