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tableturner

(1,738 posts)
14. There IS something to be gained from hearings!
Tue May 21, 2024, 05:54 PM
May 2024

How about we learn from the GOP? Do what they do so often to make an issue much bigger, which would not only put pressure on the Court, but would also serve to at least some extent to inform low information voters about this, in lieu of their picking it up on their own, which many of them will not do.

We not only should push hearings, but Democratic surrogates should also be flooding the airwaves slamming Alito and the Court. They've done it some, but not to the extent that the Republicans would if the situation were reversed, AND THAT'S WHY REPUBLICANS USUALLY WIN THE INFORMATION WAR.

Yes, we are fighting an information war to get Biden reelected and we need to shape the dialogue of that war, as opposed to letting the Republicans do it, which will end up with the Democrats being on the defensive as usual.

They bring knives, guns, and bazookas to the fight. We also need to do that!

Edited to add: I am not talking about impeachment! Just have widely publicized hearings to raise the temperature to higher levels, JUST LIKE THE GOP DOES.

Durbin has been in office snowybirdie May 2024 #1
That.... cab67 May 2024 #2
I see it as... 2naSalit May 2024 #5
Impeachment over a flag? former9thward May 2024 #9
Yep. We need more fight from our Dems! ananda May 2024 #7
No, he has been in the Senate long enough to realize that you pick your battles...nothing we can do about Alito. Demsrule86 May 2024 #17
For what it's worth, I wouldn't want to probe Alito either. Ray Bruns May 2024 #3
!!!!!!GONG!!!!!! 2naSalit May 2024 #4
So basically nothing. Except give Alito and his wife more liberal angst to jack off to. Hassin Bin Sober May 2024 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author onenote May 2024 #13
I agree with Durbin. At this juncture, it would be a circus sideshow with nothing to be gained. Oopsie Daisy May 2024 #8
Yep. There's nothing "to probe" when it comes to the flag. Everyone knows what it means. LeftInTX May 2024 #12
Much to be gained from hearings, please see my post #14. tableturner May 2024 #15
We can refuse to comply with orders that violate the constitution though...they have no standing armies. Demsrule86 May 2024 #18
Dick, what kind of cookies did you bake for Alito? Please post the recipe. Thanks. nt Hotler May 2024 #10
Stop attacking Democats. There is nothing Durbin can do. There is no way to get rid of Alito without GOP votes...how Demsrule86 May 2024 #19
c'mon Dick... myohmy2 May 2024 #11
There IS something to be gained from hearings! tableturner May 2024 #14
Not in an election year...it is a distraction. Demsrule86 May 2024 #20
Defeatist attitude...which is why THEY, not us, win arguments they SHOULD lose! tableturner May 2024 #22
The Ghost of 2000 lives on! GoreWon2000 May 2024 #16
We don't have the votes in the Senate to do anything about it. Demsrule86 May 2024 #21
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