The republican party is a wasteland, Deb. Think about it. They use us and don’t pay anything.
I got tired of being their flunky. I guarantee you that they intend Romney to give them a middle of the road Scotus.
That could very well be the case, but I would take two more like Justice Kennedy instead of two more like Sotomayor or Kagan. If we lose our conservative edge on the SCOTUS, it'll take decades to get it back because Obama will appoint justices in their 50's or 60's.
Forget about the state of the Republican party for a minute. Forget about their history of betraying of conservatives. Forget about the fact that Romney is as liberal as Obama. Let's even forget about Obamacare for a minute. And let us also assume for the sake of discussion that we take control of both houses of Congress and are able to clean out the RINOs or establish a conservative party from the ground up during Obama's second term.
Think about the potential damage a hard-left SCOTUS could inflict on our constitutional rights over the next decade or two. Gun control advocates will start putting cases before such a court as fast as they can. A hard-left court will reinterpret the 2nd amendment. We already know they believe that the right to keep and bear arms either does not apply to individuals or that the state has the right to put severe restrictions on where we keep them and when/how we bear them.
That's how the left works. They push their agenda through the courts. We will not have the majority we need to force legislation down Obama's throat, amend the Constitution, or impeach Obama's appointments.
And it won't be just the 2A that gets reinterpreted. They'll go after every decision that hasn't gone their way for the last few decades.
A conservative Congress will not be able to pass laws quickly enough to stop Obama from using his executive agencies to reinterpret existing laws. Then we'll be fighting two fronts instead of one: SCOTUS and The Executive reinterpreting our laws.
Consider what we stand to lose if the hard-left takes control of the SCOTUS instead of the moderates. Voting your conscience should include considering more than just Romney's record. Consider the long-term effects of a liberal agenda pushed by a hard-left SCOTUS for the next two decades. Sure you say no to Romney, but are you really saying yes to everything the left wants for the next decade or two?
Give it some thought. I will be.