McCain: Bork Was No "Maverick Jurist"

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[RKV]

Bork is no friend of the Constitution. Sorry folks. Flame on.

[Jacquerie]

You only vote for conservative Presidential nominees, right?

[RKV]

You are absolutely correct. Bork has denounced what he calls the “NRA view” of the Second Amendment, something he describes as the “belief that the constitution guarantees a right to Teflon-coated bullets.” Instead, he has argued that the Second Amendment merely guarantees a right to participate in a government militia. (Life Magazine, Vol 14, No. 13.)

[Grunthor]

“You only vote for conservative Presidential nominees, right?”

No, I voted for Bush. Twice.

[Jacquerie]

So did I. I'll vote for McCain because the prospect of an Obama administration filled with ACORN, ACLU, SEIU, and outright commie types is too horrible to consider.

[Grunthor]

“I’ll vote for McCain because the prospect of an Obama administration filled with ACORN, ACLU, SEIU, and outright commie types is too horrible to consider.”

I won’t, because on the issues that are near and dear to my heart, McJackass agrees with the enemy.

[Technogeeb]

—Bork is one weird dude who doesn’t understand the first thing about the Second Amendment—

Agreed. He had a section in his book which exposed his poor thinking on the subject. Fortunately for his reputation as an "originalist", not many of his fans have bothered to read his writings.

[Jacquerie]

McCain's American Conservative Union rating is around 83. Obama’s is about 8. You think Obama will be better for our country?

[Grunthor]

“McCain’s American Conservative Union rating is around 83.”

That is lifetime. Check the numbers for the last ten years. Quite different.

“You think Obama will be better for our country?”

Either man is going to be a complete disaster. Only thing is with McJerk, he has that R next to his name, so the Party will be forever blamed for his madness. It makes me physically nauseous when I think that I could still wind up voting for the pro-illegal alien creep. Literally makes me ill.

[Redcloak]

It makes me physically nauseous when I think that I could still wind up voting for the pro-illegal alien creep. Literally makes me ill.

Courage, my good fellow! Courage!

[hinckley buzzard]

It's "save your breath" time. There's no arguing with stupidity.

[Jacquerie]

Either man is going to be a complete disaster.

You hate McCain so much you equate him with the Marxist Obama. I'm sure it soothes your conscience, but it is beyond silly.

Obama will kiss the ass of Islam. McCain will kick it.

History won't record for whom Grunthor or Jacquerie voted. It may very well record that the democrat party was given total power because good people like you did nothing to prevent it.

[steve-b]

Instead, he has argued that the Second Amendment merely guarantees a right to participate in a government militia.

Gah -- worse and worse. Is he proposing that the American government has a positive obligation to find you some position if you show up and volunteer (similar to the the Federal Service system of earned franchise in Starship Troopers)?

[hellbender]

The vote to confirm GInsburg was overwhelming and bipartisan. 96-3. Do you want to bash all the other Republicans and conservatives who voted for her? They were stupid, of course, but McCain can’t be saddled with the blame.

[Jacquerie]

I looked forward to voting for Freddie Thompson in the FL primary. When he dropped out a couple of days prior, I held my nose to vote for Romney and will hold it again this November to vote for McCain.

The last conservative nominee was Ronaldus Magnus, 24 years ago.

I'm not willing to turn our country over to the radical Left while we wait for a mythical, imaginary conservative savior to set us free.

[RKV]

Don’t think that’s what he had in mind, no. Many here think they like Bork because he was up front that he thought Roe v. Wade was a bad decision. I have to agree with Bork on that one, but it turns out Bork is one of those so-called conservatives (in reality authoritarians) who want the Chinese menu school of constitutional law. Me, I want the whole thing including all of the BOR. All of it.

[proudpapa]

I can frgive McCain for this...afterall, 97 senators voted to confirm Ginsburg.

But you must put it in the proper historical context.

Ginsburg was only the second female nominee and it was early in the Clinton administration, back when both sides were promising to play nice...

Also, when you know that someone has the votes to be confirmed what is there to gain by voting against them. It would only make mcCain look sexist.

[RKV]

It’s gonna take a clothes pin for me before and a shot after, but that’s the way things go some times.

[Jacquerie]

Republicans respect the office of the President and the tradition that, short of a criminal background in the nominee, he gets to get his judicial nominees appointed.

The democrat party respects power and nothing else.

[supercat]

I know that those of you that use judges as reason to vote for the jerk purposefully “forget” who runs the Senate. Even if the jerk nominated an acceptable judge to you and I, Leahy on the judicial comittee will just say “no” and then we get the Juanito doing what he does best, working with his (actual) political party to (once again) screw America.

If McCain could be trusted to only nominate conservatives, it wouldn't matter too much whether the Senate approved them or not. 3+4+Kennedy would be better than 4+4+Kennedy; 2+4+Kennedy would be better still.