Posted on 10/01/2020 4:47:06 AM PDT by MtnClimber
President Trump's new Supreme Court nomination has some Republicans fearfully remembering past (and current) justices who have changed their spots.
The liberals' worst nightmare has come to pass: Ruth Bader Ginsburg died during the Trump administration. Many supporters had urged her to retire during Obama's tenure so he could appoint her leftist successor. But with arrogant defiance, Ginsburg stayed on the bench, certain, no doubt, that President Hillary Clinton would name her successor.
Reality's one tough customer.
Now President Trump has nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. We'll let all the others recount her unimpeachable credentials. Suffice to say, Mrs. Barrett is at least as qualified for the bench as was Mrs. Ginsburg. Ginsburg was confirmed 96-3 in just 50 days. Historically, it doesn't take long to confirm Supreme Court justices, so let's dispense with that straw man. There's plenty of time before Election Day.
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Unfortunately, this softening seems to happen pretty often with conservative Republicans, whether it be judges or politicians. They wander from their conservative ideals, the ones that got them appointed or elected in the first place.
For politicians, the examples are endless. The much ballyhooed "Maverick of the Senate," John McCain, was celebrated by the liberal mainstream media because he frequently sided with the Democrats. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are two examples of "Never Trump" Republicans whom liberals love so much. So admirable and principled, no? The liberal media love to highlight NeverTrump Republicans as some sort of "proof" that President Trump is unworthy. When Romney ran for president, the liberal media portrayed him as the most misogynistic spoiled rich kid imaginable, complete with his infamous binders of women, his pretentious new house with its car elevator, and a foreign policy stuck in the 1980s.
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Trump is the fly in the crowd I described above’s ointment. And, as seen lately, these posers will let cities burn, if it brings them a majority. I am quite certain we've been building toward a reckoning for so long that now only a sustained period of financial and physical insecurity will bring about constructive change. Hope I'm wrong; “But I don't think so.”
Like Carlin said, “It’s a Big Club, and you ain’t in it.”
The lib parties have all the drugs, sex, and “little boys” though. No way a conservative can win the “better party game” in DC.
You mean having a Bible study doesn’t cut it?
They move left because of Original Sin? As descendents of Adam and Eve, we all have the capacity for evil?
Yep, George nailed it again...
GW Bush, bought that ranch in Crawford (just down the road from me by the way) Just months before being elected, and promptly stopped going after leaving office.
It was nothing but a “prop”
Just like all the old time politicians who would put on a cowboy hat and ride a horse for the first time in their old election commercials.
It’s a gimmick to fool the conservative masses along with a grand entrance into the nearest church.
The only reason they hate trump (besides him needling them constantly on tweeter), is because he has the UTTER GAUL to actually DO what he said he would if elected.
That’s it.
I have never believed that Trump is “personally” that conservative. He could just as easily run as a Democrat in my opinion. He just actually does what he says he will, that’s it, it’s that simple.
Pray for our country.
I have drifted leftward over the years. I used to want the death penalty for all druggies, from MJ puffers to kingpins. Now I only want to kill all the dealers and kingpins.
They are not Republicans they are bribe fish.
Every day and night...
>> Please no more traitors like Roberts.
Just cruising some of the older posts, and noticed yours.
Needless to say, our polite requests are no longer recognized.
I think some are corrupted by the lure of power. Some are afraid because they see what those on the left are willing to do to those who oppose them.
The lure unacceptable. The fear factor understandable.
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