I am so incensed about this "compromise" that I have been unable to post until now. All 7 of these traitors are getting a little nasty-gram from me today. My message to McCain will include the line, "You can forget about the Presidency, Senator McCain. You lost it with your shameless pandering to the mainstream media and your sell-out of conservative ideals in the most important political battle in decades."
Granted, I would never have voted for McCain to begin with, but I have now placed him in the same category as the Clintons--never, ever would I vote for him, just as I would never ever vote for Bill or Shrillary. After listening to George Allen over the past few weeks on John Bolton and the filibuster issue, I have decided to back him should he run in '08. He has been very impassioned and eloquent on both issues and hasn't been afraid to rip the Dims for their outrageous behavior.
I would never have voted for McCain but now I'm joining the ABM camp. Anybody But McCain.
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator George Allen (R-VA), today issued the following statement on the deal that was struck last night to avoid an immediate showdown over the outrageous and unprecedented Democrat filibusters of President Bush's judicial nominees:
"Overall this is a major disappointment on principle. It's a good victory for 3 of the President's nominees, who the Democrats have vilified. They will get the vote they deserve. But this is not a great deal for 2 nominees who have been accorded a nice wake having been thrown overboard at sea. Thus, this so-called deal is disappointing for all of us who believe in the principle that persons should be accorded the fairness and due process of an up or down vote. Everyone should also clearly see that ultimately, nothing has been settled when a vacancy arises on the U.S. Supreme Court."
Why is the consitutional option a conservative ideal? If the tables were reversed, the Dems would being doing the same thing (except they would have forced the vote and changed the rules).
The real issue is that McCain and the 6 others wimped-out when it came to playing hardball party politics. Wonder what Bush has in store for him? He can't really punish the residents of AZ, so it makes for an interesting quandry.