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"Rape is a Leftist Myth"
Aug. 21st, 2012 12:40 pmI don't really have any follow-up on the whole Akin thing, beyond the puzzled horror at the things that have come wriggling out of the hole that the issue has torn open. The title of this post was one of my favourite comments, but I think the all-time winner goes to the one who responded to Dana Loesch's tweet defending Akin, with 'WHORE! God-fearing WOMEN neither read or write!'
The thing that strikes me about this election season is that I think we're really seeing the spasms of a nation in flux for the first time. There is a real sense that this is the cultural last stand for the Tea Party ideal of the dominant White America. A Romney presidency would not be the Apocalypse, but it's biggest legacy could very well be a 7-2 Conservative Supreme Court for the next several decades. The long term effects of that will do more to reshape the fate of the US than Romney's rather petty dreams of never ever paying taxes again.
Think about it. Thanks to Citizen's United, the very nature of how campaigns are fought has completely changed, and this election will represent over $2.5 billions of dollars in spending. What happens when things like enviromental protections or assault weapon bans reach the high court? Whether you personally believe in the conservative vision or not, the expansion of the pro-corporate Roberts court will do more to define the next several decades than any elected official or whack-job budget.
The thing that strikes me about this election season is that I think we're really seeing the spasms of a nation in flux for the first time. There is a real sense that this is the cultural last stand for the Tea Party ideal of the dominant White America. A Romney presidency would not be the Apocalypse, but it's biggest legacy could very well be a 7-2 Conservative Supreme Court for the next several decades. The long term effects of that will do more to reshape the fate of the US than Romney's rather petty dreams of never ever paying taxes again.
Think about it. Thanks to Citizen's United, the very nature of how campaigns are fought has completely changed, and this election will represent over $2.5 billions of dollars in spending. What happens when things like enviromental protections or assault weapon bans reach the high court? Whether you personally believe in the conservative vision or not, the expansion of the pro-corporate Roberts court will do more to define the next several decades than any elected official or whack-job budget.
