Republican Long Term Strategy
The way it went and goes:
Reagan gets elected and simultaneously demonizes and de-funds government. He uses his 8 years to plaster the federal bench with like-minded corporate welfare judges. The judges, using the precedent of the Air Traffic Control Strike begin to remove the labor unions from our political system. Labor Unions find it more difficult to resource their efforts and and organized labor activity drops greatly over the next 20 years. These judges play a great role in keeping alive the impeachment efforts against Bill Clinton and consequently, with the aid of the Republican Supreme Court we get the Shrub for 8 years. The Shrub continues to destroy good governance, "heck of a job Brownie," so that in 2008, after the economic meltdown, when a Democrat is elected Tea Party Thugs are able to build a forest fire against government, and not the Wall Street Banksters. The Republicans, seeing their ground gain electoral efforts being destroyed by Obama's election team get Citizens United passed so that corporate money can overtake shoe leather election efforts. The Tea Baggers and their corporate paymasters can't steal the Presidency, but manage to help state republicans gerrymander their districts so that the Tea Thugs hold onto the House of Representatives, despite losing the popular vote. It seems with this hold onto the House they can force the government into default and then blame the government. Their answer will be to privatize all activities the government has "failed" to do after the self-inflicted wound of the Debt Ceiling default.
Their strategy is diabolical, but can be defeated. An all out effort, Presidential election year effort, to rid the country of the tea party thugs who control the House. In addition, President Obama must make a priority getting his judges through the Senate. These two things will go a long way to derail Republican long-term plans. Just my thoughts.
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Just downloaded The Oath to my Kindle Paper White...a new toy I absolutely love!
Finished The Oath last night...Thank you so much for the rec!
Funny, I think the egomaniacal Kennedy comes off much worse in this book. Scalia is a buffoon, always has been...Kennedy enjoys wielding his power way too much. Thomas has done the most damage to the nation with his rabid originalism...according to Toobin, it was Thomas who introduced the language which framed the second amendment as an individual's right to bear arms into the court record.
Certain things have been made very clear to me lately... It has been the failure of Democrats to fight back that is responsible for the mess we're in. I almost fell out of my chair when I read that Biden made the decision to not call the witnesses who would have backed up Anita Hill's testimony. If he enters the primary for the Dem nomination, he will not get my vote.
I am thoroughly disgusted with the lack of judicial appointments...he is not carrying out his constitutional responsibilities.
Yes, the e-books are bit cheaper, but not as cheap as they used to be. I just can't get over the ease and speed with which I can now get through a book. It is going to take a lot of self discipline in order to plow through the stacks of hard copy books I already own... 
Again, thanks for a great rec.
