Posted on 09/19/2020 10:20:24 PM PDT by ReelectTrump2020
Ginsburg’s best contribution to civilization is dying soon enough for Trump to replace her.
Good one! So true.
Brett Tolman was on Fox this am. His pick is ACB. Good enough for me.
Wait! You mean you don’t think Elena Kagan is smokin’ hot?
I would nominate a dog before I ever put another Ivy League law school graduate on the Supreme Court.
All very good points. Let the libs try and rip apart such a nominee at their own political peril.
Yep. I can see it now. “37 years ago Judge ...........was seen jaywalking, and a Yugo, driven by a BLM/ANTIFA charter member, had to swerve, three inches to the right, to avoid her. Judge..........should have gotten the death penalty, for that horrible, heinous crime.” I can see the rat 🐀 bastards now, saying something exactly like that. 👎
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Why did so many dems approve Lagoa?
I guess Janice Rodgers Brown is no longer in contention.....too old, perhaps?
Aww... No it isn't! :)
I gather none of these women is an “African-American.”
Whatever. I’m leery of female judges and gender-based selection too. Not to mention prominent Catholics (like Biden, Pelosi, Francis I; them and all the CINOs who vote Democrat).
There are a number of very distinguished candidates on that list. The person who clerked for Judge Kavanaugh would be an interesting pick.
“...are there b/c of the right to kill babies.
Blows my mind.“
What blows my mind is the fact that women, of all people, who evolved with a fierce instinct to protect and nurture babies - would support a women’s rights movement that regards a woman’s right to kill her own offspring as its flagship cause!
I have a hard time believing that ANY woman who is not a sociopath or seriously brainwashed could actually support abortion on demand deep in her heart.
Maybe there are many women who support the deliberately abstract notion of being “pro-choice”, without really thinking about what it is they are actually supporting. If it was called infanticide or euthanasia would they support it?
Maybe there are many who find themselves swept up in a political movement where it is best to keep one’s true feelings private. Much like the blacks who get called “uncle toms” if they disagree with the politically correct narrative.
I bet the support among women for abortion is far, far, far less than that claimed in opinion polls and surveys.
Maybe it is time to make this whole election about abortion. Pick an outspokenly pro-life SC nominee and let the games begin.
Even if doing that makes the confirmation less certain, it might be worth it for the American people to get to see how desperate Democrat politicians are to keep their precious right to kill babies.
Then we would see how women voters really feel - I bet there are tens of millions of women out there who dutifully call themselves “pro-choice” because it sounds good, but when push comes to shove, they would never choose abortion for themselves, or their daughters - and if they had an abortion in their past, they are haunted by it.
President Trump would win it by a landslide.
But I’m a man... what do I know.
I dunno - I’m female and have a conservative best friend of 40+ years who claimed in a hushed voice years ago that she knows conservative women who would hesitate to support pro-life candidates just in case their daughters, uh, got in a situation.
It sounds totally crazy, but that was their concern.
In other words, rich moms need an out if their wayward daughters get knocked up. Sickening, I know.
“In other words, rich moms need an out if their wayward daughters get knocked up. Sickening, I know.“
I actually sympathize with moms in such a plight, believe it or not.
I know people who have had abortions and I don’t shun them as murderers.
I am not here to judge people - that is above my pay grade.
All I ask is that the “conversation” about abortion become more honest. A LOT more honest.
Calling their position “pro choice” is a deception.
Saying the fetus is not a human being before x weeks is a deception.
Even calling it “abortion” is a way of dehumanizing the fetus.
Calling it “biological tissue”, etc.. is a deception.
Steering a young mother away from alternatives such as adoption, or keeping the child, with the false argument that those alternatives would be forms of suppression of a woman’s equal status - is a lie.
If women are going to make that choice - it should at least be an honest and educated choice.
For example, the subject of euthanasia, or “mercy killing” always comes up in the context of the very sick and/or elderly, especially when there is suffering. Opinions vary... not everyone will agree with me - and that doesn’t bother me because at least it is debated honestly.
Nobody is making up pleasant sounding names for it. It is a death..and if it is deliberate it is taking an innocent life. Nobody is denying that - which is a very effective deterrent.
I would just like the same to be true of abortion.
Young mothers considering an abortion should be shown an ultrasound, and be fully aware of the life-and-death decision they are making. That decision should not be sugarcoated, dehumanized or politicized.
I mean, seriously... calling themselves Planned Parenthood? The whole thing is a big deception.
When we talk to children about pet euthanasia, we often say “put to sleep”, and that’s OK. They are children being told a “white lie” regarding a beloved pet.
But a young mother considering an abortion is not a child, and the life being taken is not a pet.
God bless you! :)
And you too......;)
Anyone remember the churn when he was picking a VP? He had the press and everyone else looking one way while he reached out and made the awesome choice of Pence. Yes, this is something of a different process because there is a lot more riding on it, but don’t discount Trump the showman here playing 3D chess in a game he has been thinking about since he was nominated. Nothing he says matters until the actual nomination happens.
Why? I would mention that both Scalia (Harvard) and Thomas (Yale) went to Ivy law schools. I understand your concern about say, another Souter. But an outright bar on Ivy grads seems overly broad.
My guess is they didn’t want to come out against an accomplished Latina. We should remember that a lot of the Dems “ideas” is nothing more than identity politics. Yes, they opposed people like Janice Rodgers Brown in the past but only when the nominee had a much longer record they could target. Lagoa is young so there was less to attack.
LEt’s be honest, at the end of the day, she wouldn’t have made Trump’s list, after serving any period of time on a Circuit court, if she weren’t a textualist or an originalist.
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