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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 41-year-old emergency room nurse from [[Wisconsin]]<ref> |
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[http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=762052 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]</ref> featured in an August 2008 national television ad produced by the [[John McCain presidential campaign, 2008|John McCain presidential campaign]]. In the ad, Bartoshevich declares herself "a proud [[Hillary Clinton]] Democrat" who will vote for [[John McCain]], rather than [[Barack Obama]], in the [[United States presidential election, 2008|2008 presidential election]].<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/25/AR2008082502104.html Washington Post August 25, 2008]</ref> |
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On May 4, 2008, Bartoshevich was one of four people from Racine County, Wisconsin selected by a local Democratic caucus as a delegate to the [[Democratic National Convention]]. The [[Racine, Wisconsin]] ''Journal Time'' quotes her, "in a speech before the votes were cast" telling other delegates "I support her because of her universal health care plan...I see the devastating consequences of diseases on the uninsured."<ref> |
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[http://www.journaltimes.com/articles/2008/05/05/local_news/doc481e8f5b068f6954805776.txt Journal Times May 5, 2008]</ref> |
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Bartoshevich can be seen on [[YouTube]] telling a television interviewer that she was contacted by the McCain campaign "approximately three minutes" after Hillary Clinton's June 5 speech suspending her campaign for the presidency. Describing herself as a "member of the Wisconsin [[Democrat Party (phrase)|Democrat Party]]" [''sic''] who has "always voted Democrat", but a "new person" at the caucus, she told the interviewer that when she signed a pledge to support the Democratic nominee, she believed the paper was just a sign-in sheet.<ref> |
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJm-56iKMAo YouTube video from ABC affiliate WISN.com]</ref> |
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On Friday, June 13, the [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]] Journal Sentinel's website reported Bartoshevich's public affiliation with the McCain campaign. She told the Journal Sentinel that her sister had "encouraged" her to sign up as a supporter with “Citizens for McCain,” an arm of the campaign targeting Democrats and independents. Bartoshevich added that it was the McCain campaign, not she herself, who then notified a reporter.<ref>[http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=762052 Journal Sentinel, June 14, 2008]</ref> Bartoshevich told [[Associated Press]] writer James A. Carlson that her sister was a McCain supporter who had served in Iraq.<ref> |
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[http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/06/27/delegate_who_said_shed_vote_for_mccain_in_fight/ Boston Globe, June 27, 2008]</ref> In a later statement to Wisconsin Democratic Party leaders, however, Bartoshevich claimed that it was in fact her sister who had put her name onto the McCain campaign website.<ref> |
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[http://www.jsonline.com/watch/?watch=1&date=7/25/2008&id=43793 Journal Sentinel July 25, 2008]</ref> |
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The Wisconsin Democratic Party voted unanimously to replace her as a delegate to the Denver convention, citing a [[Democratic National Committee]] rule that requires delegates to support the party’s nominee.<ref> |
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[http://www.journaltimes.com/articles/2008/06/15/local_news/doc4855e2e2a61fd537189960.txt Journal Times June 15, 2008]</ref> Bartoshevich's delegate slot was given to another Clinton supporter, Marilyn Nemeth, who had received the next-highest number of caucus votes.<ref> |
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[http://www.jsonline.com/watch/?watch=1&date=7/25/2008&id=43793 Journal Sentinel July 25, 2008]</ref> |
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According to the [[Associated Press]], McCain himself traveled to Racine in July, where he met with Bartoshevich before introducing her and her family to a campaign gathering of about 1,000 people.<ref>[http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iNxTApa2sQRu0Xx99P3jt2bEXw7gD9290DR80 AP July 31, 2008]</ref> |
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On August 25, the new ad (called "Debra") was launched.<ref>[http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hKMDKzq3AMZKW6Esv_gH7lxSxWhAD92PIS2G3 AP August 25, 2008]</ref> A second McCain ad launched the same day (called "Passed Over") also urged Hillary Clinton's followers to switch allegiance to McCain.<ref>[http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/08/23/new-mccain-ad-gets-more-personal/ WSJ August 23, 2008]</ref> |
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Also on August 25, Bartoshevich was made the central figure of a press conference sponsored by the [[Republican National Committee]] and hosted by [[Carly Fiorina]].<ref>[http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/rnc-fiorina-penny-bartoshevich-ruccia/story.aspx?guid=%7BB991FC0D-53AD-499D-BF48-0465E9EDB662%7D&dist=hppr Marketwatch]</ref> Bartoshevich, who is [[pro-choice]], was asked about McCain's views on ''[[Roe v. Wade]]''. She responded by saying, "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, because McCain's position [[as of August 2008]] was that ''Roe v. Wade'' should be overturned.<ref> |
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[http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/08/from_the_rnc_podium_mccain_doe.html Time]</ref><ref> |
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[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17222147/ MSNBC]</ref> |
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==See also== |
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*[[McCain Democrat]] |
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==References== |
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{{reflist}} |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bartoshevich}} |
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[[Category:Wisconsin Democrats]] |
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[[Category:United States presidential election, 2008]] |
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[[Category:Living people]] |