Political Friend or Enemy

I have come to the age and mind to believe that no matter who we elect to our congress that my wallet will be taken from me. All attempts to protect what little income I have coming in must go to the greater good they say with a political smile as they leave in their limousine. The upcoming presidential election and congressional elections are no different now than they were fifty years ago or even one hundred years ago. The end result is that those of us in the middle class are going to get screwed over to benefit the people at the bottom and most certainly the people at the top. That is the sickness of politics. Somebody has to pay for the dreams of a more perfect society. Sometimes I find myself at the point where my check will bounce to the moon given the ambitions of many political leaders. And yet they cash my check anyway and give my grandchildren the lean or IOU that must be paid down the road.

I long for the days of a person of true character and convictions that will run for president and follow through with his or her promises. It seems that the only election going on is that of the Republican candidates because the President is running unopposed as a Democrat. I find it odd that none of the Republican's are reaching out to the middle class voters. Their ambition seems to be locked on people that can afford not to care about the economy, not to care about jobs, and not to care about people in general. Everything the GOP candidates are proposing or promising is harmful if not destructive to the middle and lower classes.

I enjoy watching Santorum make a complete ass of himself and his supporters every time he opens his mouth. Mitt Romney makes me laugh with his attempts to be a regular guy even though he has over a hundred million in the bank. Don't let me get started with history professor Newt. Newt would be better off buying a tour ticket of the White House than trying to occupy it by the election process.

In the end, my friend John Myste has a very good point for those of us that think that they will not vote this election because "None of the Above" seem to be of the quality of character needed to occupy the highest office in the land. His point is the selection of justices to the Supreme Court. There is a 5-4 conservative leaning on the current bench and the next President of the United States could have the opportunity to appoint several more justices to that court. Politics will always be a screwing over of the middle class no matter what political party is in charge but the court is like luggage. You keep that stuff forever. I would by far rather have a supreme court with a liberal leaning than one that would wipe its backside with the Constitution of the United States.

Papamoka

American Experiment Thought

When the rights of corporations are more clearly defined or defended in opposition to the rights of individuals then the American experiment is in jeopardy of ultimate failure.

Supreme Court Pick

Speculation is running rampant for President Obama’s replacement choice for Justice David Souter of the Supreme Court. Justice Souter was appointed by former President Daddy Bush and he shocked the hell out of the right wing thinkers when it turned out he was a liberal leaning and thinking justice. That was a big surprise, a lawyer from Vermont? A state that makes Mass-a-two-sticks look almost right wing in political thinking.

Over the past couple of years the Supreme Court of the United States of America (SCOTUS) has been tilted to the right side of the political and literal definition of our laws and now is the time to swing the pendulum back toward the center. Former President Bush not only went for the most conservative of thought appointees but he then went one better and moved his nominee, Justice Roberts, up to the position of running the courts agenda. You might recall that Justice Roberts was the guy giving the oath to President Elect Obama on inauguration day and screwed up the oath of office so they had to do a do over just to make sure it was legit later.

I don’t envy the President for this decision but I honestly believe that he should pick a liberal woman of minority descent for the seat on the highest court in the land. My reasoning for such a pick is to include the majority of the American population in our judicial processes and to replace the arguments offered by former Justice Susan Day O’Connor. Not to sound sexist but ladies like to go to the little girls room in pairs to powder their nose and Justice Ginsberg has been flying solo far to long.

Politically, appointing a minority woman to the bench would consolidate and confirm to moderate, liberal, and some right wing woman voters that equality and the peoples real voice will be heard at the SCOTUS. Many people, including yours truly, honestly do not believe that the SCOTUS is living in the real world. The world that is happening in our courts every single day is not what many of the current Justices have ever seen. In picking a minority woman candidate of untouchable character and having her voice part of the decision that is the third arm of our government could only be a good thing. In doing so it would strip the right wing of many potential voters in the 2010 election and ensure a Democrat majority in the House and Senate. This isn’t the last candidate for the SCOTUS President Obama will have either. I’m betting that in the next eight years President Obama will have three or more seats to fill on the Supreme Court. Did I mention he should pick a fairly young minority woman? Someone that can pull off twenty to thirty years on the bench. This a lifetime appointment that you do not get a do over on.

After all is said and done, even picking a Justice for the Supreme Court is always politics at its best and worst depending on what side of the aisle you vote.

Papamoka