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Eliot Rosewater

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53. I wont bring it up again, but I mainly wanted to make the larger point that we didnt need
Fri Mar 9, 2018, 02:46 PM
Mar 2018

to worry about this in the first place but for certain people.

FFS!!!!!! The US will be over with any hint of a democracy or civil rights. n/t RKP5637 Mar 2018 #1
NOTHING that happens in November changes this either. Impeachment, etc. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #2
If I were in my youth, I would be leaving this place. I think the future for the US is RKP5637 Mar 2018 #4
I regularly have that discussion with my 20 year old daughter exboyfil Mar 2018 #14
Yep, it's very smart to consider all of the options in other countries. It's hard to tell where the RKP5637 Mar 2018 #25
Other countries have their resurgent right wings also. Hortensis Mar 2018 #77
Living in Florida you have a point. But is it better educational systems? Oppaloopa Mar 2018 #98
:) No. Chicken and egg. Better educational systems Hortensis Mar 2018 #102
Interesting - I recommend choosing a nation with a cooler climate like Canada. RKP5637 Mar 2018 #100
Take a look at the southern and southwestern states. Hortensis Mar 2018 #108
It's a very interesting observation! Thanks! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2018 #109
In colder climates the people have to work together to survive. When it is warmer individualism LiberalArkie Mar 2018 #155
I was just reading that there are a lot of opportunities for RNs in Mexico. Queen of the Iceni Mar 2018 #118
Spanish is one of the easiest languages for an English speaker to learn... pangaia Mar 2018 #132
What this could mean makes me feel sick. Hortensis Mar 2018 #3
I agree with this genxlib Mar 2018 #20
I think that last might just be. There are true believers Hortensis Mar 2018 #65
The religious right is showing now that it is more right than religious. Sophia4 Mar 2018 #94
I can't disagree with you on that for sure genxlib Mar 2018 #96
Abortion is a health issue. Sophia4 Mar 2018 #35
I put it "out there" for discussion. You are presenting Hortensis Mar 2018 #72
Another pregnancy carried to term would have been a death sentence for me. Sophia4 Mar 2018 #93
As I said. Your position is entirely stated in 5 words. Hortensis Mar 2018 #97
I repeat. Abortion prohibitions are death sentences for a certain number of women. Sophia4 Mar 2018 #99
They're already attacking birth control. Mariana Mar 2018 #146
It's by and large not about babies and the unborn. Ligyron Mar 2018 #101
I would venture to say it could be about many things even to same person nolabels Mar 2018 #152
Well yes. Because anything was better than President Hillary Clinton. Wwcd Mar 2018 #5
Yep, but her emails! And insert various JPR Wharrgarbl here stevenleser Mar 2018 #126
Yep. Matt_R Mar 2018 #159
It means the absolute end of the great American experiment. sinkingfeeling Mar 2018 #6
Good grief. Some virtual worms to go eat, maybe? Hortensis Mar 2018 #79
I have never missed a national election in the last 50 years. I do not sinkingfeeling Mar 2018 #124
As opposed to the ugly sentiments that it's all hopeless? mythology Mar 2018 #142
I can express as many sentiments that the USA as a democracy is sinkingfeeling Mar 2018 #145
It's hard not to feel like this would be the nail in the coffin. CrispyQ Mar 2018 #7
Kennedy hired four clerks for the Fall term. Dawson Leery Mar 2018 #8
Hope so. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #11
When Barack Obama was the candidate, Democrats came out and voted for him. Sophia4 Mar 2018 #59
Righteous rant! LiberalLovinLug Mar 2018 #85
Thanks. We cannot win if we are divided. Sophia4 Mar 2018 #91
It will in all likelyhood be too late next time which is the entire point...these folks can fuck off Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #110
I hope those who refused to be 'united' and vote for the only one who could stop Trump...take the Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #107
Thanks for that! lagomorph777 Mar 2018 #12
He always was more conservative than liberal exboyfil Mar 2018 #22
I think its the opposite. mr_liberal Mar 2018 #30
Going forward whoever controls exboyfil Mar 2018 #36
I doubt the democrats could hold out more than a year. mr_liberal Mar 2018 #47
I don't think anyone should count on Trump to Hortensis Mar 2018 #80
Isn't he the "swing" vote who's leaned more right anyway? brush Mar 2018 #23
No, he's liberal on social issues. He's the 5th vote that upholds Roe v Wade, for gay rights... nm mr_liberal Mar 2018 #32
He's not called the "swing" vote for nothing. He's been swinging more right than left lately. brush Mar 2018 #106
with him gone...Womens rights, gay rights and a host of other important issues are Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #111
I don't want him gone because of who will replace him but I wish he swing left more... brush Mar 2018 #115
Oh for sure... I agree. But right now, he is all we have to stop the GOP train. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #143
Most of the legal blogs believe that Justice Kennedy is not retiring in July Gothmog Mar 2018 #81
+1 Dawson Leery Mar 2018 #84
Do the leftists purists get it now? nycbos Mar 2018 #9
I hope center-right purists will be able to start seeing beyond resentment and start lagomorph777 Mar 2018 #16
what are you talking about? getagrip_already Mar 2018 #46
I am a very progressive person. nycbos Mar 2018 #76
Two types of capital-P Progressives, neither purists. Hortensis Mar 2018 #86
There is no such thing as a center right purist...the pure movement is on the left. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #112
Oh there most certainly is melman Mar 2018 #134
No there isn't...and the pure movement has cost us big policy going back to 2000 ...94 Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #140
you're right.... tomp Mar 2018 #138
I am progressive. I would love to run 'pure' in all states. But I challenge you to examine all Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #141
more rationalization for centrism. tomp Mar 2018 #144
Trump is an extinction level event...existential threat to the USA as we know it. -nt poboy2 Mar 2018 #10
The next Democratic president should expand the Supreme Court dalton99a Mar 2018 #13
FDR tried that in 1937. It didn't end well. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #26
That is never going to happen...not ever. We will be stuck with a right wing court for years. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #113
The right is throwing this out to energize the base for the midterm MattP Mar 2018 #15
This rumor has been out there for months and months. beaglelover Mar 2018 #17
Let's hope that is all it is. Let's also make sure we DONT make the SAME mistakes that Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #18
Agree. GOTV this November and November 2020. beaglelover Mar 2018 #19
Thanks, yes. GOTV and stop with the fucking NOSE holding when a democratic politician Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #21
GOTV mean little if votes are not counted honestly. tomp Mar 2018 #139
the rumor will always be there until it actually happens pstokely Mar 2018 #56
Yep, America will turn Corgigal Mar 2018 #24
STOP! Ginsburg, Kennedy hire law clerks for future Supreme Court terms. elleng Mar 2018 #27
Heller is likely gone. Dawson Leery Mar 2018 #29
The only way it would work though is if it actually happens. nm mr_liberal Mar 2018 #34
Exactly! Chill its just Heller throwing a Hail Mary. Pepsidog Mar 2018 #83
Agreed. Heller is "Most Endangered Senator" (R) 2018; he's desperate stuffmatters Mar 2018 #130
While your assessment may be correct, the fact is that none of them are particularly young, and still_one Mar 2018 #38
+1 demmiblue Mar 2018 #127
Repug senator tries to fire up the base by saying louis-t Mar 2018 #28
That's right Eiot, and why I will NEVER forgive those self-identified progressives who refused to still_one Mar 2018 #31
Hell, I will go one step further, I want an apology from the ones who DID vote for her Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #33
Let's not let this rumor create opportunities for people to revisit the 2016 election... Chakaconcarne Mar 2018 #37
Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it. MoonRiver Mar 2018 #40
Shh, dont discuss how certain folks put us here in the first place, shhhh Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #43
Sorry...it's simply not productive.. Chakaconcarne Mar 2018 #69
No, far too many don't. nt stevenleser Mar 2018 #125
In my case I identify those who have an agenda here and I refuse to respond to them. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #70
Yes, I know what you mean. MoonRiver Mar 2018 #71
Wasn't he also supposed to retire last summer? NewJeffCT Mar 2018 #39
Since this is the last year of Trump's presidency IronLionZion Mar 2018 #41
Can they find someone worse than gorsuch? mountain grammy Mar 2018 #42
The Republicans stoled the election and 2 Supreme Court justices njhoneybadger Mar 2018 #44
And to all those purists that said they wouldnt vote for Hillary Thekaspervote Mar 2018 #45
and the ones who finally did vote for her after telling anyone who would listen how corrupt she was Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #48
If true, that's the end of the country as we know it. Honeycombe8 Mar 2018 #49
I'd bet everything I have that you are wrong. SomethingNew Mar 2018 #103
LOL. That's funny. nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2018 #122
How so? SomethingNew Mar 2018 #123
Perhaps... the "rumor" is being floated out there to bolster rethugs' resolve. Texin Mar 2018 #50
I wont bring it up again, but I mainly wanted to make the larger point that we didnt need Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #53
We need a new system. smirkymonkey Mar 2018 #51
Um, no. n/t MichMary Mar 2018 #64
Why not? smirkymonkey Mar 2018 #66
As a "for instance," MichMary Mar 2018 #73
Ok, I guess that makes sense. smirkymonkey Mar 2018 #89
That's why elections matter MichMary Mar 2018 #90
Tried to tell folks what was at stake... Blue_Tires Mar 2018 #52
The Democrats should immediately state ... aggiesal Mar 2018 #54
That won't work. mr_liberal Mar 2018 #74
Don't rain on my parade. n/t aggiesal Mar 2018 #82
There is some hope.... mr_liberal Mar 2018 #87
filibuster would be gone either way InformedElitist Mar 2018 #149
Yes, it would have worked mr_liberal Mar 2018 #153
NO!!!!! lark Mar 2018 #55
We should pull a McConnell and let the next president pick the SCOTUS justice. Initech Mar 2018 #57
So anyone who says ONE WORD about purity, who could interfere with taking over the House or Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #58
Call it what it is. cab67 Mar 2018 #67
Better still would be if the SCOTUS hadn't installed Bush. LisaM Mar 2018 #60
You don't think Mitch had anything to do with ornotna Mar 2018 #61
I am not refighting the primary, you seem to be doing that though Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #63
never mind ornotna Mar 2018 #151
JESUS.... rtracey Mar 2018 #62
We are FUCKED if Kennedy retires while Trump is president. SunSeeker Mar 2018 #68
I do not think he is going to retire this year. Who knows about next. Exotica Mar 2018 #137
Yep. nt SunSeeker Mar 2018 #150
OK, breathe. ananda Mar 2018 #75
YES Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #78
So many people on DU are still smoking what the russian trolls were/are selling. n/t woundedkarma Mar 2018 #88
Oh brother... calimary Mar 2018 #92
I will vote for Beto for U.S. Senate this fall, and the entire Democratic ticket as usual DFW Mar 2018 #95
But... Mike Nelson Mar 2018 #104
Yeah...of course they elected someone that gave millions of taxpayer money essentially to Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #114
We tried to warn them. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #105
I think the next President should be allowed to appoint a SC Justice world wide wally Mar 2018 #116
What a drag. nt bondwooley Mar 2018 #117
Unfortunate/disturbing. trump will get at least this one, and one or two other nominations. Hoyt Mar 2018 #119
Exactly, how and why all of a sudden did Hillary not get close to her polling? Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #121
Agree. For some reason I was not aware we disagree on guns, but I am easily Hoyt Mar 2018 #131
Want to be Republicans replace him in six weeks flat. They don't care that they applegrove Mar 2018 #120
lets preparet to hear this song from trumps xtian soliders.. DonCoquixote Mar 2018 #128
2018 becomes even more critical, especially in the Senate where the majority party in the Senate can still_one Mar 2018 #129
Garbage thread melman Mar 2018 #133
Why would any thinking person give a grain of credence to anything Heller says? EffieBlack Mar 2018 #135
Sam Seder on MSNBC DeminPennswoods Mar 2018 #136
The would not be good timing. If there's anything that gets the GOP base out, it's Nitram Mar 2018 #147
I wish we could convince him to stay until January AllyCat Mar 2018 #148
A rumor by a GOP Senator is merely wishful thinking DesertRat Mar 2018 #154
You are correct DesertRat 40RatRod Mar 2018 #157
Stolen Supreme Court Seat #2 bucolic_frolic Mar 2018 #156
God forbid diane in sf Mar 2018 #158
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