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	== Controversy ==		== Controversy ==
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			McCain states that the SPLC "first attacked after" he reported statements criticizing it in a ''Washington Times'' news item, and that he "was an outspoken leader of the non-racist faction" when a white supremacist tried to get the League to adopt supremacist views.<ref>http://rsmccain.blogspot.com/2009/09/charles-johnsons-quantum-physics.html</ref>
	In a comment posted on February 20 2009, McCain appeared to advocate the ] of the ] inhabitants of the ] and ]:<blockquote>Swear to God, if they ever want a Gentile prime minister, my first order would be to deploy the ] in a north-south line, facing east. My second order would be "forward march" and the order to halt would not be given until it was time for the troops to rinse their bayonets in the ]. After a brief rest halt, the order "about face" would be given, and the next halt would be at the ].<br><br>That's my "Middle East peace plan," and until it's carried out, there will be no peace.<ref>http://rsmccain.blogspot.com/2009/02/glenn-greenwald-no-anti-semite-could.html</ref></blockquote>The post was quoted by ''Atlantic'' blogger ], who remarked, "words fail."<ref>http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/02/malkin-award--8.html</ref>

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==

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Robert Stacy McCain speaks at a Young America's Foundation event on April 11, 2006 in Washington. The speech was later aired on C-SPAN's BookTV.

Robert Stacy McCain (born 1959) is a American conservative writer. McCain is a former assistant national editor for The Washington Times and co-author (with Lynn Vincent) of DONKEY CONS: Sex, Crime, and Corruption in the Democratic Party.

Early career

McCain was born in Atlanta, Georgia and graduated in 1983 from Jacksonville State University in Alabama. His journalism career began with the (now defunct) Cobb News-Chronicle in 1986. He then worked as a sports editor for the Marietta, Georgia-based Neighbor Newspapers, before joining the Calhoun (Ga.) Times as sports editor in September 1987. The Calhoun newspaper is a division of Rome, Georgia-based News Publishing Co., and in 1991, McCain joined the staff of the company's flagship daily newspaper, The Rome News-Tribune, working closely with special projects/editorial page editor Pierre Rene-Noth.

Frequently writing about such subjects as education and history, McCain was awarded a George Washington Honor Medal from the conservative Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge for his 1995 series of columns about the National Standards for U.S. History. He joined the staff of The Washington Times in November 1997.

The Washington Times

In addition to his regular duties as an editor, McCain has also contributed numerous bylined news and feature articles to The Washington Times. He has frequently reported on controversial issues in the “culture war,” including stories related to sexuality, education and history. His writings about communism have included feature stories about Joseph McCarthy, The Black Book of Communism, and the obituary of former U.S. Communist Party leader Gus Hall. McCain’s reporting on controversies surrounding sexuality has included features about Alfred Kinsey, the Jesse Dirkhising murder case, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Judith Levine’s controversial 2002 book, Harmful to Minors.

In 2003, McCain was named editor of the “Culture, Etc.” page of The Washington Times, which appears on Page A2 of the newspaper Monday through Friday. Over the years, McCain has interviewed many prominent authors and personalities, including John Stossel, David Horowitz, Peter Jennings Wendy Shalit , Ronald Radosh, R. Emmett Tyrrell, Tammy Bruce, Andrew Breitbart, William J. Bennett, Phyllis Chesler, Ward Connerly, Michael Savage, Dinesh D'Souza, L. Brent Bozell III, David Frum Ann Coulter Michelle Malkin and Cal Thomas. When former President Ronald Reagan died in June 2004, McCain authored the memorial article that appeared as a special feature in The Washington Times.

In 2006, McCain created a blog to promote the book Donkey Cons. His main blog, The Other McCain, has been growing in popularity since he started it in early 2008, and he also started a rightwing news-aggregation site, Not Tucker Carlson News, in 2009.

McCain has also contributed freelance articles, reviews and commentary pieces to a number of publications including The American Spectator,Reason, The American Conservative, Ripon Forum, and Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture, as well as such online forums as The Conservative Voice and The American Thinker.

In January 2008, McCain announced he would resign from The Washington Times in order to concentrate on a book project. He subsequently began blogging about the 2008 presidential race as "The Other McCain," frequently targeting Sen. John McCain, whom he refers to as "Crazy Cousin John," though they are not relatives. Stacy McCain remained unconvinced that John S. McCain was a "real conservative," and ended up supporting Bob Barr in the 2008 election.

Controversy

McCain has been criticized by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which linked him to the League of the South, an organization the SPLC regards as a white supremacist hate group, though the League of the South explicitly calls for equality under the law of all races and ethnic groups. After being "forbidden" to respond to the SPLC for many years, McCain states that the SPLC "first attacked after" he reported statements criticizing it in a Washington Times news item, and that he "was an outspoken leader of the non-racist faction" when a white supremacist tried to get the League to adopt supremacist views.

Personal life

McCain lives in Maryland with his wife and their six children.

Sources

Selected Essays By Robert Stacy McCain

External links

The Other McCain McCain's blog

Footnotes

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