McCain and Fred were not 95% alike. If they were, do you honestly believe I’d have voted for him after 1994 ? I told FReeper Norman Bates (McCain’s #1 booster on FR) that I’d not have voted for McCain after 1986. The difference between their personalities is considerable. McCain tended to view things through the prism of what was best for him, Fred through the prism of what was best for the country. Fred never went whoring after the Presidency like McCain did (especially as he did in 2000). Fred may have respect for McCain, fine, but these are very different people.
As for the judges issue, who knows ? I’d presume he’d do a good job with that, but it’s hard to tell until we see the potential pool of applicants. At least Ike deeply regretted putting trash like Earl Warren on the court (contrast that with Jerry Ford, who NEVER regretted putting the equally odious Constitution-shredding activist liberal puke Stevens on the Supremes). I wouldn’t be happy until I see our courts lined with people that make Scalia look like Dennis Kucinich (Roy Moore I’d love to see on SCOTUS).
BTW, Billy, did you know Graham is the most liberal of the three Senate candidates running in SC in the general ? With Witherspoon’s defeat, I endorsed Mark McBride, the Independent running, yet the Democrat who narrowly won his primary appears to be actually running to Graham’s right. That’s truly embarrassing.
Fred’s main focus, even in this election cycle, was always “bipartisanship.” His first few speeches right out of the gate last year even keyed on this fallacy. After that, not so much, because we rightfully toasted him on it.
If that isn’t McCain-like squishy Republicanism, I don’t know what is.
If that doesn’t set off your alarms, they’re likely broke...