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Demsrule86

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38. That is nonsense. I love Justice Ginsberg and always will but she should
Sat Sep 19, 2020, 02:47 PM
Sep 2020

have retired. I imagine she wished she had at some point It is not an attack on her to say that...I certainly respect her right to do as she chose, but now we face a 6-3 court and this could impact the presidential and Senate races as well.

We need to start thinking practically and consider how we can win and be in a position to make policy. There is nothing wrong with this way of thinking and it does not diminish Justice Ginsberg. You know what would diminish her? if we lose everything we fought for these 50 years...we have some judges who believe Brown was decided wrongly and of course we are likely to lose Roe and as the mother of a beautiful Gay daughter, I am terrified when I consider what could happen.

We could lose Lawrence VS Texas which was decided in 2003. We could see the return of criminal sodomy laws, state law banning interracial marriage and we could lose policy dating back to Roosevelt (Medicare, Social Security ETC ) as well as the ACA and any sort of health care.

Two words. Merrick Garland we can do it Sep 2020 #1
Democrats controlled the Senate until 2015. tritsofme Sep 2020 #10
Exactly. The past is the past but for the future Statistical Sep 2020 #17
Then our idiot fellow Dems stayed home in the midterms, right? Hekate Sep 2020 #18
JUST STOP IT. Have you no decency? Some of us are actually mourning her and trying to honor her hlthe2b Sep 2020 #2
I'm with you. This thread has no place showing up today, of all days. BComplex Sep 2020 #21
Thank you Same. Tanuki Sep 2020 #26
Agree 100%. May we at least have this ChazII Sep 2020 #29
It wasn't up to her to save us from ourselves. TwilightZone Sep 2020 #3
I think RBG would be the first to say the personal is political aikoaiko Sep 2020 #27
The last time we had Obama and a Democratic Senate was 2010. yardwork Sep 2020 #37
Nope. We are going to win in Nov. LakeArenal Sep 2020 #4
They better not tear down her statue DBCooper88 Sep 2020 #5
Hmmmm..... Mrs. Overall Sep 2020 #6
I am one who thought she should have retired marybourg Sep 2020 #7
Agreed. Good point. We can discuss pragmatism and strategy on some future date Statistical Sep 2020 #19
What good does it do looking backwards and figuring out where to place blame? groundloop Sep 2020 #8
If we don't learn from our mistakes ... PTWB Sep 2020 #9
No disagreement about that.... but your OP is about placing blame, not learning. groundloop Sep 2020 #14
We have to act on what is, not what could have been Olafjoy Sep 2020 #11
Being called all sorts of names for being realistic about mortality... BeyondGeography Sep 2020 #12
Who thought Democratic voters would sit home, vote for trump, vote Green, etc., giving us trump? Hoyt Sep 2020 #13
I agree with you DavidDvorkin Sep 2020 #15
Excuse me? I'm to blame for somebody else's retirement decision? yardwork Sep 2020 #16
Did you refuse to vote for HRC? PTWB Sep 2020 #28
Of course not, but that's not what you said. I quote below: yardwork Sep 2020 #31
Why would you dismiss political pragmatism? PTWB Sep 2020 #33
Bullshit. Ginsburg didn't know me from Adam. yardwork Sep 2020 #35
Better brush up on your history there, champ. PTWB Sep 2020 #49
RBG is not yet in the ground Hekate Sep 2020 #20
She may have thought Hillary was a shoo-in like many others did. gulliver Sep 2020 #22
I deeply mourn RBG's passing. And I agree with you. I can do both at once. Squinch Sep 2020 #23
She was 80 and had already survived cancer in 2013 Azathoth Sep 2020 #24
In 2018, she said she wanted to work five more years BeyondGeography Sep 2020 #30
In 2018 Trump was president and the Republicans controlled the Senate. yardwork Sep 2020 #34
Nobody was asking her to retire in 2018 BeyondGeography Sep 2020 #39
2018 was two years ago. What has changed since then? yardwork Sep 2020 #43
Egotism? Wish I could read people's minds. zackymilly Sep 2020 #41
This line of thinking is remarkably similar to saying "Black women will save the Dem party" ... Hekate Sep 2020 #25
Hear, hear. yardwork Sep 2020 #32
That is nonsense. I love Justice Ginsberg and always will but she should Demsrule86 Sep 2020 #38
She hasn't had the opportunity to be replaced since 2010. yardwork Sep 2020 #44
That's just wrong BeyondGeography Sep 2020 #46
We had the Senate until the end of the 2014...she could have been replaced...you don't need the Demsrule86 Sep 2020 #48
I've always kind of felt that people were entitled stopdiggin Sep 2020 #36
Post removed Post removed Sep 2020 #40
What's the point of the board at all, then? PTWB Sep 2020 #42
You really don't listen, do you? yardwork Sep 2020 #45
Well, now. Aren't you just the little ray of sunshine...... Paladin Sep 2020 #47
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