McCain Pledges to Appoint Judges like Roberts, Obama Confirms he is Pro-Abortion, and McCain Puzzles Conservatives on Illegal Immigration.
May 7th, 2008 | by Andy Barnett |The conflict for conservatives (who are not ready to just fall in line behind John McCain as the candidate they will support) continues with new developments.
McCain made two moves recently which inspire both positive and negative feelings. In other words, I’ve got good news and I’ve got bad news. Let’s start with the good.
John McCain recently chastised Barack Obama for voting against the nomination of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. McCain pledged once again to appoint judges in the mold of Justice Roberts and Alito. This is a great development for all people who are concerned with protecting the right to life.
“Senator Obama in particular likes to talk up his background as a lecturer on law, and also as someone who can work across the aisle to get things done,” McCain said. “But … he went right along with the partisan crowd, and was among the 22 senators to vote against this highly qualified nominee.”
In response, Obama’s campaign said McCain would pick judges who would threaten abortion rights as well as McCain’s own campaign finance reform bill.
“What’s truly elitist is to appoint judges who will protect the powerful and leave ordinary Americans to fend for themselves,” Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor said.
Ordinary Americans? You mean like the millions of unborn children who have had their lives forcefully taken from them under Roe v. Wade?
Barack Obama’s failure to support judges that uphold our constitution, and his radical leftwing views on abortion and other social issues should be enough to keep any person of faith from supporting his presidential candidacy.
I wish I could end this post with that bit of good news. Unfortunately, I have to share with you the bad news that comes with the good news. John McCain (the maverick) continues to irk conservatives when it comes to the issue of protecting our borders and enforcing the law when it comes to illegal immigration.
McCain has decided to speak at the far leftwing liberal La Razza convention which supports breaking the law and legitamizing illegal immigration. I applaud John McCain’s efforts to reach out to others who traditionally wouldn’t support a Republican candidate. However, many conservatives like myself are concerned that McCain is legitamizing La Razza and it’s efforts by speaking at their event.
This certainly wouldn’t be as big of a concern if McCain hadn’t been supporting a plan to give illegal immigrants amnesty just one year ago. Will we see another amnesty plan under a McCain administration? That remains to be seen.
One has to wonder if John McCain is so ardent in reaching out to the other side of the aisle politically because he’s concerned about conservative voters supporting him in November. The saga continues.
By Chris Sumpter on May 8, 2008
That’s probably a pretty savvy political move. I suppose there are probably a larger pool of centrist voters than conservatives. He probably has already gained most of the conservatives that he’s going to gain, and he’s counting on the fact that most conservatives will cave and vote for him just to keep Obama out. Therefore, he needs to scoop up some other demographics with moves like immigration policy.