Category: Politics

… holding my nose come November.  Read the whole thing. Even for those who are predicting this will be the end of the republic, I don’t see any reason to open up the vein and help it bleed out faster by handing the election to Hillary or Obama.  I think The Republic will survive John McCain, and will, at the end of eight years, be better off than it will be under Obillery.

Kevin doesn’t trust McCain to pick the right kind of justices. I don’t really either. But you know what? I didn’t trust Bush to make good selections either, and, Harriet Meyers debacle aside, we wouldn’t be thinking about winning Heller if Al Gore or John Kerry had won. Bush could have done better, but Roberts and Alito are far from the worst choices that could have been made.

I know exactly the kind of justices that Hillary and Obama will pack the court with. How does the thought of Obillery picking Scalia’s replacement sit with you? It doesn’t sit well with me either, but Scalia will be 81 by the time the next president leaves office. Think he’ll make it? If either of those two win, I certainly hope so.

For whatever reason, conservatives didn’t have their act together this primary, and so we’re stuck with the second string. Perhaps folks will say I’ve drank the kool-aid, but can you imagine the damage that up to six Obillery nominated justices will do as we try to refine the scope of the second amendment post Heller? Make no mistake about it, I think that McCain’s choices are likely to be less than stellar, but I see no reason to slit our wrists electorally and let Obillery seriously alter the ideological composition of The Court.

One thing to consider is that while we might not get exactly what we want as president, McCain can’t be guaranteed to get exactly who he wants as Supreme Court justice. Justice Kennedy and Souter are prime examples of that. Also note that our most conservative justice, with the greatest fealty toward the constitution, Justice Thomas, was nominated by the decidedly unconservative George H.W. Bush.  With McCain, we run a much better chance of getting a more favorable justice than we do with either of the Democrats.

He’s baaack!

News reports has it that John Edwards is leaving the race.  Rudy is expected to bow out as well, and endorse John McCain.  That leaves both parties narrowed down to two candidates.  McCain is definitely not the best that gun rights folks could have hoped for, but the worst guy will be out.  McCain most decidedly is the best on the issue of the moderate candidates, as I feel Romney will be more unreliable than Bush.  I’m still not ruling out a protest vote for Ron Paul if my choice is those two.

Apparently killing a woman isn’t enough to draw the ire of left wing feminist groups, but endorsing a black man is.

McCain edged out Mitt Romney in Florida. Rudy bet his campaign on Florida, so he’s pretty much toast now. On to Super Tuesday, where McCain now has the momentum.

UPDATE: Looks like Hillary won too, but gets no delegates. This doesn’t please me, but it’s occurred to me that Obama could be tougher to beat, so maybe I shouldn’t savor his victories over The Hildabeast so much.

… is going after Mitt Romney’s flip flopping.