Posted on 09/09/2018 5:47:07 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
Today’s Campaign Update (Because The Campaign Never Ends)
There had to be one at some point. – Holy cow, we had an actual slow news day on Saturday! Yes, friends, for literally the first time since The Campaign Update was initiated in July of 2016, we did not have multiple major news cycles in a single day.
The biggest news was that Serena Williams, the greatest women’s tennis player in history, lost in the U.S. Open finals to Naomi Osaka, and decided to blame it all on the umpire. Williams was completely dominated in the match by Naomi Osaka, who won the first set 6-2. Williams decided to start fighting with the umpire after he noticed her coach signaling to her from the stands, which is supposed to be illegal in the game of tennis although everyone does it. Williams, seeing the handwriting of a loss on the wall, decided to latch onto the umpire as her excuse, threw several tantrums, and ruined the first major championship for Osaka in the process, as Williams’ behavior left both women crying at the trophy award ceremony.
Sportsmanship is a lost art.
If Ben Sasse left the GOP, would anyone actually notice? – The other “big news” of the day was the statement by Nebraska’s RINO Senator Ben Sasse that “I consider leaving the Republican Party every day,” as if anyone didn’t already know he’s a liberal dressed in a conservative suit. Democrats everywhere cowered in fear at the prospect of heaping a big helping of Ben Sasse atop their already steaming plate of smarm and hypocrisy provided daily by Cory Booker and Kamala Harris. Their party is already filled to capacity with grandstanding jerks – it may be the one place in Donald Trump’s economy that has no more job openings.
Yes, it’s caused by their professors. – A new study by Brigham and Women’s Hospital finds that 1 in 4 college students suffer from a mental health condition. No word if 98% of them are journalism majors, but it seems likely.
The Democrat Party’s far, far, far, far, far, far, far left wing weighs in on Kavanaugh. – If you’re a normal person, i.e., someone who is perceptive and cogent enough to actually live in the real world, you know that the Democrat Party’s base today is made up of three wings: It’s left wing, it’s far, far, far left wing, and it’s far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far left wing.
Outside of Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, both of whom make Joseph Stalin look positively conservative, most Democrat senators line up within one of the first two wings from an ideological standpoint. Given that neither Sanders nor Fauxcahontas sit on the Senate Judiciary Committee, you might be surprised to learn that the party’s far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far left wing – which is by far its largest voting wing today – has actually not been satisfied with the mob rule, showboating antics of the Democrats during the Kavanaugh hearings.
That’s right – these hipster/social justice warrior/Antifa nutjobs are actually angry at their party leaders for not going far enough. To prove it, a group of them, led by the despicable cretins who run the Women’s March, DailyKos, Friends of the Earth and Justice Democrats, sent a letter on Saturday to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer excoriating him and other senate Ds for not going far enough and for the hienous crimes of … wait for it … oh, you have to wait for this one … KEEPING AN OPEN MIND!
Yes, friends, any Democrat Senator who did not announce how he or she would vote on the nomination before the hearings had been held is now persona non grata among the lunatic major portion of their party’s voting base. Here’s an excerpt from the letter:
“Your job as Senate Democratic leader is to lead your caucus in complete opposition to Trump’s attempted Supreme Court takeover and to defend everyone threatened by a Trump Supreme Court,” the letter said. “But unbelievably, nearly two dozen Democrats have still not come out against Kavanaugh, and just last week, you helped Majority Leader Mitch McConnell fast track 15 Trump judicial nominees. That is not the leadership we need.”
Note how it defines Schumer’s “duty”: It’s not to listen carefully to the nominee’s testimony, not to carefully read the massive documentation related to Kavanaugh’s background and prior court decisions, not to carefully consider whether or not the judge is qualified for the job, oh no. To the radical left, Schumer’s and his entire caucus’s job is to oppose. Period. No matter what. Oppose for the sake of opposing, without consideration, without apparent thought.
Because any Democrat who lets actual thought creep into his or her head might end up deciding that the real enemy to our nation is not the nominee, but the motley collection of nutjobs, malcontents, spoiled babies and nitwits who make up the preponderance of their party’s voting base, and we can’t have that, can we?
This is the milieu that Sen. Sasse says he thinks about joining on a daily basis. That’s really sort of extraordinary, isn’t it? The voters in Nebraska really ought to factor that into their decision making when their Senator stands for re-election in 2020.
That is all.
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I hope someone good steps up to replace Ben Sasse. What do you do when you have a rino vs liberal? When I first voted for him he said all the right things. Now we’re trying to figure out what is driving him. Pure hatred of Trump or was he playing the part. People I know are not happy with him.
Sasse would learn the painful lesson that admiration for his left leaning philosophy is false flattery designed only to tempt him further to the left. Once he is used up he will be nothing better than a spent condom to left or right.
BTT
He is bought and paid for like most congresscritters.
Ben Sasse’s Conservative credentials are pretty impressive. The question is where does he fit in with regards to the Republican party that is not run by Conservatives? His Never Trumpism is quite annoying and he can’t seem to let it go. He suffers from cutting off the nose to spite the face and that is why although he checks all the right conservative boxes, he comes across as a bore in these trying times where he sees the world through the right/left paradigm when it is much bigger than that.
Romney will be the new McCain, Sasse and Rubio have to wait their turn.
“Is there any point in the conformation hearings?”
I see what you did there :-)
Do not overlook the fact that Mittens is lurking in the wings.
Romney will be the new McCain, Sasse and Rubio have to wait their turn.
Wait until another amnesty bill comes up, Rubio will betray US again.
Ben Sasse needs to resign and run as a democrat or as an independent. We don't need his type in our party. He want's out? We'll hold the door.
When is Sasse next up for re-coronation (er, election)?
Nope - My error - David Blackmon snuck it into the last line.
I might be like the Democrats leaving Reagan, but we haven't seen Sasse do any audacious yet.
For the record.
I think he’s just talking. Sasse isn’t going anywhere. My take...
Ben Sasse’s Heritage Action lifetime score is 90%:
https://heritageaction.com/scorecard/members/s001197?session=115
Chuck Hagel
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