Posted on 02/07/2008 3:56:54 PM PST by jdm
John McCain made “dismissive remarks” about the conservative loyalty of Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito per Bob Novak and John Fund per Jed Babbin on HumanEvents.com.
Will McCain then in reality appoint conservative Supreme Court justices? In two years, over half of the present justices will be over 70. It could be that McCain will have four or five nominations in his pocket. To what political slant will those nominations commit?
Can conservative Republicans trust McCain to appoint those like Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito? Will McCain appoint only justices with strict constructionist positions? Will he war against foes to see that conservatives sit on the bench, particularly if confronted with a Democrat-controlled Senate?
What about the Iraq surge? McCain says he is remaining committed to the surge, claiming it is working. Some review the situation as the surge closing out. By 2008 spring, surge troop power will phase out due to strength waning.
What will McCain do then? Conservatives await his strategy. Those pro-staying put in Iraq until victory is realized want to know.
What about America’s evangelicals? McCain has rattled their cages per Focus on the Family founder’s Dr. James Dobson.
Dobson underlined that he cannot endorse McCain because the latter “did not support a Constitutional amendment to protect the institution of marriage.
“’MCain voted for embryonic stem-cell research to kill nascent human beings.
“’McCain opposed tax cuts that ended the marriage penalty.
“’McCain has little regard for freedom of speech.
“’McCain organized the Gang of 14 to preserve filibusters in judicial hearings.
“’McCain has a legendary temper and often uses foul and obscene language.
“’I am convinced Sen. McCain is not a conservative, and in fact, has gone out of his way to stick his thumb in the eyes of those who are. He has sounded at times more like a member of the other party.
“’McCain actually considered leaving the GOP caucus in 2001, and approached John Kerry about being Kerry’s running mate in 2004.’”
Further, can McCain resist wearing two garbs—one Republican and the other Democrat? Will he quit playing both sides and become an honest-to-God conservative Republican? His history says otherwise.
Because of this, many conservatives claim they are going to sit out the vote in November. They will not compromise their convictions because of McCain having a history of opportunistically compromising his.
About immigration, McCain claims he’s aware that border security is prime. However, on another day he tells media that he’s not quite sure of its primacy. He’s blurred in his responses.
Conservatives immediately pick up on his hesitancy for those insisting on secure borders don’t waffle.
McCain must put his name on law that rejects citizenship for illegals already housing here—up to 20 million of them. McCain must repeat that commitment over and over again for any conservatives to believe him on that issue as well as all others.
So when McCain requests conservatives to calm down about his “liberalism,” there are many reasons for conservatives to scream at the top of their lungs.
Conservatives to McCain: "Bite me".
Again...I don’t know why Johnny boy is so worried. I’m calm. I’m calmly switching my registration to Independent. I’m calmly rejecting his candidacy, and I’m calmly writing in my own.
That's going to come back to haunt him.
He thinks we have no where else to go.
AMNESTY & ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: Helloooooooooo? Wedge Issue then (last year) - Wedge Issue now (this year).
MSN & McC didn’t get it, apparently never will.
Does that mean that Dobson now does support freedom of speech? That’s a pleasant change. Why hasn’t he told anyone before now?
SIDENET 2008
"Of COURSE they'll vote Republican, where ELSE are they going to go?"
I am mad as **** and I am NOT going to take it anymore!
I couldn’t listen to his whole speech to CPAC but the part that had me holding my side is where he said he would veto any bill that came to him with any earmark.
He’s been a Senator for how long? I wonder what Senator McCain would say to President McCain about it?
I wonder if President Bush refused to sign any legislation with earmarks for the rest of his term, how McCain would react to that.
Anyone have a national campaign telephone number for McLame? A few hundred thousand telephone calls might convince him that we’re not buying his BS.
McCain: Do the letters “GFY” mean anything to you?
He does not need to win, he just got to show Conservatives his words are actually backed up by deeds.
Mcclame has himself a lose-lose situation. We lose-lose whether hillary or obama take the presidency.
Anyone have a national campaign telephone number for McLame? A few hundred thousand telephone calls might convince him that we’re not buying his BS.
Conservatives to McCain: "We are calm, Johnny, pookums. We are CALMLY rejecting you as having been demonstrably proven to be willing to peddle the sanctity of this country's borders -- and, thus, the very security of this sovereign nation -- to Mexico for a wadded, greasy handful of used pesos."
"We are CALMLY rejecting you from serious consideration, insofar as garnering the vote of any serious, principled c-o-n-s-e-r-v-a-t-i-v-e is concerned, for precisely that reason.
"CALMLY, mind you.
"Have a nice day."
“WHY”?
Because we two shooting wars ongoing, the Dhimmirats have pledged to cut and run, fleeing in the face of Al Quida is not my idea of a political strategy.
“Gee, if we lose in Iraq like Hilde’ and Huessein said we would, Conservatives will come out better off four years from now”?
WTH is that?
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