I remember some Dems were mad about calls for RBG to retire once Pres. Obama won a 2nd term. I thought she should have announced her retirement after his 2nd inauguration. So many screamed "What about Kennedy?" Kennedy wasn't beset with severe health issues. Kennedy wasn't slipping. And I have no doubt that she was slipping by then. I was surprised that she made it towards the very end of Mango's term. And immediately knew the consequences of her death just seven weeks before the election. I wonder if the court had been 5-4, conservatives over liberals, if CJ Roberts would have ruled with the conservative bloc to eviscerate Roe. Guess it doesn't matter.
At this point the RW court has announced its intentions: rolling back rights for disfavored groups and even large segments of society. Today it's women and their bodily autonomy. Soon it will be queer folk and their right to privacy, and marriage & civil equality. They'll continue to take away voting rights for Black and Brown folk. And once they come out and allow the banning of birth control and the further suppression of civil liberties it'll be too late. So many of us told folk that it was a dangerous game since Bill Clinton.
This shouldn't be a wake up call. Progressives/liberals/socialists/whatever have been hitting the snooze bar for far too long and now they're waking up realizing it's far too late to be just waking up. If they don't come out and keep the GQP from taking over, they deserve everything that's coming. There's no time to sugar coat or talk about what older folk and more moderate voters should have done/are doing. As was stated above, younger voters as a group are just as large as older voting groups. If they standby and allow their futures to be destroyed further, they are simply willing participants in their own destruction.
Stop the BS of supporting and enabling GQP candidates in primaries with expectations that they won't win the general against a decent Dem. There's no way to ensure that they'll lose against the Dem candidate in the general as so many GOP voters will vote simply for the "R" next to the candidate. And too many of them are like-minded. Focus on getting the best Dem to win primaries. And if your preferred doesn't win, support the eventual Dem and hold them accountable. No more time, energy and money for quixotic races. We are not going to win governorships and senate seats in overwhelmingly hostile territory. Focus on US House races, local races and those races where there is a good chance in a purple area. Booker is never going to win in Kentucky. Beto is still a very long shot in Texas.
And fucking stop with the nonsense that "Dems don't do nuffin' for us" bullshit. The Dem-lead House passes legislation and then 48/50 or 49/50 Dem Senators vote to also pass, but Sinema and/or Manchin kill it. That fucking doesn't equal "The Dems." Not by a long-shot: 2% or 4% against 96% or 98%.
