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A good read on it....politicians being political? Shocker!
‘Politicized’
Posted from nationalreview.com
Supreme Court
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Democracy
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interesting and informative... Thanks for the info and the Share...
..."... People tend to complain about things’ being “politicized” most intensely when the politics is going against them, and the Democrats seem to just be getting the news that Barack Obama’s remarkable self-centeredness made him very, very good at winning elections — for himself. The rest of the Democratic party is in pretty poor shape. And the question they face in the immediate future is not whether to politicize the confirmation of Neil Gorsuch but whether to do so in a stupid and self-destructive way, attempting to do from their current minority position what Republicans did to poor old Merrick Garland (for excellent, political reasons) from their majority position. The problem with that isn’t that it is political, but that it is a terrible idea.... '...
..."... People tend to complain about things’ being “politicized” most intensely when the politics is going against them, and the Democrats seem to just be getting the news that Barack Obama’s remarkable self-centeredness made him very, very good at winning elections — for himself. The rest of the Democratic party is in pretty poor shape. And the question they face in the immediate future is not whether to politicize the confirmation of Neil Gorsuch but whether to do so in a stupid and self-destructive way, attempting to do from their current minority position what Republicans did to poor old Merrick Garland (for excellent, political reasons) from their majority position. The problem with that isn’t that it is political, but that it is a terrible idea.... '...
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Great extraction from the article. That is the paragraph that I thought pretty well captured the moment. IMV, under the superb leadership (from a Republican POV) of Senator Chuck Schumer (D, NY), Democrats are digging themselves deeper and deeper into the hole of irrelevancy. During the four days of the Senate Justice Committee hearing and the windup prior to its vote, Democrats did all they could to twist, distort, and misrepresent Gorsuch's opinions in a handful of the 2700 cases in which he participated. They harped on conservative "dark money" while under the influence of liberal "dark money" that threatened them with primary challenges if they supported Gorsuch. They, with some justification, cried about the failure of Republicans to consider Judge Garland but at the same time, refused to acknowledge that the idea came from Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden who advocated similar actions should Bush 41 or Bush 43 have a SCOTUS vacancy to fill in the last year of their first terms. What separates them from Republicans is that they did what Republicans did not do to Garland - they attempted and are still attempting to tear down and mischaracterize a good man and an exceptional judge. They are now trapped in a sewer of their own making. Franken (D,MN) and Hirono (D, HI) were the worst of them. Blumenthal (D, CT) sounded like he was lost and not intellectually up to the task. The rest fell somewhere in between. It is time to close out closure - on SCOTUS nominees and on legislation. I hope Republicans "get 'er done" this week.
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Understanding articles such as this is a lot easier if you don't understand the meanings of words. They make up their own and it's better if you just go along with it. If, on the other hand, you read them seriously, with a dictionary at hand if needed, you will be lost in the woods in very short order.
Democracy. We the people don't select Supreme Court Justices. Our elected representatives select them. That's because we are not a democracy. We are a representative republic.
Politician. A person seeking office. Sadly, they're always seeking office, even the ones currently holding office. That's because, without term limits, they begin running for the next election as soon as the hangover from celebrating the last win ends.
Politicized. Making decisions based on how it affects their chances of winning and keeping office.
Then there's the word that must not be mentioned: Borked. That's the practice of slandering a good SCOTUS nominee for ideological purposes. It was invented/perfected by Ted Kennedy, the "Liberal Lion" whose name we must not sully.
I'm going to add one more infamous act that helped bring low the Supreme Bench (or Bunch). Our beloved FDR who threatened to dilute the court by packing the Bench (or Bunch) with ideologically acceptable jurists. That threat destroyed the integrity of the Court and it was never fully regained.
Thus, it's not so much an issue of "politicization" as it is "ideologicalization" (if you'll allow me to coin the term)
Democracy. We the people don't select Supreme Court Justices. Our elected representatives select them. That's because we are not a democracy. We are a representative republic.
Politician. A person seeking office. Sadly, they're always seeking office, even the ones currently holding office. That's because, without term limits, they begin running for the next election as soon as the hangover from celebrating the last win ends.
Politicized. Making decisions based on how it affects their chances of winning and keeping office.
Then there's the word that must not be mentioned: Borked. That's the practice of slandering a good SCOTUS nominee for ideological purposes. It was invented/perfected by Ted Kennedy, the "Liberal Lion" whose name we must not sully.
I'm going to add one more infamous act that helped bring low the Supreme Bench (or Bunch). Our beloved FDR who threatened to dilute the court by packing the Bench (or Bunch) with ideologically acceptable jurists. That threat destroyed the integrity of the Court and it was never fully regained.
Thus, it's not so much an issue of "politicization" as it is "ideologicalization" (if you'll allow me to coin the term)
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Col Joseph Lenertz
CPT Jack Durish I like your line, "sadly, they're always seeking office..." So true and so disgusting.
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Excellent read. Even for National Review. A little word for some probably. But in the end reality. Get your hip waders out folks it's gonna be long and deep.
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