Posted on 09/28/2018 4:38:44 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
Today’s Campaign Update (Because The Campaign Never Ends)
He said, she said, Lindsey said. Game over. – I’ve said this several times over the last year, ever since John McCain took ill and was forced to pretty much remove himself from the scene in the nation’s capital, but it bears repeating here: It is absolutely amazing just how great Lindsey Graham has become now that he is free from the pernicious influence of John McCain.
It is not an overstatement to say that Lindsey Graham changed the course of history yesterday. Not an overstatement at all. Up to the point of his decimation of the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee and his laying bare of their despicable scheme against Judge Brett Kavanaugh for all the world to see, it is very likely that Judge Kavanaugh did not have a single Democrat vote in his favor for confirmation, and he probably would have lost several Republicans as well.
Yes, Judge Kavanaugh had acquitted himself extremely well. His passionate, emotional opening statement was perfect, a revelation of a man outraged at the coordinated assault the Democrats and their proxies like the Creepy Porn Lawyer had mounted on his character, his life and his family. The obvious contempt for those senators that oozed from his pores as he answered their idiotic questions about his high school yearbook was wholly justified and reflected the righteous indignation and anger being felt on his behalf by tens of millions of ordinary Americans out here in Flyover Country at the despicable spectacle the Democrats had organized against him.
But to that point, the day was probably a draw. Dr. Christine Ford had also done well enough in the morning to probably give cover for every Democrat senator – even those up for re-election in so-called “Red” states – to vote against this nomination, and had likely created enough doubt about Kavanaugh and his character to frighten wobbly-kneed Republicans like Susan Collins, Jeff Flake and Lisa Murkowski away. Ms. Ford was obviously lying about many things, but her job in all of this was only to create confusion and doubt, and she had successfully done that.
Everything changed when Senator Graham, upon returning from a 15-minute break in the proceedings, insisted on taking the questioning away from Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell and exercise his own senatorial privilege. Graham only asked a couple of questions of Judge Kavanaugh during his 5 minutes, spending the remainder of his time unleashing holy hell on his depraved Democrat “colleagues” and changing the tone of the entire afternoon.
Had a similar outburst come from any of the other GOP senators on the Committee, it would not have had much effect. But coming as it did from Lindsey Graham, who sadly had largely wasted the past dozen years following the execrable RINO McCain around like a little puppy dog on a leash, pretending that the Democrats were just well-intentioned “colleagues” and that such a thing as “collegiality” still existed in the U.S. Senate, and helping McCain and the Ds push open-borders and other globalist policies, it was a visible shock to the Democrat system and to their propaganda wing in the fake news media.
From that point forward, the Democrat senators were obviously cowed and never laid a glove on Judge Kavanaugh. Their focus on asking the Judge about the meaning of passages in his high school yearbook and endless calls for a man who has already been through no fewer than 6 FBI background checks to call for yet another one made them look like the silly, disengenuous jackasses they truly are.
Left at long last to his own devices, freed from the destructive influence of McCain, Lindsey Graham grew into his full potential as a leader, as a senator and as a man on Thursday. He abandoned the ranks of the RINO placeholders in the U.S. Senate and, just in the nick of time, achieved greatness.
As a result, Judge Kavanaugh will receive a “do confirm” recommendation out of the Judiciary Committee today, probably along party line votes. After the senate spends the following few days going through all its goofy Kabuki theater floor speeches and cloture nonsense, Kavanaugh will be confirmed on Tuesday to become the next associate justice to the U.S. Supreme Court. At the end of the day, he will probably receive right at the same number of total votes as did Neil Gorsuch, with several squeamish Red state Ds joining all 51 Rs to confirm.
But much more than that was at stake here. As I wrote last week and again earlier this week, our constitutional guarantees of the right to face our accusers and the presumption of innocence for the accused were under assault and on the line in this nomination, thanks to the the Democrat conspiracy to destroy this man’s life on the front pages of our nation’s fake newspapers.
I have been extremely critical of Senator Graham over the years, mainly due to his slavish devotion to John McCain, and I believe he deserved every bit of the criticism he received over those years. But today, he is my hero because, when the moment came when he and only he could summon the personal gumption to stand up and change the course of history for our country, he rose to the occasion and grew into his potential as a true statesman.
God bless him for doing that, God bless Judge Kavanaugh and his family and God bless America.
That is all.
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It really is Satanism.
The leftists and die-hard democrats worship the devil.
Senator Graham made me proud of him yesterday, and today I will call his DC office and let him know.
Those people should have cigars sticking out of their pussy caps in honor of Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky. Remember his comment, “It smells good.” They ridicule Trump for talking about what celebrities can get away with but remain silent on what Clinton actually did.
Agreed. I need to find the “This is my astonished face” graphic to post. I couldn’t believe I was listening to Graham make that statement.
I’m Lindsay Graham fan. He was a bit slow at the staring gate, and he made some comments early on that subverted our president like:
“If Sessions is fired, there will be hell to pay.”
“If, President Trump fires Mueller, there will be hell to pay.”
etc etc.
But, he’s been a good Indian and team player and staunch supporter ever since we passed the Tax cuts. Graham sees that our president is:
1. Patriotic...You notice now that it’s the in thing to be “into” the flag and saying the pledge and singing the Stars?
2. Not lazy.
3. Formidable and strong esp with the message he sends to our enemies.
4. A true leader and safe guard to the GOP who are up for re-election.
I could go on and on, but he gets a big “A” in my book.
I’ll ‘do business’ with someone I don’t agree with on everything, but Ann Coulter is right — a border wall is so essential that it needs to be a litmus test.
With that reservation — he did great!
We will soon see if history has been altered. No vote has yet taken place.
This is the new Post-McCain GOP.
This is the new Post-McCain GOP.
And so far i’m liking it!
This is Linda post John McMaverick. Like.
Yes indeed, the Lord moves in mysterious ways. More proof his steadfast hand remains on the rudder of the Ship of State.
I believe Mr. Blackmon did not much care for the vaunted Senator McCain. :-)
"Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?
speech.
AMEN!! Lindsay took the reins from the incompetent lesbian PROSECUTOR!! Who were the first 2 Republican Senators that let her take their place? WEAK SISTERS!!
I chose not to watch the circus yesterday, except for about 10 minutes. It happened to be Senator Graham’s moment. I stood up and cheered. THAT is what we need in this party. I turned it off after that, confident that this will end well. I never thought I would be so inspired by Lindsey Graham. I believe we are seeing the true Lindsey Graham now!
There were those of us who suspiciously wondered that we never saw McCain and Graham in the same room at the same time or speak at the same time...
I got attacked by a neighbor’s dog when I was a kid, and even though that dog and I eventually came to understand each other, for as long as I knew that dog afterwards, I kept one wary eye on him anytime he was around.
I suspect it is going to be the same with Sen. Lindsey Graham...
“I have to admit, I thought “Who invaded his body and took over his brain?”
The ghost of his distinguished predecessor Sen. J. Strom Thurmond, that’s who.
Good list, but I don't think "believed" is the right word. They knew, oh they knew alright, but they chose to look the other way instead of doing the right thing.
Agreed. She did a terrible job.
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