Inky_Wretch
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We might. Went to RGB's grave first.
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1) These Christian pro-life hardliners do not give a shirt. If a woman dies getting an abortion, it's God's will. They are similarly unmotivated to do anything serious about school shootings, for example, if it means everyone can't get a gun.
I'd say the time was 40 motherforking years ago.
Maybe THIS will light a fire under their asses. Maybe.
2) Roe v. Wade getting overturned isn't the end for these folks. Like, they're not going to stop until abortion is banned in every state, or (more likely) until they all die out. I actually think the latter is more likely, since association with a Christian religion in the U.S. has shifted from highs of 95+ percent in the 1950s to 69 percent in 2021, per Gallup. Although, unfortunately, that's going to take decades to centuries to play out, a la Texas turning blue.
The issue is that their side did "vote harder." They voted enough to give them 12 years of Republican presidents out of 22 this century, and 24 of the last 42. When they had power, they slammed as many judges in as they could. Meanwhile, I'd argue Obama whiffed on two by not coaxing RBG to retire (she's partly responsible for this too btw) and letting Mitch off the hook in 2016. Their side also understood the importance of midterm elections whereas the left didn't show up for the regular season but got on the bandwagon for the playoffs.
There is a lot to dislike about the decision - the lying during confirmation procedings (I'm sure Sue Collins has the vapors), the nominations/installations of judges by Presidents elected by minority of Americans, the blocking of the Garland nomination, the rush of the Barrett nomination, that three of the justices were nominated by an proven corrupt and lawless President who most people didn't vote for. Nina Totenberg said on NPR that the Court has "expended all of its political capital" with the decision. And I don't dismiss the idea that most people will just see the Court now as another wing of the GOP.
Maybe I was hoping they would split the difference and return it to the states with the rape/incest and health of the mother exception, but I'm always an optimist. I don't know what the path forward is, other than the annual "Roe" commemorations across the country for both sides of the issue will now enjoy better weather than late January. Clearly, the elder leaders of the Dems need to step aside and make way for a new generation who will be able to see the fight through to the end.
I have to ask -- when did Obama have the chance to get RBG to retire when she did not want to?I know this makes me a typical Democrat in pointing blame inward, but I really do think today's decision mortally wounds any goodwill the Barack Obama Administration may have deserved.
From not getting RBG off the court when he had the chance, to not doing everything possible to getting Merrick Garland seated, and especially for not building up a party that could nominate someone -- anyone -- his own age or younger, while also developing the grassroots that helped put him in power to begin with, his legacy to me is that of someone who ultimately failed in his role.
This is the most bizarre takeaway I've seen yet today.