Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Obama couldn’t appoint an acceptable replacement for me (Flashback of veiled, arrogant narcissism)

Compost ^ | September 24, 2014 | Sean Sullivan

[one guy in new jersey]

From the perspective of her political compatriots, RBG will be likely be seen as allowing the allegedly perfect (RBG being replaced with an RBG clone) to become the enemy of the good enough (RBG being replaced by someone who shares RBG’s radical political ideology but who doesn’t check all her specific “identity” boxes—female, “cis”-gendered, non-SSA/hetero, married bio-mother, Jewish, Ivy Leaguer, ACLU alumna, former law school professor, etc.).

RBG had to know that if she failed to resign during the Obama administration, she ran a great risk of dying during the administration of a president affiliated with the “wrong” political party. She must have faced absolutely enormous pressure to resign in 2015.

Was it that RBG wanted a female president to be the one to replace her, and not just any woman, but a woman who, shall we say, looked like her?

Was RBG left flat at the prospect of being replaced by a male president, and not just any man, but a man who shared a genetic characteristic with a group of people in this country whom she and some unspecified others “wanted fewer of” (her words)?

RBG’s political compatriots resented the fact that she was running such a huge risk by refusing to “do the right thing” when the doin’ was as good as it was. With that risk having now become a dreaded reality, as most predicted it would, those same people must be absolutely furious.

Nobody disses the movement like this and gets away with it. After being grudgingly eulogized, RBG will promptly be “non-personned, erased from the history books, and coldly flung down Orwell’s memory hole. Not having a convenient scapegoat available, they will vent their rage by threatening with a similar fate anyone tempted to anything even remotely similar in the future.

Nice knowin’ ya, Ruthie!

[one guy in new jersey]

Way too on the nose at this point. Patience....

[thecodont]

RBG’s political compatriots resented the fact that she was running such a huge risk by refusing to “do the right thing” when the doin’ was as good as it was. With that risk having now become a dreaded reality, as most predicted it would, those same people must be absolutely furious.

Nobody disses the movement like this and gets away with it. After being grudgingly eulogized, RBG will promptly be “non-personned, erased from the history books, and coldly flung down Orwell’s memory hole. Not having a convenient scapegoat available, they will vent their rage by threatening with a similar fate anyone tempted to anything even remotely similar in the future.

Someone should post that before and after Stalin photo with the guy erased from it and substitute RBG for the guy.

[outofsalt]

“Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the first Jewish woman (and only the second woman) appointed to the United States Supreme Court.”
I think she resented this,
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=barak+obama+quote+on+his+muslim+faith&docid=607993294312247198&mid=94EAD53E8AD21A9A6A2994EAD53E8AD21A9A6A29&view=detail&FORM=VIRE

[V_TWIN]

My point is the best person for the job not some affirmative action pick. Why should a race or gender play a part.

I spent 30 years watching that in the DoD...it was sickening...not to mention it cripples the quality of the workforce.

[al baby]

i just spit real coke out my nose and it burns big time

[thecodont]

Ginsberg's views on what she would have liked to see in the court replace her, carry the same weight as those of a house seller advising a buyer on how to decorate the living room after the sale.

Or anyone leaving a job, telling the boss who he should hire next.

[Persevero]

Agreed I don’t like having “black seats” and “female seats” etc.

[EEGator]

I’m glad to be of service.

[DoodleBob]

That...was magnificent.

I slightly disagree on the triggering event for RBG becoming the liberal equivalent of Dubya, i.e. he was liked by conservatives until we saw how he ultimately wasn't good except for keeping Gore and Lurch from the WH. For all of RBG's liberal qualities etc, her SCOTUS jurisprudence hasn't left a mark. Her legal philosophy is best described as anti-American..well, whoop de do..all she did was join the club of every other left-leaning statist. She didn't really become a "go to" justice who influenced others, like Scalia or Thomas. She didn't really leave a wake of people who aspire to adjudicate like her. She's no different from any other loser of her ilk. Indeed, looking at her Martin-Quinn score, she's just another lib:

Thus, the time when she will become a chew toy is when her replacement, say, Justice Barrett, writes the 5-4 opinion in some landmark case (e.g. overturning Roe or Kelo). At that moment, mark my words, the monuments they erected for RBG will come down faster than a house of cards.

[tbw2]

If she wanted to guarantee a Democrat replacing her, she should have resigned under Obama.

She was approaching 80 then, and a repeat cancer survivor. But she selfishly decided to try to stay in place ...

[Georgia Girl 2]

Don't worry Ruthie, Trump will. 😂

[allwrong57]

I may have to go to confession for saying it, but RBG is one person I’m glad is finally dead. Hopefully Soros follows soon and gives us a two for.

[fatima]

I think she didn’t like Obama and was waiting for Hillary to be President.Hillary would have been worthy to pick a replacement.That didn’t happen so she figured she would wait out Trumps term and he would be voted out.Giant fail on Obama’s part.

[V_TWIN]

I wish death on no one...that she’s not a SCOTUS judge however is a different story

[joma89]

Live by the sword, die by the sword.

JoMa

[b4me]

just wow! she thought the seat on the court was all about her and the replacement should be to her liking?

with a mind like that she doesn’t belong anywhere near the supreme court, as she was unfortunately for way too long.

[b4me]

no she isn’t.

[definitelynotaliberal]

Wow!

[TianaHighrider]

Shouldn't Roberts be in the Liberal column?