Schmoozing Conservtives?
Or Speaking 'Truth to Power'?
It may be too much to hope that this is what McCain genuinely believes. Taking the cynical view, I can't help but wonder if this is merely McCain's attempt at wooing back conservatives after he so thoroughly trashed their trust after his decision to be a party to the 'Gang of Fourteen' formed in the Senate to shut down the Nuclear Option in changing Senate rules during the heated and much bally-hooed Confirmations hearings of now-Chief Justice John Roberts... among other less ignoble back-slapping forays into the enemy's camp.
This from the Examiner:
AHHhhhhhh! That's what I thought.... a critical voting bloc.
As Rudy is currently beating the pants off him in the polls, now he decides to come back to the fold.
It may be too much to hope that this is what McCain genuinely believes. Taking the cynical view, I can't help but wonder if this is merely McCain's attempt at wooing back conservatives after he so thoroughly trashed their trust after his decision to be a party to the 'Gang of Fourteen' formed in the Senate to shut down the Nuclear Option in changing Senate rules during the heated and much bally-hooed Confirmations hearings of now-Chief Justice John Roberts... among other less ignoble back-slapping forays into the enemy's camp.
This from the Examiner:
SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Republican presidential candidate John McCain, looking to improve his standing with the party's conservative voters, said Sunday the court decision that legalized abortion should be overturned.
"I do not support Roe versus Wade. It should be overturned," the Arizona senator told about 800 people in South Carolina, one of the early voting states.
McCain also vowed that if elected, he would appoint judges who "strictly interpret the Constitution of the United States and do not legislate from the bench."
The landmark 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade gave women the right to choose an abortion to terminate a pregnancy. The Supreme Court has narrowly upheld the decision, with the presence of an increasing number of more conservative justices on the court raising the possibility that abortion rights would be limited.
Social conservatives are a critical voting bloc in the GOP presidential primaries.
AHHhhhhhh! That's what I thought.... a critical voting bloc.
As Rudy is currently beating the pants off him in the polls, now he decides to come back to the fold.
from the mind of... Eric | 11:12 AM
4 Comments:
McCain has my utmost respect as a patriot.
As a pol, however, he is particularly ho-ish. The story makes *me* want to hurl, and I don't care *who* y'all nominate.
Moral Conservatives must be having and awfull time debating between Rudy and John.
On the one hand you have John McCain. Solid American patriot. War Veteran. ... But he's spent his entire political career portraying himself as a moderate. Hard core conservatives hate him for his image as a maverick. The funny thing is though that he is really one of the most hawkish and conservative members of congress.
In the other corner is Rudy, America's Mayor. Great public image. Solid support with the base. ... But he's got these pesky little personal problems. A divorce. A Mistress. And those little rumors around Bernard Kerik. Is this really a good candidate for the party that persecuted Bill Clinton for an affair.
What is a moral Conservative to do?
Stick to principles and support McCain, and then lose. Or choose Guilliani and sully your values.
Do you know what his stance on abortion was a year ago? Two years ago? A decade ago? I don't. Has he flipped flopped on it now?
If he has always felt that way, then he is not being hypocritical.
He has shown hypocrisy in many other ways, but I don't know how he really stands regardimg abortion. Do you?
Rudy's stances in the past as well as the present will be completely meaningless should he win the Republican nomination. American's don't vote FOR candidates in general elections... they vote for the lesser of two evils.
Moral Conservatives faced with a choice between Guilliani and Mrs. Clinton or Sen. Obama, would breach their vaunted 'morals' by choosing to abstain thereby giving the election to Hillary or Barack.
I repeat... This nation doesn't vote, in general elections, FOR candidates... Instead, as recent history has demonstated, America votes against the GREATER evil.
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