Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has passed away

[VolnJC]

They have lost what little minds they had left

 

[Ashevolle]

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[luthervol]

From a personal character assessment, Carter is a good and decent man. Bush 1 was as well. Obama and Bush 2 seemed to have matured out of their 20s to become people of good character.

None of them were excellent presidents.

When I rank presidents, I seem to put a much higher premium on character than most.....still do.
Policies come and go and are often completely out of the president's hands, character is the one thing over which they have complete control. That's a lesson I always taught my children, my students, my players, and one I would prefer not have completely undermined by the president to the mindless cheers of his worshipers.

 

[volfanjustin]

Clearly these parties are so very different. The choice is clear

It's good to be the party in power

 

[utvolpj]

It's good to be the party in power

Oh you still think you're a part of that power? Haha

 

[Orange_Crush]

And I said I would be FINE with a nomination now if the 2016 sh*tshow didn't happen. That changed the de facto rules. You can't say "we believe the people get the choice through the election" in 2016, deny garland a hearing, and then switch to the opposite position in 2020. The Dems are not the ones being inconsistent here.

Remember that time the Dems freaked out and condemned the Rs for impeaching Clinton?

They're all hypocrites. The Repubs shouldn't have refused to vote before. That doesn't mean they should refuse to do what their electorate elected them to do now.

 

[McDad]

When I rank presidents, I seem to put a much higher premium on character than most.....still do.
Policies come and go and are often completely out of the president's hands, character is the one thing over which they have complete control. That's a lesson I always taught my children, my students, my players, and one I would prefer not have completely undermined by the president to the mindless cheers of his worshipers.

Character was important to me at one time. Noble character with corrupt results does nothing for us.

I wish there were statesmen in politics who were also amazing leaders.

 

[0nelilreb]

When I rank presidents, I seem to put a much higher premium on character than most.....still do.
Policies come and go and are often completely out of the president's hands, character is the one thing over which they have complete control. That's a lesson I always taught my children, my students, my players, and one I would prefer not have completely undermined by the president to the mindless cheers of his worshipers.

You know how this looks knowing that we know you made a continuous decision to vote for Hillary , right ?

 

[1972 Grad]

The thing is, he would never think that nor would he have any desire to be; in fact, he would plead not to be.
Now compare that to the dotard.
Talk about opposite ends of the continuum.

My post about Carter deserving to be on Mt. Rushmore was a joke, Luther. He should be on Mt. Vesuvius because he blows, just like Vesuvius did.

 

[Orange_Crush]

They have lost what little minds they had left

The funny thing is that the Dem-defenders in here are completely ignoring this stuff while screaming about Rs being hypocrites and big old meanies. Their party is talking about abusing the power of impeachment for a 2nd time, and the Ds are hissy-fitting about the Rs slow-playing a justice vote when Obama was president.

 

[hog88]

Character was important to me at one time. Noble character with corrupt results do nothing for us.

I wish there were statesmen in politics who were also amazing leaders.

People like that don't want the job. They would probably be taking a big pay cut all for the privilege of having the media up their azz 24/7.

 

[volfanjustin]

Oh you still think you're a part of that power? Haha

No only those who vote libertarian are

 

[1972 Grad]

People like that don't want the job. They would probably be taking a big pay cut all for the privilege of having the media up their azz 24/7.

Who would want the job, other than a ladder climbing narcissist?

 

[Orange_Crush]

People like that don't want the job. They would probably be taking a big pay cut all for the privilege of having the media up their azz 24/7.

They'd never be able to be elected. You can't win when everyone is cheating.

 

[evillawyer]

The rules were written way before 2016 and are clear. The rules are also very clear on what it takes to change them. You simply want to stomp your feet and pretend the rules don't apply and that Dems aren't complete hypocrites. Both parties are!

There are no formal rules as to when a scotus appointment should be taken up by the senate beyond that found in the constitution. The constitution does not hamstring a president during his final year in office from making an appointment or the senate from from providing it's advice and consent. That was the position advocated by the Dems (correctly) in 2016. That Republicans sh*t all over that and announced a new rule out of whole cloth that there would be no consideration of a scotus appointment during the final year of a presidency. They claimed this would be a rule of universal application. Now it's clear it's not. You don't get to announce a new rule and then claim the Dems are being inconsistent because they're advocating that you abide by the very rule you announced.

 

[Boston Vol]

I have written letters, made calls, sent e-mails.
More than that however, is the fact that I consider character a primary issue when picking a candidate.
I'm on record claiming that Jimmy Carter is the president I most admire and that I consider him one of the best presidents of my lifetime......knowing full well the kind of idiotic and shallow responses that will elicit from the peanut gallery.

So you consider character a primary issue when picking a candidate? So that means that you never voted for Bill Clinton right? Certainly since his republican opponents were men of unimpeachable character. Or let me guess, in those two elections there were more pressing issues than the character of the candidates.

 

[evillawyer]

 

[1972 Grad]

So you consider character a primary issue when picking a candidate? So that means that you never voted for Bill Clinton right? Certainly since his republican opponents were men of unimpeachable character.

How about Luther's support for Stacey Abrams and her $54,000 in back taxes that she owed to the IRS, plus the other $116,000 in credit card and student loan debt? Sounds like good character.

 

[1972 Grad]

And he is probably right, like he always is.

 

[hog88]

Her dying wish means absolutely nothing except that at the end she was not fit to hold the position. Shows just how narcissistic she had become.

 

[NorthDallas40]

They have lost what little minds they had left

At least they are acknowledging that their impeachment process has nothing to do with holding the executive accountable but instead just be a vehicle for obstruction. I’d call it progress!

 

[VolnJC]

There is always a deleted email or Tweet

 

[allvol123]

Her dying wish means absolutely nothing except that at the end she was not fit to hold the position. Shows just how narcissistic she had become.

This. If that was her wish it shows how unfit she was for the job. She is also literally insulting a current SCJ.

 

[1972 Grad]

Her dying wish means absolutely nothing except that at the end she was not fit to hold the position. Shows just how narcissistic she had become.

I sincerely doubt that was her last wish. She was probably wishing that she felt better.

 

[luthervol]

Character was important to me at one time. Noble character with corrupt results does nothing for us.

I wish there were statesmen in politics who were also amazing leaders.

I hope you can once again find your way back to understanding the importance of character.
Old man cynicism is hard to shake.