So let's see here. A 5-4 SCOTUS decision split exactly on party lines.
And the response from usual suspects is that the two parties are essentially no different? That it's not really about "red versus blue"? That it's "wall street party" versus the "CEO party". Whaaaaaa?
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Maybe he'll join this one. 
You are too freaking awesome.
After seeing how pissed of MADem was upthread, I went and had a little looky loo to see what all the fuss was about. That OP was classic, not for its content but for the responses.
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Very sensitive feelings, it seems. Maybe we need a flying monkeys group.
the expressions on their faces seemed to fit, too.
Here's one that I saw on Facebook this morning that made me laugh.
sexism on DU has been a struggle too. Alerting, notifying MIRT, messages to the Admins.....there are some things that haven't become clear enough to a large enough majority, so that people can use words cleverly and avoid getting the boot.
But, I do see more people here taking a stand against sexism.....maybe it's about a change of heart among more people, rather than focusing only on attempts to control asshattery by outside means? 
election to suppress. 
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When will "enough be enough"?
Libertarian wet dream of states' rights is playing itself out all over the country. And meanwhile, we've got internet folks (supposedly on the left) who are solely focused on the White House, and every perceived impurity of the Obama administration. When do we stop working against one another?
and it's true,
This used to be a helluva site for real grassroots Democratic activism. Even the state forums were active. "Holding his feet to the fire" now includes calling him names that we can't even call each other. Go figure that one out.
folks. It's like a yoke around the neck, and reeks of a divide & conquer strategy on the part of the complainants. When you talk about a Dem majority to help this president get a more progressive agenda, you're met with lies about him having a majority for two years, when in reality, we had a majority for like 72 days.
IMHO, they aren't the ones we need to be trying to reach. They're a lost cause AFAIC. There's plenty of fertile ground in the folks who either don't vote, or only vote in presidential years. There are plenty of younger voters who don't yet realize that what happens in off year elections directly affects what happens with the pocketbook issues they complain about.
You know what I mean?
to be done with 'em. 
In fact, that little fucker (and pardon my French) was the namesake of the term "Borking."
So would Harriet Myers!
Sometimes, the President gets the SCOTUS nominees that can pass the gauntlet--not the ones they necessarily want.
That said, I do agree with your essential point-- that wingnut Presidents are going to nominate wingnut justices--they're just going to pick ones that can fly under the radar, who can provide "non-responsive responses" to tricky questions, or who can outright lie without blushing furiously, and who will say what the Senate wants to hear. I mean, after all, Dumbya didn't say, "Gee, I couldn't squish mah best gal Harriet through that meat grinder, let me look at my short list and pick someone who's been working for the Southern Poverty Law Center as an alternative!"
Obama came into office with more political capital than any other President in our lifetimes. That he could leave that office losing the House and the Senate, boggles the mind
What happened?
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