Senator John McCain Passes The Buck On Polygamy

Senator John McCain Passes The Buck On Polygamy



Senator John McCain Cincinnati Pretender
To be fair, while the FLDS, America's largest
polygamy cult, is incorporated in Utah --
members live and vote on either side of the
Utah-Arizona border. That means media darling
John McCain's (R--AZ) stance on polygamy is
also an issue Reports Reconfirm Hatch Said
He Condones Polygamy], particularly because of
McCain's 2008 US presidential aspirations.

McCain twice ducked my requests for comment for
articles on polygamy, first in 2000 for the front page
of the Weekend Financial Times Seven brides for
one brother: Plural marriage is rife in the western
United States, and then for a piece that ran March
2005 both in Scoop and CounterPunch, where I noted:


"Arizona is even less responsive on the Babyland
issue [unmarked children's graves in the FLDS canyonlands].
John McCain (R - AZ), who is incensed about
Iraq POW humiliation, takes campaign contributions
in part from Mohave County where the FLDS is
headquartered on the Arizona side of the border.
McCain failed to comment for my Financial Times October 2000 cover story on polygamy and his assistant press secretary, Crystal Benton, told me last year regarding the Babyland matter that his schedule was "too hectic" for him to make a statement, although she wouldn't want it to be reported that the Senator had "no comment". ADVERTISEMENT
Funny the night before Benton told me
McCain's schedule was too hectic, he appeared
on MSNBC's Hardball promoting his new book
(he's a frequent guest). He's also found time to
host Saturday Night Live."
Finding any other comment on polygamy from
either of the two US senators from Arizona -
both Republicans: John McCain and John Kyl - is an exhausting exercise.




By Suzan Mazur

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0605/S00396.htm

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