RBG leaves the stage.

Mumbles said:
Yep - the people whining that it's her fault are essentially demanding **** she acquire the ability to see and change the future - obvious foolishness.
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She was 80 years old in 2013 and had already had two bouts of cancer, It shouldn't have taken clairvoyance to see that hanging on until after another Presidential election wasn't a great plan.
 
To be fair, it probably seemed like an excellent plan, back when everyone thought that Donald Trump would never be president. After the 2016 election, RBG must have been horrified by the realization that she needed to hold out against creeping cancer for another four years.

Not to mention having to shoulder the burden of half the country thinking that they need RBG no matter what.
 
Lindsey Graham tweeted

@LindseyGrahamSC
US Senate candidate, SC
Democrats chose to set in motion rules changes to stack the court at the Circuit level and they chose to try to destroy Brett Kavanaugh’s life to keep the Supreme Court seat open.
You reap what you sow.

I stand by what I said in Jan. 2019: Harry Reid & Chuck Schumer changed Senate rules to try and stack the courts for Obama. Now it's coming back to haunt them as I predicted. I'm dead set on confirming @realDonaldTrump’s nominee. If you stand with me: https://teamgraham.us/hc5lqgws

I know Jaime Harrison -- who opposed the Kavanaugh nomination and joined the mob in the destruction of this fine man -- will oppose ANY Trump nominee.
I hope the people of South Carolina know that as well.

Jaime Harrison will be a loyal foot soldier in the cause of the radical liberals to destroy America as we know it.
As to me – I will be part of the Resistance and oppose their radical liberal agenda as they try to fundamentally change America.
 
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Captain_Swoop said:
Lindsey Graham tweeted

@LindseyGrahamSC
US Senate candidate, SC
Democrats chose to set in motion rules changes to stack the court at the Circuit level and they chose to try to destroy Brett Kavanaugh’s life to keep the Supreme Court seat open.
You reap what you sow.

I stand by what I said in Jan. 2019: Harry Reid & Chuck Schumer changed Senate rules to try and stack the courts for Obama. Now it's coming back to haunt them as I predicted. I'm dead set on confirming @realDonaldTrump’s nominee. If you stand with me: https://teamgraham.us/hc5lqgws

I know Jaime Harrison -- who opposed the Kavanaugh nomination and joined the mob in the destruction of this fine man -- will oppose ANY Trump nominee.
I hope the people of South Carolina know that as well.

Jaime Harrison will be a loyal foot soldier in the cause of the radical liberals to destroy America as we know it.
As to me – I will be part of the Resistance and oppose their radical liberal agenda as they try to fundamentally change America.
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What a piece of loathsome creature. Just like his master.
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Lindsey Graham tweeted

As to me – I will be part of the Resistance and oppose their radical liberal agenda as they try to fundamentally change America.
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I see Graham has adopted the position that he's not the incumbent.

He doesn't seem to get that four years of Trump, the "radical liberal agenda" isn't such a scary thing. For one thing, it's not radical at all.

Unlike a lot of people here I don't thing "single party rule" would work out all that well for Republicans. That's where the real radicals in politics are these days, IMO. I think they would clash with one another on a lot of issues. They are not fundamentally interested in cooperation. They would still need winners and losers. They deadlocked on a simple immigration bill when they had the House.
 
Delvo said:
Citizens United
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I suspect, but don't know for fact, that this is the real driver of calls for a "conservative" court. Abortion is useful for firing up an emotional base, but preserving the influence of big donors in politics is something the moneyed class can really get behind.
 
Stacyhs said:
That is not a defense. It's nonsense. But I'll leave it there because I'm not Alice.
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My claim was I would probably use a different word than excellent. I quoted from the draft where I used a different word. That is evidence I would probably use another word.
 
Well, there are at least 2 bright spots in this whole pile of crap...

1) Opinion polls show that a majority of people want the president and senate to wait before selecting a new supreme court judge.

From: Axios
A majority of Americans, including many Republicans, want the winner of the November presidential election to nominate the next Supreme Court justice, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll published on Sunday....8 in 10 Democrats and 5 in 10 Republicans said the nomination should wait....About 30% of those surveyed said that Ginsburg’s death will make them more likely to vote for Biden, while 25% said they were now more likely to support Trump.

I doubt it will be a major election issue (at least on its own), but if we're lucky it may be a case of being the "straw that broke the camel's back" for a few fence-sitters.

2) Democratic donations increased shortly after RBG's death...

From: CTV News
Democrats raised more than $71 million in the hours after Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death, demonstrating how the liberal icon's passing and the contentious nomination fight that lies ahead have already galvanized the party's base....


I think its a good thing... in the past the Republicans seem to have used the appointment of judges as a major goal during elections. Maybe the democrats are going to start catching up.

On the other hand:

In Iowa, vulnerable Republican Sen. Joni Ernst sent out fundraising pleas shortly after Ginsburg's death was announced, drawing a swift online backlash....Ernst later issued an apology.

Since Iowa seems to be a swing state this election, hopefully this will harm Ernst's chances. (Trump's campaign also used the supreme court vacancy in its fundraising attempts. But since Trump is trying to appeal only to the MAGAchuds, he's a bit more tone-deaf.

Granted, neither of these make up for the loss of Ginsberg. I think that the prospect of another Trump appointee will speed the collapse of the United States.
 
Segnosaur said:
Well, there are at least 2 bright spots in this whole pile of crap...

1) Opinion polls show that a majority of people want the president and senate to wait before selecting a new supreme court judge.

From: Axios
A majority of Americans, including many Republicans, want the winner of the November presidential election to nominate the next Supreme Court justice, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll published on Sunday....8 in 10 Democrats and 5 in 10 Republicans said the nomination should wait....About 30% of those surveyed said that Ginsburg’s death will make them more likely to vote for Biden, while 25% said they were now more likely to support Trump.
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That's almost the same level of public support for impeachment witnesses.
 
Helldude at the Lathe of Heaven:

Helldude said:
May 6, 2020one fun thing if ginsberg dies will be watching all the bluecheck resistance types going "merrick garland much my good sir" as mcconnell serenely jams through justin walker to take her seat six weeks before the election
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https://twitter.com/allahliker/status/1258014239823970304

Lol off by four days.

Helldude is one host of the ALAB podcast, which has been consistently trashing both Ginsburg and Breyer for not retiring in 2013 long before the recent news.
 
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