Posted on 10/09/2018 4:18:09 AM PDT by 11th_VA
Why can't we (MA) have a U.S senator like Susan Collins?
Why can't our guys make a speech like that?
After all, this is intellectual, sophisticated and progressive Massachusetts, not backwoods Maine.
And Collins is from Caribou, of all places, not Cambridge. She is the descendant of lumberjacks, not professors.
Instead we have one senator who has been in Washington so long that he lives there, not here. That is Sen. Eddie Markey of Chevy Chase, Maryland, who cannot put two sentences together unless they are written out for him.
He called the FBI investigation into the unsubstantiated charges of teenage sexual abuse lodged against Judge Brett Kavanaugh "a cover-up." He knows about cover-ups. His 42-year career in Congress has been nothing but one long cover-up.
The other is a blow-in from Oklahoma, Sen. Elizabeth Warren. She called the investigation "a complete sham."
If anyone should know something about shams it is Warren. Her career is based on the sham of being descended from Native Americans, namely the Cherokee Nation. If she's Cherokee, I'm Sioux.
Both are Democrats, of course.
And both were vehemently opposed to President Donald Trump's nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court from the beginning, and both, following the party line, voted against confirmation on Saturday.
You know that neither Markey nor Warren could articulate their position against Kavanaugh the way Collins did in favor of it in her compelling speech on Friday. Instead they went along with the shrieking hate mob that Sen. Chuck Schumer, the minority leader, unleashed upon the country in a scorched-earth effort to defeat Kavanaugh. In the end it was Schumer and the Democrats who got scorched.
Yet, Kavanaugh and his family were scorched as well. Kavanaugh may sit on the court, but he will sit under a dark cloud of vicious smears that will follow him for the rest of his life.
How do you come back from totally unsubstantiated and scurrilous Democrat charges of teenage sexual abuse, gang rape and drunkenness that Markey and Warren bought into? You don't.
It is one thing that the Democrats set out to defeat Kavanaugh. It is another that they sought to destroy him as well. They did not beat him, they just beat him up. His life will never be the same, court or no court.
Which brings us back to Collins and her 16-page, 45-minute masterful speech in which she had to remind Democrats that in the face of the unsubstantiated accusations against you, in the United States you are innocent until proven guilty -- and not the other way around.
"In evaluating any given claim of misconduct, we will be ill-served in the long run if we abandon the presumption of innocence and fairness, tempting though it may be," she said.
And, in the face of the hysterical anti-Kavanaugh mobs whipped up by the Democrats to intimidate pro-Kavanaugh senators, Collins said, "We must always remember that it is when passions are most inflamed that fairness is most in jeopardy."
Collins, a moderate Republican, said she had in mind the totally unproven allegation that when Kavanaugh was a teenager he "drugged multiple girls and used their weakened state to facilitate gang rape.
"This outlandish allegation was put forth without any credible supporting evidence and simply parroted public statements of others. That such an allegation can find its way into the Supreme Court confirmation process is a stark reminder about why the presumption of innocence is so ingrained in our American consciousness."
While Collins found Christine Blasey Ford's testimony to be "sincere, painful and compelling," she added that it could not be corroborated by anyone, even anyone that Ford said was at the party where the alleged sexual abuse took place.
She said she was disturbed over the suggestion that unless Kavanaugh's nomination was rejected, "the Senate is somehow condoning sexual assault. Nothing could be further from the truth. Every person -- man or woman -- who makes a charge of sexual assault deserves to be heard and treated with respect.
"But today we have come to the conclusion of a confirmation process that has become so dysfunctional it looks more like a caricature of a gutter-level political campaign than a solemn occasion."
And, thanks to Schumer and the Democrats, that is what it became.
Democrats unleashed a frightening wave of hate against Kavanaugh and the senators who voted for him.
There was a time in this country when politicians and people of different political philosophies treated one another with dignity and respect.
Those days are gone. But remember, what goes around comes around.
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She played it brilliantly. Most of the media was hoping Collins would announce she was voting no. As a result, they all carried the speech live so the whole nation would see Judge Kavanaugh's hopes of confirmation go down in flames. Instead, Senator Collins methodically took apart all of the allegations against him, and presented a well thought out case for his confirmation. I'll bet a lot of network executives were kicking themselves afterwards for their decision to carry the speech.
“She played it brilliantly. Most of the media was hoping Collins would announce she was voting no. As a result, they all carried the speech live so the whole nation would see Judge Kavanaugh’s hopes of confirmation go down in flames. Instead, Senator Collins methodically took apart all of the allegations against him, and presented a well thought out case for his confirmation. I’ll bet a lot of network executives were kicking themselves afterwards for their decision to carry the speech.”
Yes, bingo. Some say her argument will be studied for years to come as one of the best political statements ever. She is a star.
Still, despite Collins' most memorable speech, I believe Americans were most disgusted by Democrats
kneeling in obeisance to Ford after she testified. Democrats BJ'ing Ford on ntl TV was not a pretty sight.
Id like to see a daily update on those numbers - Thanks for posting !!
3 R votes already cast here in Broward county....can we vote again? LOL
Sorry, am not on the Collins train. Since announcement of the nomination, the administration, Senate GOP, Trump & Kavanaugh supporters, and the media were worried about how two Repuican senators, because they are so rabidly anti-life, would vote. Earlier this year, Murkowski and Collins killed a bill that would restrict abortion after 20 weeks. Collins is more like a Democrat than even a RINO, and her @** had to be kissed for three months to get her to vote yes. No thanks. All liberal GOPe’rs should be primaried during their reelections.
I will do my best to post the Florida “mail-in” ballots cast everyday. You know in Florida the Democrats always out vote the Republicans in mail-in & early voting. Then, the Republicans out vote the Democrats on election day voting. The “Florida” mail-in votes get posted every morning at 7:15 AM (EST). My belief is that both Scott & DeSantis will easily win their races for the Senate & Governor.
If Andrew Gillum ever wins the Florida Governorship....he will destroy the economic viability of this great state in one or two years. IMHO...any Florida voter that casts his or her vote for Gillum is either high on drugs, booze or, they are just simply insane!!! I believe Scott & DeSantis will get tons of both Democrat & Independent votes along with massive Republican votes. We shall soon know the outcome. keep your fingers crossed, pray to the boss upstairs and get and vote for Scott, desantis and your Republican candidate for Congress. Our congress guy is Brian Mast, FL18thCD.
Possibly, but it was a marvelous speech, and rang so true. And she delivered it with the statesmanship that the moment needed and deserved.
Dr. Steve Turley:
Trumps Strategy: Its Time to Crush the Democrats in the Midterms!!!
https://youtu.be/ING2LfQSyi4
Why can't our guys make a speech like that?
After all, this is intellectual, sophisticated and progressive Massachusetts, not backwoods Maine.
You just answered your own question, Mr. Lucas.
But Collins is good for one thing......the number of Republican Senators that gives us the control of the Senate. And the ONE THING McConnell has been good at is getting judges confirmed, which wouldnt happen if the Dems had control of the Senate. Collins is the most conservative Senator that Maine will give us. At least she did right by us with this vote.
Nice to see the proper designation of crows!
She wrote her epitaph. Her Opus like the days of old.
She burned all of her political goodwill in Maine and the the Northeast by making that speech.
I would love to know why. It wasn’t a speech of angry passion, it was cold. Thought out. Calculating. It was the speech of someone who was pushed so far over the edge that burning down all the bridges behind her was a logical step.
I tip my hat to her. Collins and I have never agreed with much politically, and I did not expect her to vote for Kavanaugh. My first though was that “Something mad her mad”. After further reflection, I am sure of it. This isn’t about Kavanaugh, this is about something in her core that she realized “I can’t sacrifice this.”.
I respect her for that.
If she’s Cherokee, I’m Sioux. LOL !!!”””
And I am Cherokee-—the Norwegian leg of the tribe.
I raised me family in Newton,spent 40 years there,and loved it.:-)
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Yes, yes I do. Senators aren’t just off writing their own speeches - they look at drafts and ask for tweaks, give a very general guideline, etc.., but they don’t take time to write speeches. Hell, they don’t write the legislation that they sponsor (in large part their aides do that).
What makes you thinks she sat and authored the speech all by her lonesome?
it’s silly to think that this wasn’t a concerted effort and she was simply the vehicle chosen to deliver the statement. She may agree wholeheartedly and have had input, but she wasn’t the sole author of it - no bloody way!
...not b[y] her staff, but by a conglomeration of the repub majority.
I guarantee it was her and her staff, especially a legal advisor. No Senate 'majority' would butt in such a way.
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