Comments on: McCain explains judiciary policy

By: Joe B.

Joe B. — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:53:52 +0000

The big issue is that if people want judges sitting on the bench that apply the Law in an unbiased manner, the President may nominate judges that may be what we would term “conservative”, but it won’t make a hill of beans if the Senate does not approve those nominees.

The Bottom Line is that the RNC sold the American people out when they got in bed with Jack Abramoff. The American people want leaders that lead by example. The Republicans have lost their base by not holding themselves to the same standards that we the American people are held too.

Is it any wonder that more people watch American Idol than go to the poles and exercise their sacred right to vote?

Washington is broken period! Fixing it can only be accomplished if we the American people send a clear resounding signal to power brokers in DC. We will not go quietly into the night.

By: NJLawyer

NJLawyer — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:44:49 +0000

I agree with Llama that McCain has “that turf” –that he is willing to work with the other side. He is not lying. He has the proof. Now, I realize that’s going to upset a lot of super-conservative people, but the truth is, if you want to accomplish anything, you do have to work with the other side to reach a consensus. No one here is going to get everything they want — not the president, the congress, nor any of us.

I also agree with Gil, that if McCain is displeased with judicial activism, that this is a good thing. It means, to me, that he will appoint judges who won’t make things up. What more can you ask for?

By: Gil M

Gil M — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:32:33 +0000

It sounds as if McCain is saying he favors judges and justices who apply “clear and rigorous constitutional reasoning.” He further indicates his displeasure with judicial activism. What is the problem here?

By: llama

llama — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:25:17 +0000

One of the things that McCain wanted to get across was that he voted to confirm Breyer and Ginsberg, the two most liberally socialist judges ever to be on the Supreme Court, yet Obama and Clinton did not vote to confirm Alito or Roberts.

He is making his point that he routinely works with and compromises with the other side of the aisle on all kinds of issues to unite the country and that Hillary and Obama do not, never have and never will work with any conservative or Republican on the other side of the aisle on any issues period.

McCain can point tot his judicial confirmations above, McCain Feingold Campaign Finance Reform where he took heat from the right, McCain Kennedy Education and Immigration bills where he took heat from the right, voting no on tax cuts with the left, voting no on the first Gulf War with the left, voting against Bush’s supreme court justices with the left.

McCain is as left as Hillary but slightly to the right of the Marxist Obama.

He has cut Obama off at the knees and Obama can no longer lie that he is the future hope of America who has and will work with the other side to unite the country rather than divide it. McCain has that turf clearly covered by himself - and he is not lying about it.