The dizzying circles of Republican reasoning

For years, Republicans have complained about the Supreme Court's supposed judicial activism.  They have blamed the court for for legislating from the bench.  The Republican position has always been that they revere the Constitution and that it must be interpreted in a very precise way.  The Founding Fathers' intentions must be followed exactly.

Lately, the Supreme Court has ruled against Republican positions in several high-profile cases, so Republicans have taken to asserting that the Supreme Court doesn't have the last word on the Constitutionality of laws (Rick Santorum), or that they are somehow out of control and need reining in.

To that end, Senator Ted Cruz is holding hearings on how to overcome the troublesome court's rulings.  All the methods discussed--holding elections to oust unpopular justices, for one example--involve very big changes to the Constitution, the very document the Republicans claim to want to protect.  The Constitution is sacred until it becomes inconvenient.  Then it needs a major overhaul.

Call to action for Democrats

Yeah, I know it's early to beg my fellow Democrats to vote in the 2016 election, but the behavior of the Republican Party during the Obama Administration has been so absolutely childish, I must plead with my cohort to get off their asses and vote, in 2016, and in the off-year election in 2018.

The candidacy of buffoon Donald Trump makes me a little crazy, not because he's such a fool, but because, at least in the short run, some people are impressed.

Trump's candidacy seems to have Jebya a little worried.  He recently said the following:

"There are people that prey on peoples' fears and angst as well," Bush said in a video posted online by his campaign.

"Whether it’s Donald Trump or Barack Obama, their rhetoric of divisiveness is wrong. A Republican will never win by striking fear in people’s hearts,” Bush added.

The attempt to put Donald Trump and Barack Obama in the same sentence is laughable enough, but claiming that Republicans can't win by peddling fear is a jaw-dropper.  Spreading fear is what Republicans do, and they often get elected when the fearful turn out to vote.

At this time in our history, the Democrats are the adults getting important work done in the big world.  The Republicans continue to bang their rattles on the sides of their cribs for attention.  We need to elect every reasonable Democrat, whether from the "Warren wing" or the "Clinton wing" of the party, to continue to repair Republican damage and to put the country back on the road to sanity.