Posted on 10/06/2018 3:12:44 PM PDT by EyesOfTX
Today’s Campaign Update – Week in Review (Because The Campaign Never Ends)
Well, the deal is done. Every senator voted the way they had previously signaled they would today, and Judge Brett Kavanaugh will now become Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and there’s not a damn thing the Democrats, the fake news media or their George Soros-funded professional activist proxy groups can do about it.
But make no mistake about it: these depraved, demented and disgraceful Democrats and their willing tools in the U.S. news media are not going to go softly into that good night where this Supreme Court fight is concerned. They fully expected their strategy here to work, that Kavanaugh would willingly pull himself from consideration when faced with an array of accusers leveling all sorts of false attacks on his character, his family and his life. Surely, they believed, he would concede rather than put his family through such a trial by fire, and President Trump would be relieved to have him do so.
Boy, did they miscalculate. President Trump is not a quitter, and neither, we discovered, is Brett Kavanaugh. Even more, we also found out that Senate Republicans like Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnell and even Susan Collins were no longer willing to just shrink away in the name of some fool’s notion of Senate “comity” and surrender like they had almost always done in the past.
But the Democrats will continue pounding on the Kavnaugh issue at least through Election Day, and will no doubt attempt to mount an impeachment fight should they end up gaining a majority in the House of Representatives. Because for them, this is and always has been about nothing but preserving Roe v. Wade, the most baseless decision ever issued by the U.S. Supreme Court, in the law, and thus preserving abortion on demand.
Going into this fight, they really believed they could stop Kavanaugh, win a majority in the House and the Senate (which is not going to happen), and force President Trump nominate a compromise candidate for the seat, maybe even Merrick Garland. They truly believed they could achieve this. That’s how depraved their minds really are.
Now, they’ve lost on Kavanaugh, have basically no chance of winning a majority in the Senate, and see their advantage in House races rapidly slipping away. They also see that Ruth Bader Ginsberg can’t even hold her head up or get two cogent sentences out of her mouth anymore, meaning that if something radical is not done, the new 5-4 originalist advantage on the Court could soon become a 6-3 advantage, from which they could probably never recover.
So, being the soulless, demented ghouls that they are, they will now attempt to make the mid-term elections a referendum on soon-to-be-Justice Kavanaugh and plan to mount an impeachment war on him should they win the House. Thus, the battle is won, but the war goes on.
All that having been said, let’s get to the Campaign Update Week in Review, this time in the form of the week’s biggest losers and winners:
LOOOOOOOOOOOOSERS: Chuck Schumer – The Senate Minority Leader said this in his speech on Saturday: “Let the confirmation process for Judge Kavanaugh be recorded as a sorry epilogue to the brazen theft of Justice Scalia’s seat.” The fact is that Senate Republicans blocked Merrick Garland’s nomination by following a precedent Schumer himself had loudly advocated, and were able to confirm Kavanaugh with just 50 votes thanks to the effort led by Schumer and Harry Reid to eliminate the filibuster on judicial nominations. Little Chucky was hoist on his on petard, and it could not have happened to a nicer guy.
The Creepy Porn Lawyer – Came up with not one, but two “clients” whose claims were so outrageously false that even the fakenewsers at CNN and MSNBC did their best to ignore them.
The Fake News Media – The “reporting” on the Kavanaugh process was so despicably one-sided that the newsfakers even lost Morning Joe and Mika. That’s quite an accomplishment.
Democrat Senate candidates in “Red” states – Heidi Heitcamp went to bed a week ago ahead in her race against Republican Kevin Cramer, and woke up Wednesday morning trailing by 12 points. Claire McCaskill now finds herself down by 8 in Missouri. Other Dems running in red states saw similar shifts in their poll numbers as normal Americans became increasingly enraged by their party’s obvious smear job on Kavanaugh.
Dianne Feinstein – Revealed herself to the entire nation as a snake who cannot be trusted with power. GOP Senate candidates should be using her in their campaign ads.
Lisa Murkowski – Looked small and petty in her speech opposing Kavanaugh on absurdly flimsy grounds. Set herself up to be primaried by a real Republican when she’s up for re-election in 2022.
Cory Booker – Turned himself into a running joke with his Spartacus moment.
Leftist Protesters – this tweet came across my feed as I was typing up this Review:
Ryan Nobles ✔ @ryanobles Capitol Police say protesters arrested today for the 2nd time will not just be released after paying a fine... The repeat offenders will be booked and jailed without the opportunity to be released until Tuesday because Monday is a holiday. via/ @TheOtherKeppler
12:36 PM - Oct 6, 2018 4,834 2,747 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy That’s just all kinds of awesome.
WINNERS:
The American People – The vote to confirm Kavanaugh is a victory for the presumption of innocence, the rights of the accused, the rules of evidence and just plain common sense.
Christine Ford – Yes, she’s been exposed as a mendacious fraud, a practiced liar who conspired with an array of lawyers, current and ex-FBI agents and despicable reporters to smear a good man, but Ms. Ford will clear $1.5 to $2 million from her various GoFundMe accounts and will now be elevated as a hero of the American left, a la Anita Hill. She’ll make millions in speaking fees, be awarded pretty much whatever political job she wants, and will no doubt be deified in a Hollywood film starting Meryl Streep within a year.
Lindsey Graham – As I detailed in the Campaign Update last Friday, Graham’s dramatic speech during the Ford/Kavanaugh hearing literally changed the course of history, and will forever change for the better the way he is regarded by the GOP voter base.
Susan Collins – Her speech on Friday was pitch perfect, soundly based in process, tradition and law, and will be remembered in the history books as the moment that sealed this deal. She is up for re-election in 2020 in a state that is evenly divided on this matter, so her determination to do the right thing and give that speech was a true profile in political courage.
Mitch McConnell – His stewardship of the Senate process this week was glorious. Made several floor speeches that demonstrated he has learned a lot from Donald Trump on how to deal forcefully with the Democrats and their media slaves.
Brett Kavanaugh and Donald Trump – for obvious reasons.
Oh, yeah, and the American economy – The unemployment rate fell to 3.7%, the lowest since 1969, a fact our despicable news media studiously ignored.
The Los Angeles Dodgers – have played four games this week, and given up just 2 runs, ringing up three shutouts. Clayton Kershaw pitched such a great game Friday night that he received a standing ovation from Sandy Koufax. It don’t get no better than that, folks.
The Texas Longhorns – My boys in Burnt Orange blew a 45-24 lead to the Oklahoma Sooners in a span of 7 minutes in the 4th quarter, then came back and kicked a field goal with 9 seconds remaining to eke out a 48-45 victory in the nation’s most intense college football rivalry.
God Bless America.
That is all.
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You want “war”...well buy yourselves some cute, little, pink uniforms, suit up, and come on down.
Trouble is no worry for those of us who are ready for it...and we’re ready.
However, I’d advise them to stay in their “safe spaces” with their Lego and coloring books.
I missed the Murkowski speech but was amazed by the power and beauty of Collins when she spoke.
Yay. The American people have been a sleeping giant, and now they have awakened. The Dems will live to regret what they tried to do to Kavanaugh.
Will Feinslime pay for her treachery?
Christine Ford will get millions and speaking fees?
Will she gives speeches in that little girl voice of hers?
If she ever goes anywhere in public and uses her normal tone of voice, that right there will help expose how stage-managed and rehearsed this whole thing was.
Need better numbers in the Senate.
I have no doubt Trump will be busy leading up to November and pounding Dems over the head about Kavanaugh’s treatment.
New tagline.
Except for the fact you’re a T-sip, good column.
They will tire out by Tuesday.
Daddys check is in the mail.
Hah!
Hook ‘em!!!
Here's hoping the cells are filled to capacity.
Keep the pedal to the metal. Stand on it. Now the election is the hill to climb. MAGA DJT.
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