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Tuesday, September 11, 2018

On the Supreme Court, Democrats finally get their just deserts 31 years later

Are you happy now, Teddy Kennedy? Are you happy, Joe Biden? Are you happy now, Harry Reid? It’s due to the things that you did and said that Donald J. Trump is now naming his second Supreme Court justice in under two years in office. It is your fault that the once courtly process of Supreme Court appointments turned into the blood-and-thunder-eye-gouging drama that we hate and we live through today.

It was 31 years ago, in 1987, that Edward M. Kennedy burst on the floor of the Senate to tell us all that with Robert Bork on the Supreme Court, “women would be forced Into back-alley abortions,” blacks would eat at segregated lunch counters, writers and artists could be censored at the whim of the government, and the freedom of millions would hang by a thread.

Before it was over, liberals would raise and spend over $10 million in negative ads (quite a sum at the time) and in lobbying efforts. They would threaten black witnesses with career-ending reprisals and seize and search records of video rentals for signs of blue movies that were never found.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

President Trump is going to be able to appoint at least one more because Ginsburg isn't going to last. The old hag thought she was clever by not retiring when obama was in office because she was sure clinton was going to win.

Anonymous said...

Republicans preach anti abortion but once the baby is born it’s on its own.

Anonymous said...

That is a great point 5:19. Never thought of that. Good job. I learned something today. IMAGINE THAT!! Old dog.

Anonymous said...

Surprisingly, RBG was quite the looker when she was younger, much younger. I guess that shows what years of liberalism can do to the mind and body.