RE: I tried to warn the Bernie and Hillary busters.
June 27, 2018 at 5:21 pm
(This post was last modified: June 27, 2018 at 5:30 pm by Brian37.)
(June 27, 2018 at 4:44 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:(June 27, 2018 at 4:23 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: If Trump can end the Catholic and Jewish stranglehold on the SCOTUS it will be worth it. They've been there too long. It's time for diversity.
I'm betting a born-again Christian gets the nod. You'll miss Kennedy.
No I won't. If you look at the history of SCOTUS decisions since Reagan, while occasionally some who have served on the right throw a bone to social issues, economically speaking they have sided with corporations the vast majority of the time.
Great, he stood up for gay marriage, so what? He also upheld Citizens United, and the unfortunate part of that bullshit decisions, is as a result, we see Carrier jobs leave and Harley jobs leave. All you have to do as a republican to fake caring is to pick a fake fight, pretend to be for workers and do nothing. All you have to do as a republican is to fake caring, and sure, throw tax breaks at the middle class at the same time you throw tax breaks at billionaires that negate and swamp anything workers get.
(June 27, 2018 at 4:23 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote:(June 27, 2018 at 2:55 pm)Brian37 Wrote: During 2016 I was pissed off that there were far too many "All or nothing" asshole supporters in BOTH Bernie and Hillary camps. It wasn't just social issues, but also the Supreme Court. Now Justice Kennedy has announced his retirement. This is why every election matters, and every vote counts. If you are a Bernie or Hillary supporter and rightfully still pissed that the GOP stole Obama's nominee, please understand, whomever Trump nominates is going to be even more far right than Kennedy.If Trump can end the Catholic and Jewish stranglehold on the SCOTUS it will be worth it. They've been there too long. It's time for diversity.
Out of the three branches, the Supreme Court has far more long term influence than all the three branches because they are lifetime appointees.
Liberals cannot afford the divisions that clearly lost us the last election.
Benjamin Franklin, "We must indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly, we shall all hang separately."
^^^^^^^ Now, that is not advocating the same blind loyalty Trump wants. Despite all the desperate attempts for the GOP to claim a patent on the founders, most, if not all would DESPISE the current GOP.
So Bernie supporters, Hillary supporters, pick your battles, do not give 45 8 years and especially not more SCOTUS on the Supreme Court.
That is like Saudi Arabia and Iran arguing "If we can end the other's rule".
That is a sick fucking argument. Jews and Catholics on the Supreme Court ARE NOT THE ISSUE! I certainly have a huge problem with pulpit politics as did Jefferson and Paine. I will always take a liberal theist in government over an asshole theocrat. And FYI Russia was never an atheist nation. It has always been a Russian Orthodox Christian majority. Even today Putin, A FORMER KGB agent continually quotes God.
"No religious test" is in the Constitution's oath of office. Russia was never atheist and is not now.
