now that i'm at a keyboard, a few thoughts.
this is pretty much the worst case scenario, and that includes you republicans also. i understand this has been the endgame for some time now, for both parties, but this is bad for america.
as a country, we need balance. we need it in congress, we need it in our courtrooms, we need it in the ebb and flow of the executive's politics. it is part of what has made america's grand democratic experiment so successful; it's what has made us progress as a nation. and it was firmly a part of my voting identity - i liked to think of myself as a republican/liberterian/independent - a person who could try and pick the best candidate regardless of party.
however, since nixon's cynical jihad, partisan politics on the republican side have become a very zero sum game. where once there was a gentleman's understanding of winning and losing, there is now an active attempt to overtake the system of winning and losing so that it really does not matter. many republicans will point to bork as a galvanizing element for this weird endgame around the supreme court. most forget that bork was the guy who fucking fired archibald cox in the saturday night massacre. he was a coward, and did not deserve to serve as supreme court justice, and was rightfully denied. somehow, however, like the confederate generals, this became some sort of actual righteous battlecry for republicans. that somehow, by denying a bad candidate for the court, republicans became the victims. it all really started with nixon. as hunter thompson so eloquently eulogized :
he was not wrong.
and now we have donald trump, and his potential third supreme court justice nomination. mitch had done the maths. he had it figured in 2016. he knew three were coming. and he decided to short-circuit our government to achieve some sort of comeuppance. it is no longer about governance for the gop. since nixon resigned, it has been about revenge, and victimhood, and that's pretty much it. it's been about getting even, or even getting over. i don't think i realized that until recently. i watch how conservative posters on the football and the daily texan boards conduct themselves, and it is so much more about a middle finger in your face than it is about actually discussing a thing. that's why they largely fled the cloak room. the "fuck your feelings" shirt and banner are the most honest thing about modern day republicans. they have no defense, they are constantly on offense. they are the mike leach texas tech football team, except they actually have the support of the regents. they are still winning many elections across the country.
we have to make that stop. we have to vote. i am now....a democrat. for the foreseeable future. the republicans are not about good policy any longer, if they ever were in my lifetime. they are about enriching themselves and their donors. they aren't for the little guy, and it is fucking puzzling why any little guys vote for them. we need to disabuse them of that notion. you are not the next rich guy getting a massive tax break that he doesn't need. you are the fucking downtrodden. and you are that way because of republican policies.
judicial activism is a phrase the republicans like to use. it's because every accusation is actually a confession. they want judicial activism. it has been their endgame for 50 years now. i'm only sad i've only just become aware of the cynicism. they are actively undermining our system. and now they've achieved their dream. a packed court.
i will never vote for another republican ever again i don't think. you put an (R) next to your name, and you are telling me that you are out to fuck me and mine so you can get yours. i'm not sure i fully will ever trust democrats, but for now, i'm definitely with them because fuck the rest of you. it's all so surreal.