In 1968 I was 21 and my political mentor was a work colleague who described herself as a Marxist. At the time of the election everyone I knew was furious at Hubert Humphrey because of his support of the Vietnam War. I didn't have a vote to throw away since I wasn't yet a citizen, but all my friends were adamant that they wouldn't support Humphrey. I talked to my Marxist friend who said that of course she was going to vote for Humphrey. "I have two words, for you," she said, "Supreme Court.' Those nine old men will have more effect on your life than any president." It's the best political advice I've ever received.
I remember that election well. It was the first time I watched young people refuse to support a decent candidate because that person wasn’t “perfect”. Unfortunately it wasn’t the last. The refusal of young people to vote for Gore, driven in large part by the false narrative that the Bush campaign peddled about him, was particularly galling because so much of the mainstream “liberal” media played along with the lies. For example the media knew that Gore had never claimed to have invented the internet but many had fun repeating that claim. Most people still don’t realize just how unfair the media’s treatment of Gore was:
Unlike Democrats Republicans, especially the “Christians” are well aware that controlling the Supreme Court is crucial so they just hold their noses and vote. As a result we have a Supreme Court packed with theocrats and that isn’t just because of Trump. The two most extreme, Thomas and Alito, were appointed by the two Bushes.
In 1968 I was 21 and my political mentor was a work colleague who described herself as a Marxist. At the time of the election everyone I knew was furious at Hubert Humphrey because of his support of the Vietnam War. I didn't have a vote to throw away since I wasn't yet a citizen, but all my friends were adamant that they wouldn't support Humphrey. I talked to my Marxist friend who said that of course she was going to vote for Humphrey. "I have two words, for you," she said, "Supreme Court.' Those nine old men will have more effect on your life than any president." It's the best political advice I've ever received.
I remember that election well. It was the first time I watched young people refuse to support a decent candidate because that person wasn’t “perfect”. Unfortunately it wasn’t the last. The refusal of young people to vote for Gore, driven in large part by the false narrative that the Bush campaign peddled about him, was particularly galling because so much of the mainstream “liberal” media played along with the lies. For example the media knew that Gore had never claimed to have invented the internet but many had fun repeating that claim. Most people still don’t realize just how unfair the media’s treatment of Gore was:
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2007/10/gore200710
Unlike Democrats Republicans, especially the “Christians” are well aware that controlling the Supreme Court is crucial so they just hold their noses and vote. As a result we have a Supreme Court packed with theocrats and that isn’t just because of Trump. The two most extreme, Thomas and Alito, were appointed by the two Bushes.