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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: Kaslin

RBG made it about herself. She could have resigned 6 months ago and removed herself as being the center of attention, she knew how sick she was.


41 posted on 09/20/2020 7:54:55 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Leave me alone, I have no incriminating evidence on the Clintons)
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To: Kaslin

Bkmk


42 posted on 09/20/2020 7:56:10 AM PDT by smvoice (I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON.)
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To: sheehan
This wretched Jewish Bolshevik woman simply didn’t want a black Muslim man to appoint her successor.

That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

43 posted on 09/20/2020 8:00:16 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (“There’s somebody new and he sure ain’t no rodeo man.”)
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To: smvoice

From what I’ve read about pancreatic cancer there was no way she was functional. Didn’t Roberts have an obligation,as the head of the court, to Somehow have her forced into retirement or removed?


44 posted on 09/20/2020 8:02:13 AM PDT by V V Camp Enari 67-68 (Viet Vet)
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To: Sacajaweau

When they repeat the nastiness of the Kavanaugh hearings, it will further expose them for the pure evil that they are and will get more votes for Trump and the Republicans. They will once again, overplay their hand. Lindsay Graham stated during the Kavanaugh hearings that he would not let such a spectacle happen under his watch. It’s time for him to finally do what he says he will do.


45 posted on 09/20/2020 8:11:38 AM PDT by dandiegirl (BOBBY m)
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To: Tommy Revolts

People in those states need to bombard their offices and tell them their political careers are over if they don’t help us get a nominee on the court.


46 posted on 09/20/2020 8:14:08 AM PDT by dandiegirl (BOBBY m)
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; azishot; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; ..

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47 posted on 09/20/2020 9:02:14 AM PDT by bitt (Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
She held out for Trump. Now the best She can hope for is a possibility of a total meh Joe Biden doing it.

But now she is dead and will never know the answer to who replaced her. She could have done an Anthony Kennedy help usher in your replacement, but NOOOOO she had to hang on till death, what a disgrace.

48 posted on 09/20/2020 9:10:06 AM PDT by thirst4truth (America, What difference does it make?)
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To: Kaslin

Hey Derek Hunter...PSYCHOPATHS NEVER take blame. Just ask them.


49 posted on 09/20/2020 9:20:06 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: AbolishCSEU
She was a Supreme court justice who hated the Constitution of the United States. One of the few good things she did was not retire when she would have been replaced with another communist. Her stupidity will enable a true Conservative woman who can start to undo her monstrous mistakes. Maybe at some point we will end infanticide in this country!!!
50 posted on 09/20/2020 9:28:51 AM PDT by ontap
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To: Kaslin

RBG had been circling the drain for YEARS.

Not even her bobble head could stay awake.

51 posted on 09/20/2020 9:45:16 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: workerbee
I especially like that last suggestion. But alas, I don't think this crop of GOP appeasement geezers is up to the task.

One of Trump's tasks for the next four years should be to replace RINO's in the House and Senate...

52 posted on 09/20/2020 10:54:40 AM PDT by GOPJ ( RBG would NOT pull the 'elite card' & ask to be above the law on her death bed.)
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To: Tommy Revolts

3 if they vote no. If instead they abstain, like Lease a Murkowski did for Kavanaugh, you could lose as many as 6 and have a tie without picking up any Dems.


53 posted on 09/20/2020 11:08:04 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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