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In reply to the discussion: For what it's worth... [View all]ewagner
(18,967 posts)63. We will never win, unless
We cut the head off of this snake.
The Kavanaugh NOMINATION was the result of a Trump victory in the electoral college...the CONFIRMATION of him to SCOTUS was the result of a Republican majority in both houses of Congress...
As long as Republicans enjoy unfettered access to all the levers of government, we will continue to lose battles like this...the "head of the snake" is the Republican majority...eliminating that is our first and primary mission...the November mid-terms are our first chance to wound the snake and we will have to finally cut the head off in the 2020 elections.
Those elections must be our focus now.
That's the long view...the Kavanaugh fight was just a distraction from our primary mission
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"Maybe I'm the only one who felt this way, but somehow, I felt that the Kav nomination would pass."
JimGinPA
Oct 2018
#14
That is indeed what happened. Some day it will work to OUR benefit. n/t
CaliforniaPeggy
Oct 2018
#18
I thought he would too simply because he is a dishonest jerk and THAT is the only
GemDigger
Oct 2018
#26
I love your optimism. My question - do you trust that the votes are fairly counted?
NRaleighLiberal
Oct 2018
#31
and that is the nub - I truly believe the vote was hacked. I have, after all, to be a realist.
NRaleighLiberal
Oct 2018
#40
Hi there! Do I recall correctly that you might have been in the path of Hurricane Florence?
PearliePoo2
Oct 2018
#70
Hi and thanks - we are fine - and lucky. The decrease and intensity and change in track saved our
NRaleighLiberal
Oct 2018
#71
Taking the high moral ground is all well and good........but you're right about learning to fight.
CaliforniaPeggy
Oct 2018
#41
We already have enemies.....so we might as well have some good reasons for that!
CaliforniaPeggy
Oct 2018
#54
I did read your post. I appreciate your brevity, but I wasn't sure how to respond.
CaliforniaPeggy
Oct 2018
#48