Posted on 01/27/2012 4:27:15 AM PST by tcg
“he point was that Spector was head of the Senate Judiciary Committee”
...and by booting Spector, we get a more conservative R on the Judiciary by default.
This Santorum spin doesn’t hunt. Santorum endorsed the GOP E loser. Period.
That is stupid. We need a candidate that will fight back and castigating anyone that will fight back is typical leftism.
“So which fact “doesn’t hunt” in your opinion?
(A) Spector was indeed on the Senate Judiciary Committee?
(B) Despite his being a Democrat with a R in front of his name at the time, he pushed through Roberts and Alito?
(C) Without Spector doing that, those two wouldn’t have passed through?”
It’s rare when somebody attempts to make a logical argument with such impotence.
Let’s just imagine Spector lost.
What’s happens smarty guy?
The next highest ranking Republican steps up to the Committee.
So Spector is irrelevant in the argument you put forth. In fact, we likely get a stronger conservative on that Committee.
Santorum Fail.
“Newt is a leftist”
I heard him, in his own voice, describe himself as a progressive, admiring progressive Presidents. In my mind, that’s a leftist.
Executive orders have already been established as precedent.
I am not an attorney, but I know a little about patent and copyright laws.
I owned both before I retired.
We already have laws governing both.
So a question: If a law is being broken by foreign nationals, who should law abiding US citizens be punished ?
Taking away our rights to communicate freely does just that.
The solution is to take a hard line with the governments involved.
For instance, tell China no more cell phones, no more computers and no more Ipads until they break up the gangs that are stealing patented and copyright material.
They would bust them overnight.
SOPA or whatever it is called, is another stupid law similar to the anti-gun laws in that it punishes the law abiding and does nothing to solve the problem of the professional criminal.
Defend Santorum if you like. He is still a rino. Read his record.
Interesting...I tell you in post 39 that I’m against SOPA, PIPA and ACTA, and yet you go on a rant against them. Perhaps you didn’t read my post, just like you apparently haven’t read any of the laws since you refer to SOPA as “whatever it is called”?
Santorum is on record against SOPA and PIPA, as are all of them to my knowledge. Unfortunately, internet law enforcement (aka the ability to enforce the laws on the books) lags behind like a dial-up modem lags FIOS. New laws aren’t necessary, but existing laws do need refinement to assist enforcement. Santorum to my knowledge has just admitted this reality, as is his responsibility in the executive branch.
Example - if someone robs a bank, can the Fed ask for the video surveillance to help with the investigation? If a business sells counterfeit merchandise, can law enforcement set up a sting to catch them in the act? Of course they can. Does that mean they’re constantly under surveillance? Nope.
Now if a hacker commits those same crimes over the internet, can the Fed get the same cooperation? Not so much. Do they need total control to get the ability to enforce the laws on the books? Also no.
It’s a sensitive topic, but I haven’t heard ANY Republican trying to cross it (yet) so it’s a non-starter for me. If the Fed wants constant monitoring or bandwidth control or anything that affects law-abiding users, then NO!! If they want more cooperation AFTER a crime has been committed, then I’m fine with that. The laws need to catch up, but SOPA/PIPA/ACTA go too far.
Nah, can't be. Newt's supporters keep telling me Newt is the only good debater and the only person capable of standing on the same stage with the teleprompter-in-chief. ;-)
I never vote absentee. Especially in the primaries. So much can happen.
Imo, absentee voting is as bad an idea as these stupid “open” elections where Democrats can vote in Republican primaries and vice versa.
Absentee exceptions should be able to walk into their local post office (or base for military) and cast their vote the same day as everyone else for whatever their home state is. We can send encrypted top-secret military plans across the globe in seconds, yet we can’t transmit secure voting records???
RS definitely came off best in this debate too. Too bad Blitzer didn’t let him talk more, he spent most of the time encouraging Newt and Mitt to squabble.
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