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Obama’s US Senate Voting Record (by issue)

Senator Barack H. Obama Jr. (IL)

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Campaigning this week in California, McCain declared he was ”prolife” and ”unequivocal” in his support for overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. McCain clarified his remarks, reported in the San Francisco Chronicle last weekend and repeated on CNN, saying that before repealing Roe, measures had to be in place to reduce the demand for and risks of illegal abortion.

”I’d love to see a point where” Roe ”is irrelevant and could be repealed because abortion is no longer necessary,” McCain told the Chronicle. ”But certainly in the short term, or even the long term, I would not support the repeal of Roe v. Wade, which would then force … women in America to illegal and dangerous operations.”

The flap is likely to have consequences beyond McCain’s campaign, however, because the Arizona senator is not the only Republican candidate striking an accommodating chord on the abortion issue. Bush said the GOP should retain its ”pro-life tenor,” but the Texas governor said he would not make antiabortion views a qualification for judicial appointees or commit to choosing a running mate who opposes abortion.

~ “Rift within GOP is widening over issue of abortion,” by Mary Leonard, The Boston Globe, 08/28/99

And here we are, eight years later, all breathless about the necessity of electing Juan McSame so that he can “appoint conservative judges” to the SCOTUS.

Q: Why would he appoint judges who hold views other than his own? This is the same claim Giuliani made. (Anyone remember him, BTW?) These guys rule and legislate as liberals — excuse me, like statists — yet they want us to accept their word — to take it on faith — that they will appoint judges with constitutional viiews.

Pander, pander, pander … and more pandering …

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Now here is a gem regarding John McCain:

“But yes, I also think the man is too darn old to be president! And it’s not just because he appears forgetful.“

Obama can’t remember what has been preached and bellowed from the pulpit of his church for 20 years just to name one. This is probably one of the funniest comments I’ve read so far on “FORGETFUL” -

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That’s theoretically right, but no replacement will be as respected on the right and the left as Stevens is. He’s incredibly sharp, smart, and savvy, and knows how to maximize his influence. This is one case where age calls for reverence. His replacement, even by another liberal, will be a loss for liberalism with the result that the court will continue to get more conservative.

Ginsberg, a great believer in lifetime appointment, meaning the last calorie of effort possible, won’t leave.

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I mention he’s 72 because it establishes that he is likely to be a one term president. This is by his own admission.

But yes, I also think the man is too darn old to be president! And it’s not just because he appears forgetful.

But re post 14: What exactly are you reasons for thinking you could get another Alito through the nomination process now much less in January?

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It would be better by far if those two were replaced by justices similar in temperament and skill as Roberts and Alito, Thomas and/or Scalia.

Vote for McCain and give us a decent majority!

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Although McCain is “pro-life,” that’s not all he is. He’s also pro-criminalization! If the law brings death, then how in the world would criminalization be pro-life?

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One vote either way in this election will have no significance, unless it’s one of nine in a 5-4 decision in McCain v. Obama.

A Federalist Society panel about the court term just ended prophesied that gay marriage won’t reach the Supreme Court.

Any number of justices are powerless to cause, much less guarantee, abortions. You can drop to your knees and praise God that Roe v. Wave prevents the government from interfering in a woman’s pregnancy.

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If you ban assisted suicides, people will find ways around or through that law.

I’m surprised about Llama’s stand on pot. While it is a great way to increase government excise tax revenues, it is not a great way to promote a healthy culture for our children.

If you are worried about the effects of legalized gay marriage, I can’t see how you can be pro-pot. Pot will do more to damage our youth than allowing a few gays and lesbians to marry.

Whatever. I’m sure the progressive liberals will find a way to convince us that pot is AOK. It seemed to work on Llama.

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