Comments on: Half A Loaf Or None At All

By: C Stanley

C Stanley — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:22:02 +0000

I can’t point to what is not there but I’ll repeat: what’s missing is a source for those statements.

By: clifto

clifto — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:09:36 +0000

Quote from Wall Street Journal: “More recently, Mr. McCain has told conservatives he would be happy to appoint the likes of Chief Justice John 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.’”

Please point out the part about “rumor”.

By: C Stanley

C Stanley — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:31:32 +0000

McCain explicitly said he would refuse to back at least one good choice for Supreme Court Justice, essentially because that choice was too conservative.

McCain DID back that particular nominee. All you are going by is unsourced gossip which says he said he wouldn’t have PICKED a nominee like Alito. Not only is it an unsubstantiated rumor that he made that comment, but we have evidence that he still supported Alito when picked by Bush. Who cares if he’s not going to go out of his way to pick nominees like Alito (if that’s even true) whom he might perceive as more contentious, as long as he picks more that are like Roberts?

By: clifto

clifto — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:27:42 +0000

I take no blame for putting a liberal in a leading position in the Republican Party. You sound as though you’d vote for PIAPS if she managed to wheedle the Republican nomination. I won’t vote for someone who is virtually guaranteed to remove every trace of conservatism from our government, regardless of which party that candidate represents.

McCain has already shown an eagerness to work against the GOP when it suits his liberal agenda. Why you would endorse that is beyond me. No, I take no blame, because I won’t be voting a liberal into office.

By: Gaius

Gaius — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:01:52 +0000

If it is, clifto, you can blame yourself for it.

By: clifto

clifto — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:35:41 +0000

Hewitt has been pushing McCain for a while now, with the “my party, right or wrong” theme. I don’t know why he wants me to abandon my principles, but in expecting me to do so, he’s lost any respect I had for him. For Hewitt to bring up the Supreme Court is downright disingenuous at best; he has to be hoping we’ll all forget that McCain explicitly said he would refuse to back at least one good choice for Supreme Court Justice, essentially because that choice was too conservative.

The party is essentially gone. God help us all, our next President will be a liberal.

By: LYNNDH

LYNNDH — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:27:25 +0000

I am tired of a three way race – Democrats, Republicans, Conservatives. We cannot win with just conservatives. Middle people need to be included if we are to win this November. I agree with the “7 resaons”. I am for McCain (and he is not my first choice), but if Rommney or Huckabee win then thats who I vote for. (Note I did not say I would EVER vote for Paul.)

By: feeblemind

feeblemind — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:16:39 +0000

Brilliant thought NortonPete. It would be completely in character for him to do something like that. Such a move could change the dynamics of the race in ways that would likely boggle my feeble mind. I’ll have to think about that for a little while.

By: NortonPete

NortonPete — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:53:04 +0000

McCain might ask Obama to be his VP if the circumstances presented themselves. This is the problem with McCain.

By: Maggie

Maggie — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:24:27 +0000

syn -

I am in complete agreement re: the Veep. To see McCain extend a hand to Romney, or possibly Thompson would go a long way in building that bridge he needs with conservatives.

By: Gaius

Gaius — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:24:08 +0000

No, Syn, it isn’t. I’d like to see a good, solid conservative VP. Lieberman won’t do it (good for him), Huckabee is a bad choice. A governor would be a real smart choice for McCain. (Crist’s name has been tossed out around here and elsewhere.)

By: syn

syn — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:11:28 +0000

I have to say, it really says something profound about the majority of Conservatives in the Republican Party who love and support our troops and their mission so much that they are willing to abandon almost every principle they believe in order to ensure America keeps up the war against Global Jihad.

It also says a great deal about those who blackmail our misson and our military in order to gain power.

In any case, I already said I’ll vote for him however if he really wants to show Conservatives, and not just talk, that he is meeting them halfway may I suggest he select a quality VP candidate who is actally a well-rounded Conservative (preferrably not named Huckabee or Leiberman since McCain already has those voters)

Is this too much to ask or am I being difficult?