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#REDIRECT [[Democratic and liberal support for John McCain in 2008#McCain_campaign_efforts_to_recruit_Democratic_support]] |
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'''Debra Bartoshevich''' is a former supporter of [[Hillary Clinton]] who has become the centerpiece of a new ad for the presidential candidacy of [[John McCain]], in which she declares herself "a proud Hillary Clinton Democrat" who will vote for McCain to protest Clinton's alleged mistreatment by [[Barrack Obama]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/25/AR2008082502104.html] The "41-year-old emergency room nurse" had been a Clinton delegate from Wisconsin, but was stripped of her credentials after declaring public support for McCain. [http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=762052] |
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In an August 25 press conference sponsored by the [[RNC]], Bartoshevich (who is pro-choice) was asked about McCain's views on [[Roe v. Wade]]. Her response ("Going back to 1999, John McCain did an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle saying that overturning Roe v. Wade would not make any sense, because then women would have to have illegal abortions.") raised questions [http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/08/from_the_rnc_podium_mccain_doe.html] because McCain's current position is that [[Roe v. Wade]] should be overturned. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17222147/} |