Posted on 02/07/2008 5:35:31 PM PST by Manfred the Wonder Dawg
I wanted to tell you personally about a conversation that I had with Senator McCain earlier today before his CPAC speech.
In this time of war and economic uncertainty, America must have strong, principled leadership. The first and foremost priority of the federal government is National Security, and, we must have a President who will do what is needed to protect America and the American people. It is imperative that we have a Commander in Chief who will not bow to pressure when the political waters become rough. As a fellow member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, I have witnessed John McCains principled leadership on critical national security issues.
I, like most of you, am deeply concerned with wasteful and excessive Washington spending, and I have also worked side by side with John McCain taking on special interests and fighting the tough battles on behalf of the American taxpayer. While it is true that we have had some principled disagreements on some issues, including certain areas of immigration reform, John McCain is a man of principle and conviction. He shares my deep commitment to reaching a comprehensive solution to immigration reform and I look forward to working with him on this issue when he is President.
With the recent decision by a number of the other candidates to step aside, now is the time for the Republican Party to come together and stand behind Senator McCain. For these reasons, I am honored to endorse him for President of the United States today and will do whatever I can to support his candidacy.
Sincerely, John Cornyn
Congress rules in 2000 money is not free speech.
And no one has stopped the press.
BTW here in pa the week before an election. Local talk show hosts can the political bs.Been like that for years.i guess its so they cant influence an election out come
Oops meant supreme court ruling in 2000
The Supreme Court ruled Monday on three cases related to the First Amendment. It struck down limits on some campaign ads, restricted when taxpayers may sue over government aid to faith groups, and ruled against a teen and his “Bong Hits for Jesus” banner. Our constitution at work :)
A divided Supreme Court upheld the broadest restrictions on campaign donations in nearly 30 years Wednesday, ruling the nation is better off with limits on the financial influence of deep-pocket donors even if money never can be divorced from politics.
Rooting out corruption, or even the appearance of it, justifies limitations on the free speech and free spending of contributors, candidates and political parties, the court said in a 5-4 decision.
“We are under no illusion that [the law] will be the last congressional statement on the matter,” Justices John Paul Stevens and Sandra Day O’Connor wrote for the majority. “Money, like water, will always find an outlet. What problems will arise, and how Congress will respond, are concerns for another day.”
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,105353,00.html
Aye - Cornyn seems, from this Texas view point, a better man than McCain; better than most in the Senate. Far better than his senior colleague from Texas, who is not fit to be dog catcher.
Oh, man! :(
Mccain is a good man he will make a fine president.McCain is a political opportunist, backstabbing RINO. I didn't pay much attention to him until he was running for Prez in 2000. He opposed Bush at every turn afterward. He is MORE a Democrat LIBERAL than a Conservative. Note McCain-Feingold (political free speech suppression!), McCain-Kennedy, McCain-Lieberman and etc. He voted AGAINST the Bush Tax Cuts in 2001 and 2003. He is FOR amnesty for illegals, open borders. Etc., etc., etc.
McCain is poison. He will do YEARS and YEARS of damage to the GOP if he gets the nod. His lying about his CONSERVATISM for starters!!
HERE'S your RINO nominee!:
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http://www.acuratings.org/2006all.htm#AZ
There you go. A STINKIN' 65 rating for 2006! With a lifetime 82.3. Blech!
I will be sick at my stomach if he gets the nod.
Arizona 2006 Votes 2006 2005 YOS Life Rep 1 RENZI 84 92 4 88.0 2 FRANKS 100 100 4 98.0 3 SHADEGG 100 100 12 98.1 4 Pastor 8 8 16 3.8 5 HAYWORTH 96 100 12 97.6 6 FLAKE 100 96 6 94.7 7 Grijalva 4 0 4 3.0 8 KOLBE 60 71 22 73.4 Sen McCAIN 65 80 24 82.3 KYL 92 100 20 96.9
Cornyn is a member of the Council on foreign Relations, along with McNut and his buddy george Soros.
He has the job of pushing the North American Investment Trust Fund, which will steal us blind to build infrastructure and free healthcare for Mexico.
He’s not our friend.
bump!
McCain has written a bill and gotten it passed, with the help of his democRat buddy Feingold, to suppress free speech.
What the courts do, or the media does, to counter McCain’s usurpation of what is constitutional is besides the point.
You are nothing but an apologist for a corrupt man, someone who is no conservative. Calling him one does not make him one; he is anything but that.
McCain is poison. He will do YEARS and YEARS of damage to the GOP if he gets the nod. His lying about his CONSERVATISM for starters!!
Did you hear his CPAC rant on judicial appointments, that their sole job will be to "enforce the laws passed by the people's legislators"--
There are three branches, and enforcement is the perogative of the executive; legislation of the legislative; interpretation that of the judicial--
What McCain dared not mention was the Constitution--
For he stands out as the traitor of all time, having trampled the First Amendment, the mother of all liberty.
I cannot endorse McCain for that crime alone.
Yet the hollow men line up to croak his praises, their words turning to dust in their mouths.
There will be a settling of accounts.
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