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Posted on 05/09/2008 6:21:37 PM PDT by T.L.Sink
John McCain gave a speech recently on the need to appoint judges that interpret laws rather than legislate from the bench. He also took issue with "Senate obstructionism" practiced by liberals who are blocking judicial nominees. The Speech seems designed to to help McCain firm up his conservative base. But here's the problem. McCain has made it harder to confirm judicial conservatives to the bench. While McCain's speech properly chastised liberals for blocking nominees, what did he do when he had the chance to help stop them cold? Well, here he is, in his own words: "...when there were threats of a filibuster to require 60 votes for judicial confirmations, and threats of a change in Senate rules to prevent a filibuster...the "Gang of 14" got together and vowed we would not filibuster unless there were "extraordinary circumstances." Mc Cain went on to defend the deal he helped broker saying it would prevent Senate "business to unravel in a chaos of partisan anger."
(Excerpt) Read more at judicialwatch.org ...
I don’t think McCain can be trusted, but to be honest, I’m at the point where I’m thinking what’s the option?
What does a conservative do in this situation????? As Rush says, “We are so screwed” I cannot begin to express my total lack of any enthusiasm for this election whatsoever.
Tom Fitton ain’t fittin’.
I don’t think McCain can be trusted, but to be honest, I’m at the point where I’m thinking what’s the option?
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There is NO OPTION. How could this country (as a capitalist Constitutional Republic) survive a raving, Marxist, anti-American President BACKED BY A RAVING-mad dolt of a Marxist Speaker of the House, and Congressional majority, that wants to put “windfall profit taxes” on the wealth and income of retired seniors??? We COULD NOT SURVIVE this type of stupid socialist insanity. We have no other option than McCain. Then we can only hope...
I would think that the “President” of Judicial Watch would be a lawyer. But he is a English major from some third rate school. LOL!!! Hey Fitton, I am “President of Brain Surgery Watch”!
I agree we are screwed. I guess the only thing is how many times we get screwed.
I wouldn't worry about it much. Just wait for November and then do what feels right at the time. I put my trust in God that he will show me the right course to follow.
I’m wondering if I should wear latex gloves to vote with to prevent against any VTD’s (voting transmitted diseases)?
I see this slate of candidates and wonder if there has ever been such a pathetic terrible ballot?
It won’t matter. The Democrats will have a filibuster proof majority in the House and Senate. If McCain is President, he will be a “lame duck” from day one.
I think McCain might not suck as bad as some conservatives fear. With regard to judges, I think we’ll get better choices with McCain than we will with Obama, no doubt. Frankly what we got from Reagan wasn’t all so swift, come to think of it.
McCain wasn’t my first choice either. But he won’t take my guns, he’ll fight the good fights and he knows when to pull the trigger.
Obama not only won’t pull the trigger he will let enemy whip him like a rented mule.
Ho-hum, more McCain bashing by sour grapes determined to see Obama elected in the vain hopes of having him fail on the order of Bush so that politicians to their liking will get the power. But what if an Obama implosion never materializes? What if he gets elected, doesn’t have a “Monica moment,” and the economy goes the same dot.com way when Slick Willie was in office so we see another Roosevelt/Truman era with two full decades of far-left New Raw Deal Democratic socialists? Wonder if “Judicial Watch” and old Tom Fitton law license to practice will still be around with nine “Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s” on the Supreme court? And I wonder if even sites such as FR will be allowed in such an environment (after all, there was once a historic “alien and sedition act” that suspended freedoms once under Democratic rule and it, IMO, could happen again).
O’Connor wasn’t great (better on crime than on First Amendment issues - she was a mixed bag), Kennedy is terrible but Scalia is the shining example of what I look for in a Supreme Court Justice. Given that O’Connor was decent, I’d rate Reagan as doing 50/50. Had Bork been confirmed, he would have been much higher. Remember Kennedy wasn’t Reagan’s first choice for that opening, Bork was. While I like Roberts and Alito, they are realitively new and it’ll be a couple of years before I really feel comfortable that they are truly strict constructionists. (Although I feel Alito may be okay since McCain feels he wears his “conservatism on his sleeve”).
McCain will appoint whomever he thinks his “friends” (Kennedy, Fiengold, Lieberman, etc.) will confirm.
The only positive thing I see coming out of this election is it is only 4 years until we get to try again, thankfully.
Sorry, but if Obama wins it won’t matter what happens in 4 years. It’ll be 20 years just recovering. The survivors may be able to form some kind of government by then. :-)
I’m only half joking.
I don’t think there’s any really good answer because all three aspirants stink. At this point I’m thinking of just concentrating on congressional and local conservative candidates. I can’t bring myself to believe anything McCain says because, frankly, he’s mentally unstable. Maybe Ann Coulter wasn’t so crazy when she said Hillary was far better than McCain!
Sure - it must be sour grapes McCain bashing when one dares question the guy who gave us the infamous Senate illegal alien amnesty bill with his buddy Ted Kennedy (after all, one should ‘reach across the aisle’); and criticize the guy whose campaign reform finance bill (again reaching across to the socialist Russ Feingold) abridged the First Amendment; or question his global warming screed and McCain-Lieberman bill that will cripple the economy; or have any doubts about the guy who wants to close Gitmo and release the terrorists; or wonder about the guy who opposes water-boarding under ANY circumstances and wants to give foreign terrorists an ACLU bill of rights; or who did a Kerry-like flip flop on cutting taxes. Right - pure sour grapes!
Maybe Ann Coulter wasn’t so crazy when she said Hillary was far better than McCain!
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Certainly cannot agree with Ann here...Hillary is a power-mad, empty-suited, carpetbagging Marxist. McCain does not begin to reach her level of lying, criminality, dishonesty and total lack of qualifications to be C-in-C.
No, McCain, albiet a rotten excuse for a Republican, is the only choice that has a chance at doing something good for America. He will still have to be watched. People are going to have to get way more involved in their government now. Washington is out of control, an understatement.
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BTW, I do appreciate that we were able to conversate on this without getting ugly or accusing each other of wanting to ruin America. Reasoned discussion representing both sides seems to have completely disappeared.
All my money goes to conservative congressional/Senate candidates in Kentucky at the federal and state levels.
I think Ann was doing her own Operation Chaos. *LOL*
I love this quote this week:”So before remembering that we are now left with two dangerous choices for president — a young liberal who is friendly with terrorists or an old liberal who is friendly with Teddy Kennedy — take a moment to revel in the fact that our long national nightmare is over. It turns out getting rid of the Clintons was the change we’ve been waiting for. “
“McCain has made it harder to confirm judicial conservatives to the bench.”
IOW this speech he gave was smoke and mirrors. The man is a lying backstabber.
Article One, section 5, paragraph 2: "Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings..."
This is an (unusual) grant of unchecked, non-reviewable power. The Senate can require unanimity for consent, they can let ten Senators only consent, and they are under no obligation to vote on any nominee. There is no basis for an argument that using Senate rules to block a vote is unconstitutional, and Hubert Humphrey's ruling from the chair that it was was not sustained by the floor, in a body that had 68 radical Democrats and 20 RINOs.
There is an argument to be made that they MUST advise, however.
“What does a conservative do in this situation?????”
www.constitutionparty.com
“With regard to judges, I think we’ll get better choices with McCain than we will with Obama, no doubt.”
McCain will nominate whoever his good friend Ted Kennedy tells him to and you damned well know it.
He was for it before he was against it? Sounds familiar. McCain can’t decide what he thinks about this either.
Confederate flag
Late 1999: McCain Said He Wasn’t Offended By the Flag. In 2000, McCain said of the flying of the Confederate Flag in South Carolina, “To me personally, I understand how it could be offensive to some people, but I had ancestors who fought in the Confederate army and I thought they fought honorably.” [AP, 11/5/1999]
Early 2000: McCain Called The Confederate Flag “Offensive” And A Symbol Of Slavery. McCain appeared on “Face the Nation” and recognized the offensive symbolism of the Confederate flag. McCain said, “The Confederate flag is offensive in many, many ways, as we all know. It’s a symbol of racism and slavery.” [CBS News, Face The Nation, 1/9/00]
A Day Later, Aides Say He Misspoke. The next day, “McCain reversed himself and called the flag ‘a symbol of heritage’ ...Aides said he had misspoken in the television interview.” [New York Times, 1/12/2000]
2006: McCain Conceded He Lied In 2000 to Win Political Points With the Confederate Flag, Called It “An Act of Cowardice.” Following the 2000 South Carolina primary, McCain admitted that he had lied about his position on the confederate flag in order to win political points while battling George Bush in the South Carolina. McCain admitted, “I feared that if I answered honestly, I could not win the South Carolina primary, so I chose to compromise my principles. I broke my promise to always tell the truth.” Speaking on the incident in 2006, McCain went further, saying, “The flag in South Carolina. I said that that was a state issue [in 2000]. It’s not a state issue. It’s a symbol that should not fly over the state capitol anywhere in America. ...I said that it really wasn’t any of my business, was basically what I said. That was an act of cowardice.” [New York Times, 4/20/2000; CNN, 5/24/2006]
“McCain, albiet a rotten excuse for a Republican, is the only choice that has a chance at doing something good for America.”
Amnesty?
Signing Kyoto?
Further eroding our Constitutional rights like he did with McBackstabber/Feingold?
Yeah, can’t wait.
“Oh I think you’re right, which makes this so much worse. Not only do I have to vote for someone I cannot support, but I have no other option.”
You always have options, this is still America (for now) vote constitution party, you can still back a conservative AND hold on to your values, morals and dignity.
He’s simply a liar and not even the best one in the race.
Ann is a satirist and a satirist always pushes the envelope. I think her real point is that McCain gets an “F” on illegal immigration by virtue of the McCain-Kennedy comprehensive “amnesty” immigration bill; he gest an “F” for campaign finance reform which abridges the First Amendment; he gets a “D+” for flip-flopping on tax cuts; he gets an “F” for his screeds on global warming and McCain-Lieberman which will cripple our economy; he gets a “D” for wanting to close Gitmo and create a “terrorists’ bill of rights” and an ACLU defence for foreign terrorists; he gets an “F” for “reaching across the aisle” to socialists like Ted Kennedy and Russ Feingold while violating every conservative core principle imaginable. Let’s call a spade a spade. McCain is not just a passive RINO but one who, throughout his career, has aggressively promoted a leftist agenda. Yes, he’s good on national defense but it takes a hell of a lot more than that.
If I we’re going to reject the present abysmal candidates, I’d write-in Tancredo or Hunter. Contrary to what many think, “throwing a vote away” can have a profound effect on both parties and the future. I can explain that.
Further eroding our Constitutional rights like he did with McBackstabber/Feingold?
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I am sure you agree that EVERYTHING is relative. The only thing I expect from McCain is good judges for the SCOTUS. Beyond that, I can bet on NOTHING. Certain you agree that America is at a very critical juncture with a public that is a mixture of ignorance, stupidity, and selfishness — that does not know, or give a damn about, our goverment or how it is supposed to work. The libs are elated with this level of “dumbed down” voting base and the candidate choices this year are a DISASTEROUS reflection of their complacency and ignorance.
I am afraid we are in for a spell of damaging socialism — a real threat to our freedoms from self-empowering Marxist liberals. It is the only way the CITIZENS of this country will learn —
“The only thing I expect from McCain is good judges for the SCOTUS.”
Ted Kennedy will be picking the judges.
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