I guess they didn't learn their lesson back when conservatives threw Bush 41 out of office in 1992 because they were mad that he took a liberal position by raising taxes (Read my lips, no new taxes).
That worked out well, didn't it?
I guess they didn't learn their lesson back when conservatives threw Bush 41 out of office in 1992 because they were mad that he took a liberal position by raising taxes (Read my lips, no new taxes).
wildalaska
I'd say he has more support here. Check the Bob Barr poll...and on a gun board no less....
Now don't be frustrated and bitter about that
hkuser said:That worked out well, didn't it?firemax
I guess they didn't learn their lesson back when conservatives threw Bush 41 out of office in 1992 because they were mad that he took a liberal position by raising taxes (Read my lips, no new taxes).
Here's another way to look at it..
the republican frontrunner cannot even poll 60% on a pro-gun web forum against a candidate who has only been in the race for 7 days.
Yeah we heard that from the Paul crowd
Flabbergasted that a pro-gun person would vote for McCain when they have a choice of a pro-gun conservative in Bob Barr... yes.
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Certainly better than if republicans keep nominating and voting for liberals. If you are going to vote for a liberal, why not go all the way and vote for Obama?That worked out well, didn't it?Quote:
firemax
I guess they didn't learn their lesson back when conservatives threw Bush 41 out of office in 1992 because they were mad that he took a liberal position by raising taxes (Read my lips, no new taxes).
You really believe Clinton worked out better?
That's a picture of Justice Roberts who Bush nominated.
How does that have anything to do with McCain nominating conservative justices?
And, don't tell me that McCain helped get Roberts confirmed because several democrats also voted for Roberts.
If you were a lawyer, ...
I would say you have no case. Dismissed.
(By the way, from what I've seen... I really like Justice Roberts. It is unlikely McCain would ever nominate someone so conservative and who is a strict constructionist).
And helped get confirmed as Chief Justice.
As I remember, the gang of 14 which McCain is so proud of took the most conservative Bush justices off of the table and allowed only certain justices to be voted on.
It's not that those issues aren't important so much as they're not sufficiently different on them for my tastes.If you believe that federal tax and spending policy and our policy toward the muslim world are not "real" issues you have either developed an interest in issues the bulk of interested people would find trivial, tangential or moot, or as WildA indicates, you have suffered some isolation from the political process.
Bob Novak on McCain & Judicial Nominations:
Today's Robert Novak column supports John Fund's claim that Sen. McCain has made comments suggesting he would be unlikely to nominate someone like Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. Specifically, Novak reports the following:
Fund wrote that McCain "has told conservatives he would be happy to appoint the likes of Chief Justice Roberts to the Supreme Court. But he indicated he might draw the line on a Samuel Alito because 'he wore his conservatism on his sleeve.' " In a conference call with bloggers that day, McCain said, "I don't recall a conversation where I would have said that." He was "astonished" by the Alito quote, he said, and he repeatedly says at town meetings, "We're going to have justices like Roberts and Alito."
I found what McCain could not remember: a private, informal chat with conservative Republican lawyers shortly after he announced his candidacy in April 2007. I talked to two lawyers who were present whom I have known for years and who have never misled me. One is neutral in the presidential race, and the other recently endorsed Mitt Romney. Both said they were not Fund's source, and neither knew I was talking to the other. They gave me nearly identical accounts, as follows:
"Wouldn't it be great if you get a chance to name somebody like Roberts and Alito?" one lawyer commented. McCain replied, "Well, certainly Roberts." Jaws were described as dropping. My sources cannot remember exactly what McCain said next, but their recollection is that he described Alito as too conservative.
My sources cannot remember exactly what McCain said next, but their recollection is that he described Alito as too conservative.
WildAlaska
Anonymous sources who can't remember exactly what was said..