op ed review 9/23
THIS WEEK’S NEWS
The woman accusing Brett Kavanaugh of a drunken assault when
both were teenagers has now come forward publicly, but that should not deter
Republicans from proceeding with their current confirmation-vote schedule.
There is no way to confirm her story after 35 years, and to let it stop Mr.
Kavanaugh’s confirmation would ratify what has all the earmarks of a calculated
political ambush.
Bears “all the hallmarks of a set-up.”
After
Democrats all but lose the prospect of derailing the nomination of Brett
Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, suddenly a new accuser with a 35-year-old
charge of groping abuse comes out of the woodwork. Problem is, she doesn't want
to tell us everything.
Reasons to be skeptical:
After
telling no one her story about the alleged incident for decades, she suddenly
remembered and spoke about it in couples' therapy in 2012, when leftists
perceived the possibility that Mitt Romney, ahead in the polls, would win the
presidency and appoint Judge Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
Two other witnesses named by accuser deny any knowledge of
house party.
Kavanaugh accuser´s lawyer is Vice-Chair of a Soros funded organization;
shown here wearing a radical socialist fist t-shirt at an anti-Trump rally.
As a researcher, Ford published eight studies about the “Abortion
Pill” and works for the company that produces it.
Ford attended a girl’s prep school in Maryland. Her high
school yearbooks have disappeared off the web because they show many photos and
references to binge drinking, debauchery, “and the joy of not being able to
remember any of it.”
Turns out Kavanaugh’s mother was the judge in Ford’s
parents’ foreclosure case 1996.
All the attention on Kavanaugh obscures news that DNC
Vice-Chair Ellison accuser releases 2017 medical document saying she feared
'retribution' over abuse allegations.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/19/keith-ellison-accuser-releases-2017-medical-docume/
Dozens of female colleagues, classmates and friends of Brett
Kavanaugh rallied in support of the embattled Supreme Court nominee on Friday,
saying they don’t believe the sexual assault allegation against him. The women, who last week wrote a letter of
support for Kavanaugh, spoke at a Washington press conference in front of a
banner that blared “#IStandWithBrett.”
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker is facing accusations
of hypocrisy over his calls to delay the confirmation vote of Supreme Court
nominee Brett Kavanaugh since he once admitted groping a friend without her
consent in high school.
Democrats’ smash and smear agenda reaches new heights: “At this moment, Kavanaugh’s confirmation has
gone from a slam dunk to a jump ball. That’s because of the second big thing to
notice — some Republicans have a streak of French in them and surrendered
before the first shots were fired.”
CNN Gives Virtually No Air Time to Pro-Kavanaugh Evidence
CNN Has Still Not Done A Story About Farzad Fazeli Who
Attempted To Stab Republican Candidate
The number of Americans who applied for unemployment
benefits in mid-September fell to a 49-year low.
US to slash refugee admissions to historic low of 30,000,
Pompeo confirms
Offer by Poland’s president to host an American military
base and call it “Fort Trump”
Massive lines for Trump rally in Las Vegas.
Two mile long line to get into Trump rally in Missouri, half
of those waiting didn’t get in.
This is not good: RNC
poll finds GOP voters aren’t worried about midterms.
Another distressing RNC Poll: 'We've Lost the Messaging
Battle' on Tax Cuts’
Across the U.S., Democratic campaign ads are telling voters
a big lie. Dems are falsely claiming they're protecting people with
pre-existing medical conditions and warning that Republicans will take that
protection away. The ads would have you believe Obamacare is the only way to
protect people with pre-existing conditions. That's false, and the outcome of
the midterm elections could turn on this falsehood.
During a town hall event on Wednesday night, Rep. Beto
O’Rourke (D-TX) — running against Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) for the Senate seat —
told a black American who questioned his support of illegal immigration that
illegal aliens from Central America and Mexico are today’s cotton pickers.
Historic GOP win in state Senate race dampens Democratic
hopes for a 'blue wave' in Texas
Joe Biden calls Trump voters “dregs of society”.
Leaked video shows Google co-founder Sergey Brin comparing
Trump voters to 'fascists' as he vows to thwart rise of populism in the
aftermath of the 2016 Presidential Election
Deep blue California now leads the nation in poverty.
Rob Rosenstein reportedly discussed wearing 'wire,' invoking
25th Amendment against Trump
Obama administration intelligence officials John Brennan and
James Clapper must answer to the allegations that they blackmailed Supreme
Court Justice John Roberts to get his vote for Obamacare in 2012.
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COLUMN OF THE WEEK
John Hinderaker, Powerline Blog, 9/19
When I was 10 years old, I wrote Richard Nixon’s name in
chalk up and down the sidewalk on my street. This was during the 1960 campaign.
An elderly lady who lived next door asked what I was doing and when I
explained, she said: “You can write his name all over my sidewalk!” I have been
following politics ever since. I have seen a lot of stupidity, but I don’t
think I have ever seen anything as dumb as the current controversy arising from
Democratic Party activist Christine Ford’s 36-year-old, teenage allegation
against Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
Ford doesn’t know when the non-criminal incident happened,
or where. She has identified one witness, who says her story is “nuts.” Ford
went 36 years before mentioning the name of Brett Kavanaugh, whom, as far as we
know, she has never met. If her fabricated allegation is enough to derail a
nomination, then no Republican can ever again be nominated to a federal post
without Democratic Party consent. The Democrats will have an absolute veto
power, since there can hardly be a weaker obstacle to confirmation than the one
raised by Ms. Ford’s 36-years-late teenage allegation.
The mystery is why Ms. Ford’s pitiful effort on behalf of
her party has erected a roadblock to Kavanaugh’s confirmation. Republicans
ostensibly control the Senate, and Ford’s unsubstantiated claims are
ridiculous. Why haven’t the Republicans simply moved ahead with Kavanaugh’s
confirmation? Why are some Washington Republicans so fearful and so
ineffective? Senate Republicans had better confirm Kavanaugh promptly, or a
huge number of Republican activists–like me–will conclude that the DC version
of the party is utterly worthless.
Republicans should not allow the hit on Kavanaugh to succeed. “It is also relevant that she is a Democrat,
a self-described “activist,” and professor of psychology at an overwhelmingly
liberal institution. For coming forward, she will, undoubtedly, be hailed as a
hero to the left for decades to come. And it seems strange that someone who
claims she wanted to remain anonymous took a preemptive polygraph test.” Now is
the time to hold fast, Republicans. If a decades-old allegation with no
independent corroboration or evidence can be used to nuke the career of a man
like Judge Kavanaugh, the same tactic can be used against anyone — and it will
be. If Kavanaugh’s confirmation is derailed,
the precedent will be set. Whenever the stakes are high enough, the most
sinister, underhanded forces of the left will manage to surface an
unsubstantiated character-destroying allegation at the most opportune
moment. We can’t let that become the
standard for those who wish to serve public life. Kavanaugh is a good man. He
belongs on the Supreme Court. If Senate Republicans cave on this, it will be to
their lasting dishonor.
Flashback: “Not that
long after Clarence Thomas’s nomination was very nearly defeated, and within
easy memory of Bork’s character assassination, President Bill Clinton got to
nominate two Supreme Court justices. How did Republicans react? They couldn’t
leap on the confirmation bandwagon fast enough. Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen
Breyer were confirmed by the lopsided margins of 96–3 and 87–9, respectively.”
Do we really have to be here for this? By “we,” I mean
America. And by “this,” I mean some form of forced group therapy session for
adult women who cannot move past an ugly event from their teen years and feel
the need to relitigate it in public nearly four decades later.
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FROM OTHER COLUMNS
“Even liberals should concede that in America one is
innocent until proven guilty. Particularly with 36-year-old allegations that
are impossible to corroborate.”
-Star Parker
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BOOKS, FILM
“Judicial Fortitude: The Last Chance to Rein In the
Administrative State”
New film focuses on anti-abortion activist Abby Johnson, who
spent years working for Planned Parenthood before switching sides.
New film: “Gosnell:
The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer”, starring Dean Cain (Superman) as
Detective James Wood.
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LEFTIST WATCH
Maxine Waters urges Resistance to “knock off” President
Trump.
Antifa website calls for slaughter of border patrol agents.
Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s working
class credentials are under scrutiny again after she was pictured wearing a
$3,500 outfit for a photo-op with construction workers.
Google Workers Discussed Tweaking Search Function to Counter
President Trump’s Travel Ban. Maybe they
can use censored search technology Google is developing for China.
Ben and Jerry team up with MoveOn.org to create
Democrat-inspired ice cream flavors
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/21/ben-and-jerry-team-moveonorg-create-democrat-inspi/
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ARTICLES
“It's hard to know what to make of the last-second charge
against Judge Brett Kavanaugh about an event that allegedly occurred 36 years
ago. What is crystal clear is the message Democrats are sending to
conservatives. "We will do whatever it takes to destroy you."
“This event happened 36 years ago among adolescents. The
victim and the villain were under the influence of alcohol and the former can’t
remember half of the details — yet somehow recalls enough to ruin the latter’s
career. The latter says it never happened. This is why we have the Sixth
Amendment, folks.”
If Senate Democrats and their media allies manage to destroy
Brett Kavanaugh, they will bring America one step closer to a new, liberal
style of totalitarianism.
It's blatantly clear that this woman, Christine Blasey Ford,
is the Democrats' "insurance policy" to keep Kavanaugh off the
Supreme Court. Senator Feinstein held this letter and kept the writer anonymous
right up to the vote. The only other "witness," Mark Judge,
categorically denies that it ever happened. And the woman can't even remember
the exact date of this life-changing event.
Is Dianne Feinstein the Most Corrupt Senator in the United
States?
Eviscerating Kavanaugh: “Sen. Feinstein, have you no sense
of decency?”
Noemie Emery: “Do the Democrats keep a steady supply of female
accusers, adjusted as to age, geography, and possible chance of having met the
subject, ready and set to be called on as needed, depending on which nominee,
from which part of the country, the Republicans happen to choose? If they fail with Kavanaugh, will they try it again with the
next male contender? if they succeed, surely they will try it over and over,
until not a single male judge might be left. Democrats lately have been naming women, and the Right ought
to follow suit. From now on, all nominees ought to be female. Justice Amy
Barrett has a ring to it.
Newt Gingrich: If Republicans want to defeat Democrats in
2018, they must do this…
“I once supported Ted Cruz over Donald Trump in the
primaries, largely due to the fact that Trump seemed a bull who carried around
his own china shop and campaigned like Sherman marching through Atlanta with
matches. But he won me over, and I repented my political sins and
saw the method in his madness as he overturned the tables at which the elitist
moneychangers sat along with the status quo they cherished. He has unleashed
America's entrepreneurs, cut all our taxes, chopped off the strangling
regulatory tentacles of big government, liberated American energy, rebuilt the
military, ended "free" trade transfers of wealth to those who are not
all our friends, fundamentally transformed the judiciary, and dared to step on
the new third rail of American politics: illegal immigration and sanctuary
cities. Sadly, some persist in their unbelief, most notably the #NeverTrumps
over at the increasingly irrelevant National Review, who have published a piece
taking the absurd position that the concept of birthright citizenship is not
only constitutional, but an integral part of any originalist interpretation of
the U.S. Constitution”
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WISE
WORDS
“Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on
retentiveness. When experience is not retained, as among savages, infancy is
perpetual. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
-George Santayana
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