Keystone Cops - government on the move

[Lamplighter]

One could take the high road:

The Roberts Supreme Court is on a roll.
Gay marriage, national health care and a surprising vote of support for the Fair Housing Act,
all in a couple of days.

Or one could take the low:

Hug a bigot today, they’re having a bad week

But the GOP is tunneling into it’s own morass

Supremes Hit a High Note
NY Times - Gail Collins - June 26,2015

“The Supreme Court just upheld Obamacare yet again,” said Jeb Bush in a fund-raising shout-out.
“This is the direct result of President Obama.
He deliberately forced Obamacare on the American people in a partisan and toxic way.”

Whoever actually wrote Bush’s email did a brilliant job since it,
a) manages to blame Barack Obama for a Supreme Court dominated by Republican appointees, and
b) does sort of sound like the way Jeb Bush talks.
...
Once again, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee led the field in howling,
demanding that the people “resist and reject judicial tyranny, not retreat.”
Once again we will contemplate the fact that Huckabee used to be known as the tenderhearted Republican.

Donald Trump blamed Jeb Bush for the court’s gay rights decision,
which is even more creative than Jeb Bush blaming Barack Obama for the one on health care.
...
“The only alternative left for the American people is to support an amendment
to the U.S. Constitution to reaffirm the ability of the states to continue to define marriage,”
said Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.

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