John McCain
Town Hall Meeting
07/07/08
TRANSCRIPT:
QUESTIONER: "[...] On Friday, February 12th, 1999, you stated, and I quote, 'Presidents are not ordinary citizens. They are extraordinary in that they are vested with so much [...] more authority and power than the rest of us. We have a right indeed we have an obligation to hold them strictly accountable to the rule of law.' You said that in reference to Articles of Impeachment: Bill Clinton, which you voted in favor of. [...] Why should 35 articles of impeachment that Dennis Kucinich has on the table for high crimes and misdemeanors be treated with any less urgency and authority than a mindless and pathetic sexual scandal?"
JOHN MCCAIN: "[...] I do not believe that an effort to impeach the President of the United States is appropriate or necessary or called for. That's just my, my position."
QUESTIONER: "What about rule of law?"
LABEL: JM CO 7-7 (SD#24) GIDT-ClipL
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I think that 80% of voting Americans would disagree with you. Why throw him softball questions that you know he isn't going to answer. How about we ask him what he thinks of the military "Buy American" program? You know, the one that just lost the contract to build the refueling tankers to France. I would like to know, because he voted against the program just a couple of years ago (source: Mccains senate website). I bet he flip flops like a fish on that.