John McCain may not vote for Sotomayor: "on the fence"

[SuperTrouper]

What an a-hole! He is such an idiot. I hope Hispanics are paying attention to this jerk and help vote him out of office. :mad:



WASHINGTON – Sen. John McCain says he is still on the fence when it comes to voting for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.

McCain says he is examining Sotomayor's record as an appeals court judge to decide whether she understands the limits to judicial power. He voted against her when she was nominated to the appeals court.

A Senate vote is expected this week.

The Arizona Republican says the prospect of Sotomayor becoming the first Hispanic on the high court is part of the discussion, and calls her a great American success story.

Two of McCain's close Senate colleagues differ on Sotomayor. Arizona's Jon Kyl is voting against her while South Carolina's Lindsey Graham plans to vote to confirm.

McCain spoke to CNN's "State of the Union" for its Sunday broadcast.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090802/ap_on_go_co/us_mccain_sotomayor

[Xipe Totec]

1. Nobody asked. Go back to sleep, McCain. n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. No reason to think McCain would stop being a dick

just because he lost the election.

[valerief]

3. Hope it's got barbed wire at the top and he catches his balls on it. nt

[Kdillard]

4. No shocker.

[Parker CA]

5. I just saw him quoted as saying how "very, very important" the Hispanic vote is for the GOP. FAIL.

[SuperTrouper]

31. They are already foaming at the mouth in Hispanic networks Univision and Telemundo over Kyl

John McCain is about to commit political suicide. :shrug:

[Pirate Smile]

41. I know. Go ahead, GOP, pull the trigger. Filibuster the Cash 4 Clunkers too. Why not go all the

way?

[Botany]

6. 2nd to last in his class @ Navy (would have been kicked out if his Daddy ....

.... wasn't who he was) is going to review the cases of Sotomayor who finished 2nd in her class @ Princeton,
was the editor of the law review, and has more experience than any person up for the Supreme Court in the
past 100 years? You go John!

[uponit7771]

7. The commercial for this should be easy to run in Texas rural and border counties

...the reason the DNC doesn't run them is .................................

[Jackpine Radical]

8. Who the hell is he grandstanding for?

I can't imagine him even running for the Senate next time around. Anyway, oposing Sotomayr when you come from a heavily Hispanic state is a little like nominating Palin for VP. And I don't even mean Sarah. I mean Bristol.

[cloudbase]

9. On the fence,

but off his rocker.

[billyoc]

10. Keep us posted, John.

:eyes:

[Cha]

11. Fock off mccain..America is fortunate you and

the quitter haven't nominated your facist judge by now.

[nevergiveup]

12. McCain's decision will be based on whatever he feels will get him the most attention.

Personally I hope he votes against her. It will help to further define him as the jerk he is.

[Deja Q]

13. So that explains why the picket is firmly lodged up his butt

[DFW]

14. Poor McCain searching for relevancy:

He has to choose between his dwindling-but-vocal nut case far right constituency and the fact that
his main cheerleader during his presidential campaign (Graham) and a huge Hispanic population in his
home state will not respect him if he gives in to pressure to be a good old right wing boy.

He would probably prefer to break his leg the day before the vote, and not be able to attend, especially
seeing as how the outcome of the vote is already known.

[Ikonoklast]

15. No matter how he votes, he screws himself.

He can piss off the 'Good Ol' Boys' who still cling to power, barely, or every Hispanic voter in his state.


Sucks to be him.


HAAAHAAhahhahahhaa!

[Bleacher Creature]

16. Why does he need to search for it?

He basically has a standing invitation on any Sunday morning talk show. While most Americans see him as irrelevant, the media treats him as the ultimate voice of reason.

[DFW]

19. I'm not so sure

I think the media is searching for Republicans for their talk shows who don't froth at the mouth and generally
embarrass the party worse than it already has suffered, and they probably don't see a lot of choices out there.
McCain gets chosen for those shows by default as much as by choice, I'd bet.

[Monk06]

20. Palin put him on a porch swing sucking eggs and now he wants to make a comeback ????????

Dude your testicles are bouncing around in the
chamber of irrelevance like two peas in a penny
whistle.

I bet your wife is fucking the bartender to get the
shame out of her head.

[DFW]

29. The song about him was very prescient

http://www.myspace.com/thefreedomtoast

Wait for the songlist to load at the right and listen to the John McCain song--nailed the guy a year ago!
(The others were fun, too, especially the Brownback/Huckabee "The Evolution" song)

[democracy1st]

17. he's still mad at Latinos he'll vote for her..he's bs just like the rest of his party

[saltpoint]

18. We're to accept that McCain has unspecified misgivings about Judge

Sotomayor, a woman of significant, comprehensive, and long-standing experience in her field, but after speaking with a flirtatious dolt like Sarah Palin for 15 minutes nominates her as the Vice President of the United States?

I don't think so.

[BlueMTexpat]

28. Great post!

I like your style. :yourock:

[saltpoint]

30. BlueMTexpat, hello. What a long way away you are over there in

Europe. The internet tube thingies sure are good for bringing us all together.

All good wishes!:hi:

[BlueMTexpat]

35. For the moment, I'm actually Stateside ...

very close to some of the DC sideshow action AND having great fun with grandbabies. The first has a closer relationship to the second than one might think, given some of the predictable shenanigans and tortured logic like McCain's.
But yes, I do love these internet tube thingies ... I cannot imagine how I would have survived without them, especially during the period from November 2000 up to January 20, 2009. What a bleak and desperate time!

:fistbump: :hi:

[saltpoint]

36. Have fun, then! Welcome back. I hope all the grandkids are thriving.

Very likely they're pleased to have you in town.


:toast:

[SemiCharmedQuark]

21. This, the hate crimes bill, Cash for Clunkers...every day he reminds us why we didn't vote for him.

[saltpoint]

22. Agree. As unsuitable and unacceptable as he was as a candidate in 08, he's

even worse lately.

[Mz Pip]

23. Big Wow

The guy is an ass. I don't care how he votes. I'm just glad he isn't in the White House.

[ShadowLiberal]

24. How smart of McCain considering he lives in a state with lots of Hispanics!

What better way to reconnect with the latino community after leaving them feeling betrayed when you flip flopped on immigration reform then by voting against the first Hispanic nominated for the Supreme Court?

He'll be back in their good graces in no time! :sarcasm:

You'd think he'd have taken a hint by how Arizona started to get competitive at the last second in 2008, despite Obama ignoring the state for the most part, it was one of only 2 states he never visited (the other being Alaska).

[mvd]

25. He'll go whichever way is politically expedient

Just like the non-Maverick he is.

[burning rain]

26. Thinking about his primary, perhaps?

'

[BlueIdaho]

27. His vote is unimportant - and so is he. nt.

[Vinca]

32. I hope he doesn't. It would make a great campaign commercial.

[Perky]

33. I bet he votes for her

There is no politcal upside to voting against her

[BlooInBloo]

34. Sounds like he's deciding whether or not to retire.

[Bleacher Creature]

37. He's such a Maverick!!!

By the way, did someone forget to tell him that he lost?

[tomm2thumbs]

38. the GOP can kiss Arizona bye-bye anyway, it was already close last time and it was HIS state!

Obama 948,648
McCain 1,132,560

keep in mind that was with THEIR OWN SENATOR running - next time it's going DOWN!!!!


added source
http://www.infoplease.com/us/government/presidential-election-vote-summary.html

[SuperTrouper]

39. Holy smokes!!

Obama 948,648
McCain 1,132,560


What an embarrassment for MCCain to barely win Arizona after being their Senator for such a long time and Obama completely ignored the state, not visiting it once during the 2008 Presidential campaign. If McCain does not vote to confirm Sotomayor, then he has decided to retire because there is no way that he will win AZ without the Hispanic vote that is almost 100% in support of the Wise Latina, our first Hispanic Justice in the SCOTUS...and to us Latinos, Sonia is indeed a Wise Latina ;)

[Cha]

40. Good..let him vote against Sonia Sotomayor

representing the state of Arizona.

[pleah]

42. McCrazy old man is so confused

Tell me why I should care.

[SuperTrouper]

43. It is official: McCain will vote against her. Bye bye Senate seat for McCain in Arizona...nt