tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28821987.post2636654551956848763..comments2023-12-30T21:07:49.487-07:00Comments on Arizona 8th: McCain's Blogger ProblemUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28821987.post-82007597538433409982007-03-25T08:35:00.000-07:002007-03-25T08:35:00.000-07:00US President Tim Kalemkarian, US Senate Tim Kalemk...US President Tim Kalemkarian, US Senate Tim Kalemkarian, US House Tim Kalemkarian: best major candidate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28821987.post-30177011014114939652007-02-13T13:53:00.000-07:002007-02-13T13:53:00.000-07:00US President Tim Kalemkarian, US Senate Tim Kalemk...US President Tim Kalemkarian, US Senate Tim Kalemkarian, US House Tim Kalemkarian: best major candidate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28821987.post-64086732358023248912007-02-12T21:47:00.000-07:002007-02-12T21:47:00.000-07:00And by the way, lest any confusion arise, I chose ...And by the way, lest any confusion arise, I chose the name "framer" after a former profession. Think sweaty guy with a hammer.<BR/><BR/>I will have to point that out on the Radio show lest some think I am pretentious.Framerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09867927854445059711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28821987.post-24247821564457401392007-02-12T21:45:00.000-07:002007-02-12T21:45:00.000-07:00"Cruel and Unusual" is in the constitution, and th..."Cruel and Unusual" is in the constitution, and therefore ripe for debate and interpretation.<BR/><BR/>The "penumbra" was made up out of clean air. There is a difference between "reading between the lines" and trying to justify an gut decision by building the opinion after the decision is made. Plessy did that as did Roe. Both are bad case law. Perhaps popular (in each instance)case law, but bad case law.<BR/><BR/>Lately, the court has latched on to "international law" to replace the penumbra which I dislike as well.Framerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09867927854445059711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28821987.post-89904866551707893562007-02-12T11:04:00.000-07:002007-02-12T11:04:00.000-07:00Roger,There is a tremendous difference between cas...Roger,<BR/><BR/>There is a tremendous difference between case law and what is laid out in the constitution. Bad precedents are made all the time, "Plessy vs. Furgeson" comes to mind.<BR/><BR/>Any time an invisible "penumbra" is invoked, the constitution screams in agony. It is quite permissible to be pro-abortion and think that "Roe vs. Wade" is bad law, because it is. It is outcome-based with little foundation in constitutional theory. I would feel the same for a court case outlawing abortion. It is not a judicial matter.<BR/><BR/>Outcome based reasoning is fine for legislation, dubious at best for court decisions.<BR/><BR/>Speaking of this, I keep hearing that a vast majority of Americans are pro-abortion. That being the case, I would suspect that legislation resulting from an overturn of Roe v. Wade would result in the overwhelming support of pro-abortion law, correct?Framerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09867927854445059711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28821987.post-63768876843026621132007-02-09T23:07:00.000-07:002007-02-09T23:07:00.000-07:00thinkright,What part of Rudy’s gun control, aborti...thinkright,<BR/><BR/>What part of Rudy’s gun control, abortion-on-demand, homosexual agenda record do you like most?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28821987.post-12863563187897520802007-02-09T16:53:00.000-07:002007-02-09T16:53:00.000-07:00I apologize, I thought you had announced for McCai...I apologize, I thought you had announced for McCain a while back.<BR/><BR/>Let's see some good Rudy info then. I hear he is having a fundraiser soon.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for the clarification.Framerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09867927854445059711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28821987.post-33254689864151392122007-02-09T15:17:00.000-07:002007-02-09T15:17:00.000-07:00thanks for mentioning me, but I don't remember tou...thanks for mentioning me, but I don't remember touting McCain anywhere. Kyl is my main man and I am still open to Rudy, Mitt & McCain and currently leaning toward Rudy...but I have an open mind at this time.Touchdownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00286051682531394307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28821987.post-90706802219881063912007-02-09T06:11:00.000-07:002007-02-09T06:11:00.000-07:00Framer, don't you think that the problem McCain ha...Framer, don't you think that the problem McCain has with EVERYONE across the ideological spectrum who does not like him is TRUST?!<BR/><BR/>I was still a Republican in 2000 and bought into all of McCain's maverick BS and his "I'm the new TR" rhetoric, thinking he could save Republicans from becoming an increasingly narrow and exclusive bunch. Now, I wish I could have my vote back, along with the money I put into the so-called "Straight Talk Express."<BR/><BR/>Conservatives are right to distrust McCain and to be suspicious of the pleas for support coming to them out of his camp. He is the classic opportunist and no one in public life exemplifies one more, other than perhaps turncoat football coach Nick Saban. He will say anything, suck up to anyone and embrace any cause just to win an election. If you have the audacity to suggest that he engages in chameleon-like behavior, you get a blast of his famous temper, as innumerable colleagues and media members have discovered.<BR/><BR/>McCain will not be the Republican nominee in 2008 because he is unworthy of trust, the essential ingredient in any recipe for political success. He blasts the religious right in one election because it suits his purposes to do so...and then speaks at Liberty University's commencement ceremony because the dictates of expediency have changed in the run-up to the next election. John Kerry seems firm and steadfast in comparison to McCain, who is happy to get on his knees to beg for help from people who once disparaged his time as a POW, his wife and his adopted child. <BR/><BR/>If people of any ideological stripe feel that you are a person unworthy of trust, you will not develop a core of support outside your own cult of personality. McCain will get trounced in Iowa because Hawkeyes see though his lame attempts to go back on the reasons he skipped their state eight years ago. He will also lose New Hampshire because the independents who voted for him in droves in 2000 will not be enamored of the 2008 McCain model. In both states, conservatives will avoid him for all the reasons cited above. <BR/><BR/>Thus, McCain may like to posture and preen in front of his mirror or Tim Russert, but the only place he will ever be president is in his own mind.Rex Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05065436982613437408noreply@blogger.com