2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)SANDERS OR BUST 2! Purity Pledge Edition! [View all]
As some of you may be aware, the next president may have the honor of choosing 2-4 SCOTUS justices. Here at DU we are collectively hoping that it will be either Hillary, Bernie, or Martin to have that honor. But wait!....Apparently it seems some only care about important issues that face our Nation ONLY if it has Bernie's face leading the charge!
I imagine it must be nice to have the luxury and privilege of not fully caring about who picks the next SCOTUS justices that will be appointed lifetime gigs for at least a generation, but alas, I am a women (hear me roar!). See, as a woman, my very being is under constant assault from the rightwing nut jobs who sit on the highest court of the land, not to mention the all-out 24/7 constant assault by lawmakers in the Republican party.
I also imagine the thought of having another generation of rightwing nut jobs on SCOTUS must also be doubly unnerving for minorities looking to restore the Voting Rights Act, or Black Lives Matter activists hoping for criminal justice reforms, or immigrants terrified their families may be ripped apart, or families who finally have security of healthcare, or gay couples who were finally granted the dignity of marriage, etc etc etc. You get the point. Not caring about anyone else but your own personal issues is a luxury and a privilege that is only afforded to those who aren't in the constant bullseye of today's terroristic rightwing.
So...if you say SANDERS OR BUST! what you're really saying is EVERYONE ELSE UNDER THE BUS! And tossing everyone under the bus is the antithesis of liberalism.
So sign your name below to the purity pledge:
I, __________, solemnly swear to only support SANDERS OR BUST! And to all others who will be negatively impacted by an oppressive rightwing presidency, regime, and judicial branch, enjoy the view from the underside of a high occupancy transportation vehicle.