Democrats Stack the Deck
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“I can understand getting rid of Gilbert. He is the Republican attack dog. Even when his party was in the majority, some of his floor speeches criticizing Democrats were pretty nasty.” Really? Then in the rest of that paragraph you go on to praise him? Madam Speaker can appoint whom she wishes, but his presence on that group was based on his long experience in the courtroom and the Courts Committee, and if you truly want a panel where consensus can be hammered out, he should be there inside that tent.
But the behavior of the Senate Democrats was worse, far worse, worse even than their treatment of the GOP minority when I first observed the GA in the mid 1980s.
They come out of this special session with 20 bills passed on straight party votes, they own it all. Eventually they might regret not seeking some compromise and consensus.
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Makes perfect sense. He can be both of the men Dick has described. If on the Assembly floor whiskey can be so bifurcated, certainly it is easy for a man.
“My friends, I had not intended to discuss this controversial subject at this particular time. However, I want you to know that I do not shun controversy. On the contrary, I will take a stand on any issue at any time, regardless of how fraught with controversy it might be. You have asked me how I feel about whiskey. All right, here is how I feel about whiskey:
If when you say whiskey you mean the devil’s brew, the poison scourge, the bloody monster, that defiles innocence, dethrones reason, destroys the home, creates misery and poverty, yea, literally takes the bread from the mouths of little children; if you mean the evil drink that topples the Christian man and woman from the pinnacle of righteous, gracious living into the bottomless pit of degradation, and despair, and shame and helplessness, and hopelessness, then certainly I am against it.
But, if when you say whiskey you mean the oil of conversation, the philosophic wine, the ale that is consumed when good fellows get together, that puts a song in their hearts and laughter on their lips, and the warm glow of contentment in their eyes; if you mean Christmas cheer; if you mean the stimulating drink that puts the spring in the old gentleman’s step on a frosty, crispy morning; if you mean the drink which enables a man to magnify his joy, and his happiness, and to forget, if only for a little while, life’s great tragedies, and heartaches, and sorrows; if you mean that drink, the sale of which pours into our treasuries untold millions of dollars, which are used to provide tender care for our little crippled children, our blind, our deaf, our dumb, our pitiful aged and infirm; to build highways and hospitals and schools, then certainly I am for it.This is my stand. I will not retreat from it. I will not compromise.”– Judge N. S. “Soggy” Sweats
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“Before adjourning, Herring announced that the executive committee (presumably herself and Sen. John Edwards, the vice-chair) would meet with staff to identify the studies the Commission would undertake for the year.”
That should be an interesting list.
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I just got the list of topics. It is quite ambitious.
For the 2020 special session (in less than 30 days):
Earned sentence credits (“good time”)
Expungement (Phase 1-automatic)For the 2021 Regular session (less than 6 months away)
Expungement (Phase 2–petition based)
Mandatory minimum sentences
Parole
Virginia Pre-trial Data Project
Jury sentencingIf you go to the Crime Commission website and peruse some of their annual reports, you will find in-depth research and extensive documentation. I fear that this thoroughness and depth is going to suffer.
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Thank you. I will visit the site and take a look.
I, too, have concerns about the thoroughness and depth of the research which will be undertaken by this Crime Commission.
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I don’t disagree with Steve…………
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Good informative posts, all of you.
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There was a time when I followed the Courts committees, especially the House, quite closely. When I did, I found the debates fascinating, and discovered (surprise, surprise) that good lawyers work hard to see all sides of a question. Prosecutors don’t want to convict somebody innocent, and few defense lawyers believe all the clients to be innocent victims. Bell and Gilbert follow in a long bipartisan line of faithful guardians of our court system (a relic of flawed European culture, the Smithsonian claims…but I digress.) I say again, taking them off this panel was a mistake if Filler-Corn seeks to build consensus. I conclude she actually fears it.
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Was that during the days of Cranwell, Chip Woodrum, George Allen, Philpott et al.?
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Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe, but he was young and liberal then.
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Watch it! Steve is younger than I am.
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Yeah, he’s younger than that. In truth, based only on his picture, I had him pegged for a Whig.
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Whereas your picture IS a wig. We’ve got to replace the current dying GOP with something. “Whig” is in the running. I want “Federalist.” Hamilton, Adams, J. Marshall.
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I believe you are correct. Either the Republicans will succeed in marginalizing the extremists, and reclaim some of the independents, or the party will split by 2024 along Trump lines. Ya know, those who really believe he’s a “stable genius” and those with IQs over 85.
Just a gut feeling, but if it does happen, I can see a centrist party forming. A real centrist party. May take a decade, or two.
How about Whigs and Copperheads?
Hey, it’s been 6 months since the barber. And, if Republicans were as smart as that little guy, you’d be defeating Hillary in November..
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