Tuesday, March 18, 2008
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McCain on The DC Gun Ban Case
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Posted by:
Matt Lewis at
3:33 PM
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Today John McCain issued this statement on the DC gun ban case:
Today, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on District of Columbia v. Heller, a landmark case for all Americans who believe as I do that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms. I am proud to have joined in an amicus brief to the Court calling for a ruling in keeping with the clear intent of our Founding Fathers, which ensures the Second Amendment rights of the residents of District of Columbia are reaffirmed.
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"Precisely because of McCain, NOW IS the time to abandon the GOP. If not now,...when?"
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The GOP no longer wants Conservatives to have any influence in the party, but yet they still want our money and our votes.
After 30 years of being a registered Republican I am quitting the GOP after the election in November. The GOP has a "screw you" attitude towards us, so I want to return the favor.
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JUAN HERNANDEZ TELLS US YOUR HEARING IS BAD.
SECURE THE BORDER. PERIOD.
ENFORCE THE LAW.
NO NEW PATH.
ILLEGAL ALIENS ARE TO IMMIGRANTS AS HOME INVADERS ARE TO HOUSE GUESTS.
HOPE THAT HELPS YOU GET IT. SO FAR YOU HAVE NOT. |
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If you go to a McCain meeting and ask him a question about Illegal Immigration, He will have you toss from the meeting. I will not vote for any of the three. |
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My dream ticket is John Bolton/Alan Keyes.
Trust your instincts; vote your conscience.
Hey...I voted for Ross Perot in '92 and '96. What the hell do I know?
Good luck! |
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He's the ONLY person I can think of who could effectively mount a 3rd party challenge at this stage.
Again... IT AIN'T HAPPENIN'! |
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Please understand I agree with you... to a certain point.
Conservatives will not leave the GOP en masse for a new Conservative Party until it appears to be a VIABLE option -- meaning there's a REAL chance of winning and making a difference.
To achieve critical mass by November, such a movement would require a (1) prominent, (2) mainstream, (3) popular conservative leader.
I can't think of a single conservative who could or would lead the charge. Can you? Romney, Thompson, and Hunter have all reiterated their loyalty to the GOP. Who does that leave us with?
If you were to support a "Draft Candidate X to lead the Conservative Party" movement, who would you pick as "Candidate X"? |
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Please take this in the kind spirit in which it is offered.
"Clearly, our two-(major)party system has failed to provide the "best candidates". However, show me a modern example of a "best" third-party candidate."
You can't be serious. Pick anybody out of the phone book...they'll be better than what the two parties are offering.
"For better or worse, we are STUCK with the two-(major)party system for THIS election. There simply isn't the time, demand, or grassroots movement needed for an alternate candidate to mount a VIABLE campaign. IT JUST AIN'T HAPPENIN'!"
You're right...at least, with an attitude like that, it'll never happen.
"If you can name someone who has a snowball's chance of beating Obama in '08, I am ALL ears."
Then why are you so afraid to abandon the GOP? They're gonna lose anyway, so why vote for McCain?
"I'm just being a realist here."
Realist or defeatist?
"Despite our feelings about McCain, NOW is NOT the time to abandon the GOP. TOO MUCH IS AT RISK!!!"
Precisely because of McCain, NOW IS the time to abandon the GOP. If not now,...when?
"If McCain loses to Obama (which appears likely), Conservatives should IMMEDIATELY start working toward a new, viable Conservative Party. I will welcome and support it."
Why should we wait? I say it's more important that we do so if McCain WINS!
"Until then, Public Enemy #1 is the Dems."
Agreed. McCain is a Dem!
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Greg,
Clearly, our two-(major)party system has failed to provide the "best candidates". However, show me a modern example of a "best" third-party candidate.
For better or worse, we are STUCK with the two-(major)party system for THIS election. There simply isn't the time, demand, or grassroots movement needed for an alternate candidate to mount a VIABLE campaign. IT JUST AIN'T HAPPENIN'!
If you can name someone who has a snowball's chance of beating Obama in '08, I am ALL ears.
I'm just being a realist here.
Despite our feelings about McCain, NOW is NOT the time to abandon the GOP. TOO MUCH IS AT RISK!!!
If McCain loses to Obama (which appears likely), Conservatives should IMMEDIATELY start working toward a new, viable Conservative Party. I will welcome and support it.
Until then, Public Enemy #1 is the Dems. |
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"By choosing to help accelerate America's demise, we are part of the problem, not the solution."
Exactly! McCain is part of the problem, and by voting for him, you are part of the problem...not the solution.
Free yourself from the mindset that the two party system provides the best candidates. |
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Thank you for the respectful dialogue, increasingly rare these days at TH.
I have faith in America and Americans, well about half of them, anyway. Unfortunately both parties are determined to sell us out. We shut down the switchboard of the Captitol with our outrage and yet they persist in pursuing amnesty. |
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"We're screwed no matter who wins, no one will address the things that really matter, illegals, entitlements, debt. Instead we will get more entitlements(i.e. healthcare), global warming taxes(that will do nothing about the climate), and citizenship for everyone who runs across the border. We'll be broke before the jihadis can get us."
I know this is how many conservatives view our present situation. I've been there myself. But, what sets conservatives apart from liberals is our UNDYING and UNYIELDING OPTIMISM -- our FAITH in America, the individual, and triumph of good over evil.
We must not allow ANY man to destroy that optimism and faith. By choosing to help accelerate America's demise, we are part of the problem, not the solution.
Eventually we will be rid of John McCain and his obstinate, tone-deaf ways. I don't expect him to experience a great "conservative awakening" as POTUS, but at least he will NOT put America on the fast-track to destruction (slow-track, maybe).
Constant, unyielding vigilance is the only honorable path for conservatives in this election (my personal view).
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I would never advocate not voting, but unless I see something from McCain that indicates a change, I'll be voting Libertarian. Stopping amnesty will be harder if we give McCain a mandate for it, and he will see his election as such. We're screwed no matter who wins, no one will address the things that really matter, illegals, entitlements, debt. Instead we will get more entitlements(i.e. healthcare), global warming taxes(that will do nothing about the climate), and citizenship for everyone who runs across the border. We'll be broke before the jihadis can get us. |
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I agree with you on the difference between "influencing" McCain and "stopping" McCain. The important thing is that we STOPPED him. I suspect he is still stinging from that rebuke and may be planning McShamnesty II (thus, Hernandez). BUT, we CAN and WILL stop him AGAIN.
If the Dems win, there will be NO stopping them! At least, not for another 2 years -- and even then, that will be a LONG shot.
Constant vigilance is our ONLY viable option, at this point.
Plus, if we can ensure McCain picks a solid, anti-amnesty conservative as VP, we will at least KNOW we have McCain's ear (assuming he's not totally deaf to conservatives).
I fully realize I'm going out on a limb with McCain. What other viable options do we have?
If you think not voting is an intelligent, worthy option, please read the warnings of U.S. Comptroller General David M. Walker. Then come back and tell me we can survive 8 years of the Dems. |
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We stopped his amnesty, but did not really influence him, witness Juan Hernandez in his campaign. He is still committed to surrender, even if he's backed off long enough to get elected. He is also angry about the fact that we did stop his amnesty, so once elected, he will relish jamming it down our throats. |
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But, as they say: Hope springs eternal!
As of today, John McCain is the ONLY semi-conservative horse in the race (actually he looks and acts more like a donkey, but we'll give him the benefit of the doubt).
Can you point to ANOTHER viable candidate who is committed to victory in Iraq?
Can you point to ANOTHER viable candidate who is solidly against the DC gun ban?
I didn't think so.
Unlike many here, I love America MORE than I HATE John McCain... and I despise him.
I WILL NOT be aid and abet the liberals in this election. Too much is at stake. When will you people realize that?
Conservatives still have a chance to influence McCain. We did it on amnesty (at least temporarily) and we WILL do it again.
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McCain supports the war on terror AND the 2nd amendment!!!! If I hear he is reliably pro life, I think we've found the next Reagan! Hit it: "McCain is the most conservative conservative to ever conservate in the conservatory!!" Yay!!
I wonder if he likes puppies and breathing air? Then he would be just like me! Yay!!
What a bunch of swill. Being strong on these issues is like being a lifeguard in a bathtub. It's easy. What about his global warming agenda? Good ol' Juan Hernandez? Don't ask about them. Forgive and most definitely forget... |
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I shake my head in wonderment and disgust at those of you that keep waiting for McCain to whisper sweet nothings in your ears. You keep coming back to him only to get abused again.
Give it up! McCain sucks and you know it. |
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I have regularly been sending "free faxes" to the Washington "money whores", through numbersusa.
Our members number about 500,000 now, and growing.
Those of you who are not members, should "sign up",....it's free, and it's a great org. |
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is the most dangerous issue facing AmeriKa, IMO.
MCScamnesty is up to his eyeballs in this conspiracy of "forced colonization" that is going on, and when the "rats" get their 20 million new voters, repubs will be in the minority for the next 100 years, if not forever.
All those NEW socialists can then turn our nation into a full blown communist dictatorship, and it is alarming that this is happening right in front of our eyes!
However, the ignorance and apathy of the "sheeple" is amazing,...they just don't seem to care or understand what's going on!
I tell you folks, the likes of McCain does not care for the soverignty of AmeriKa, and therefore, I will NOT vote for the POS.
The political "money whores" of Washington are "beholden" only to their "puppet masters",....Bill Gates, ROBBER BARONS, Tysons, Armour, Home Builders, etc!
Sometimes, I wonder if this nation isn't headed for an armed "civil war", in order to take our country back from the would be dictators. |
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I highly recommend reading it - http://www.abanet.org/publiced/preview/briefs/pdfs/07-08/0 7-290_RespondentAmCuSenateHouseMembers.pdf
I honestly don't know what is the most-interesting portion of it; a majority of both Houses of Congress (which by definition makes it bipartisan) signed onto a document that terms DC's handgun ban "unreasonable" and calls on SCOTUS to uphold a decision declaring it unconstitutional, the fact that Vice President Dick Cheney joined it not as Vice President but as President of the Senate, or some of the Dem names on it (from Wisconsin, Sen. Feingold and Reps. Kagen and Kind). |
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Illegal alien labor is now a national big business dirty little crack habit. Whole industries from home-builders to meatpacking have shed their American employees to hire illegal aliens at half the wages and no benefits. We have been subsidizing their illegal behavior with huge social costs. We are also enabling the corrupt governments south of the border to continue their corrupt ways by allowing them to dump their poor on us. Both parties are in on it, the GOP is supplying their donors with the cheap labor they desire and the Dems want cheap votes, they rightly see their new permanent majority, once they get them amnestied. Very few politicians care what American citizens think about the inundation of our nation. |
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Tell them to sign the petition to bring the SAVE Act to the floor for a vote.
This is Immigration Reform with some teeth...., but it needs your help! |
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I suspect you are correct, VA Pat.
For the life of me, I cannot comprehend how or why the good people of Arizona allowed John McCain to take a pass on illegal immigration for 25+ years.
I lived in Phoenix from 1995 to 2005 and voted for McCain twice. I KNOW firsthand the damaging influence of illegal immigration on AZ society. Cheap illegal labor has been the AZ economy's dirty little crack habit for YEARS.
Thousands of AZ businesses have exploited cheap illegal labor. Sure, part of the savings were passed to consumers. Particularly in the housing sector. But for the most part, the exploiters grew rich on the backs of the illegal laborers. Millions of livable wage jobs were given to illegals -- all completely under the table and 100% tax free. Meanwhile, illegals siphoned off millions in social services.
This has continued under John McCain's nose in AZ for DECADES. I have long suspected McCain was complicit with the status quo, as a card carrying member of the AZ good ol' boy network.
I'd like to know just how much McCain himself has profited from illegal labor over the years. I suspect it is significant. Good luck finding any native AZ businessmen with clean hands. |
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He has spoken recently on illegal aliens, still stuck on stupid(amnesty). |
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(1) McCain visits Iraq, calls for continued support:
Check that one off the list.
(2) McCain speaks out for 2nd Am. rights:
Check that one off the list.
If McCain keeps this up, he might just earn a few votes.
Now, it is time for McCain to tackle fiscal reform and preventing illegal immigration.
Still waiting.
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Would not want to be a Democrat running for office if the Supreme Court upholds the District of Columbia's gun control laws. |
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Does McCain get rid of Smiling Juan Hernandez and repudiate his "Mexico First" agenda? |
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