Posted on 08/02/2008 5:03:55 PM PDT by Bill Dupray
A "hyphenated" Conservative.
Just like a "Compassionate-Conservative".
I see.
We have just had seven and a half years of that.
Wonderful. JUST WONDERFUL.
Don’t know about you, dude, but my life’s been much better during the last 7.5 years under GWB than it ever would have been under Gore or Kerry.
That’s another reason I’m voting McCain. My life will be far far better with him as CIC than with the other guy.
He AND/OR that sap Obama.
Nope, sorry, I’m thinking otherwise. But thanks.
I agree.
Also using the Supreme Court theory is just plain stupid.
If MCLAIM gets in, the liberal justices will not retire. Remember they have a lifetime apointment. One other thing this lame Brain might even apoint a Liberal . . . . . . . . We can't trust him.
The bottom line is that we got Roberts and Alito through the Senate, even though we had only a razor-thin majority and a number of Rino senators. McCain’s ploy was designed to prevent the nuclear option while breaking the deadlock in the filibustering Senate. It worked.
You explained it all better than I did—thanks.
We might have mixed feelings about whether or not the nuclear option should have been used, but we did get Roberts and Alito through the Senate confirmation process.
The nuke option would not have passed...too many republican senators didn’t want to give up the ability to filibuster.
But McCain and Frist conspired to make it seem like it would be used....and they succeeded in getting 2 Supremes confirmed.
People are compromising on FR too much for their own good. Are they in for some surprises if Scarface gets the Presidency. But...but....but...WE thought he would be CONSERVATIVE!!
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“...even though we had only a razor-thin majority...”
Razor thin? We had 55 Senators.
“...and a number of Rino senators.”
McCain for example.
“McCain’s ploy was designed to prevent the nuclear option...”
Leave it to McCain to find a way to eff the Constitution and help out the Dems.
Win-win for Juan.
The headline on this piece is an invitation to fear-mongering and lip service.
Which fits into the McCain campaign plan very well. After all, that’s all they’ve got.
Conservatives should be appalled.
“...while breaking the deadlock in the filibustering Senate. It worked.”
Nothing like throwing conservative Judges under the bus.
And taking a dump on the Constitution.
And demoralizing the GOP base.
And helpin’ the Dems out of a jam of their own making.
Yep, from McCain’s point of view, it sure “worked”.
Your sentence makes no sense.
AKA LIBERAL DEMOCRAT. You don't know how silly you sound.
If you will recall from that time, it takes 61 Senators to prevent a filibuster. Therefore, 55 Senators was inconsequential in terms of confirming a judge.
In terms of the Nuclear Option, the plan that I saw would have required a simple majority, 51 Senators, to support. Since there were 55 Republicans, it could have passed. However, there were some of those Republicans who did not want to agree to a new senate rule that would have prevented them some day from filibustering judicial selections by a democratic president.
While I understood that, I disagreed with it. I think the spirit of the Constitution calls for the Senate to hold an up or down vote on presidential selections.
The only reason Roberts and Alito made it through was that they were replacing conservatives. We would need a conservative President AND at least 60% of the Senate to push through a conservative replacement for any of the far left liberals on the Court. That's why I expect that the best we will do with McCain are moderate-liberals like Anthony Kennedy.
Unfortunately, the opposite does not hold true. Democrats have never had any problem pushing ultra left wing nominees through. Ginsburg and Breyer were confirmed with only token opposition. If Obama is President there is no doubt that every judicial nomination that he makes will be as liberal or more liberal than Ginsburg and Breyer.
You and your group of McCain apologists are the only bogus conservatives here. McCain said Pelosi is a hero. I guess she’s your hero too.
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