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Democrats Have No One But Themselves, And Her, To Blame for The Ginsburg Vacancy
Townhall.com ^ | September 20, 2020 | Derek Hunter

Posted on 09/20/2020 4:59:03 AM PDT by Kaslin

The feces are going to hit the fan harder than it has at any point throughout the Trump administration. If you thought the Kavanaugh confirmation was a fight, you ain’t seen nuthin’ yet. If you weren’t excited about voting before…

The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has given the election even more urgency than it had before. Yes, I realize that’s an understatement, but sometimes the simplest words are the best. Democrats have made no mystery of their plans should they ever obtain power again, and it’s not good for fans of individual liberty, personal responsibility, or just being left the hell alone by the government. That’s why Republicans need to move quickly and deliberately to replace her.

So much of the progressive agenda is dependent upon twisting the plain language of the Constitution into a rat’s nest of snarls and bastardizing words to the point of unrecognizability. The only thing standing between them and getting their way is the whims of John Roberts. How terrifying is that?

The passing of the Justice I affectionately called “Darth Vader Ginsburg” presents the republic with a fighting chance to move away from a nation ruled by the radical left and the politicking of Roberts, and back toward one where government power is held in check by the Constitution. 

Still in shock, Democrats are scrambling to find a way to block any nomination. They don’t have one. They changed the rules under the Obama administration so they could stack liberals on the courts and their chickens have come home to roost. I say this with all due respect: to hell with them.

They’re whining about Merrick Garland and twisting the so-called “McConnell Rule” to try to make a case, but even Stevie Wonder could see they’d ram through anyone they wanted if the situation were reversed. 

But the situation isn’t reversed. This is the bed Democrats made, make them lie in it. Make them bask in it, marinate in it, and smother them with the pillow if need be. 

When the news of Darth’s death broke, the threats of violence started. Former CNN host Reza Aslan tweeted, “If they even TRY to replace RBG we burn the entire f*cking thing down.” And that was one of the less explicit, more reasoned responses to the death of an 87-year-old riddled with cancer who should’ve retired a decade ago. If liberals are mad, they should be mad at her.

Ginsburg shouldn’t have stayed on the court for so long. I’m not a fan of mandatory retirement, but there should come a point in everyone’s life when they want to spend more of the time they have left with family and friends than working, no matter what their job is.

But Ginsburg believed her own press, and the left built a cult around her. Books were written about her, documentaries made, and even a Hollywood production with models playing her and her late husband. She basked in all of it, embracing the cult and believing the hype. Leftists portrayed her as the most important Justice ever; as more important than the Constitution itself. And she acted accordingly. 

When enough people, and news organizations, wonder aloud how the republic could survive without her, she clearly started to ask the same question. And she wasn’t willing to risk it. 

Reports of her dying wish – that she not be replaced until after the election, in the hope of a Democrat being able to do it – showed who and what she really was. Threats of violence show who leftists really are. And that one Supreme Court Justice, any of them, should hold so much sway over the direction of the country shows how far we’ve fallen from the intent of our Founding Fathers. 

Replacing RBG with that is the antithesis of her is the best hope for preserving our liberties and the very concept of limited government. That leftists like Aslan are greeting that prospect with “Over our dead bodies. Literally,” is a risk worth taking. 

While the worst thing leftists have going for them is their totalitarian instincts boiling to the top for everyone to see, the best thing they have going for them is spineless Republicans who campaign as conservatives and govern like Democrats. By moving a nomination now, it’ll force a few jelly-spines to harden. 

Ultimately, Democrats created this situation for themselves, they deserve a big dose of their own medicine. 

Democrats were already talking about getting rid of the filibuster to ram through their bills, packing the courts to ensure whatever they pass is ruled legal, and creating new states to solidify power in the Senate, why the hell shouldn’t we take them at their word? When someone tells you who they are, believe them. 

And if you believe them, there is little choice but to act preemptively to prevent their naked power grabs by quickly confirming a new Justice. You know they’d do the same.



TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Government
KEYWORDS: ginsburg; rbg; scotus; scotusvacancy
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To: Lee'sGhost
Darth Vader Ginsburg could not concede the possibility that Trump will be reelected.

And I think it is naive for us to not take her words literally. She spoke of an new president being "installed". She was part of the coup, and probably had reason/deep-state intelligence that it would continue, even after she began her fall into the fire, and President Trump is re-elected.

21 posted on 09/20/2020 5:58:04 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They are openly stating that they intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live.)
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To: workerbee

Collins stated that the senate should not vote before election. She leaves the door open about whether she would vote if the Senate did vote before the election.


22 posted on 09/20/2020 5:59:51 AM PDT by Raycpa
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To: Kaslin

“Darth Vader Ginsburg”


I like it.


23 posted on 09/20/2020 6:04:49 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Raycpa

Collins said the opposite in 2016 so she has to eat that


24 posted on 09/20/2020 6:05:50 AM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: Flavious_Maximus

And Thomas is 80+ and has hinted at retirement.


25 posted on 09/20/2020 6:10:56 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Sacajaweau

Thanks, I find her (Collins not Barrett, lol) so irritating the way she plays both sides of the fence and tries to portray her decisions as the moral high ground as a result of a tortured conscience.


26 posted on 09/20/2020 6:15:15 AM PDT by Fair Paul
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To: Kaslin

Nancy Pelosi rammed through the impeachment - Republicans are capable of doing this too, but will they?

Now, will the Republicans choke?

Or will McConnell hold off the SCOTUS vote until after the election?


27 posted on 09/20/2020 6:16:32 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Baby!)
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To: Lockbar

Ginsburg was a legend in her own mind. The height of self-importance. Zero interests outside of her wretched liberal philosophy and the position she held. All in all a thoroughly rotten person who we are finally blessed with being rid of. Thank you Lord.


28 posted on 09/20/2020 6:24:13 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneow)
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To: Fair Paul

[[[Thanks, I find her (Collins not Barrett, lol) so irritating the way she plays both sides of the fence and tries to portray her decisions as the moral high ground as a result of a tortured conscience.]]]

A useless “moderate”.


29 posted on 09/20/2020 6:38:58 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Socialism- Institutionalized Deprivation)
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To: Bonemaker

Get Ready for mass suicides of liberal women on or before November 4 . The president better order body bags ASAP. After listening to that historical woman hearing of RBG death.


30 posted on 09/20/2020 6:43:29 AM PDT by magua (It's not racism, it's just that thisBecause itÂ’s being reported that a lot of this started in 2015.)
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To: Kaslin

“Democrats were already talking about getting rid of the filibuster to ram through their bills, packing the courts to ensure whatever they pass is ruled legal, and creating new states to solidify power in the Senate, ...”

This is why the way forward is nominate Barrett.
No hearings, the Senate already approved her.
Vote her out of judiciary committee
Floor Vote.

This is how Schumer would handle it if the situation was reversed.

But no......pubbies as a group have neither the balls nor brains for this. Even if McConnell goes this way, count on 4 or 5 RINO losers to vote no.

The stupid party lives on.


31 posted on 09/20/2020 6:57:16 AM PDT by wny
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To: ealgeone

“And Thomas is 80+ and has hinted at retirement.”

He has certainly earned it.


32 posted on 09/20/2020 6:59:25 AM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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To: Kaslin

See what the writer did there with the pillow reference.


33 posted on 09/20/2020 7:14:07 AM PDT by School of Rational Thought
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To: Lee'sGhost; LS

I like the phrase above’ “RGB believed she was more important than the Constitution itself.”

Very telling. One person, one dictator on the court could rule the world. And she did.


34 posted on 09/20/2020 7:31:37 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE ( I can only donate monthly, but the radical ABCNNBCBS does it every hour on their news.)
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To: workerbee

Scalia’s death come to mind?


35 posted on 09/20/2020 7:34:15 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE ( I can only donate monthly, but the radical ABCNNBCBS does it every hour on their news.)
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To: Kaslin
Following is the Dem plan that was foiled when Hillary did not win in 2016:

Fill Scalia seat with Garland.

Then after Hillary has held office for a year or so RBG was to retire, her seat then would be given to Loretta Lynch.

During the tarmac meeting (Lynch/Bill Clinton) LL was asked to stop Hillary investigations, her reward for doing so was to be a SC appointment.

Not Scalia's seat, wait about a year (RBG to retire) or so the quid pro quo was not so obvious.

36 posted on 09/20/2020 7:40:21 AM PDT by TruthWillWin
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To: Fair Paul
We need 50. We can lose 3...Murkowski, Collins, and probably Romney.

Tie-breaker goes to VP Pence.

37 posted on 09/20/2020 7:43:54 AM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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To: Tommy Revolts

Thanks for that.


38 posted on 09/20/2020 7:46:29 AM PDT by Fair Paul
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To: Kaslin

From a mere health standpoint, she should have retired no later than the Obama admin.


39 posted on 09/20/2020 7:50:46 AM PDT by Moonlighter
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To: Sacajaweau
At this point, Collins is saying the people didn't elect President Trump and therefore the next President should have the pick.

Yes, Trump sneakily used the archaic Electoral College rules to steal Hillary Clinton’s rightfully earned, popular vote-verified Presidency.

That villain! :)

40 posted on 09/20/2020 7:52:32 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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