Posted by
toady on Saturday, May 10, 2008 6:38:39 AM
Arianna Huffington reported this week that John McCain told her and a number of others that he had not voted for Bush in 2000. McCain denied it. Then reporters looked into the story and found confirmation that Huffington was telling the truth. This is Brad Whitford's statement.
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"He was going on and on about how horribly unqualified and untested Bush was, how the campaign had attacked his family," said Whitford, a registered Democrat. "Someone said, 'If he's so terrible, why did you support him?'"
McCain replied that as a member of the GOP, Whitford added, he always intended to back the party's nominee. Then, the actor said, someone asked McCain whether he had cast a vote in favor of Bush.
"He put his finger up to his lips, shook his head and mouthed, 'No way,'" Whitford said.
If Bush and Rove had spread lies about me... that I was the father of an illegitimate black child.... I would be angry too. I wouldn't vote for Bush if he had done that to me. I think the driver of the "straight talk express" could simply say that. I think the folks would understand.