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Trump’s Unusual Strategy on Kavanaugh Worked
The Atlantic ^ | October 4, 2018 | David A. Graham

Posted on 10/04/2018 3:03:50 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trump’s strategy is unusual because the GOP normally would have folded when the Dems and press sprung their trap.


41 posted on 10/04/2018 3:28:50 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Unusual?
Oh, they must mean by not folding, giving up and trying to be friends with the media like a Bush.


42 posted on 10/04/2018 3:30:54 PM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope.)
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To: metmom

Trump is brilliant despite this authors biased article.


43 posted on 10/04/2018 3:33:01 PM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This article, and it’s unproven allegations, simply confirms what we’ve known all along, his opposition doesn’t even have a vague understanding of how President Trump operates.

Has God blessed President Trump or what?

How lucky we are that they are so deliberately and willingly stupid.


44 posted on 10/04/2018 3:34:00 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This is actually a hit piece, throwing shade on the FBI investigation. NO sources for his “inside” (my emphasis) knowledge on what the White House was doing and supposedly running the investigation.

The report was 1,000 pages ... real shallow /sarc. When there’s no “there” there, not much to investigate. They interviewed the WITNESSES, not those who were spouting hearsay. I heard a guy say he heard from so and so that Kav did thus and such. Nope, didn’t talk to those people, but Judge was a 3 hour interview, Keyser talked, Garrett, plus others.

Another ten thousand pages and a year’s investigation wouldn’t be enough for the Dems. They are voting as a “no” block so no consideration needs to be given to them .... hopefully, the three squishy repubs will find their spines. For the good of the nation, this Dem attack needs to fail miserably and Kav needs to be on the court.

As Candace Owens tweeted: “When Brett Kavanaugh gets confirmed, he’s going to be so conservative that he will make Clarence Thomas look like a liberal.” Sounds like a fitting outcome to me.


45 posted on 10/04/2018 3:35:28 PM PDT by Qiviut (McCain & Obama's Legacy in two words: DONALD TRUMP!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This wasn’t Trump’s strategy. This was the Repubikan’s strategy of stumbling into ‘winning’ by losing. Giving the platform to Dr. Ford to smear Kavanaugh’s reputation had the result of creating a HUGE public backlash against the dems. The repubs that allowed this entire circus to take place are escaping any of the blame.

So despite the hapless repukes in the senate, this may work out well in the end. Except for Kavanaugh’s reputation and the affect on his family.


46 posted on 10/04/2018 3:36:15 PM PDT by Electric Graffiti (Jeff Sessions IS the insurance policy)
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To: Steely Tom

The truth is that he is very patient and tries numerous strategies before dropping the hammer on a situation or person. But they are undoubtedly speaking of his rhetoric not his actual actions in negotiating his policy. They are still too dumb to realize that what appears to be “lashing out” is actually quite calculated. And it works!


47 posted on 10/04/2018 3:37:57 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

In other words, Trump is a stupid child. He is a complete dunce who understands nothing.

Yet somehow, he manages to get lucky and outsmart us.


48 posted on 10/04/2018 3:38:51 PM PDT by detective
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To: TigersEye; Liz

Yes, he did not try to have other things interfere with the Kavanaugh witch hunt. He knew Kavanaugh was a great man and deduced that all his accusers were frauds.

And now Trump wins whether Kavanaugh is actually approved or not. If he’s not, there will be severe hell to pay by the Democrats — and they know it.

Trying to ruin a good man and tear his God-iven civil rights from him: this is the height of Stalinism Terror by the Left. It’s even worse than how they treated Clarence Thomas.

And Kavanaugh has been a good man, an intelligent and humble servant of our Republic and the Constitution.

To every Deplorable alive, the Dems are nothing but dead men and women walking around without souls.


49 posted on 10/04/2018 3:56:09 PM PDT by poconopundit (MAGA... Get the Spirit. Grow your community. Focus on your Life's Work. Empower the Young.)
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To: bigbob

Who is KJU?


50 posted on 10/04/2018 3:58:25 PM PDT by Laslo Fripp (The Sybil of Free Republic)
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To: olezip
"He does NOT know what the FBI was told."

We ALL knew exactly what the "secret limits" were, since Trump announced them to the world......"get it done by Friday". They needed to interview four people. They interviewed ten.

51 posted on 10/04/2018 4:00:57 PM PDT by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Rush had an interesting approach on why Trump “mocked” Bleasy Ford.

Rush said the drive-bys weren’t reporting the flaws in Ford’s testimony.

By Trumpy saying she said I don’t when it was, what neighborhood, what house but I do remember I only had one beer, he made the news media report her testimony.

I think Rush nailed it cuz their narrative changed to Kavanaugh doesn’t have demeanor to be a Supreme Court Justice right after.


52 posted on 10/04/2018 4:13:48 PM PDT by lizma2
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To: Laslo Fripp

lil rocket man


53 posted on 10/04/2018 4:41:49 PM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: SpaceBar

You mean when Trump induced the democrats to turn hashtag walkaway into a mass exodus?


54 posted on 10/04/2018 4:52:44 PM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: deadrock

:^)


55 posted on 10/04/2018 4:53:15 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: Magnum44

He is so far beyond them. They cannot predict his next move.

They don’t have a clue how he thinks and they are not used to someone who doesn’t put up with their crap.

He didn’t cave like a rotted tree.

He doesnt play by their rules and he doesn’t let them win, and they don’t know how to deal with it or what to do with him.

NTOWY, Not Tired of Winning Yet.


56 posted on 10/04/2018 5:28:15 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith......)
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To: Qiviut
As Candace Owens tweeted: “When Brett Kavanaugh gets confirmed, he’s going to be so conservative that he will make Clarence Thomas look like a liberal.” Sounds like a fitting outcome to me.

From your lips to God’s ears.

I hope so.

57 posted on 10/04/2018 5:30:35 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith......)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Trump is the Sun Tzu of today. He lulls his adversaries into believing he is crazy until they find out their pockets have been picked. Better yet, they refuse to believe he is the one who did it.
58 posted on 10/04/2018 5:31:08 PM PDT by iontheball
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To: metmom

Exactly what I have been saying, Dems have CREATED a Justice we can only dream of, he may have been squishy before BUT not now!!!


59 posted on 10/04/2018 5:33:37 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Weren’t the leftists whining about Trump’s speech night before last. It played over and over on the local stations.

Actually, I though that he had good points — Ford couldn’t remember anything — the place the time, etc. etc.


60 posted on 10/04/2018 5:40:10 PM PDT by dhs12345
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