Posted on 10/08/2018 10:51:20 AM PDT by Twotone
I am reluctant to compare myself, an impoverished Canadian showtune queen, to a billionaire president of the United States, but I will confess that, late in the Kavanaugh shenanigans, it all began to ring a vague bell with me. A decade ago, when my battles with the "human rights" commissions got going up north, I was told by wise old birds to stay calm, let the process play itself out, don't rock the boat, etc. There was one lone dissenter who told me, no, no, if you do that, you're going to lose - and, indeed, I subsequently heard that, when the subject came up in Cabinet, the view of the Canadian Government was that I was doomed to go down.
So instead Ezra Levant and I went bananas, went nuclear on the commissions - or, as I took to formulating it, we went Magna Carta on their medieval ass. And the wise old birds then said Canadians wouldn't put up with a couple of berserk loons trashing their beloved "human rights" commissions. But they did - to the point where we got the law repealed. I concluded early on that it was, in fact, necessary for us to go nuclear in order to shore up public opinion and thus enable all the "nice" "moderate" people to move just a smidgeonette toward sanity.
Something similar just happened with President Trump and the Kavanaugh confirmation.
(Excerpt) Read more at steynonline.com ...
In other Canada news, Toronto police finally arrested Jordan Hunt yesterday, the guy who roundhouse kicked Marie Claire Bissonnette in that video that went viral.
And by arrested, he turned himself in. Toronto police couldn’t be bothered to go get him.
He’s absolutely right. If the Republicans had allowed this smear campaign to cower them into voting no, the next battle would be worse. As it was, they were able to rally behind the outrage of Lindsey Graham and the fortitude of Trump and the courage of Kavanaugh.
“When (President Trump) mocked Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony at that rally the other night ... received opinion, including from many “conservatives”, huffed and puffed and deplored the President’s remarks.”
At the time many of us here on FR were bemoaning the fact that Trump had dared to attack a sexual assault accuser. The Mainstream media reported it as Trump not having the self-control to resist attacking Ford. In retrospect he did what had to be done. The idea that Blasey-Ford’s ridiculous, uncorroborated story was “credible” had to be countered.
It’s never a good idea to underestimate DJT.
“In retrospect he did what had to be done. The idea that Blasey-Ford’s ridiculous, uncorroborated story was “credible” had to be countered.”
“ALL lies are credible on first glance, otherwise no one would lie.”
Yes, Trump did exactly what was necessary. No one else with anything approaching a national audience (Sean Hannity excepted) had the balls to do so. Besides, he KNEW that the entire news media would cover what he said, mostly because they’d think that it would hurt him and Kavanaugh...but he knew better.
It has now come to light that many of the people who entered the Senate hearing rooms and corridors to harass Republican senators are employed by Soros front groups. They are therefore lobbyists, as defined in law, and violated the law by failing to register as lobbyists or identify themselves as such. All those people should be prosecuted for violation of Federal law and permanently debarred from entering the Capitol or any other Federal building in DC. In the meantime, security control needs to be increased so mobs are not allowed to physically harass members of Congress and invited witnesses. You should not have to feel the need to carry a weighted cane to protect yourself in the Capitol.
Our wonderful POTUS is not only a fighter, he’s a street brawler, a gladiator, and most importantly A WINNER!!
As Kurt Schlichter wisely said in his 2/6/2017 TownHall column:
“Leftists don’t merely disagree with you. They don’t merely feel you are misguided. They don’t think you are merely wrong. THEY HATE YOU. THEY WANT YOU ENSLAVED AND OBEDIENT, IF NOT DEAD........Act accordingly”.
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