Our dear Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died yesterday, Friday, September 18th. The same day the Republican leader of the United State Senate announced he would have a nominee named and appointed to fill her vacancy before the 2020 Presidential election has chosen the next President.
In Hamlet, the Prince alludes to the shameless behavior of his mother Gertrude being able to use the leftover food from his father’s funeral to furnish her wedding feast to her second husband. It is an example of total shamelessness.
Yesterday the behavior of Republican politicians did Gertrude one better.
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Would that you could get this published in every newspaper in the world! Well said Elizabeth.
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Thank you Peter.
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I certainly didn’t expect anything that even remotely resembled human empathy, presidential decorum, or even good taste in any form.
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It just exceeded my worst guess. I figured they might wait at least 24 hours.
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Only someone with class would do that.
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It is such a sad commentary on the state of the union.
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That would be a great state of the union speech. A eulogy.
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Indeed
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It is sad on many levels.
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Absolutely.
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And yet I’m totally not surprised.
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Evil does have a way of ignoring mourning and going right ahead with its plans.
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This administration seems to be missing the shame gene….
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It is staggering to behold.
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Did you see the clip of Lindsay Graham reversing course on this issue? When Obma was president, he said that we should wait until after the election. Now with Trump at the helm, somehow it’s different.
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It is the blatant hypocrisy that is getting to me the most. I think years ago people made some effort to conceal their two-faced selves.
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I saw this lady had died, Elizabeth. It was on Twitter. I didn’t know who she was and was going to look it up today. I’m glad I now know.
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She was very important here, especially for women’s rights.
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Yes, they hardly let the body get cold before rushing to select a favoured apointee. But the last four years have shown that they don’t know the meaning of shame.
Best wishes, Pete.
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For sure. They had been circling her death bed like vultures.
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Ghastly
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Absolutely right, Pete….beyond shocking
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And then Elizabeth Warren (and others) said: “Not so fast buddy.”
Love the Hamlet analogy. Thank you for that.
And what a shame that instead of reminding ourselves of her extraordinary legacy we have to delve into the murky depths of the GOP mind.
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Thanks for catching the analogy. Shameless doesn’t really change much over time it appears.
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Well said, Elizabeth
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Thanks.
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My first thought upon hearing the news…we are doomed.
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Politicians make me sick.
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I have had to turn off the news. It isn’t helping my peace of mind.
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Yes, here too.
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