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Questions for Tom McClintock

With McClintock now distancing himself from his strategist John Stoos, he needs to answer some questions. Why? It isn't enough to simply say "I don't hold his views or those of the Calcedon Report." After all, one could quibble over exactly when and where stoning your disobedient children to death is appropriate (as is clarified in this Chalcedon article - print it and post it on the fridge, dads), yet support the practice nonetheless.

So should any reporter be in the vicinity of Tom McClintock today, perhaps these questions might warrant effort:

Do you support the separation of church and state?

Should, now or at any point in the future, any citizen of California be subjected to Biblical Law?

Will you sign laws that contradict US Supreme Court rulings on abortion, privacy, and sodomy in an attempt to get one of those rulings overturned?

If "yes" to the prior, how would you defend expending the legal costs of such efforts with doubtful outcomes in light of the State's current budget crisis? In such a case, can you call yourself a fiscal conservative?

Fair questions, I think. Don't you?

Adam Sullivan, 11:44 | 0 comments