Prove it. We KNOW Obama will appoint another marxist to the SC. You want another Kagan or Sotomayor? How about Bill Ayers? Yeah, I’d rather take my chances with Romney appointing a SC justice than Obama.
Governor Mitt Romney, who touts his conservative credentials to out-of-state Republicans, has passed over GOP lawyers for three-quarters (75%) of the 36 judicial vacancies he has faced, instead tapping registered Democrats or independents – including two gay lawyers who have supported expanded same-sex rights.Of the 36 people Romney named to be judges or clerk magistrates, 23 are either registered Democrats or unenrolled voters who have made multiple contributions to Democratic politicians or who voted in Democratic primaries, state and local records show. In all, he has nominated nine registered Republicans, 13 unenrolled voters, and 14 registered Democrats.
With Romney and a strong conservative congress we will at least have the opportunity to influence who gets appointed to the courts, like stopping Bush with his Harriet Miers suggestion. With Obama as president, we have absolutely zero opportunity to do so, and I don’t have the faith in the GOP congress to stand strong and vote down all Obama’s nominees all the time. Even if we do, he will simply disregard it and make recess appointments.
Whether we like it or not, the battle is in, and for the courts. Obama will make sure that all federal courts are ultra-liberal for the next generation at least. No chance of getting Roe v Wade repealed. The end of the 2nd amendment as we know it. States forced to recognize other states gay marriages. And so on.
Yes, Romney doesn’t have a strong record for appointing conservative judges, but if he is the nominee, and ultimately the president, then we can put all kinds of pressure on him to nominate conservative judges. With Obama, we can’t, and won’t. It is a crappy position to be in, and reason #1 that Newt should be president. But having a Republican of some sort as president is still better than having Obama, who will turn the federal judicial system into a communist rubber stamp.
I will be voting against Obama.