Posted on 09/28/2018 8:21:01 AM PDT by jazusamo
Supporters of Brett Kavanuagh may have less in common with Kavanaugh’s foes than Senator John C. Calhoun had in common with abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner. Sure, they differed over slavery, but their experiences of family, faith and culture, and their views of America had more in common than the cultural, religious and political chasm that now divides us.
That’s why Kavanaugh’s second appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee not only shattered the coordinated onslaught of his opponents, but brought sharp focus elsewhere.
Kavanaugh won because he fought back. Kavanaugh won because he was unwilling to suffer from the ritual defamation of the Left. He broke free from the traditional advice administration handlers give nominees -- to be deferential and measured to the senators -- and went after the Democrats and his opponents for what they were.
Ritual defamation has become the favorite tool of the institutional Left to advance policy. If anyone stands up to the Left’s narrative -- whether it be voter fraud, race, life, or the purely ideological role of the mainstream media -- they are targeted for ritual defamation by Leftist organizations.
Truth doesn't matter when power is at risk.
Clarence Thomas experienced ritual defamation decades ago when he shattered the narrative that to be black was to be a race-obsessed liberal. Those of us who catalog and report on voter fraud have been subject to ritual defamation by the Left, calling us “vote suppressors,” or worse. And nobody has experienced ritual defamation more than President Trump -- except now perhaps Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
Kavanaugh represented a robust constitutionalist vision for the Court. That alone qualified him for destruction by any means necessary.
And try they did. Millions poured into the fight, from despicable advocates like the racialist Kristen Clarke of the Lawyers' Committee to the even more despicable Communist Party USA.
The opposition to Kavanaugh turned into a farce . Screaming rioters, handmaids, and even groups like the League of Women Voters opposed Kavanaugh because he once wrote a brief opposing racial discrimination in voting in Hawaii. You read that right.
Kavanaugh won Round One. So Democrats pushed Dr. Christine Blasey Ford into the limelight. For two weeks we were subjected to increasingly outlandish tales of gang rapes, and even tales of Kavanaugh and an accomplice dragging women into vehicles for attacks.
Ford cataloged to the committee an awful experience. She seemed broken by whatever happened to her. Things were looking bleak for Judge Kavanaugh.
Matt Schlapp even noted on Hannity’s Fox News show that other Republican presidents would have jettisoned Kavanaugh by then.
And then the worm turned.
Kavanaugh fought back.
He took on his Senate detractors without restraint. He pierced their ritual defamation by moving past the lies and going straight at the liars.
Kavanaugh's win should be a pivot point for the Never Trump gang in the GOP. Kavanaugh won Round Two in the Judiciary Committee because he took the lead of his president and fought back against the ritual defamation. Instead of seeking the acceptance of his foes, he delegitimized them.
That is a sea change of extraordinary import -- not just for Brett Kavanaugh, but for the entire conservative-constitutionalist coalition.
The treatment of Brett Kavanaugh removed any lingering doubt that the Democratic Party is willing to adopt Soviet-style show trial tactics to retain power. These are people for whom power is the bread of life, an intoxicant that spools them into a frenzy when it is threatened.
At times during the hearing, I thought I heard Andrew Breitbart. “That’s a phony question,” Kavanaugh told one senator.
Phony questions. Fake news. Ritual defamation. These are the means by which the Left has slowly eroded the American ideal over decades -- and Kavanaugh fought back.
It didn’t hurt that Senator Richard Blumenthal -- the Vietnam Green Beret who served in the 21st Marine Combat Brigade of Unicorns and Elves -- had the audacity to quote the legal axiom, in Latin, "false in one, false in all."
Democrats on the committee lust for power, and not just power over the gavel. They lust for power over the federal courts. Without federal courts, the American people would never permit the sort of anti-Constitutionalist transformation they seek.
My good friend Michael Graham captured how Kavanaugh’s fight was a part of a wider awakening:
Now do you understand why people like my evangelical parents and longtime “principled conservatives” tossed their principles and backed a rude, foul-mouthed fighter like Donald Trump?They knew how ugly the fight was going to get.
Hopefully Bill Kristol is listening.
The Democrats have also become the new Puritans. Voters should take note, though I doubt Hollywood will.
Thirty years ago, while Judge Kavanaugh was sharing “skis” with his football buddies, Hollywood told us it was the right, the GOP, that were the scolds. Movie after movie, from Footloose to others, had church-going Republicans as the enemy of fun.
Yet Senate Democrats went on the attack, demanding details about beer, parties, farting, beer, sex, drinking games, fun. “Have you ever passed out? Did you ever play quarters? Did you have sex in high school?”
What good are Puritans without a witch trial? And Dr. Ford flew across the country to provide testimony against the accused.
That’s also how Brett Kavanaugh won. America saw a sad broken woman who obviously suffered some sort of trauma in her life. The problem was her story stood alone without any supporting facts and with plenty of holes, holes wide enough for Susan Collins and even some Democrats to walk through.
Put aside the fact that Ford's story had multiple inconsistencies -- it had other problems. For example, who remembers that they only had “one beer” at a party 36 years ago? The sole beer count I can remember from high school is because the number consumed was so extraordinary.
Then, how did Dr. Ford get to and from the house where the attack allegedly occurred? It was eight miles from home -- if you live in Washington, D.C., you know eight miles might as well be on the other side of the moon.
Something may have happened to Dr. Ford, at some time, but it wasn't Brett Kavanaugh who did it.
Kavanaugh won because the evidence cut in his favor, but also because his appearance galvanized Americans exhausted by decades of the deconstructive tactics of those trying to destroy Brett Kavanaugh and his family. His performance didn’t bridge any divides, but it gave us confidence we can now stand our ground
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Dang straight he is a winner. He didn’t throw in the towel like other spineless nominees in the past. He stood up for himself even when PDJT started wavering. I believe we are going to be blessed as a nation when he gets the votes needed to confirm him
A Jesuit friend of mine had a sign on his classroom which said in Latin:
“When you have them by the bxlls, their hearts and minds will follow.”
Onward Catholic Christian soldier.2,
Funny how a pair will stand out in this world.
The anti Jeff Sessions.
“America saw a sad broken woman who obviously suffered some sort of trauma in her life.”
I don’t think she is sad and broken at all. She is probably quite strident and bold when she is out protesting or agitating for left wing causes.
Yeah, it's called liberalism.
Socialists never “change their spots” -— they don’t just win, they destroy their opponent. Try to be nice, give them a deferential inch to try to get along, and they’ll not only take a mile => they will go full scorched earth on us. The ONLY answer is to fight back hard and strong, and let the TRUTH set us free.
THIS.
While Republicans should stay hands off and move on with more important things, someone will wind up following this woman and expose her, and likely every little pimple in her life. She put herself out their for her 15 minutes of fame. I suspect she will reap what she has sewn, and eventually regret it. And IF she was actually assaulted by someone else, that will eventually come to light as well. She knows much more than she has told. Its either a lie, or a projection.
I think she’s got issues, legitimate ones, but I also think she’s got a political agenda and by only submitting her ‘letter’ to FeinSwine (instead of to the committee - Dems & Repubs) she is showing her true colors. Of course, the Dems then took over and used her for their purposes. I think she got in real deep, real fast ... farther than she wanted to, but she deserved it if any part of what she did had a political motive (which I believe).
Here is a link to some interesting comments I heard the other night from Joe DiGenova:
Joe DiGenova: Dr. Ford a deeply troubled person with history of psychological discord…I felt sorry for her
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2018/09/28/joe-digenova-dr-ford-a-deeply-troubled-person-has-a-history-of-psychological-discord-678387
This is, the line of the century. For me, at least.
“Now do you understand why people like my evangelical parents and longtime “principled conservatives” tossed their principles and backed a rude, foul-mouthed fighter like Donald Trump?
They knew how ugly the fight was going to get.”
They don’t call it the Flight 93 election for nothing, folks.
I just want to comment on Ted Cruz talking now on TV. He said we are a divided country.. and we are.
It happened .. full blown... in the 8 years of obama. He was a slimy person, who knew how to insult people every time he talked.. and he knew how to get others to do the same. He had no respect for anyone.. and he was condescending when he stood before the cameras and put on his show.
The black race who were already angry at the world, found a savior in him... followed him and figured they had the freedom to insult and riot.. he had set the pattern and told them to “get in your face”. They did.. so did others.
As the insults became more and more.. the divide became wider. not just insults, but destroying property.. even being given the okay to destroy property... they had a freedom to vent their anger...
It’s still going on and no one is stopping it. It’s not right and it’s not legal to destroy property and harrass anyone... but obama gave them the license .. with instructions.
The anger from no jobs and opportunity (brought to them by the democratic party), boiling beneath the surface, is no longer hidden.. it’s in your face! They disagree with you.. they think they have a right to take you out! their leader said so!
Exactly, her demeanor depends on her phony mission.
Exactly, her demeanor depends on her phony mission.Do you notice that every time she describes the incident it repeated word for word including the punctuation points.
Thoroughly trained to repeat the her story word for word. Just a d party robot.
right. the uni-party had him all set up to fold. very good lesson for any conservative Christian. always fight. never surrender. do your duty, never fail.
how does that square up with turning the other cheek?
it squares for me. read it in context and read it carefully in the Spirit.
nothing in Scripture convinces me that our Lord was an unconditional pacifist. i believe that our Lord was teaching the best way to fight back in the case where you can “turn the other cheek.” the implication being that you “heap hot coals upon your enemy” figuratively when you do so. you convict your enemy’s conscience in that way. you actually love them if you can do that. of course, when defending your physical person or others, that option is not available.
For example, Kavanaugh did that in his testimony indicating forgiveness for Ford and prayer for her through his daughter.
Jesus was compassionate with sinners, but became enraged and violent with the money changers defiling the Temple.
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