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In reply to the discussion: What Happened to Our Constitution? [View all]maxrandb
(17,512 posts)29. Well, see...It's like this...
President Obama didn't fix all of America's problems within a week of taking office, and even had the gall to not deliver ponies as demanded.
We decided that the way to make America "more progressive" was to sit out the 2010 Mid-term election (A CENSUS YEAR), and allow unhinged racists with tri-corner hats and Medicare provided "My Scooters"...screaming like banshees for 14 months about getting "gubmint out of my Medicare", to take over 65% of all State Legislatures and Governorships, as well as a majority of the Federal Government House and Senate.
Then, we sat back as a racist fucking orange circus clown spent the next 14 months demanding to see the first African American President's Birth Certificate. We never showed up to protest at the studios of ...NOT ONE SINGLE one of the 1,500 Hate Radio stations, (MANY BASED ENTIRELY WITHIN THE CONFINE OF 80-20 BLUE TO RED CITIES), who spewed racist birther shit 24/7.
Then, it became perfectly normal for CBS, NBC, ABC, the NY Times, the WA Post, and of course Faux News to present the entire racist birther shit as nothing more than a "he said-she said" issue.
Then we gleefully watched "Game of Thrones" and wondered how people could allow such a fucked up...but totally entertaining...leadership structure take hold in Westoros.
Then we got busy with our kids and our lives as our newly empowered T-baggers drew state and federal congressional districts that looked like a sheep fucking a housecat...we expressed a little bit of concern when all of these "snake swallowing a shriveled penis" districts ensured our new overlords could win 45% of a states voters, while getting 86% of its representation...coincidental, of course.
Then we nominated a fantastic candidate, and one that was probably the most qualified ever to serve as President, but all anyone wanted to talk about was some "scandal" about some "email" bullshit...except for some of "us"...who preferred talking about how "our wonderful, started from nothing and worked her ass off to get where she was, truly historic candidate, was just EXACTLY THE SAME as an orange colored, racist freak-show, carnival barking, used-car-powered-by-snake-oil selling, serial unwanted pussy-grabbing moron".
Then, just to ensure we went completely through the Looking Glass and were using the broken shards to slit out wrists, we enabled the party of the "orange colored, racist freak-show, carnival barking, used car, snake oil selling, serial unwanted pussy-grabbing moron", to be the only check on his power.
There's something in there about some Russians doing some shit, but truly...THIS SHIT SHOW IS ALL OURS.
and that's "What happened to our Constitution"
Going forward for at least the next 20 years, the next election is going to be the most important and critical of our lifetimes.
The War for Democracy has only just begun.
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The constitution is only as good as the nine Supreme Court justices interpreting it.
Eliot Rosewater
Sep 2025
#4
The Constitution went bye bye like in Rome in 44 BCE & nazi Germany in 1933. nt
ImNotGod
Sep 2025
#6
Yep. The MAGA cult adores the Ten Commandments but doesn't follow any of them.
Irish_Dem
Sep 2025
#14
They must tell the kids it is all for show, no one expects them to follow any of the commandments.
Irish_Dem
Sep 2025
#23
In the past 35 years, it's become a stage prop, along with flags and crosses
Torchlight
Sep 2025
#10
And don't forget the people who helped plant the seeds for this kind of fascism:
Initech
Sep 2025
#30
It is conveniently located on a roller next to the toilet in the oval office.
Ping Tung
Sep 2025
#16
"Stop throwing the Constitution in my face," Bush screamed back. "It's just a goddamned piece of paper!"
BlueTsunami2018
Sep 2025
#26