- 31 Jan 2022 16:05
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Bernie was right. So long as Democrats marry themselves to all this identity politics bullshit. They will always fucking lose.
It's crazy, because it's soooooo fucking easy to beat Republicans if they just stop it with the identity politics bullshit.
wat0n wrote:And yet that will resonate among those who do care, precisely because of Biden's announcement. That's the people @Rancid is speaking about.
I don't think the GOP ever made race or gender a big deal in nominating their judges. For them, the big deal was ideology and the most recent example was Amy Coney Barrett where the debate centered on her whether she's an anti-abortion hardline conservative. If I'm not mistaken, the current sole Black justice is also a hardline conservative, nominated by the GOP, and Bush I did not announce he was nominated because of his race (this did not stop Democrats from opposing him either, even before Anita Hill showed up). Bush I was also concerned about getting at least a passing grade from the American Bar Association as far as his merits were concerned, since Clarence Thomas was on the weaker side although he was still graded as "qualified". I'm guessing he appreciates not being labeled as a diversity hire, even more so since he claims had to deal with something similar early in his career:
Bernie was right. So long as Democrats marry themselves to all this identity politics bullshit. They will always fucking lose.
It's crazy, because it's soooooo fucking easy to beat Republicans if they just stop it with the identity politics bullshit.
I can think of 11780 reasons Trump shouldn't be president ever again.