McCain castigates Obama on judges
In the private property case McCain mentioned, the Supreme Court chose to defer to local officials rather than impose their own will from afar. Justice John Paul Stevens, in his majority opinion, wrote of the court's "long-standing policy of deference to legislative judgments in this field."
McCain wasn't in the Senate when Stevens became a justice, but he voted for Kennedy's nomination by President Reagan in 1988.
For a moment Tuesday, McCain appeared confused about where he was, saying, "I appreciate the hospitality of the students and faculty of West Virginia," then correcting himself to say Wake Forest as the audience laughed.
By speaking about judges, McCain offered an olive branch to the Christian right, which has been deeply suspicious of McCain. He has clashed with its leaders and worked against them on issues like campaign finance reform. He also joined the "Gang of 14," a group of senators — seven Republicans and seven Democrats — who avoided a showdown over judges by agreeing to preserve the minority party's right to block President Bush's nominees with the filibuster.
Despite his rocky relations with the right, McCain's record on their top priorities — cultural issues like abortion — is very conservative.
While he did say once in 1999 that Roe v. Wade should not be overturned, that amounted to a blip in an otherwise unbroken record of opposing abortion rights for women. McCain repeatedly has voted against federal funding for abortion and has opposed federal Medicaid funds for abortion even in cases of rape or incest.
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Posted By: glimps @ 05/06/2008 8:08:36 PM
Comment: Old Mccain Must have beed Medicated to talk smack about Obama...
Mccain sucks like all Repblicans nothing new...
Posted By: voter1977 @ 05/06/2008 3:55:19 PM
Comment: I can see how McCain would be worried. Because there are no Conservative Justices on the Court:
Alito (Bush II), Roberts (Bush II), Thomas (Bush I), Scalia (Reagan)Kennedy (Reagan), Souter (Bush I), Ginsberg (Clinton), Breyer (Clinton).
Yeah, the court really needds more strict constructionists. Are you kidding me. We are lucky to have any rights at all at this point. I'm surprised the court hasn't struck down the Civil Rights Act, the ADA, eliminated Habeas altogether.
Posted By: Debunked @ 05/06/2008 1:42:01 PM
Comment: This article ends with a quote from Howard Dean, Why? I don't know. He is NOT worthy of his position and whatever voting record McCain has, I am sure it is more impressive than Obama's. Dean also stated that bringing up Wright is "race baiting". He needs to stop the nonsense! This is just his way of saying that we are going to scream racism should anyone bring him up!The issue of Wright is judgment and Obama himself said it was a legitimate issue! The race card is getting old and MORE and MORE people are getting sick of it being used towards almost anyone who does not agree with Obama! Whites who oppose Obama are racist, blacks who oppose him are "sell outs"! WHATEVER!
However, I have my own little theory as to why McCain decided to blast Obama on this decision even though according to the article, Clinton voted the same as Obama! Now personally, I think he should criticize both of them being that he finds it necessary to criticize anyone on this issue. However, McCain and his surrogates are going to attack Obama on alot of issues dealing with his judgment being that Obama based his campaign on judgment. But it is not just that, many people think that the Republicans would rather run against Clinton because Obama would be tougher to deal with. I think the general concensus is that this is not true however it is becoming evidently clear that any attack against Obama would be viewed as the Republicans being racists by Obama supporters! However, the republicans need to fight back and let them know that they are NOT going to play the fake race card and that it is getting OLD!!!
However, I feel that more conservatives are embracing Clinton a bit more---NOT because they like her---LETS BE CLEAR THAT MANY DON'T--but in the end, if McCain were to lose, they would much much rather for Clinton to become President than Obama! Just my two cents!