Almost asleep and then jolted awake by this question:

[Rachel M at 6 pm]

What is to stop the left from raising enough money to simply PAY the right-wing Supreme Court justices to reinstate Roe vs. Wade?

I was jolted awake because of what a stupid idea it seemed to be. And now I can't think of why it wouldn't work.

[elleng]

1. Too expensive???

[JohnSJ]

2. They are draconian idealogues. This has nothing to do with money, but has everything to do with maintaining

and keeping power to support that ideology. The whittling down of the voting rights act, the civil rights act, and the immunity ruling which puts a president, or ex-president above the law by this Supreme Court all fit that pattern.

If it looks like a duck, qwacks like a duck, it's a duck.

They are exactly as they appear.

Since 2000 we were warned that the Supreme Court was at stake, and 2016 was the last opportunity to prevent where we are today.

Our very Democracy is at stake with this election now.

[betsuni]

4. Thank you. The myth that everything's about money is ridiculous, used to try and convince

potential Democratic voters that all you had to do was wave around some money at politicians of either party and they have to do whatever you say forever and be corrupt and beholden so both sides same don't vote for them -- such bullshit.

The right-wing will lose money because it's about ideology and power, of transforming society. Money in politics could be banned tomorrow and would the extremist right-wing Republican Party fanatics turn into nice reasonable bipartisan liberals? NO! DUH! Ugh.

[brewens]

5. What's really stupid is that an idea like that is even close to being plausible provided you could raise enough

money. There definitely is a price. A few decades ago, you'd just chuckle and go to sleep.

[HAB911]

6. John Oliver offered Thomas a mega-RV

if he would resign. That wasn't enough

[Kid Berwyn]

7. There's honor among thieves.

Once a crook is bought, he stays bought — if he knows what’s good for him.