Santorum Gives Insight On Romney Judicial Nominees
Saturday, January 21st, 2012 at 12:15 PM
Gun Rights Examiner David Codrea
USA --(Ammoland.com)- Gun owners must support Mitt Romney if he’s the Republican candidate, we are being told by some opinion makers, because the next president will be making all-important Supreme Court nominations. After all, we were just one vote away from losing Heller and McDonald.
It seems a compelling argument. But it’s also a desperate one, and one not based on anything besides wishful thinking if Romney’s actual record on judicial appointments is considered. And now we can consider it, thanks to a Washington Times analysis by rival GOP candidate Rick Santorum:
“Mr. Romney nominated 36 judges while governor, just nine of whom were Republicans. What he says of this record today is that the Massachusetts Governor’s Council had to confirm the nominees, and the members of the council were all Democrats. So his answer was to nominate persons palatable to Democrats…
“…There is no evidence that Mr. Romney ever fought for a conservative nominee…He passively accepted the reality that he needed to nominate four Democrats (or independents) for every Republican to the Massachusetts bench.”
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About David Codrea:
David Codrea is a long-time gun rights advocate who defiantly challenges the folly of citizen disarmament. He is a field editor for GUNS Magazine, and a blogger at The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance. Read more at http://www.DavidCodrea.com.
