Friday, July 01, 2005
Sandra Day O'Connor to retire and we don't care.At least not now. It's time for those 'moderates' who voted Bush/Republican, especially women, to wake up and see what's heading their way. It's going to be a very conservative Supreme Court which will take away rights of privacy and boost the power of businesses and the state. The individual will lose out. That's what they voted for, even if they didn't realize it at the time. So they will have to learn through experience, unpleasant though that may be. Here at uggabugga, we're not particularly interested in guessing who Bush will nominate. It's going to be a staunch conservative, as bad as Scalia or Thomas. And then the previous 5-4 moderate-conservative court will turn into a 5-4 conservative court, poised to chip away at the New Deal and a lot of twentieth century legislation. That's what's going to happen, and no amount of blogging or political activity will change it.
posted by Quiddity at 7/01/2005 08:12:00 AM
7 comments
That sounds disturbingly like Ralph Nader. The "teach them a lesson" line may be fine for you, but what about all the people who will be unemployed, unfairly jailed, forced to bear children against their will, or otherwise have their lives ruined?
Q,
The chipping away at the New Deal has already begun with the so-called "state sovereignty" decisions (aka "federalism" decisions).
The Beltway's very idea of a so-called "moderate" is a guy/gal who will not overturn Roe v. Wade, but will continue a la O'Connor to question the legislature's power in passing ameliorative economic legislation.
David Sirota is on this over at his blog and the Huffington Post. And I am in total agreement.
That said, I too have no reason to waste my time with what Bush does. It's what the Dems do and we do that interests me.
SP: We don't like Nader. Never have. We think supporting the Democrats is the right thing to do, unlike Nader and his followers. It's basically this:
Many people, including this blog, said that the 2004 presidential election was going to be the most important one in many decades. Republicans in control of the presidency, Senate, and House meant no restraints and hard-right policies. The message went out. Many chose to ignore it.
We don't want to see people "taught a lesson," but that's what will happen. It's too late to stop.
Sure, some legislative issues like Social Security can be fought. But Bush has a totally free hand with the nomination. He'll get someone very conservative on the court.
At some point you've got to admit that the game is over and all that's left is to witness the consequences.
"In a democracy, people usually get the kind of government they deserve, and they deserve what they get."
Hunter Thompson Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 1973
"I don't care if they get the kind of government they deserve -- why do *I* have to get the kind of government they deserve?"
--Unknown
Q: you called it. I did too, talking myself til I was blue in the face with my friends (a pretty smart bunch), but no one seemed to care. I don't fucking get it. Big and bad things will happen once that new nominee gets to start voting, and there's not a damn thing the dems can do about it.
Um, what makes you think they're going to "learn through experience"? Has that happened *yet*?
Anything that can *possibly* be blamed on Democrats/"liberals" will be (and there's a lot more that can be blamed on them than you think). Problems that can't be blamed on them will be ignored by the media in general, aided by distractions such as war/terror/threats/fear-mongering/etc.
So, I repeat: what in hell makes you think anyone's going to learn anything? I wish it were so, but seriously...
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