McCain strategist endorses same-sex marriage [Steve Schmidt]

The Washington Blade ^ | 2009-03-25

[rabscuttle385]

Link only, per FR copyright and posting policy

[MARTIAL MONK]

John McCain's Campaign Finance Reform was carefully crafted to meet all of the requirements of previous Supreme Court decisions. It was a fairly mechanical bill which revised previous limits and sought to limit "soft money" donations to parties. It was standard stuff, it tightened some limits and raised others on things that had been regulated for a hundred years, since the reforms of the early twentieth century.

Senators Snow and Jeffords added an amendment that prevented unions and corporations from "electioneering" with ads that mentioned a name close to an election. That was a bit dubious but unions and corporations were state created entities with special priveleges and the regulations were well within Constitutional limits.

At the last minute Senator Wellstone cobbled together another amendment that extended the prohibition to "non-profits" ie. the NRA. This is the infamous "Wellstone Amendment". Everyone thought that it was unconstitutional, including John McCain. He fought against it and voted against it. Twenty four Republicans voted for the Wellstone Amendment but one of the was not John McCain.

The vote was close but it passed due to the support from MITCH MCCONNELL AND TRENT LOTT AND PHIL GRAMM. Like the true southern gentlemen that they are, they openly collaborated with the Democrats to get the final few votes to put it over the top. In trying to preserve their thiefdoms they were looking for a poison pill for the Supreme Court to find unconstitutional and strike down the bill.

Unfortunately for them the bill was made severable (if one part were held unconstitutional the others would remain standing). President Bush signed the bill expecting that the Supreme Court would excise the offending section. That was what he said when he signed it. AND THEN THE COURT FOUND THE BASICS OF THE CFR (INCLUDING THE WELLSTONE AMENDMENT) CONSTITUTIONAL.

Everyone was shocked, including McCain. The dirt-for-brains goober conserbatibes had breached the First Amendment by trying to be too cute by half. It was McConnell and Lott who slid the knife into the backs of the American people. They gambled with our constitutional rights....and lost.

[Victoria Delsoul]

A radical leftist nominee by Obama will raise sharply polarized opposition, from most R's and from many "conservative" D's. At best, this will result in gridlock, much as the Democrats have done to many judicial nominees of Bush over the past 8 years.

You are forgetting that Obama doesn't have much congressional opposition. You are forgetting that he doesn't need Republicans to pass any of his legislation or to confirm judges in the Senate. He's got all the votes he needs.

Now, before everyone starts jumping on what I posted, get this clear: I DON'T LIKE MCCAIN, in fact I can't stand the man. So do not pile me with complaints about RINOs or GOP moderates, or their supporters. And this is not about 'friends' or 'enemies,' it's about who judges cases.

[quantim]

You are not alone.

It would be easier to take if he weren’t a stinkin’ senator on top of it.

Both nominees were senators, and if that doesn’t state the level of incompetence of American voters after almost 50 years of not letting one of these POS’s in, cannot imagine what the litter will be in 2012.

All 100 of them.

[fwdude]

You are forgetting that he doesn't need Republicans to pass any of his legislation or to confirm judges in the Senate. He's got all the votes he needs.

And you are forgetting that the Republicans in the Senate still have the filibuster if they so choose to employ it, not that the RINO 3 will join in. Remember that all Republicans and several Democrats refused to vote for the bailout, although it sailed through on the votes that they had. So Obama doesn't have all the Dem votes in the bag; there are actually some fairly conservative Democrats in Congress that make Specter and the Maine Feminazi Twins look liberal in comparison. A radical leftist nominee will not get the vote of these few Dems and with the Republicans we have, it's very well conceivable that an Obama nominee will be blocked (60 needed to confirm).

If this stalemate can be maintained until 2010, I think there is a good chance to regain some seats, if not a majority in one chamber. Who knows with the way things are going?

[Victoria Delsoul]

I like your confidence and your high spirits, and  I hope it turns out that way. I'm not that optimistic, however.

[fwdude]

I like your confidence and your high spirits, and I hope it turns out that way. I'm not that optimistic, however.

I really don't have any other choice. The alternative would be maddening.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

Since Schmidt is a technical type gun for hire, it is surprising that he would take a position on an issue like gay marriage.

[SoConPubbie]

What's wrong mbraynard, cat got your tongue? Or aren't you man enough to admit you were wrong?

[mbraynard]

About what?

[grey_whiskers]

I voted for the VEEP on that ticket, not McCain.

Cheers!

[jmaroneps37]

Schmidt is a classic Bob Michel type GOP loser. This shows it.

[Rameumptom]

>>>I agree with Mass Resistance’s version.

Brian Camenker, organizer of Mass Resistance and co-protestor with Rev. Phelps.

“I voted for John Anderson for president and Michael Dukakis for governor." Brian Camenker

Camenker is guilty of the very thing he (falsely) claims Mitt has done. “Methinks thou doth protest too much.” aptly applies. Camenker can't pass his own test. His slander of Romney says more about him than it does Romney.

Unmarked Package’s homepage addresses him more extensively.

http://www.freerepublic.com/~unmarkedpackage/index

Jay Sekulow discusses Camenker’s pattern of lying about Romney.

SEKULOW ADDRESSES FALSE BOY SCOUT ALLEGATION

Brian Camenker’s claim in “The Mitt Romney Deception” that “Romney Barred Boy Scouts from public participation in the 2002 Olympics” is entirely false. There are several articles that directly contradict Camenker’s conclusion. NewsMax.com, Camenker’s source, did not even claim that Romney made the decision to bar the Scouts. In fact, Romney, at least at that time, sat on the Boy Scout’s executive board. The Boy Scouts said that the NewsMax article was false. Even NewsMax admitted that the Olympic Committee said that there was an age restriction of 18 years old and up to be a volunteer. There are also inconsistencies in the two NewsMax articles, only one of which is cited by Camenker. There is also some negative treatment of the accuracy of NewsMax.com, but mostly by liberal critics. Since no major media source ran anything about this story, and the local media directly contradicted it, it appears that Camenker’s claim is false….

Camenker vs. Sekulow

[pissant]

I’ve seen it all before, and have read that and much, much more. Mitt whiffed, badly, IMO. And I have no interest in posting all that stuff again. If the RINO runs again, we can talk about then.

[Impy]

Why do you like Romney and Sanford? Romney was a failed liberal Governor and Sanford is a successful conservative.