I was cc'd on this e-mail to Senator McCain:
hughhewitt.com
Dear Hugh,
My head is going to explode:
April 14, 2005
Senator John McCain
407 W. Congress Street
Suite 103
Tucson, Arizona 85701
Via Fax 670-6637 and email
Re: The Filibustering of Judicial Nominations
Senator McCain,
First off, thank you for your service to our country.
A little about myself: I am 37, my wife is 31 and we have two
children here in Tucson. I attended the University of Arizona and
currently own and operate (among other things) an Assisted Living
Center with 20 employees which houses 45 elderly residents of Arizona
who need assistance in their daily lives.
I am writing this letter because I quite frankly don't trust myself to
make a civil phone call. I am a fairly large contributor to the
Republican Party, not because I think they are always right, but
because they more often champion the causes and freedoms I believe in.
 Lower taxes, less government (at least that used to be a Republican
cause), more personal freedom, etc.
I read the Constitution of the United States again recently and made
note of the 7 specific instances spelled out as requiring a
supermajority. I'm certain you know them. I also specifically noted
that Judicial Nominations were not listed as 'filibuster-able', yet
just today I heard a clip of you specifically saying that you would
(once again) vote AGAINST both your Party and Leader and WITH the
Democrats. Maybe I shouldn't be surprised after the magnificently
successful "Campaign Finance Reform" you pushed (I also read in the
Constitution (Bill of Rights #1) something about "Congress shall make
no law "abridging the freedom of speech", but that's another story).
This, to me, is the final straw. I worked hard to help get President
Bush re-elected. After the War on Terror (which I believe also
includes Defending our Border (Article III, Section 4 "protect against
invasion"), there is no more important issue than the totally out of
control Judiciary. Legislating from the bench is not listed as a
Constitutional Power bestowed upon these un-checked, lifetime
appointees, yet that is exactly what they are doing.
Your snubbing of your Leader of the Senate (Senator Bill Frist), your
Leader of your Party (President Bush) and the Constitution of the
United States (again), while embracing the obstructionist Democrats
(again) has caused me to lose all remaining respect I had for you as
my Senator.
From this day forward, I will begin to actively campaign against you.
In any capacity I possibly can. I will first work to defeat you in
your primary and I will subsequently work (if necessary) to defeat you
in the general by supporting whatever Democrat runs against you. I
have never in my life supported a Democrat, but at least I know my
enemy with a Democrat.
You still have time to change your mind, but then if you did, Tim
Russert might not like you.
Sincerely,
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