To all those upset at the SCOTUS today....

[Yavin4]

Remember this day when you read on DU that "there's no difference between Republicans and Democrats". Just remember today.

[graham4anything]

1. +1. VOTE straight democratic every single election there is from President to freeholder to anything

[gateley]

2. +1!!!!!

[Scuba]

3. There is a difference ...

.... just not enough of a difference.

[Cha]

15. Oh the difference between Voting Rights for all Americans and

the reality of Climate Change isn't enough for you?

[freshwest]

19. Abortion rights and same sex marriage? Food stamps? EPA, DOE, Iran? Oh, well.

[Cha]

20. Thanks fresh.. exactly.

[freshwest]

23. Illuminating to see to whom the rights of me and those I care about don't mean a hill of beans.

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It was said that 2012 would be a pivotal year when the division between the haves and have-nots would come to a head.

It had been building, allegedly, since 2010, with many revelations necessary for a cleansing, that some might not survive, with people aligning themselves in the years up to 2012. It hasn't stopped, its continuing, as it should.

Not all the revealing was last year and we can see things much more clearly now as to who our allies are. Sad and liberating as always, but it's better to have the truth than maintain illusions of friendship from those who try to sabotage everything one does.



I expect to see more of this. I can't explain it very well. I know that sounds like woo, but I've found it just is.

[Cha]

25. But but but Social Security..

PBO said something bad about SS so I'll stamp my feet and throw away everything else.. and turn RED.

Nice pic, fresh..Mahalo!

[freshwest]

31. When there's trouble, you gotta know who has your back, instead of this guy:

[Cha]

35. Yes, you do.. and I know

the President and Vice President have our backs. And, I have theirs.

[freshwest]

40. And the Donkey they rode in on, LOL!

[Cha]

43. And, now we have Senator Markey to help with that load we're

carrying

[JustAnotherGen]

27. +1

And I'm not giving up my seat.

[freshwest]

33. Damned straight. You earned it!

[Scuba]

21. A twice-elected Democratic President endorsed cutting Social Security ....

... to pay for the foibles of the very wealthy at the same time those very wealthy were paying historically low tax rates.

As I said, there is a difference, but it's not enough of a difference for me.

[Cha]

22. Go President Obama!! Yay, he's our President!!!

Course, there will always be something to whine about.

[Scuba]

24. I don't consider standing up for Social Security "whining". If you do I think that's just sad.

[Cha]

26. We're all standing up for Social Security.. and we're not throwing away

everything else.

[Scuba]

34. No, we're not ALL standing up for Social Security ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251299115

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022652084

[Cha]

39. I'm sorry, I don't have time for this.. everyone I know stands up for it.. and

we're celebrating Ed Markey's Victory in Mass now. A Democratic Senator.

[bluestate10]

36. If President Obama had gotten support leading into the 2010 midterms, we wouldn't be

having this discussion because the President would have a strong democratic Congress. But of course, the far left sat at home and Independents got fooled by the republican promise of Jobs, Jobs. Fortunately for the sane, Independents are being jones-ed again heading into the 2014 midterms, there is a fighting chance that President Obama will have a sane Congress to finish out his second term.

[Scuba]

37. Right, cause no one could expect the President to stand up for SS while the R's control the House.

Yeah, that's it.

[BeyondGeography]

4. A fine discussion along those lines here

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/25/1218739/-Democrats-and-Republicans-Are-The-Same-Huh-Voting-Rights-Act-Decision-SLAPS-That-in-the-Face

[leftstreet]

5. Thanks Godz the Democrats didn't confirm any of these assholes n/t

[KittyWampus]

7. Right, and then the Republicans don't confirm any of our "assholes".

[leftstreet]

9. You're saying Democrats nominate assholes to the SC?

huh?

[HiPointDem]

10. +1

[Yavin4]

12. Unless the nominee is truly awful, the Senate is going to pass the POTUS' nominee

Otherwise, Obama would not be able to get Kagan and Sotomayor through.

[JustAnotherGen]

6. I tweeted something similar today.

@: Aha! Both sides DON'T do it. Today - only one side's SCOTUS appointments did it. Vindicated. Sadly vindicated.

[freshwest]

45. On that same subject, from Egbertowillie's thread:

'I Don't Want Everybody to Vote' -- The Roots of GOP Voter Suppression

Now many of our Christians have what I call the ‘goo-goo syndrome.’ Good government. They want everybody to vote. I don’t want everybody to vote. Elections are not won by a majority of people. They never have been from the beginning of our country, and they are not now. As a matter of fact our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down. ~ Paul Weyrich, 1980

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251312880

Sounds like a conspiracy to overturn the rights of millions of Americans.

By co-founder of the Heritage Foundation, involved in the creation of ALEC, the Moral Majority, the Council for National Policy, the Krieble Institute, likely more.

And their plan to end the liberal influence through disenfranchising Democrats and minorites, consistently carried out by ruthless GOP operatives with a religious fanaticism which has never cared about or honored ethics, laws or rules. Which democracy requires.

Why would it, since they hate democracy and see it as evil, want government to serve their interests only and like the Confederacy, do not believe in the most powerful tenet of the Founding Fathers that they worked to create?

Such as the ideal all men are created equal:

As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality. ~ George Washington

And we still have people who say there is no difference between the two parties?

[CakeGrrl]

8. Rec. President Obama's appointees did NOT help this to happen. -nt

[Cali_Democrat]

11. but...but...Obama will just appoint people like Roberts, say the firebaggers

Oh wait a minute, Obama already appointed two people to the Supreme Court and they are NOTHING like Roberts.

No difference my ass. I'm convinced that most of the people who say there is no difference are actually Republican operatives.

[Cha]

16. Either "republicon operatives" or entrenched

firebaggers. Not able to quite understand what they're babbling about.

[BlueCaliDem]

28. ^^ This! ^^

And they even have the mitigated gall to come to this thread to spread their misinformation and anti-Obama, anti-Democratic Party bile.

[bluestate10]

38. I am convinced that two of the most prominent anti-Obama posters on DU are republican

operatives who are attempting to lure the weak minded to damage their future and the futures of their children and other people's children. It is a sad and enraging scene to watch. Thank god that Independents aren't being fooled as badly by republicans heading in the 2014 midterm as they were leading in to the 2010 midterm. Strong democrats must come out in 2014 and vote democrats into office with the help of democratic leaning Independents. The President needs a strong democratic Congress, that means a veto proof Senate and a strong majority in the House.

[freshwest]

41. ^^^This^^^ Thanks. bluestate.

[lumpy]

44. Yes, indeed. I agree.

n

[Bluenorthwest]

13. I was born to Democrats about half a century ago and on days like this here is what I say:

I say a day like this lets us know that we don't want to be anything like Republicans, that we should seek to be more different from them each and every day, more vocally, decidedly and unmistakably different from that abject and atavistic Party.

[Cha]

14. there is mostly certainly a difference between republicons and

Democrats for the reality based person.

thanks Yavin

[morningfog]

17. Such a statement is far too broad. There are issues

though, were there is no difference of such small difference as to be none.

[LeftInTX]

18. Kick!

[RBInMaine]

29. 100% right ! K and R !

[BlueCaliDem]

30. K&R! eom

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

32. And yet, "Obama=Bush" name-calling persists. Is that true when it comes to SCOTUS nominees?

[davidpdx]

42. But...but..but

I thought Obama=Bush?

[Honeycombe8]

46. Yes. A day to remember. nt

[rufus dog]

47. The smart ones will stay away

Just go into the corner and stay quiet, I am betting some will be too thick to stay away though. Off to read the thread!

[politicasista]

48. Kick

Our rights are hanging by a thread, but right always wins in the end.