My humble suggestion: A risk an opportunity (Clarence Thomas for President)

10/21/07 | Self

[Nextrush]

We are looking for someone who is a real conservative, has a high profile and can handle the liberal heat.

The job we have in mind is President of the United States.

Its a risky proposition to lose such a man who has a very important job right now, but might I suggest that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas resign his job.

Here is the man Republicans need to change the dynamics of this sad presidential contest we face.

Look and listen, the principled candidates are going nowhere like Tancredo and Hunter.

The higher profile ones all have liberal skeletons in their closet and the ability to modify conservatism on a dime.

They will run to the middle and govern there, you can be sure.

That includes the long-time Washington lobbyist who refused to vote guilty on the impeachment of Bill Clinton.

Do you know his name? Fred Thompson.

That co-conspirator with John McCain on the McCain-Feingold conservative censorship bill is not a conservative in my book.

I don't like having to tell the truth, but I know that websites like this are constantly flooded by outsiders who promote candidates, not principles like I am trying to do.

So let me continue to say, we need principles badly in this campaign and a way to break out and reach new voters beyond our base.

Hence, a candidate of principle who would shake the Demo plan for a Clinton-Obama ticket.

Wouldn't Justice Clarence Thomas fit that picture perfectly.

I admit we need his vote on the court, but for the sake of a principled presidency that would obviously appoint good replacements to the court, is it a risk we should consider?

So there you have it to consider.

Tried, Tested and Principled.

Clarence Thomas for President.

[Nextrush]

Clarence Thomas for president...

Principles Not Politics.

Fred Thompson still comes up short in my book and I fully agree with Ann.

All I did was overstate my case by implying he voted no on all counts.

Well, at least Fred didn’t invoke Scottish law, but the effect of a yes and no vote seems the same.

[Sherman Logan]

I see no particular requirement under the Constitution for Thomas to resign from the Court in order to run for President.

A sitting justice as a candidte was not uncommon during the 19th century, and I believe it last occurred in 1916, when Charles Evans Hughes was the GOP nominee. He resigned from the court to run in the general election, but, interestingly, only after the convention nominated him.

Nobody at the time seemed to see any constitutional problem.

[B Knotts]

I have to say...this crossed my mind when I heard Justice Thomas talking about his book. He’d make a fine president. I just don’t know that he’d want to go through what it would take to run for president.

[ZULU]

We NEED Thomas in the SCOTUS as long as possible. Ditto for Scalia, Roberts and Alitto.

[Eastbound]

"You wrote these words and they were incorrect. You should apologize."

I concur.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Whoops. Sort of took the part of the Constitution from the first Article below and ran with it.

"and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office."

While he could be justice and run for President, he would probably be pressured to make a pledge to stop being a justice if he actually won the presidency. Guessing that many Americans wouldn't support a dual justice/President.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

How the senators voted on impeachment
February 12, 1999
Web posted at: 12:51 p.m. EST (1751 GMT)

WASHINGTON (AllPolitics, February 12) — The Senate acquitted President Bill Clinton Friday of both articles of impeachment. The perjury charge was defeated with 55 “not guilty” votes and 45 “guilty” votes. On the obstruction-of-justice article, the chamber was evenly split, 50-50. Below is the roll call:

Perjury article Obstruction of justice article
Spencer Abraham
(R-Michigan) GUILTY GUILTY
Daniel K. Akaka
(D-Hawaii) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Wayne Allard
(R-Colorado) GUILTY GUILTY
John Ashcroft
(R-Missouri) GUILTY GUILTY
Max Baucus
(D-Montana) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Evan Bayh
(D-Indiana) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Robert F. Bennett
(R-Utah) GUILTY GUILTY
Joseph R. Biden Jr.
(D-Delaware) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Jeff Bingaman
(D-New Mexico) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Christopher S. Bond
(R-Missouri) GUILTY GUILTY
Barbara Boxer
(D-California) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
John B. Breaux
(D-Louisiana) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Sam Brownback
(R-Kansas) GUILTY GUILTY
Richard H. Bryan
(D-Nevada) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Jim Bunning
(R-Kentucky) GUILTY GUILTY
Conrad R. Burns
(R-Montana) GUILTY GUILTY
Robert C. Byrd
(D-West Virginia) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Ben Nighthorse Campbell
(R-Colorado) GUILTY GUILTY
John H. Chafee
(R-Rhode Island) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Max Cleland
(D-Georgia) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Thad Cochran
(R-Mississippi) GUILTY GUILTY
Susan Collins
(R-Maine) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Kent Conrad
(D-North Dakota) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Paul Coverdell
(R-Georgia) GUILTY GUILTY
Larry E. Craig
(R-Idaho) GUILTY GUILTY
Michael D. Crapo
(R-Idaho) GUILTY GUILTY
Thomas A. Daschle
(D-South Dakota) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Mike DeWine
(R-Ohio) GUILTY GUILTY
Christopher J. Dodd
(D-Connecticut) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Pete V. Domenici
(R-New Mexico) GUILTY GUILTY
Byron L. Dorgan
(D-North Dakota) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Richard Durbin
(D-Illinois) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
John Edwards
(D-North Carolina) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Mike Enzi
(R-Wyoming) GUILTY GUILTY
Russell D. Feingold
(D-Wisconsin) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Dianne Feinstein
(D-California) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Peter G. Fitzgerald
(R-Illinois) GUILTY GUILTY
William H. Frist
(R-Tennessee) GUILTY GUILTY
Slade Gorton
(R-Washington) NOT GUILTY GUILTY
Bob Graham
(D-Florida) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Phil Gramm
(R-Texas) GUILTY GUILTY
Rod Grams
(R-Minnesota) GUILTY GUILTY
Charles Grassley
(R-Iowa) GUILTY GUILTY
Judd Gregg
(R-New Hampshire) GUILTY GUILTY
Chuck Hagel
(R-Nebraska) GUILTY GUILTY
Tom Harkin
(D-Iowa) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Orrin G. Hatch
(R-Utah) GUILTY GUILTY
Jesse Helms
(R-North Carolina) GUILTY GUILTY
Ernest F. Hollings
(D-South Carolina) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Tim Hutchinson
(R-Arkansas) GUILTY GUILTY
Kay Bailey Hutchison
(R-Texas) GUILTY GUILTY
James M. Inhofe
(R-Oklahoma) GUILTY GUILTY
Daniel K. Inouye
(D-Hawaii) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
James M. Jeffords
(R-Vermont) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Tim Johnson
(D-South Dakota) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Edward M. Kennedy
(D-Massachusetts) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
J. Robert Kerrey
(D-Nebraska) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
John F. Kerry
(D-Massachusetts) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Herb Kohl
(D-Wisconsin) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Jon Kyl
(R-Arizona) GUILTY GUILTY
Mary Landrieu
(D-Louisiana) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Frank R. Lautenberg
(D-New Jersey) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Patrick J. Leahy
(D-Vermont) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Carl Levin
(D-Michigan) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Joseph I. Lieberman
(D-Connecticut) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Blanche Lambert Lincoln
(D-Arkansas) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Trent Lott
(R-Mississippi) GUILTY GUILTY
Richard G. Lugar
(R-Indiana) GUILTY GUILTY
Connie Mack
(R-Florida) GUILTY GUILTY
John McCain
(R-Arizona) GUILTY GUILTY
Mitch McConnell
(R-Kentucky) GUILTY GUILTY
Barbara A. Mikulski
(D-Maryland) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
(D-New York) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Frank H. Murkowski
(R-Alaska) GUILTY GUILTY
Patty Murray
(D-Washington) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Don Nickles
(R-Oklahoma) GUILTY GUILTY
Jack Reed
(D-Rhode Island) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Harry Reid
(D-Nevada) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Charles S. Robb
(D-Virginia) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Pat Roberts
(R-Kansas) GUILTY GUILTY
John D. Rockefeller IV
(D-West Virginia) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
William V. Roth Jr.
(R-Delaware) GUILTY GUILTY
Rick Santorum
(R-Pennsylvania) GUILTY GUILTY
Paul S. Sarbanes
(D-Maryland) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Charles E. Schumer
(D-New York) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Jeff Sessions
(R-Alabama) GUILTY GUILTY
Richard C. Shelby
(R-Alabama) NOT GUILTY GUILTY
Bob Smith
(R-New Hampshire) GUILTY GUILTY
Gordon Smith
(R-Oregon) GUILTY GUILTY
Olympia J. Snowe
(R-Maine) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Arlen Specter
(R-Pennsylvania) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Ted Stevens
(R-Alaska) NOT GUILTY GUILTY
Craig Thomas
(R-Wyoming) GUILTY GUILTY
Fred Thompson
(R-Tennessee) NOT GUILTY GUILTY
Strom Thurmond
(R-South Carolina) GUILTY GUILTY
Robert Torricelli
(D-New Jersey) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
George V. Voinovich
(R-Ohio) GUILTY GUILTY
John W. Warner
(R-Virginia) NOT GUILTY GUILTY
Paul D. Wellstone
(D-Minnesota) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY
Ron Wyden
(D-Oregon) NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Thompson voted not guilty on perjury and guilty on obstruction.

As most middle of the roaders, they can and will jump both ways.

[Veronica Mars]

He voted to remove Clinton from office, I’m not sure how that is middle of the road.

[LADY J]

"Then exactly what was Ann Coulter saying in her column regarding Thompson and Huckabee.

She wrote: “In 1999, Sen. Fred Thompson joined legal giants like Sens. Jim Jeffords, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins to vote against removing Bill Clinton from office for perjury.”

A lot more people were afraid of a wacky Gore presidency than keeping the pervert.

[Jack Wilson]

Not a bad idea, but he is doing more good where he is

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Not guilty on one charge and guilty on the other.

[Nextrush]

Ping. I’ve dropped my humble suggestion into the ring.

[ejonesie22]

Maybe you ought to read his opinion that he wrote after the vote before making a wrong judgment.

It was quite clear why he voted as he did. Well thought out too. More so than the other 99 lame asses on both sides.

It is posted above on this very thread. Try reading it.

[Nuc1]

Would vote for him in a heart beat. Only questions; is he ruthless enough to attack the dims? Is he strong enough to rebuke the slander he will get from libs?

[ejonesie22]

Actually that was very much a discussion back then. When no one could figure why they just went with impeachment instead all the way with removal.

After 96, it may have been wise not to hand Gore the power of Incumbency. If things had worked out he could have been in for two full terms as well.

It was never brought out as fact, but the backroom deals may have been made.

Hindsight is 20/20 but back then it sounded reasonable.

[EternalVigilance]

It’s too late. The Republican primary field is set.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Thompson is the only one of the group of Romney, Rudy, McCain and Thompson, I could support for POTUSA.

Needless to say not one democrat would get my vote.

Even the best of the democrats, Lieberman and Zell Miller were liberals but not anti American!

I am for Hunter because he is the best by far.

[Mygirlsmom]

Just think, though—had Clinton actually been impeached, today we might be discussing how best to run against whomever President Al Gore chose to be his new VP after Joe Lieberman’s unfortunate accident.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

If the primaries of both major parties were not fake popularity contests fueled by the MSM/RNC/DNC, we might have a chance to get the best person for the job.