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MCCAIN PICKS UP TED OLSON (NRO-CAMPAIGN SPOT)
National Review - Campaign Spot ^ | January 31, 2007 | Jim Geraghty

Posted on 01/31/2008 3:38:25 PM PST by greyfoxx39


Thursday, January 31, 2008

JOHN MCCAIN

McCain Picks Up Ted Olson

Looks like when Giuliani made his endorsement, one of his key backers moved with him: Jen Rubin hears Ted Olson, former Solicitor General (and a guy mentioned in recent Supreme Court and Attorney General vacancies) is backing McCain.

I guess he's not worried about the comment in the Fund/Novak columns.






TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bko; elections; gop; illegalimmigration; mccain; rino; shamnesty; tedolson
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Now let the trashing of Ted Olson,a guy mentioned in recent Supreme Court and Attorney General vacancies, formerly a FR favorite by the Romney supporters begin.
1 posted on 01/31/2008 3:38:26 PM PST by greyfoxx39
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To: greyfoxx39

No need to trash him...but I can disagree with him. In an election cycle where many are down to 3rd choices...there is going to be divergence. I will continue supporting Romney over McCain until the issue is settled and one or the other has the requisite delegates.


2 posted on 01/31/2008 3:40:15 PM PST by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: greyfoxx39

Ted Olsen has sold his soul. Twice. Giuliani and now McCain. Very sad.


3 posted on 01/31/2008 3:40:57 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Our God-given unalienable rights are not open to debate, negotiation or compromise!)
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To: greyfoxx39

No trashing from me...just disappointed he is backing mccain.


4 posted on 01/31/2008 3:41:25 PM PST by cubreporter (I trust Rush. He has done more for this country than any of us will ever fully realize.)
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To: greyfoxx39

Ted comes from Giulianis campaign. He goes from Giuliani to McCain. What’s to admire in his judgement from a conservative point of view?


5 posted on 01/31/2008 3:41:36 PM PST by jwalsh07
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To: greyfoxx39

I like Ted Olson. It would be great if McQueeg nominated him to the USSC. But even if I -knew- that would happen and that he’d be confirmed, there’s still no way I’m voting for McQueeg.


6 posted on 01/31/2008 3:42:38 PM PST by Notary Sojac (I suffer from BDS - Bush Disappoinment Syndrome)
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To: jwalsh07

Ted Olsen is a good guy just misguided in this particular instance.


7 posted on 01/31/2008 3:43:11 PM PST by traderrob6
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To: greyfoxx39

McCain introduces talk radio legislation

Arizona Sen. John McCain has introduced federal legislation to protect talk radio shows from the reinstatement of past rules that required dissenting voices be given equal time on their shows.

McCain and fellow GOP Senators John Thune of South Dakota and Norm Coleman of Minnesota have put forward legislation preventing the reinstatement of the 'Fairness Doctrine'.

The Fairness Doctrine was done away with in 1987 but previously required political radio shows to offer equal time to opposing viewpoints as part of their Federal Communications Commission licenses.

A number of Democrats and liberal advocates want the Fairness Doctrine put back in place. They do not like the fact talk radio is dominated by conservatives such as Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage and Laura Ingraham.

McCain said imposing such rules would stifle free speech and there are plenty of political viewpoints in the marketplace.

Conservative radio talkers have criticized McCain for his stance in favor of immigration reform.


8 posted on 01/31/2008 3:43:36 PM PST by greyfoxx39 (Salvation is NOT a value-added enterprise by making you pay for it. Christ gives it away free.)
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To: cubreporter

uhmnnn...Ted Olsen.. I suppose next to endorse McCain will be Barbara Steisand and Pat Robertson.! That’s why I’m going to give my nod to Huck.


9 posted on 01/31/2008 3:43:46 PM PST by rovenstinez
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To: Jim Robinson

What is our country coming too???!! :-(


10 posted on 01/31/2008 3:44:00 PM PST by AmericanInTokyo (Enough has been said already. The 2008 GOP RINO takeover is complete. It is what it is.)
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To: greyfoxx39

People, Ted Olsen is a Giuliani Ho. Quit giving him so much credit.


11 posted on 01/31/2008 3:44:19 PM PST by dforest (Don't even ask me to vote for McCain, Rudy, or Huckster.)
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To: traderrob6
Ted Olsen is a good guy just misguided in this particular instance.

Ted, like so many others, has spent too much time in Washington DC. He had his choice of conservatives to support, he chose instead to support Rudy and now McCain.

I see nothing there to praise from a conservatives point of view.

He is supporting a man who has stated unequivocally that he would not touch a hair on a jihadists head in order to save one or more innocent American lives.

What should I do, admire Olsen for supporting that man for CIC?

12 posted on 01/31/2008 3:47:20 PM PST by jwalsh07
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To: greyfoxx39

McCain deserves MORE than talk radio scorn. He deserves to be sent home. He is a Ted Kennedy turd.
He is a liar and a shill for the elites in DC.

Ted Olson, big f’n deal.


13 posted on 01/31/2008 3:47:29 PM PST by dforest (Don't even ask me to vote for McCain, Rudy, or Huckster.)
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To: greyfoxx39

Ted Olson is a lawyer and has been around Washington long enough to be referred to as an insider. Endorsements from such people do not affect me at all. When I vote I do not take political advice from lawyers or insiders. If that one statement of fact and one statement of opinion is trashing Ted Olson, so be it.


14 posted on 01/31/2008 3:48:05 PM PST by Biblebelter
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To: greyfoxx39

Unbelievable.


15 posted on 01/31/2008 3:49:02 PM PST by toddlintown (Building More Highways For Children---Huckleberry Talking Point)
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To: greyfoxx39

Excellent. If McCain is it, Ted would be a good addition
in picking judges.


16 posted on 01/31/2008 3:49:29 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: Jim Robinson
Jim, I would have walked over "broken glass" for Fred...but unless there's a chance at the convention, he's gone.

The forum is being flooded with posts idolizing Romney. I think a post or two NOT trashing McCain shows a little balance here.

17 posted on 01/31/2008 3:50:06 PM PST by greyfoxx39 (Salvation is NOT a value-added enterprise by making you pay for it. Christ gives it away free.)
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To: greyfoxx39

BKO must be spinning in her grave.


18 posted on 01/31/2008 3:50:14 PM PST by Rushmore Rocks
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To: greyfoxx39
So, because he introduced this legislation, they should what? Be bought off and not talk about immigration?

Conservative radio talkers have criticized McCain for his stance in favor of immigration reform.

19 posted on 01/31/2008 3:50:39 PM PST by verklaring (Pyrite is not gold)
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To: greyfoxx39

Not surprising.....another from the beltway establishment endorsing one of his own. He had me fooled for sure. I always thought he was a conservative.


20 posted on 01/31/2008 3:52:43 PM PST by clintonh8r (1/30/08 FR poll: Dumbest ever!)
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