Supreme Court Nominee #3

[BetteDavisEyes]

Opinion | Danielle Campoamor: The FBI's Kavanaugh investigation was a sham. Survivors like me aren't surprised.

The allegedly thorough report is ultimately just one more warning for anyone wondering whether to come forward.

While testifying in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 27, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford said she feared her story of alleged sexual assault wouldn’t impact D.C. Circuit Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s ascension to the Supreme Court. “I was… wondering whether I would just be jumping in front of a train that was headed to where it was headed anyway, and that I would just be personally annihilated," she said.

One week later, and after a three-day investigation by the FBI into the allegations levied against Kavanaugh, Ford’s fears seem to be coming true...

 

[EuTuCroquet?]

ETA: I agree, the vast majority of the activists showing up to do the protesting are legitimate and care about this issue and others. It would be great if they organize themselves in regular activist groups at the local level. That used to be more common, needs to be revived again.

rs/bff

Yasssss! I’ve seen quite a lot of it where I live (red state), but would love to see more of it.

Let’s do it!

 

[Hope4More]

Me too, I am quite the demonstrator and I could use the money. If any of you figure out for real, not just rumor where these checks are coming from, let us in on that.

I've been a grassroots political activist for going on 40 years. Not only have I never been paid, or been offered money, but I've paid out of pocket myself, for many a thing.

In all those years, I have never been part of a group or have even known of any grassroots group that received money. From anyone. Ditto my DH, who ran a state wide Veterans for Bernie group. He met Bernie even & many muckety mucks, but
nope, no offers of money were forthcoming.

What imo is most wrong about this notion of pay them, use them, and discard them is that it ignores the power of what is actually happening. Real life ordinary peeps, many of whom never before active politically, have been, are, and will continue to organize their own d'mn selves. They aren't discarded after an action because they are organizing from the bottom up, not top down. Their passion is real, not bought. They aren't naive - they are informed & righteously determined to organize and act until they make a difference.

Many an old folk like me have marvelled...there is hope yet, and darn it was a long long wait to see this again....

 

[Boodles]

Not sure but we thank you for the new rules on how the nomination process is to be conducted when it's the Ds turn. Hopefully, though we'll get lucky and get to replace her too. And then real progress for the people can happen - not for the rich and powerful like it is now.

I think I must be misunderstanding this post.

 

[Betty P]

OT

Then help make it so, I say. There’s room for it, and it’s an important issue. Like you, I believe everything is correlated, symbiotic.

If we’re fighting for women’s rights, we fighting for the whole woman, not just bits and pieces. If I’m understanding you correctly, I think we’re both stating that belief very clearly.

I’m just not at all comfortable with delegitimizating women who are activists for specific topics that affect them very strongly. That’s their right and decision, too.

It's part of the education of US women in advocacy. Activists should support each other, but they often don't these days. TBH, they are often played against each other by cynical politicians, corporations and the news media. It takes some maturity to realize all these women's issues are linked and that unity works best.

 

[fannneee]

President Obama nominated Garland to fill a vacancy on SCOTUS. Reps were in charge, so the nomination was never considered. SC seat remained vacant for about 8 months. Trump nominated Gorsuch who was confirmed.

Jumping off

Mitch McConnel said

“One of my proudest moments was when I looked at Barack Obama in the eye and I said, ‘Mr. President, you will not fill this Supreme Court vacancy,’” he said to cheers at the annual Fancy Farm Picnic.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mitch-mcconnell-one-of-my-proudest-moments/

 

[Inthedetails]

I think I must be misunderstanding this post.

Not telling anyone how to post....but....you don't have to take the bait.

In general, of course.

jmo

 

[Betty P]

I've been a grassroots political activist for going on 40 years. Not only have I never been paid, or been offered money, but I've paid out of pocket myself, for many a thing.

In all those years, I have never been part of a group or have even known of any grassroots group that received money. From anyone. Ditto my DH, who ran a state wide Veterans for Bernie group. He met Bernie even & many muckety mucks, but
nope, no offers of money were forthcoming.

What imo is most wrong about this notion of pay them, use them, and discard them is that it ignores the power of what is actually happening. Real life ordinary peeps, many of whom never before active politically, have been, are, and will continue to organize their own d'mn selves. They aren't discarded after an action because they are organizing from the bottom up, not top down. Their passion is real, not bought. They aren't naive - they are informed & righteously determined to organize and act until they make a difference.

Many an old folk like me have marvelled...there is hope yet, and darn it was a long long wait to see this again....

Yes! Organizing and gaining power from the bottom up, Bernie style! It needs to come back in style again. No one needs to be a paid activist, but it does help to raise money locally to help them cover bus fare, share hotel rooms, buy a couple of meals, etc. Nothing wrong with that.

 

[Gardenista]

Jumping off

Mitch McConnel said

“One of my proudest moments was when I looked at Barack Obama in the eye and I said, ‘Mr. President, you will not fill this Supreme Court vacancy,’” he said to cheers at the annual Fancy Farm Picnic.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mitch-mcconnell-one-of-my-proudest-moments/

I loves me some Cocaine Mitch

 

[Hope4More]

L

I am confused. Remind me about Merrick Garland. What was that all about?

Didn't the Deep State sink him?

 

[fannneee]

I've been a grassroots political activist for going on 40 years. Not only have I never been paid, or been offered money, but I've paid out of pocket myself, for many a thing.

In all those years, I have never been part of a group or have even known of any grassroots group that received money. From anyone. Ditto my DH, who ran a state wide Veterans for Bernie group. He met Bernie even & many muckety mucks, but
nope, no offers of money were forthcoming.

What imo is most wrong about this notion of pay them, use them, and discard them is that it ignores the power of what is actually happening. Real life ordinary peeps, many of whom never before active politically, have been, are, and will continue to organize their own d'mn selves. They aren't discarded after an action because they are organizing from the bottom up, not top down. Their passion is real, not bought. They aren't naive - they are informed & righteously determined to organize and act until they make a difference.

Many an old folk like me have marvelled...there is hope yet, and darn it was a long long wait to see this again....

I agree totally, and you know I was just being facetious right?

 

[human]

Reading about some of the speechifying, a clear message emerges: men & republicans are the real victims; dems & women are the real enemies; any action taken is justifiable, however corrupt & destabilizating, because Senate republicans are merely acting in self defense, in the name of all male republican victims.

As for the contemptible gaslighting lie that these republicans (and the president) are concerned one whit about due process for anyone other than themselves:

Where was the same outcry about due process & men being falsely accused and victimized when, for example, Al Franken was driven out of the Senate for allegedly putting his hands on womens' backs, and for a single instance of being disrespectful to a woman, before he held elected office?


Every one of his dozens female staffers & other women who had worked with him (perhaps even 65, eh?) signed a letter of support, saying he has never been anything other than supportive, appropriate, and professional with them.

No outcry then. There was, though, just a few days ago, a tweet by the president of the United States actually MOCKING Al Franken for being denied due process.

We get it.

Merrick Garland?

 

[Hope4More]

I agree totally, and you know I was just being facetious right?

Yes. I'm not very good at replying to multiple posts even on a good day, and this isn't one of those.

I was replying to another post as well, about paid, used, discarded. Trying to, anyway .

 

[Gardenista]

I think I must be misunderstanding this post.

It's pretty simple. We've been taught it's ok to tell filthy lies about a person who wants to be appointed to SCOTUS and to try to destroy them as a person and destroy their family. The rest of it is self explanatory considering the power the rich have had under the people who have been on the bench for many years.

 

[Betty P]

rs/bff

Yasssss! I’ve seen quite a lot of it where I live (red state), but would love to see more of it.

Let’s do it!

I already do women's health advocacy, I'd like to add a big focus on senior issues - Social Security expansion, more affordable housing, making Medicare better, etc. We need to revive the Gray Panthers again.

 

[rosemadderlake]

Wow, Susan Collins, she can bring it. Powerful and well researched speech and she knows her constitution.

I am going to have to listen to her speech again. She brought extraordinary wisdom and fairness on so many, many fronts.

I have always respected her but today she's a shining star. And by the way at great protest and threat of voting her out by her constituents in Maine. They would be so sorry if they did that. She's a gem.

She was very reassuring about the Roe v Wade issue from a historical perspective. This is why I want to listen to her again. Her opinions of Kavanaugh's rulings. The fact that Kavanaugh is in line with Garland's opinions 90 percent of the time. Who would have thought? She reminds us there are even more conservative thinkers out there. And she's a moderate republican, so yes, Kavanaugh might be more centrist than I thought.

As a Dem, I thought she brought the case from the opposite side of the isle in a way no one else has.

When she went after the leaker of Dr. Ford's letter, and defended her friend Feinstein, I jumped out of my chair and did my cheerleader best with my imaginary pom poms.

Even though I believe Dr. Ford, she couldn't substantiate her accusations and at the end of the day, the presumption of innocence and due process is a tenant that separates America from the rest.

I do not like Kavanaugh, I do not like Thomas either, but Collins eased some of my fears. We have to wait and see.

Susan Collins has done more for this country today than anyone has in a very long time.
-Imo.

 

[Fairy1]

It's pretty simple. We've been taught it's ok to tell filthy lies about a person who wants to be appointed to SCOTUS and to try to destroy them as a person and destroy their family. The rest of it is self explanatory considering the power the rich have had under the people who have been on the bench for many years.

Taught by whom? You DO know who the rich are, right?

 

[human]

Kavanaugh blames the “vicious allegations” for his angry performance

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh penned an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal Friday defending his angry and partisan testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, blaming the “vicious allegations” of sexual misconduct made against him by three women for his “sharp” tone.

He also blamed his emotional state on the “unfairness” of being asked to account for his alleged conduct before being confirmed to a lifetime position.​

Lol. We or lots of us anyway, know what type of person says, “They made me do it.” He reveals himself more and more. Smh

All of the riches of the world and totally empty inside,

 

[human]

The Kremlin’s For Kavanaugh: Russian State Media Back Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee

What does Kim Jong Un or Duarte think? Any news on that?

 

[Hope4More]

Normal high school behavior. I have to tell that to my grandson and granddaughters that this is acceptable. They can drink to blackout and my granddaughters can be assaulted because that is just high school fun.

And my grandson and his friends can participate in getting so drunk that they cannot remember what they have done.

Not sure my children ( the parents ) will go along with it. But I can remind them that this is normal high school behavior and for them to get off of their judgmental high horse.

Don't forget to let them know that lying about their drinking , and miserable even abusive treatment of girls is ok, as long as they like beer, and drink beer, and still drink beer, because even in their 50's, their drinking buds will lie for them.

And that if you ask them about their drinking and they get in your face and say, hey Mom! Do YOU drink too much?! Do YOU? then, of course, you are to understand they are just justifiably upset about being accused.

Accept that it is all your fault. It'll be easier. And expected of you.