McCain screwed himself up with his abortion answer.

[Renew Deal]

McCain made a mess of that. He took an anti-woman position throughout culminating in him dismissing "the health of the mother" as a medical reason for abortion. His anti-woman position is really what's killing him in the polls and focus groups.

[LynneSin]

1. This is a man who dumped his first wife for a younger model AND called that wife a C**T too

seriously

[texasleo]

2. He came off as a prick.

[Danger Mouse]

4. That's because he is one.

:D

[uponit7771]

3. He was classless on that answer, Obama can run commericials on that bit alone and make this thing a

...landslide

[Thrill]

5. Check his voting record. He has shown throughout his career he doesn't care for women

This monster voted against the Violence Against Women Act

[AlCzervik]

6. he gave and awful answer and i give Obama a lot of creidt for wading in there

and talking about the whole issue, he could have stayed on the margin but he didn't, he went in and answered it.

[City Lights]

7. He's incapable of hiding his disdain for women.

:grr:

[WinkyDink]

8. Sarcastically: "Health. They always say 'health of the mother'." ANOTHER EPIC FAIL.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

9. I had to leave the room when he said that.

Don't you just love it when anti-choicers reveal their true feelings?? :mad:

[TorchTheWitch]

13. So did i - for the health of my tv

He may as well just come right out and say that women aren't even human so nobody (including women voters) should give a shit about them. I truly despise this man.

[OmahaBlueDog]

10. Fundies argue that if you allow health-of-the-mother, abortions will continue unchecked

But it was that line of thinking that caused South Dakota to vote down a state ballot measure in '06. Even though most in SD are (according to polls) anti-choice, the failure to allow for rape and health-of-the-mother in the measure killed it.

[stillcool]

11. the very worst thing I heard him say..

was not that there would be any assistance for single mothers, but there would be more adoption agencies. That broke my heart.

[Cha]

12. WHOA! And mark halperin thought

mccain did better than Obama!

[Renew Deal]

14. I think political people see it differently than real people.

We're looking for different targets to get hit than most people. We expect McCain to be a poorly mannered child. Most voters don't. That makes an impression.