Posted on 09/20/2020 2:02:58 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
Sorry for the vanity - I know we need to crack down on them and fill up the tank, but this needs to be said.
All you FReepers worried about Sens. Murkowski, Romney, and Collins (and probably add Thune and Toomey to the mix, they're wildcards) need to chill. Enjoy the show, as a certain letter of the alphabet has said.
These statements put out by the aforementioned Senators are completely non-binding. They are simply designed to quell some of the Left's anger and soothe passions as the nation mourns RBG. I even wish Trump hadn't said anything about a replacement until at least Tuesday.
Mitch and Trump has been prepared for this exact moment. Already, Pelosi has overplayed her hand to the point where she's being denounced by Rahm Emmanuel himself. The never let a crisis go to waste guy, is out there condemning Pelosi.
Other people who have completely overplayed their hand are the Left's foot soldiers in the media and Hollywood. If there's going to be violence, or hateful comments, especially against ACB, who is a married mother of 7 including a Down's Syndrome child and 2 adopted kids from Haiti, it will backfire on the Left.
Before the hearings (Personally, they should hold a floor vote for ACB, she has already had Senate hearings in 2017) even begin, Mitch is going to read the RINOs the riot act. They are going to be told in no uncertain terms that they have nothing to lose by voting to confirm Trump's nominee. You think the Left is going to stop targeting Collins if she caves? Hell no. Her Senate seat is the #1 target for the Dems.
So, Collins in the end is going to vote to confirm Trump's nominee. Again, her statement is just porn for the liberal media to muse as they report about how "Republicans are distancing themselves from Trump's radical nominee." Collins is going to look at the riots, the threats of violence, and no doubt the smearing of ACB by the Left, and with being chewed out by Mitch, will come to realize that voting for Trump's nominee will light the base on fire and those conservatives who were on the fence will come out to vote for her re-election, while the leftist agitators targeting her will be completely demoralized.
Murkowski is up for re-election in 2022. It's been rumored that Sarah Palin may challenge her. If she votes to confirm, that immediately kills Sarah's chances, because the base will support her for supporting Trump's nominee.
Romney will likely vote no, but optics are the key here. His vote is not needed and it'll be neutralized by a Manchin vote anyway.
So let's not hit the panic button here. I believe these RINOs will fall in line because they will be completely on the outskirts if they don't.
I think everything is falling apart for the Left.
I think you’re right.
This is an institutional party vote.
All will fall in line, or retire.
And no, Manchin will not come aboard. He is under the same knife.
No panic here. It’s has been nothing but Orville Redenbacher at the fhayek residence since Friday. This is better than the roller coaster at Coney Island. (or should I say Amy Coney Barret Island?)
The knee jerks on the Left have been and always will be SO easy to predict.....just because President Trump came “late to the game” of politics doesn’t mean he hasn’t spotted stupidity from 10,000 miles away!! He’s got their number and he always has had it!!
What about the Alabama Dem Senator?
Disagree about Manchin, although you make logical argument.
But Manchin needs to get elected.
The Dems aren’t going to win this. They,re hoping for a stroke of luck.
There is no reason for the discord...the GOP is a useless party...
If they fail to deliver and Trump loses the election (because they steal it..Trump needs to win every swing state by 100,000 votes or they will steal it)
then we get nothing as usual and the country is gone..because the supreme court will be gone..
Mitch should of had all these fools in line..and marching with the right message..
And the death of Ginsberg was just that.
"married mother of 7 including a Down's Syndrome child and 2 adopted kids from Haiti, it will backfire on the Left"
I can't imagine what they could attack somebody like that with, but I'm sure they'll come up with something. They're inventive if not smart.
Not until 2024. He's only a "moderate" during election years.
any senator who opposes, impedes, or votes against... is committing permanent political suicide
and they know it
(plus, they would earn the hatred of millions of voters so they would find themselves unable to get elected dog catcher in Peoria)
“I think everything is falling apart for the Left.”
Oh dear!
And no Gorilla glue to be found.
Fancy Nancy’s denture paste must serve as a
substitute.
“What about the Alabama Dem Senator?”
Jones and Peters may vote yes IF the GOP has a lock and it happens before the election. It would be a hail Mary for Jones and Peters is a scumbag who would do anything to win. He is in a dead heat for the Mi race. Peters is running against a black man and not a word about Peters trying to use his white privilege to beat a fine young African American.
SO right you are!
It's such a delight watching President Trump dance circles around them intellectually. They've always congratulated themselves on their brainpower, especially the ones who attended "prestigious" universities, and for Trump, who considers them dolts (which they are), to outthink them at every turn galls them out of their minds!
He's irrelevant. He's down in the polls and even if he votes for Trump's nominee, no AL conservative is going to split the ticket and vote for him. Trump will have coattails the size of a stadium tarp. So, he's just going to go down in flames.
How many democrats lost their seats because of the democrats behavior against other republican nominees?
If they attack a Godly mother in the same way four senator loss will be minor. Let them show themselves.
The president, nominee and senators just need to keep positive and supportive.
And this was a worthwhile vanity. One of very few. people always panic and I have stopped doing that when it comes to Trump a long time ago.
The guy only knows how to win. Yeah there have been a few losses along the way but 98% is good enough for me
There is plenty of time for more.
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