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- TheTick0
Oh boo hoo..his wife cried because the mean old democrats actually asked him about his views on abortion and the role executive power...and hwat does th emedia focus on? The crying wife...yeah, ok..Can I bring my fiance to my job interviews and if the questions get tough can she cry and make the interviewer feel bad?
And they say Democrats are wimps...wake up and smell the Constitution..
- uberdesigner0
that's all that's left of the constitution? huh, how about that
- TheTick0
What a farce:
http://bagnewsnotes.typepad.com/…
But, coool they get props, like little mini constitutions:
- TheTick0
sure..in a digital age we're going to haver ot lose some privacy, but we must insist on the government in turn being more transparent..and a supreme court justice who thinks it's ok for the executive to have secret secret courts and invoke war powers without congress declaring an actual war is pretty damn ass scary
- designbum0
yeah, tick, i've heard that before.. it's just soooo fucking risky! i mean, some states have existing legislation that would make it immediately illegal to have an abortion if roe gets overturned.. the thought of taking years to craft some baddass legislation on privacy with abortion being illegal kind of turns my stomach.. but i see your point..
- uberdesigner0
privacy laws will be meaningless in a full-blown digital age
- TheTick0
A) His position on a constitutional rirrght to privacy and the power of the Executive branch bug me mor ethan his Roe V Wade thing.
B) I almost think the Supreme Court overturning RvW would be a good thing for the democrats - it would move th ebattle to the fifty state legislature and also force Congress to actually write soem good federal level legislatrion - fact of the matter is that the majority of Americans favor abortion..we could turn that issue into a major ballot issue in the way that the republicans haven't been able to precisely because it is the mainstream opinion
- designbum0
yep, that's definately what jesus would do..
- uberdesigner0
wait until after they overturn roe, when they try to pass laws making it illegal for women to go to canada for abortions. they'll somehow tie it in with anti-sex tourism legislation.
- designbum0
yeah, no doubt.. at the core of the abortion issue, though, is the question of a constitutional right to privacy.. that's where dems can stick it to the repubs.. and the right to choose is not really a wedge issue.. there's tons of conservatives who also favor woman's rights.. it's just spun as one..
- uberdesigner0
they have to pay the piper, they've been stringing along the religious right for so long that it's time for them to cough something up
- mrdobolina0
alito is quite the corporatist as well. This has well more to do with that than any roe vs. wade thing.
Think about this, abortion is quite possibly the biggest wedge issue there is. Why would the republicans blow their whole wad on one issue, when they can continue to use it to divide people and get what they want by using it?
- designbum0
i dunno, man, the issue isn't whether you're for or against abortion, it's having someone who will tip the balance on the supreme court come clean about an issue.. the only reason he is a bush nominated candidate is BECAUSE he is anti abortion.. why the 'moral' party won't admit this is beyond me.. i mean, if it's something they desperately believe, they should be proud of their values, not hiding behind some party spin..
- uberdesigner0
Enter response:Talk about Judicial Activism..
So when is a fetus a person?
TheTick
(Jan 11 06, 16:24)it's little cases like that that add up to higher court decisions.
at the same moment it registers for select service
- uberdesigner0
the issues that actually matter are mirrored across the board, bought and paid for by corporate interests
- designbum0
well, ideally any issue that would be important to the average american, not just a few nutjobs..
- uberdesigner0
wedge issues or issues that actually matter?
- jevad0
I wish, that people would vote on teh issues at hand, rather than the party line...
- designbum0
i miss Senator Joseph R. McCarthy