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In reply to the discussion: None Dare Call It Treason: O'Connor has forfeited the right to be respected [View all]bvar22
(39,909 posts)28. I didn't go Over-the-Edge until Bush v Gore.
I was/am no Constitutional Expert,
but when the Supreme Court proclaimed that if the counted ALL the votes, it would damage Bush, so when the SC interfered in a STATE recount to protect Bush,
I flipped.
I was standing on street corners holding signs and passing out pamphlets shortly after the Supreme Court "Decision" in Bush v Gore.
There was little organized opposition, and little discussion in The Media.
(Though, in retrospect, our Media is much worse TODAY)
Nobody really cared.
SELECTED
by corrupt Supreme Court
NOT ELECTED
by The People
Bush was inaugurated anyway.
The good thing is that I couldn't let go,
and found DU about a month later looking for Opposition Groups
who were "Not Over It"
Bush v Gore
The day our democracy died
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None Dare Call It Treason: O'Connor has forfeited the right to be respected [View all]
kpete
Apr 2013
OP
And then the media HID the egg-throwing, furious protests at the inauguration of the
tblue37
Apr 2013
#47
I would have said the rise of Reagan via the Iran-Contra affair was the first contemporary coup
davekriss
Apr 2013
#60
They call it "loyalty",...to Party, to Reagan, to God. (Who is a Capitalist)
Spitfire of ATJ
Apr 2013
#37
O'Connor and the rest of the courtesans should go down as mass murderers with that decision.
freshwest
Apr 2013
#8
It's not overdramatic at all. It's what happened, and what was the inevitable result.
calimary
Apr 2013
#54
I don't believe it was a mistake at all. I believe it was deliberate crime. If SHE made a 'mistake'
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#21
I think she made a mistake if intentionally doing something illegal can be considered a mistake.
rhett o rick
Apr 2013
#49