Posted on 07/12/2005 11:02:02 AM PDT by Imani
Sen. McCain [R-AZ] Strong Words On Supreme Ct Nomination at Dallas Fundraiser: 'During the campaign, President Bush said he will appoint judges who will strictly interpret the constitution... thinking anything else is either amnesia or ignorance... elections have consequences... whomever he nominates deserves an up or down vote and no filibuster... and an up or down vote is what we will have'...
We will have to do something.
Is that a quote from McCain, or just a fantasy?
Well, this is surprising.
Lookie here.
I will grant him leave to change his mind and oppose W at some point during this whole process. I'm sure he will need it.
Oh goodie. McCain's on our side, today.
Do you really think so? If true that will be a change.
Unfortunately, this SCOTUS opening will not be filled IMHO.
It will go the way of the Bolton nomination and will be vacant until HRC is elected in 2008.
Senate RINOs, including my very own Howdy-Dowdy Lugar, have no cajones, they are girlie-men who will start to cry once Teddy, Joe, Chuck, Hillary and Patrick raise their voices.
Wait and see.
Not really. He saw the conservative reaction to the gang of 7 and he wants to be president. In particular, he saw what happened to Pat DeWine's son in the primary.
The big question now is, did the President notice? And if he did, will his legendary stubborness make him appoint Gonzales anyway?
He knows Gonzales is one of the nominees. Once he "fights" for Gonzales, it'll give him plenty of cover to torpedo anyone else who is nominated afterwards.
He knows Gonzales is one of the nominees. Once he "fights" for Gonzales, it'll give him plenty of cover to torpedo anyone else who is nominated afterwards.
I'm stuned! Stuned, I tell you. This is hugh!
McCain is sounding very presidentially hopeful...
McCain isn't really a liberal, he just plays one on TV.
When it comes time to vote, he'll vote with us virtually all the time.
Not saying I like the man all that much, he's got an ego the size of the Titanic, but this shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone.
I'll believe McCain when I see it
He has a history
Does McCain realize that he saying he wants a justice who will declare the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Law unconstitutional?
McCain certainly won't help Bush for more than five minutes. He must have had something strange for breakfast this morning.
As for the war over SCOTUS, if Bush nominates Alberto Gonzalez, he will be fighting without the support of his conservative base. Gonzalez is wrong on abortion, guns, immigration, religious freedom, and just about any other important issue you can think of.
Let's hope the story posted here this morning that he was going to be interviewed for the job was not true, because if it is, Bush can fight his war to appoint this pro-abort RINO all by himself without any help from most of us.
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