9/27/2020 The Richness of Political Hypocrisy

Politics in the U.S. is a study in hypocrisy. I'm seeing it in extreme and widespread measure in President Trump's nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett for Senate confirmation as a Supreme Court Justice. For the better part of the last week there has been an outpouring of love and admiration at the news of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg's passing. Justice Ginsberg was just the second female justice on the court. (Sonia Sotomeyer and Elena Kagan, respectively, are the third and fourth). The respect, love, admiration, and signs of those feelings were everywhere. Why? Well, as a woman, to rise to the highest level in the legal world in our country is an amazing accomplishment. It's an honor and a privilege for any judge to be nominated to that high office. And Justice Ginsberg wore the robes of a Supreme Court Justice with every bit of the dignity befitting that office. She is a role model for every young woman in our country that if you set out to do great things, to be a great person, and to make a great difference, you can. She epitomized greatness.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg

 

Judge Amy Coney Barrett

Now we come to Judge Amy Coney Barrett. If conformed by the Senate, she'll be just the fifth female Supreme Court Justice. At 49, she's at the pinnacle of the legal profession in just being nominated for the position. I have great admiration and respect for her for what she's achieved and for reaching this pinnacle. I give credit to President Trump for sticking with her by making the nomination. Judge Barbara Logoa, a Hispanic judge from Florida might have been a more clever pick for the politics of the situation in the election season. But Trump went with who he thought was his best choice, those other considerations aside. And Judge Barrett is a brave woman, a "lot of balls" I told a friend last night. She knows what's coming from a bunch of vile, evil scumbags who are so blinded in their partisanship that attacking motherhood, adoption, children, and a woman of great achievement is all good to them. Someone of weaker constitution, no pun intended, wouldn't knowingly enter this briar patch.

 Last night Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley tweeted "Barrett is dangerous & unfit to serve on the highest court." Senator Richard Blumenthal (Danang Dick) said "Judge Barrett’s views would harm real lives—real people—in real ways, from children with pre-existing conditions to women who just want to be able to decide when & how to have a family." Senator Kirsten Gillibrand tweeted that "Alongside her dangerous, ultra-conservative record, she’s not fit to serve on the Supreme Court." Senator Sheldon Whitehouse portrays Judge Barrett as some kind of puppet with strings being pulled by unseen, evil forces: "It doesn’t matter who the Supreme Court nominee is; it matters who’s behind this pick. And the answer is special interests out to capture our courts."

Someone named Vanessa Grigoriadis Tweeted: "I guess one of the things I don't understand about Amy Comey Barrett is how a potential Supreme Court justice can also be a loving, present mom to seven kids? Is this like the Kardashians stuffing nannies in the closet and pretending they've drawn their own baths for their kids, when she portrays herself as a home-centered Catholic who puts family over career, isn't she telling a lie? The tweets and comments get worse.

Someone named Becca T explains via tweet: "They aren't attacking her for adopting. They want to make sure it was a good adoption. A lot are not. That is not an attack on her children. That is questioning Barrett's character. If a liberal had adopted kids from Haiti, the GOP would be doing the same." Someone named Zoë wants us to know the maybe Barrett's really a racist: "All these conservative clowns are out here talking about how there’s no way Amy Barrett could be racist because she adopted two black kids. Ooooh boy, do I got news for y’all..."

Christine D fills us in on Judge Barrett's motivation for adoption: "If your main reason 4 adopting a black kid is solely done to "prove" that you're not a racist, or in order to spruce up your image/ career. Then you're a racist. Amy Barrett didn't adopt those children to help them. She adopted them so she could improve her chances 4 nomination."

Dangerous. Unfit. Harm real lives real ways: pre-existing conditions an reproductive choice. Dangerous. Not fit. Puppet. Unseen evil forces. Special interests. Like the Kardashians. Stuffing nannies in the closet. Pretending. Portrays herself. Telling a lie. Questioning Barrett's character. Racist... ooooh boy, do I got news for y'all. Reason for adopting to prove you're not a racist. To spruce up your image/career. A racist. Didn't adopt to help them. Adopted to help chances for nomination.

I've got a question for all the scumbags who said all these and other nasty, vile, uncalled for things about Judge Barrett: Were you wearing your Justice Ginsberg lace collar tribute while you said these things?

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