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Dan Rather: Collins 'misses her moment to be a hero' by voting for Kavanaugh
thehill.com ^ | 10/5/18 | John Bowden

Posted on 10/06/2018 4:02:56 AM PDT by a little elbow grease

Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather argued Friday that Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) missed an opportunity to be a "hero" by announcing that she would vote to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

In a Facebook post after Collins announced her plans to vote for Kavanaguh during a lengthy speech on the Senate floor, the veteran anchor called the nomination battle a "devastating loss" for "most women" and some men.

"So Collins misses her moment to be a hero, and the old bulls win again," Rather wrote in the post.

"For most women and many men it’s a bitter, devastating loss. Which makes it all the sweeter for the old bulls, and for the forces of power, privilege and money everywhere," he added.

Rather wrote that his wife was "furious and deeply disappointed" by the day's news that Republicans have the votes necessary to confirm Kavanaugh on Saturday.

"Fill your lungs with the determined air of action. I find myself humming that old but powerful anthem of the Civil Rights Era. 'We'll walk hand in hand!' 'We are not afraid!' 'We shall overcome!'" he wrote, invoking Civil Rights-era messages.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Maine
KEYWORDS: brettkavanaugh; collinskavanaugh; danrather; kavanaugh; rather; ratherbiased; scotus; senate; supremecourt; susancollins
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Dan Rather ........ proving again 'once a jerkoff always a jerkoff'.

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BARF ALERT

1 posted on 10/06/2018 4:02:56 AM PDT by a little elbow grease
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To: a little elbow grease
In a Facebook post...

LOL! Dan is limited to posting on his Facebook page...where only his friends can read. A step down from YouTube and Twitter. Next thing you know, he'll be posting on MySpace.

2 posted on 10/06/2018 4:06:29 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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To: a little elbow grease

The father of “Fake News” speaks.


3 posted on 10/06/2018 4:06:55 AM PDT by CaptainMorgantown
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To: a little elbow grease

She became a hero by doing what Rather did not want her to do.

Who were the sour looking women behind Collins as she was speaking?


4 posted on 10/06/2018 4:07:09 AM PDT by djpg
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To: a little elbow grease

Different frequency Dan.


5 posted on 10/06/2018 4:07:33 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: a little elbow grease

Dr Fraud is fake and inaccurate. Scrooge you Dan Blather.


6 posted on 10/06/2018 4:08:19 AM PDT by tflabo
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To: a little elbow grease

Another turd I’d like to wake up tomorrow to the “news” he’d joined Walter Cronkite wherever Marxist “journalists” go after death.


7 posted on 10/06/2018 4:08:51 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: a little elbow grease

BS Dan! Easiest thing in the world for her is to vote no.


8 posted on 10/06/2018 4:09:36 AM PDT by Conservative Actuary
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Ratherism ..... ("One's reminded of that old saying, 'Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.'")

In this case the "old alligators" were McConnell, Grassley, and Graham and the Left got bit in the ass.

;-)

9 posted on 10/06/2018 4:10:13 AM PDT by a little elbow grease (duct tape and cable ties hold more worth more than pussy hats and resistance)
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To: Cowboy Bob

“Next thing you know, he’ll be posting on MySpace. “

By spring, Rather will be hanging out at Yahoo Messenger.


10 posted on 10/06/2018 4:11:13 AM PDT by ArtDodger
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To: CaptainMorgantown
"The father of “Fake News” speaks"

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LOL

Calling "Buckhead" ..........

11 posted on 10/06/2018 4:11:32 AM PDT by a little elbow grease (duct tape and cable ties hold more worth more than pussy hats and resistance)
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To: a little elbow grease

Jeez, I thought this old fraud had died.


12 posted on 10/06/2018 4:11:45 AM PDT by House Atreides (BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
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To: a little elbow grease

It would not have mattered who President Trump nominated, the response would have been the same.

If he had nominated a woman they would have attempted to demonize and destroy her (all in the name of women everywhere).

The left is so predictable. They have clearly stated that their goal is to resist President Trump in every action. It is to the point you have to wonder why anyone would pay for an opinion by a left. You could write a computer program that could write a “fresh” 500 word article on any subject that supports the left view and demonize anyone that does not support them and their agenda.

The left are losing on all fronts and it is driving them insane.


13 posted on 10/06/2018 4:12:49 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: a little elbow grease

Put some ice on that, Blather.


15 posted on 10/06/2018 4:15:15 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: a little elbow grease

Dan Rather - another washed up political hack from the fake news left.


16 posted on 10/06/2018 4:15:46 AM PDT by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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To: Cowboy Bob

Eventually it will be posts on poles in the neighbourhood and maybe a supermarket bulletin board if they let him.


17 posted on 10/06/2018 4:16:04 AM PDT by xp38
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To: a little elbow grease

She’s my hero! She’s the hero of every thinking person who understands the law, and is not a neo-Bolshevik.


18 posted on 10/06/2018 4:16:50 AM PDT by OpusatFR
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To: xp38

Back to NAM Rather


19 posted on 10/06/2018 4:16:54 AM PDT by mason-dixon (As Mason said to Dixon, you have to draw the line somewhere.)
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To: a little elbow grease

Hey, Rather...if you’re “not afraid”, why do you have to walk “hand in hand” to comfort one another?


20 posted on 10/06/2018 4:17:51 AM PDT by FrankR (You gotta stand for something, or you'll fall for anything!)
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