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Judges Are No Reason to Vote for McCain
The Wall Street Journal ^ | 2008-07-17 | Bob Barr

Posted on 07/17/2008 10:28:15 AM PDT by rabscuttle385

The judiciary is becoming an important election issue. John McCain is warning conservatives that control of today's finely balanced Supreme Court depends on his election. Unfortunately, his jurisprudence is likely to be anything but conservative.

The idea of a "living Constitution" long has been popular on the political left. Conservatives routinely dismiss such result-oriented justice, denouncing "judicial activism" and proclaiming their fidelity to "original intent." However, many Republicans, like Mr. McCain, are just as result-oriented as their Democratic opponents. They only disagree over the result desired.

Judge-made rights are wrong because there is no constitutional warrant behind them. The Constitution leaves most decisions up to the normal political process.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; aclu; barr; bobbarr; bobbarrisanidiot; conservatives; election; electionpresident; elections; issues; judges; judicialnominees; judiciary; libertarians; liberty; mccain; mccainlist; mccaintruthfile; mcdemocrat; mcjudges; mcliberal; mcsocialism; obama; obamacans; obamacons; rino; rinovsrino; scotus; sideshowbob; smallgovernment; thirdparty
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To: pgkdan
And your first post on this thread was pure sterling...

Get over yourself. A LOT to late for righteous indignation.

101 posted on 07/17/2008 1:21:40 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (What would a free man do?)
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To: Prokopton

Yes it does. because some of the same people who voted for Thompson and Pres Bush claim that McCain is anti-free speech.


102 posted on 07/17/2008 1:23:27 PM PDT by Perdogg
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To: SolidWood

No reason to vote for Bob Barr.


103 posted on 07/17/2008 1:25:33 PM PDT by Unicorn (Too many wimps around.)
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To: Perdogg
We knew Bush was a RINO back in 1999. We voted for him INSTEAD of McCain because Bush was LESS of a RINO.

Now, we have the same types of cheerleaders trying to get us to vote for Juan McAmnesty again. Saying the EXACT same things.

No more. Never again.

104 posted on 07/17/2008 1:26:13 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (What would a free man do?)
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To: Dead Corpse

How’s about you can reply to me when your temper tantrum is over?


105 posted on 07/17/2008 1:38:23 PM PDT by pgkdan (Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions - G.K. Chesterton)
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To: pgkdan

You’re the one getting pissy because the conservatives here aren’t putting up with your crap or your crap candidate...


106 posted on 07/17/2008 1:39:31 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (What would a free man do?)
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To: AuntB
>> Amnesty? Nice try. You dare compare anyone to McCain on Amnesty. Barr is a loser, I agree, but his record on immigration is a whole bunch better than McCains. <<

REPUBLICAN Barr's record on immigration WAS vastly superior to McCain. That was eight years ago. Too bad Bob Barr no longer has those views since he drank the LP kool-aid. The current, Libertarian Bob Barr running for President shows no improvement over McCain on immigration.

107 posted on 07/17/2008 1:45:43 PM PDT by BillyBoy (Support Operation Chaos!)
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To: Dead Corpse
You have a funny way of looking at things. Are you always this fun to be around?

By the way, John McCain is not MY candidate...he wasn't my first, second, third or even fourth choice. But he IS the Republican candidate and he is the only thing standing between us and an Obama Presidency. The adults around here realize that and act accordingly...then there are those who would rather whine and pout and spout off about what pure conservatives they are.

108 posted on 07/17/2008 1:52:17 PM PDT by pgkdan (Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions - G.K. Chesterton)
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To: Checkers
>> A Conservative voting for McCain has much in common with a Jew voting for Hitler in the 30s. <<

Yeah, I'm sure ol' Uncle Adolf agreed with the Jews 80% of the time, since that is McCain's record of voting of with conservatives (whether you like it or not)

Of course, the irony here is that a Social Conservative voting Libertarian is like a vegetarian voting for the Hog Butchers union. I know what conservatives believe in and it certainly isn't gay marriage or legalizing crack. It's cute the way Bob Barr's fan club incessantly whine about McCain "betraying" conservatives while ignoring the fact that Barr did the same thing when he joined the LP and profusely apologized to them for supporting the WOT and traditional marriage.

If Bob Barr wanted the votes of conservatives, he'd be running as one. He wants the losertarian vote, and he can have it. I want no part of the Ron Paul kooks.

109 posted on 07/17/2008 1:52:38 PM PDT by BillyBoy (Support Operation Chaos!)
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To: pgkdan
and he is the only thing standing between us and an Obama Presidency.

Only because "squishy middle" types like you would rather play up Part over Principle.

The "adults" around here are the ones that understand the idiocy of doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Whine and pout all you want about those of us who won't march lock step with your Leftist slide. Just don't expect us to take you seriously.

110 posted on 07/17/2008 1:58:52 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (What would a free man do?)
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To: Perdogg
Paul is a fine Constitutionalist, but horribly naive on the realities of foreign policy. He was on the ballot and didn't attract enough support to beat any RAT candidate. Idaho's primary occurred so late that McCain already had the nomination in hand. I almost checked Paul's name on the ballot just as a vote of principle as it was meaningless in the context of the election.
111 posted on 07/17/2008 2:05:47 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: rabscuttle385
Not only is this article idiotic, it's patently untrue. McCain would be vastly superior to Obama in terms of judicial appointments and only a complete slack-jawed moron doesn't recognize this.

I'm willing to bet you're on the Obama payroll.

Guys like you who trash the more conservative candidate show up around here like clockwork every time we get close to an election.
112 posted on 07/17/2008 2:09:03 PM PDT by Antoninus (Every second spent bashing McCain is time that could be spent helping Conservatives downticket.)
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To: Dead Corpse

I get so sick and tired of people like you. What the hell do you propose as an alternative? What’s your grand idea?


113 posted on 07/17/2008 2:10:28 PM PDT by pgkdan (Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions - G.K. Chesterton)
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To: pgkdan
"You have 2 choices in November. McCain or Obama."

You really must cease dealing in facts. ;-)

114 posted on 07/17/2008 2:17:36 PM PDT by verity ("Lord, what fools we mortals be!")
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To: mouse1
Any questiions??[sic]

Yes, I thought Juanito hated the first amendment. Why else would he have written MacCain-Feingold?

115 posted on 07/17/2008 2:18:35 PM PDT by E. Cartman (Just say "No" to mug-whores.)
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To: Dick Bachert

It makes no difference unless the votes were there to block the nominee, whereas obviously they were not. It is also a bit of a stretch to say the opposition party should constantly try to defeat supreme court nominations. Both parties get nominees through unless enough of an issue is raised that the public will block the nominee. As you know, nominees never testify about how they will decide any issue, so there is never a clear basis to stop a nomination based on how the judge will rule. As you know this principle got us Roberts and Alito.


116 posted on 07/17/2008 2:21:09 PM PDT by Williams
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To: pgkdan
First, your post:

By the way, John McCain is not MY candidate...he wasn't my first, second, third or even fourth choice. But he IS the Republican candidate and he is the only thing standing between us and an Obama Presidency. The adults around here realize that and act accordingly...then there are those who would rather whine and pout and spout off about what pure conservatives they are.

Then your tagline:

Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions - G.K. Chesterton

Irony abounds.

117 posted on 07/17/2008 2:23:16 PM PDT by MortMan (Those who stand for nothing fall for anything. - Alexander Hamilton)
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To: Antoninus
I'm willing to bet you're on the Obama payroll.

You bet wrong.

Guys like you who trash the more conservative candidate show up around here like clockwork every time we get close to an election.

I don't have to trash McCain. He's more than capable of doing it all by himself.

118 posted on 07/17/2008 3:56:58 PM PDT by rabscuttle385 (Bulls and bears make money. Pigs get slaughtered.)
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To: pgkdan
What the hell do you propose as an alternative?

Considering all of our alternatives? There are none. We are SCREWED.

Call me when it's time to start voting from the rooftops.

119 posted on 07/17/2008 6:36:49 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (What would a free man do?)
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To: Dead Corpse
Considering all of our alternatives? There are none. We are SCREWED.

Well we finally agree about something. I just think we'll be more screwed if obama wins.

120 posted on 07/17/2008 6:39:28 PM PDT by pgkdan (Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions - G.K. Chesterton)
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