Tuesday, May 06, 2008

There's Definitely Skepticism On the Right When It Comes to McCain   [Kathryn Jean Lopez]

An e-mail:

I read McCain's speech on judges, and — funniest thing — I didn't see anything in there about Scalia or Thomas. In fact, I don't think I've ever heard McCain say he'll appoint judges and justices in the mold of Scalia and Thomas. Which means, after all the times he hasn't cited them as models, that his omissions of them are purposeful, and quite obviously based on McCain's dislike for the Scalia/Thomas brand of judging. Does this bother anybody besides me?

I don't know what McCain could possibly mean when he says he'll nominate justices in the mold of Roberts and Alito, but constantly omits Scalia and Thomas — any more than I know what McCain could possibly mean when he says that the big drug companies are the big bad guys, or when he says that he opposes amnesty for illegal aliens, or when he says that he voted against the Bush tax cuts for fiscally conservative reasons, or when he says that he's motivated by patriotism instead of profits. But . . .

Whatever McCain does mean . . . Considering that this is the same Mr. Straight Talk who said in August of 1999 that abortion is "necessary" and that Roe v. Wade should never ever be overturned — and, to top it all off, who lies about ever having flip-flopped on the issue — do you think that for conservatives to put faith in McCain's promise to appoint good judges might be a little . . . I don't know . . . stupid?

05/06 02:47 PMShare