It's the Supreme Court, stupid.

[cali]

The Supreme Court should be enough reason to vote dem no matter which of our candidates gets the nomination. None of them will appoint anything like a Scalia or Scalito. You're much more likely to see someone in the mold of Breyer or Ginsburg. And there WILL be retirements in the next 4 years. And they will be retirements of the more liberal/moderate Justices. Can you imagine what will happen if a repuke president gets that magical fifth vote, or a sixth vote, in the vein of Scalia/Thomas/Alito.

We will be so screwed. Goodbye choice. Goodbye more civil liberties. Goodbye democracy.

Not voting for a dem in 2008 shouldn't be an option for anyone who cares about this country.


edited to change subject heading.

[rodeodance]

1. BINGO

[cali]

2. Thanks, rodeodance!

I'm really, really glad you agree with this.

[tekisui]

3. amen.

[tom_paine]

4. It should be...but it won't be

The Imperial Subjects of Amerika cannot think deeply enough (the vast, vast majority of them/us, that it) to make a decision based on anything so esoteric.

And if you would interpret this overall mental weakness as the greatest national weakness a Free People, then I would be compelled to point out

The Imperial Subjects of Amerika are not free.

[cali]

5. I'm specifically targeting those dems

who say they won't vote dem if Hillary is the nominee. There seem to be more than a few right here at DU.

[Kahuna]

6. I thought that in 2000 as well. It will take years to undue the fiasco

that was begun in 2000. Two oilmen in the White House and SCOTUS appointments by them. I just don't understand how thinking people couldn't see the folly of letting * anywhere near the WH.

[cali]

7. Which is why I don't understand how

you couldn't vote for the dem candidate in 2008.

[postulater]

8. It's also the Attorney General

Which of our candidates will apppoint an AG who will prosecute war criminals and investigate 911 properly?

Which of our candidates will restore the Presidency to the executive/administrative post that it was intended as? We got rid of kings for a reason.

[cali]

9. That's important too

but Supreme Court Justice are LIFE appointments. The Congress, working with a good AG can bring accountability. And any dem president is going to make a better AG appointment than any repuke.

[postulater]

10. I could really get into RFK, Jr as AG

plus some good justices.

[cali]

11. It's nice to dream

of all the changes in cabinet positions, isn't it?