Justice Kennedy Retiring

[Benton]

(06-28-2018, 09:07 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: This is easy to say when you are someone that may not be as impacted as some others. With the potential shifts against the rights of women, minorities, and the LGBT community that could come with this, it is a concerning predicament.

I think sometimes you have to have that reminder, though.

In Kentucky, lots of folks got red fever a couple years back. I was pretty shocked when I saw 20-30 year union members suddenly supporting candidates that openly said they were going to get rid of labor unions and prevailing wage. Most of the workers would respond with 'they won't do it, that's just talk to get elected' when asked why they would support a candidate openly speaking out against their best interest.

Now, they act like they got misled. Last week I was covering a rally for a Democratic candidate who was a state rep but now is running for a local office and I saw several of those guys who just two years ago were bashing the same candidate for being 'too much like Obama.' 

We've become a country of extremism. The only way it gets back to moderate it to let it swing completely to the right. Democrats would do well to just step aside, let it go and be better prepared for when it gets back to the middle. In 5-10 years, people are going to need long-term solutions to problems after all the GOP deficit spending, siding with private business over public good, etc. Dems should be ready.