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Where’s the outrage over Hillary’s call for a ‘civil’ war?
The New York Post ^ | October 9, 2018 | Michael Goodwin

Posted on 10/09/2018 10:23:39 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Two events from the last two days stand out. The first came Monday night with President Trump’s forceful yet compassionate speech at the swearing in of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

The president opened with an extraordinary apology on behalf of the country to Kav­anaugh and his family “for the terrible pain and suffering” they endured during the historically brutal confirmation process. He said the unfounded allegations violated fairness and “the presumption of innocence.”

Trump also tenderly addressed Kavanaugh’s young daughters, telling them “your father is a great man, a man of decency, character, kindness and courage.”

The event was something of a spike-the-football moment in front of a cheering White House audience and as such was a clever piece of stagecraft, where Republican Sens. Mitch McConnell, Charles Grassley, Lindsey Graham and Susan Collins were saluted.

But the ceremony was much more than that mere boosterism. With the eight other Supremes sitting in the front row, Trump aimed to restore dignity to the judiciary at a time when the dirtiest tricks of politics have buried the court in a mountain of mud.

The president is right to worry that the character-assassination attempt on Kavanaugh may turn out to be a seminal moment in American political and cultural history. The ideas that the court is just another political branch and that the presumption of innocence no longer applies if you are on the other team represent a seismic shift in how we look at each other and the nation as a whole.

If those ideas stick, we are in more trouble than we can imagine....

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa; US: Kentucky; US: Maine; US: New York; US: South Carolina
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1 posted on 10/09/2018 10:23:39 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Isn’t that better than an uncivil war?


2 posted on 10/09/2018 10:26:11 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hillary should be careful what she asks for...she may have been led to think she’s invulnerable but if she thinks the consequences won’t reach her personally...well, that’s her delusion.


3 posted on 10/09/2018 10:29:46 PM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The ideas that the court is just another political branch and that the presumption of innocence no longer applies if you are on the other team represent a seismic shift in how we look at each other and the nation as a whole.


This should really be clarified, to say that the liberals and leftists, are the ones who decided that presumption of innocence no longer applies to the other side. It is the Democrats/leftists, who decided to start such a war, not conservatives.


4 posted on 10/09/2018 10:40:23 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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5 posted on 10/09/2018 10:46:15 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Hillary Clinton: Democrats 'Cannot Be Civil' With Republicans Anymore
6 posted on 10/09/2018 10:46:32 PM PDT by blam
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Mussolini, Esso Station. Just sayin’.....


7 posted on 10/09/2018 10:50:10 PM PDT by CrazyIvan (A gentleman arms himself for the protection of others.)
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To: blam

Were they ever civil for the last several decades?

Anyhow, it’s going to take a faith revolution, not a political revolution, to fix this.


8 posted on 10/09/2018 10:55:14 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKdIz9gP1uI


9 posted on 10/09/2018 10:55:38 PM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK (I'm not a psychopath, I'm a high-functioning sociopath.~ Sherlock Holmes)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well, DemocRats aren’t outraged be a use they support it.
Republicans aren’t outraged be a use we have been the brunt of it already.


10 posted on 10/09/2018 11:01:10 PM PDT by ZULU (MAGA)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The Clintons are soooooooooooo 20th century…
Might I say, Move On?


11 posted on 10/09/2018 11:02:04 PM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Isn’t that better than an uncivil war?

Has there ever been a civil war that was? Civil, that is.

12 posted on 10/09/2018 11:02:06 PM PDT by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“This should really be clarified, to say that the liberals and leftists, are the ones who decided that presumption of innocence no longer applies to the other side.”

You are exactly correct. Every criticism of the demonic incivility of the left is always followed by some moral equivalence ... “Well, of course, the extremes of both sides are equally at fault... Mumble, mumble, mumble...,” Total BS.


13 posted on 10/09/2018 11:12:42 PM PDT by Dr. Pritchett
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Why would there be outrage from the Demagogic Party? That's what they live and breathe, and have for generations. And that covers the partisan media shills, which is most of the media. Silence implies consent.

14 posted on 10/09/2018 11:31:20 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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This is the real reason Dems want to take away guns. So they can safely send their terrorists after opposing voices!


15 posted on 10/09/2018 11:32:38 PM PDT by knighthawk (We will always remember We will always be proud We will always be prepared so we may always be free)
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It is just AMAZING to me that these people can HONESTLY believe that the civil unrest in this country is being done be the right side!!! These IDIOTS keep bringing up the protests that were done by the Tea Party the MILD AND TEPID Tea Party who cleaned up EVERY scrap of paper before they left the area, who also had PERMITS for EVERY DAMNED EVENT!!! What the HELL planet are these people living on!!! HELLARY saying that there can be no civility UNTIL they have their way!!!!


16 posted on 10/09/2018 11:43:13 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Looks like she’s had another facelift to get rid of ol’ turkeyneck.

Must put extreme compressive force on the brain, too.


17 posted on 10/09/2018 11:45:51 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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Old and unhinged.


18 posted on 10/09/2018 11:56:24 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: knighthawk
This is the real reason Dems want to take away guns. So they can safely send their terrorists after opposing voices!

I learned as a child not to play "army" with the little bastards who duck and scream "you missed," even when you had your finger gun screwed into their ear when you said "bang."

If they won't leave your game, you have little recourse but beat their ass till they do.

Taking our guns is a preemptive attempt to avoid that ass-beating so they can stay in the game.

19 posted on 10/09/2018 11:58:53 PM PDT by papertyger ( _ talking about Trump is _ talking about me! STATISTAM!)
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20 posted on 10/10/2018 1:05:59 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZGw2M)
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