Cindy McCain caves to pressure on DADT

Posted on Sunday, November 14, 2010 at 12:38 AM

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Yesterday Cindy McCain apparently caved to pressure, issuing a clarification of the statements she made in support of the LGBT community in a viral ad campaign this weekend.

In the NoH8 campaign McCain had voiced her objection to the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy - a view that for the first time publicly contradicted her husband John McCain's hardline stance.

In the ad McCain is heard saying that "our government treats the LGBT community like second class citizens" and "they can't serve our country openly."

But last night she suddenly took that back, tweeting the following:

"I fully support the NoH8 campaign and all it stands for and am proud to be a part of it. But I stand by my husband's stance on DADT."

Really? We are all just supposed to forget what we've just heard and seen? Did you lie today or yesterday, Cindy?

What sort of message is McCain sending to gay youth now? That if someone glowers at you long enough you should cave to discrimination and bigotry? If they pressure you long enough you should compromise your own publicly expressed beliefs?

Either way, Cindy Mccain's very public about face is as insulting as it is shocking. You can't lament the second class citizenship of gay people and support the discrimination that ensures it. You can't be a little bit for equality; you either support equality or you don't.

The gay community can't defend you from the fallout from this Cindy, because its indefensible. Which one of your faces would we be talking to anyway?

Apparently you're standing by your man, well good for you. But something Martin Luther King once said resonates in your actions: "We will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

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TheOldPerfessor | Nov 14, 2010, 08:53 AM EST

Reminds me of Karl Rove's "clarification" of his comments on Christine O'Donnell. As Michael Kinsley famously put it: "A gaffe in washington is when somebody slips up and tells the truth."

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hollabackgurl | Nov 14, 2010, 08:47 AM EST

Like the article says, you can't be a little bit for equality, you either support it or you don't. Who appointed you the custodian of what was meant to be, Maloney? Post your picture and we'll decide if you look like a credible source, eh?

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maloney | Nov 14, 2010, 08:00 AM EST

Believe it or not, it is possible to support equality & common sense at the same time, Some things just weren't meant to be.

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