Assuming the results differ from the polls as much as in 2016, the 7% lead Biden enjoys in the nationwide polls at this point doesn't matter, as he'll still loose. His lead in critical states such as Michigan and Pennsylvania is more modest. Assuming the polls to be correct would flip the picture of course. PGC
On Monday, September 28, 2020 at 6:22:04 PM UTC+2 Lawrence Crowell wrote: > The GOP is interested in rushing this through so Don-the-Con t'Rump has a > 6 to 3 "voting block" on SCOTUS. A point of concern are state legislatures > overruling the popular vote and appointing Trump electors or simply > throwing out results. This could well happen in red states that turn blue. > There could then be states not returning electors or with state > legislatures that may appoint GOP electors. This would then go to the > SCOTUS and t'Rump has a near guarantee of a rubber stamp approval. This is > a big reason for this rush. The GOP leaders, including McConnell, know > t'Rump is at 40-43% with Biden 55% or so. This is a huge gap, and only with > various shenanigans can they get around this. > > If this happens and it sticks I will no longer believe in this country. I > will certainly no longer believe in the government and it will be clear the > Constitution is shredding material. Even more though I will no longer > believe in the American people, where I think for decades there has been a > celebration of ignorance, superstition and honoring of brutes. Think of the > Rambo films. We will be witnessing the passing of the American Republic, > which is as momentous to our age as was the end of the Roman Republic. > > LC > > On Saturday, September 26, 2020 at 5:05:38 PM UTC-5 [email protected] > wrote: > >> The new US supreme court nominee will be Amy Coney Barrett, and she is >> just the sort of person you would expect, a religious crockpot. She is a >> member of an extreme right wing Catholic cult called "The People of >> Praise"; they speak in tongues, believe in biblical prophecy, and in divine >> healing. Members of the cult swear a lifetime oath of allegiance to one >> another and are assigned a ideology coach called a “head” for men and a >> “HANDMAID” for women to make sure nobody strays from the official dogma. >> The "heads" and "handmaids" issue orders on who to date, who to marry, >> where to live, whether to take a job, whether to buy a home, and how to >> raise children. Part of the ideology of People of Praise is that husbands >> should give orders to their wives and only men should have authority over >> the family. >> >> During her confirmation hearing in 2017 to be a federal judge Barrett >> said "*I take my faith seriously and I’m a faithful Catholic*". In 2013 >> she said: "*I tend to agree with those who say that a Justice’s duty is >> to the Constitution and that it is thus more legitimate for her to enforce >> her best understanding of the Constitution rather than a precedent she >> thinks clearly in conflict with it*"; and as a judge she approved a >> Indiana law banning abortions of a deformed fetus (although her opinion was >> later overturned by a higher court and the Indiana law ruled >> unconstitutional). So when she is approved Roe v. Wade Will be as dead as a >> doornail and we're back to the 1950's and coathanger abortions. Barrett >> also criticized Chief Justice Roberts for his opinion that saved Obama’s >> Affordable Care Act; so in the middle of a global pandemic the health >> care coverage of tens of millions of people will be as dead as a doornail >> too when she hears her first case on October 10. >> >> To those who claim Barrett's religious views will not effect her legal >> opinions I will remind you that in 2006 she said “*If you can keep in >> mind that your fundamental purpose in life is not to be a lawyer, but to >> know, love and serve God, you truly will be a different kind of lawyer.*” >> Amy Coney Barret would also be the youngest justice on the bench, so she >> could be around for many decades. >> >> John K Clark >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/216668d1-0dfd-469f-b411-6a54b36d6d79n%40googlegroups.com.
