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Let's cut the crap. Every senator's mind is made up. There will be a Kabuki dance with Collins and Murkowski. They'll enjoy the attention. Senators from Indiana, ND, Montana and WV won't. November is first on their minds. Their job is to show why they are on that panel and you are not. So we will all go through the formalities and protocol that our 'process' requires. A simple drumroll will do. It's quicker.

Mitch McConnell doesn't have the stomach for a Supreme Court fight. He doesn't want his democrat buddies in republican states to be cornered. He doesn't want to upset the precious Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski. He doesn't want have to pressure "suffering" John McCain to retire before the Arizona August primary so the beloved Cindy can be appointed without any political consequences. And McConnell doesn't want another hard-line textualist on the court. McConnell wants Trump to make it easy for him.

Donald as I read your comments about all of the crapola on the East coast, there's one that always seems to get a pass. The wretched Los Angeles Times. Connect them up with those papers, the recently embarrassed, again, Time magazine and all the rest of that rot. The L.A. Times I would submit is the most biased, leftist leaning piece of trash in this country, bar none. Every single headline is twisted and skewered to make it come out against you. It's always something like "Trump saves 5 Nuns in crosswalk, but why not six?" How could he...Every headlines...

The Democrat Party, as a political force and unit, will do all that it can to deny POTUS, Trump, his choice to choose the next POTUS appointed & Senate, confirmed Associate Supreme Court Justice. This action, IMHO, is a big and devastating political choice/action which will further hurt the Democrat Party politically come, the November Mid-Term elections. I suspect somewhere between three & five Democrat Senators will vote to confirm Trumps choice, but, one can never be sure....so, we will have wait and see how this plays out. However, I can safely assure the voters that Democrat "Nay" votes will...

To turn in documents or face impeachment?

Trump is too busy coddling Sessions and waiting for Mueller to indict him so he can be removed from office. ~ Comment from a Freeper on another thread. I would normally balk at such a statement, but I've recently begun to think there's a method to the President's madness, in that regard. Until now, it hadn't occurred to me that our beloved President might be of such noble character, that he is actually baring his chest to the (very real) knives of the left, and is willing to martyr himself, at least politically, to light a fire under the behinds...

Is it about time that Congresswoman Maxine Waters be required to attend Anger Management Classes. Anger is a very normal natural reaction to situations that may cause disappointment, hurt, frustration, sadness, confusion, shame or other negative emotions. Yet, for many people anger is an extremely uncomfortable and confusing emotion. Uncontrolled anger can make you feel as though you're at the mercy of an unpredictable and powerful emotion. What are your thoughts? Should Maxine be required to attend Anger Management Classes ?

Has anyone noticed that the media tends to push calling today the "Fourth of July" or "July Fourth" versus simply calling it was it is: "Independence Day"? This seems to pass down into our speaking lexicon, and people end up wishing you a "Happy Fourth". My take on it is there's a nefarious, underlying reason and leftists who control the media and the schools do this on purpose. It's akin to the whole "Happy Holidays" nonsense. I think the left and the media wants us to forget that this is a day when we remember and celebrate our country's "independence"....

In its everlasting quest to bring down President Trump, the MSM’s latest best hope is Michael Cohen. In an interview with George Stephanopoulos, Cohen said that he puts “my wife, my daughter and my son have my first loyalty and always will. I put family and country first.” Trump foes are taking that to imply that, rather than being willing to take the proverbial bullet for Trump, Cohen is considering turning against the President. On today’s Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough, speaking with Emily Jane Fox, biographer of the Trump children, suggested that Cohen could become Trump’s “John Dean,” the Nixon...

Are you folks aware that when the weekly Cable TV News viewer numbers are posted, the viewers watching Fox Business Channel are not included. As it stands Fox News Channel alone is destroying both MSNBC and basement dweller, CNN. Add the FBN viewer numbers and fox just about outscores all of cable television. A recent article in Forbes magazine states, FBN crushes CNBC. Maria Bartioromo (Morning) has 260,000 viewers, Charles Payne has 310,000 viewers (Evening) and Lou Dobbs 430,000 viewers (Evening). The Fox pair is nearing the 4-5 million viewers per day on a regular basis...with MSNBC at about 2...

Just curious, when I grew up (70’s) I remember one of our neighbors father was a union man. He had bumper stickers all over his vehicles in signs in front of his house to buy American products. What happened to that thought of we should look at American manufacturers before other countries. At that time, it was that everything we were importing was made in Japan. Where is the union out rage about not supporting American companies and buyIng American products?

It hit me the other day. The first Presidential election I was eligible to vote in was 1980. Since January 20, 1989, I have been wishing for a Ronald Reagan on steroids. I got my wish in November of 2016. The kicker: THE BEST PRESIDENTS of my lifetime have had the first names of Ronald and Donald. Just a fun observation.....carry on.

The mythical “Blue Wave” is taking on the shape of the Japanese Kamikaze or “Divine Wind.” As the legend goes, a few hundred years ago the Japanese, who believed Divine Providence would always help them, were on the brink of total annihilation by the Chinese when a “Divine Wind” which is “ kamikaze”, in Japanese, blew the Chinese fleet into splinters and Japan was saved. Right up until 1945 the Japanese believed a kamikaze would save them and they even tried to make it happen with suicide missions. The left in America believe a Blue Wave will be their “Divine...

We hear so much about a woman's "right to choose" and how Roe vs Wade is somehow magically settled law and untouchable. We don't want women having back-alley abortions, right? Did you know that prior to 1973, states had their own abortion laws? States like NY and WA, of course, had no restrictions on abortion (Yellow). States in the South and surprisingly CA allowed abortions only in the cases of rape, incest, or when the Mother's life was in danger (Green). Most of the Upper Midwest, the Northeast, and TX BANNED abortion (Red) So what would happen if Roe vs...

Interesting tidbit via the NY times revealing that Democrat, Congressman, Joe Crowley's internal polling revealed the he was up 36 points over his challenger, Democrat, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Of course we all know the fifteen point "political slaughter" that befell the stunned, Joe Crowley, last Tuesday evening, in the 14thNYCD. One of Democrat, Nancy Pelosi's, favorites, Joe Crowley, received a most crushing blow in his defeat handed him by Ms. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. I tried to search the internet for pre-primary election polls, but came up empty, even on "Real Clear Politics" site. It appears the Fake News" pollsters scrubbed their numbers...

Is it me, or was there very little counter-protest activities? I don't expect the drive-byh media to cover any of it, but I haven't seen much online in social media either. Is there ANY organization to counter-protest these loons on the left?

Get the hook! Joe Scarborough needs to find a new shtick. His routine of endlessly repeating a given word to make his point is wearing–very–thin. On today’s Morning Joe, Scarborough’s word ‘o the day was “unhinged.” Have a look at my YouTube mash-up. By my count, Scarborough used “unhinged” 21 times during the opening segment to denounce House Republicans and President Trump.Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

This prayer request is for a good (the best) friend and co-worker. Despite regular eye exams, my friend Frank found out he has glaucoma in both eyes very early this year. He has been yanked around, in my opinion, by both insurance company and doctors. The medications have not worked very well, and the first surgery did very little to stem the preesure in his eyes. As a result, he has lost permanently much of his vision in the last few months. One of his last hopes was a doctor at a very well respected university out of state. Today...

Thank you RoosterRedux ! Five years after that evil car ran me and the bicycle down, my shoulders and upper body feel better than ever. Even my thumbs that had been broken are much improved. I've been on a bicycle, rollers and spinning, all this time and not much else since the accident. The first three months doing moderate 5K &10k s most days and making friends with the beast. Having only cycled since my accident in 2012, just light therapy and range of motion upper body, I felt three months plus seemed like a good number for muscle recruitment....

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. Isaiah 40:31 What would it be like to think the freest country in histoir is Nazi Germany? Liberals have been taught since they were born that there is no difference between America and Hitler’s Germany. Now their idea of utopia is a version of Stalinist Russia which is even worse, the term Nazi Germany is the picture they portray when they hear a strong America with people...