Luttig a help for McCain?
Most of the time I agree with Hugh Hewitt. There are occasions I don’t and stances he holds on some issues that I just can’t support. Every now and then he’ll make a comment that has me shaking my head. Today’s is one of those.
He mentions Judge Luttig today, the man who should have been warming a seat at the Supreme Court right now. Luttig resigned from the 4th Circuit this week to pursue a position at Boeing. Hugh suggest that he might get some phone calls from Presidential hopefuls soon, one of which would be McCain. Here’s the comment that gets me:
There are lots of ways to mend fences with conservatives, and the best method would be extended consultations with an individual who, should he emerge as a senior McCain advisor, would overnight ease conservative concerns about the senator’s judicial philosophy.
Begging Hugh’s pardon, but what would that prove? I would ask any conservative who’s willing to think about it to provide for me a name of an individual, should McCain consult with them, that would erase McCain’s efforts to collapse the First Amendment. What judge should he be photographed with to make his comment about preferring a “clean government” (defined by McCain, natch) to First Amendment rights less of a threat to our democracy? What member of the bench or bar would be able to use his name to somehow alter McCain’s collusion with Kennedy over illegal aliens?
So he knows enough to call a rock-solid former judge to ask his opinion on things judicial. So what? Is that supposed to make his “Gang of 14″ stab-in-the-back suddenly OK? Actions, Mr. McCain. For me to even briefly consider him as a candidate I need to see actions that will repair the damage he’s done. Who he calls is of no concern to me and I don’t care whose advice he asks for. Start doing the right thing and then I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt. Not before.
