McCain Jabs Obama at Sheriffs' Conference
(CBS)
(INDIANAPOLIS) Taking the opportunity to criticize both a recent Supreme Court decision and his opponent, John McCain called the high court’s decision last week to ban the death penalty for child rapists “overreaching,” and a template for the kind of justices Barack Obama would pick for the Court.
“It's a peculiar kind of moral evolution that disregards the democratic process, and inures solely to the benefit of child rapists. It was such a jarring decision from the Court that my opponent, Sen. Obama, immediately and to his credit expressed his disagreement,” McCain said. “My opponent may not care for this particular decision, but it was exactly the kind of opinion we could expect from an Obama Court.”
Speaking at the National Sheriffs' Association's annual conference, McCain said the most important decision a president can make to assist law enforcement is appointing strict constructionist judges.
“When a serious crime is investigated, prosecuted, and punished, it takes many hours and the best efforts of police, trial courts, and juries,” McCain said. “Yet one badly reasoned opinion, by one overreaching judge, can undo it all. Just like that, evidence of guilt can be suppressed, or a dangerous predator released because of judge-made laws having little or nothing to do with the requirements of the Constitution.”
Best-selling author Mitch Albom on his first nonfiction work since "Tuesdays with Morrie."
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Posted by MCVet at 07:54 AM : Jul 02, 2008
You''''re wrong on this one MCVet....Ike did it. He didn''''t do much else, but he did balance the budget.
Posted by aldon61 at 10:14 AM : Jul 02, 2008
Though in all fairness compared to how far to the right fringe the GOP is these days Ike would be thought of as a radical leftist.
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Posted by MCVet at 07:54 AM : Jul 02, 2008
You''re wrong on this one MCVet....Ike did it. He didn''t do much else, but he did balance the budget.
You would think after what happened to John Kerry, Dems wouldn''t feel so confident about conceding to GOP their superior toughness. But Barack says everybody lets just hold our breath and let it pass, so I guess we''ll all just have to let McLame prattle on and if he makes any progress.
They''re all over him with the rhetoric on Mugabe, child rapists, guns . . . geez . . .
Posted by Xlib at 07:28 AM : Jul 02, 2008
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You know you Nazi''s keep saying this but as of yet I see NOTHING of substance to indicate that McSame intends to change much of anything that the WORST in our history has done... ESPECIALLY on the Economy. There, I hear just more of the same tired of trash we''ve heard not for the last 3 decades.. Now all of you know the lines so say them with me!! "We''re going to Cut Taxes for the Rich, that will Trickle Down to you, We''re going to Cut Spending to PAY for it and THEN we''ll balance the Budget"! VERY GOOD! You see EVERYONE know the lines now and they KNOW they are LIES. NO Republican President has Balanced ONE, NOT ONE, Budget... AFTER the Worse who needs MORE of this?? SIEG HEIL BUSH!!
On another note, you mean to tell us mccain ACTUALLY dissed the empty suit messia on something??? My God, will this insanity ever end.
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Seems like the hardest part is simply narrowing it down to just 10.
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Posted by aj4321
A good example that McCain is not McSame. You have stated this in your own words.
McCain ''08
NOBAMA
The first may be capable, on occasion, of responding to an ideal higher than their own self-interest; the second don%u2019t even know that such things exist.
And how can he judge Obama''s pick when they have not even happened yet.
Again, pointing out the dangerousness of a McCain administration. He is another Bush.
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