I’ve already pointed out that RBG was confirmed by 96% of the senate. Senators have to consider whether it will hurt their re-elction chances to vote against a {gasp} female nominee, for fear of being labeled sexist.
McCain also voted for Alito, Roberts, Scalia and Thomas.
Listen TG, you can waste a lot of time running all kinds of hypotheticals: Hillary vs. Bill, Obama vs his evil twin. The reality, as of right now, is that it will be Obama vs. McCain.
There are differences between the two regarding Iraq/Military, there are differences between them regarding abortion, and there are differences when it comes to judges.
It’s like this: Your dying of thirst, you’re offered half a glass of water (McCain) or an empty glass of water (Obama)
Too many of us die-hard conservatives are making the mistake of saying, half a glass won’t cut it, so I’ll stay home/vote 3rd party.
But half a glass might be just what we need to stay alive until we can regroup and get conservatives at the top of the ticket hopefully in 2012.
Yes, you keep saying that. But the only conclusion that can be drawn from that is that 96% of the Senate is composed of leftists or incompetent bozos. Which group does McCain belong to? THIS is the problem I have with the McCainiacs; they are far too willing to find any available excuse to justify the mis-deeds of their mediocre candidate.
There are differences between the two regarding Iraq/Military, there are differences between them regarding abortion, and there are differences when it comes to judges.
I'll grant you two of those. And McCain's positions on the WOT and abortion are more than sufficient to distinguish him as the superior candidate between the two. But that doesn't solve the strategic issue that if we continue to vote for barely tolerable candidates who are only slightly more centrist than whatever socialist option the Democrats promote then we will only move further and further to the left.
It is obviously too late to solve this issue during this campaign cycle. Tactically, McCain may indeed be the only viable choice. But that doesn't mean that we should rejoice and embrace this woefully inadequate candidate who is almost certain to be an incompetent President.