[Magdalen] R.I.P. Justice Scalia

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Grace> I think Bush and Kasich would probably do the least damage ...


It is so sad that we actually think in these terms about our country's 
leaders.  And I might use those words too.

Lynn

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From: "Grace Cangialosi" <gracecan at gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2016 7:41 PM
To: "Magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] R.I.P. Justice Scalia

> I agree that it would be great to have Obama on the Supreme Court, but 
> maybe in 5-10 years. And I wish I were as sure as you are that the Dems 
> will retain the White House. Everything is so absolutely crazy about this 
> election that I'm not sure of anything. I mean, who would ever have 
> believed that anyone would take Trump seriously at all...and that they're 
> STILL doing it?!  I think Hilary will probably be the Democratic 
> candidate, and she's clearly the best qualified, but a lot of people 
> really don't like her and will vote for anyone else. It also seems that 
> many folks don't care about qualifications at all--they're just attracted 
> by anger and bigotry and who can yell the loudest and appeal to their 
> worst fears. How else do you explain Trump and Cruz? I think Bush and 
> Kasich would probably do the least damage as a Republican president, but 
> I'm not sure either of them can get the nomination.
> And that's the last political post I'm going to make until we have the VA 
> primary, which I think is March 1st.
>
> On February 13, 2016, at 7:50 PM, Molly Wolf <lupa at kos.net> wrote:
>
> My thought exactly.  I believe the Dems will take the White House.  It 
> would be well to focus on Congressional elections in 2016, with the aim of 
> restoring sanity to the Republican Party by knocking it cross eyed. Get 
> the veterans on side with the Dems and go for high voter turnout among 
> black voters and the young.  Then a good Supreme Court nominee  could pass 
> without the sort of c**p that this Congress has been indulging in. (I'd 
> love to see Obama on the SCUSA but the poor man needs a break!)
>
> Molly
>
> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no 
> other way. -- Mark Twain
>
>> On Feb 13, 2016, at 6:44 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> If the current Congress blocks a nominee,
>> the NEXT president and the NEXT congress ...
>> get it?
>>
>> On Saturday, February 13, 2016, Roger Stokes 
>> <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>> On 13/02/2016 23:35, ME Michaud wrote:
>>>>
>>>> They would be wise not to procrastinate.
>>>>
>>>> Bill Clinton would be great on the Supreme Court.
>>>> So would Barak Obama.
>>>> :-)
>>>
>>> I understand that he has said he would decline such a nomination, though
>>> technically I assume he could nominate himself.
>>>
>>> Roger
>>>
>