what the Supreme Court's latest decision reveals about voting

[DonCoquixote]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=770566

Whenever people say "why vote Democratic?" I will point them to decisions like this and Citizen's United. Yes, Elections DO matter, and yes, even if the prospects that Democrats offer for 2016 make me sick, I know that we NEED to get some appointments on that hopeful day when Clarence Thomas or Tony gets that heart attack. The court is packed with young lions on the conservative side, and old, sick justices on ours. You know the GOP is just waiting for one more of the liberals on the Court to die, or to be shot by some "lone gunman that has nothing to do with the right wing, despire having a library of right wing literature, etc."

And when I hear some mealy mouth talk about Sotomayor or Kagan as if they were conservatives, I will have a double laugh. Those two have been a major force in keeping Tony from going completely ape. All the Gay marriages that have happened happened in part because Sotomayor and Kagan held the line.

[corkhead]

1. It is hard to not be cynical. I heard this when St. Ronny of Rayguns was elected and both Bushes.

it didn't keep them from taking office, and I am not very optimistic that it will make a difference now; especially when elections are now open to the highest bidder.

Sad day, indeed.