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Scrivener7

(59,768 posts)
28. They have unlimited money and they will use that unlimited money to achieve their goal.
Wed Apr 8, 2026, 11:12 AM
Apr 8

Their great talent is circumventing the Constitution.

Exhibit A: the SAVE act. That will skim off a good percentage of women voters if it passes. Succeed or fail, they will use their unlimited money to come up with something else to take rights from another tranch of women. As with abortion rights, they will chip away around the edges for as long as it takes to achieve their goal. They always play the long game and, as I'm sure you can see, they're testing tactics that were used successfully, despite the Constitution, for generations in the south to prevent black people from voting.

I agree that this will be more difficult to do than trashing abortion rights, and you may be right that it is impossible. But they will certainly try, and we will certainly need to fight their attempts.

I put nothing past them or the American people, and I can no longer sit back in the certainty that my rights will hold.

And an aside, that asshole died in 2021.

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As someone who votes by mail in a blue state (Illinois) for health reasons... greatauntoftriplets Apr 8 #1
I they'd have to have Congress repeal the 19th Amendment which was fought for since 1848 and we wont let it go Deuxcents Apr 8 #2
Pretty sure we said we wouldn't let abortion go Laurelin Apr 8 #3
Yes, it definitely got a real kick in the teeth so we gotta be extra dedicated since we know what it means to lose Deuxcents Apr 8 #4
Abortion rights were nor legislated into GenThePerservering Apr 8 #8
Two-thirds of Congress and three-fourths of state legislatures. valleyrogue Apr 8 #15
When I was pointing out decades ago that the misogynist, theocratic, niyad Apr 8 #5
Whenever people say, "Just a few crazies," you KNOW it's an idea that will catch on like wildfire with the far right. Scrivener7 Apr 8 #10
The far right isn't anywhere near the majority. valleyrogue Apr 8 #16
And yet, they've managed to take the most basic human right away from a little more than half the population. Scrivener7 Apr 8 #23
Trying isn't succeeding. valleyrogue Apr 8 #25
See my answer below. And JFC? I'm guessing that means "I disagree," but with a big dash of nasty, right? Scrivener7 Apr 8 #30
JFC is jesus fucking christ, so you are quite correct. niyad Apr 8 #33
Yes. Also translated as, "I can't believe anyone is so stupid as to believe what you are saying." Scrivener7 Apr 8 #34
That, too. niyad Apr 8 #35
We no longer have a US Constitution. Irish_Dem Apr 8 #29
They don't care Cirsium Apr 8 #40
It is impossible to do it. Impossible. valleyrogue Apr 8 #18
You are missing the main point here. And that is the fact that a niyad Apr 8 #20
No, I am not. valleyrogue Apr 8 #24
They have unlimited money and they will use that unlimited money to achieve their goal. Scrivener7 Apr 8 #28
Wow, nice insult there, since you apparently have no idea how old I am, niyad Apr 8 #31
That would be nice Cirsium Apr 8 #41
And it wouldn't end there. Mister Ed Apr 8 #6
Yep EuterpeThelo Apr 8 #7
Their attacks on no-fault divorce, domestic violence laws, child custody. . niyad Apr 8 #22
Probably want to start burning women at the stake again. Irish_Dem Apr 8 #27
That has already been proposed. niyad Apr 8 #32
They are refusing to give dying women medical care. Irish_Dem Apr 8 #42
Every single country that has disenfranchised GenThePerservering Apr 8 #9
"Christian Nationalists" are NOT Christian. ProudMNDemocrat Apr 8 #11
Men and Owned Women have been whining GenThePerservering Apr 8 #12
I wondered when they would get around to returning to the "good old days" when... Redleg Apr 8 #13
They wouldn't be talking this bullshit if women voted GOP. valleyrogue Apr 8 #14
Wherever There Are Rights, MineralMan Apr 8 #17
I am sure Rebl2 Apr 8 #19
And there are a good many women who are fine with this idea. niyad Apr 8 #21
No it wasn't. You know what was a bad idea? Letting Donald Trump back in the White House. Initech Apr 8 #26
Trans people and undocumented immigrants were only the beginning... DSandra Apr 8 #36
I believe quite a few women vote gop GenThePerservering Apr 8 #37
Well, they've been pushing this forever. themaguffin Apr 8 #38
"The Handmaid's Tale"; coming to a craphole Red State soon. /nt artemisia1 Apr 8 #39
Incels fantasy MorbidButterflyTat Apr 8 #43
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