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Trump’s Opposition Has Lost their Grip and Their Minds
Townhall.com ^ | December 5, 2019 | Chris Stigall

Posted on 12/05/2019 6:17:00 AM PST by Kaslin

Florida Representative Matt Gaetz (R) blew his stack during the House Judiciary impeachment show this week. It was righteous anger, lending voice to the millions of Americans who’ve lost their tolerance for the parade of academics and unelected functionaries of government and their fawning media cheerleaders who continue to insist President Trump should be impeached and we voters are simply not sophisticated enough to understand why.

Stanford law professor Pamela Karlan offered particularly shrill and hysterical commentary more fitting for a guest appearance on MSNBC than expert testimony before Congress."Put simply, a candidate for president should resist foreign interference in our elections, not demand it. If we are to keep faith with the Constitution and our republic, President Trump must be held to account,” Karlan screeched.

Of course, there’s been no evidence to support that Donald Trump “demanded” foreign interference in our elections. But she believes it because she cannot accept he beat her preferred candidate in 2016. That’s all she has and all she needs. Her feelings.

Karlan is a Democrat and a documented donor to the Hillary Clinton campaign. She’s publicly confessed to crossing the street when passing the Trump Hotel in Washington D.C. rather than walk past it on the sidewalk. She’s full of rage. Not unusual for Trump haters.

What was unusual was her lack of discipline in masking it during the hearings this week. She lost herself, and in the process lost any credibility she was trying to amass.

“The Constitution says there can be no titles of nobility. So, while the President can name his son ‘Barron,’ he can’t make him a Baron.”

With that, it was over.

The shrill, hateful scholar invoked the name of the President’s thirteen-year-old son while trying to score cheap political headlines in a hearing. It’s one of the last things all of us in this ugly sport of hand-to-hand politics still try to respect.

Congressman Gaetz pounced during his allotted time for questions, refreshing the professor on some of her “greatest hits” comments of her political past.

“Do you remember saying the following – ‘Liberals tend to cluster more. Conservatives, especially very conservative people tend to spread out more perhaps because they don’t even want to be around themselves.’”

Professor Karlan quickly confirmed she did say that, but of course we don’t understand her “context,” she protested. Uh-huh.

Gaetz reminded her how contemptuous she sounds from “the ivory towers of her law school” even if she doesn’t realize it (she does). Karlan began to scream about President Trump’s comments about Mexicans, or something in response.

Gaetz shut her down immediately and then pivoted to her earlier comments about Barron Trump.

“Let me also suggest that when you invoke the President’s son’s name here, and try to make a little joke - that does not lend credibility to your argument. It makes you look mean.”“The Constitution says there can be no titles of nobility. So, while the President can name his son ‘Barron,’ he can’t make him a Baron.”

With that, it was over.

The shrill, hateful scholar invoked the name of the President’s thirteen-year-old son while trying to score cheap political headlines in a hearing. It’s one of the last things all of us in this ugly sport of hand-to-hand politics still try to respect.

Congressman Gaetz pounced during his allotted time for questions, refreshing the professor on some of her “greatest hits” comments of her political past.

“Do you remember saying the following – ‘Liberals tend to cluster more. Conservatives, especially very conservative people tend to spread out more perhaps because they don’t even want to be around themselves.’”

Professor Karlan quickly confirmed she did say that, but of course we don’t understand her “context,” she protested. Uh-huh.

Gaetz reminded her how contemptuous she sounds from “the ivory towers of her law school” even if she doesn’t realize it (she does). Karlan began to scream about President Trump’s comments about Mexicans, or something in response.

Gaetz shut her down immediately and then pivoted to her earlier comments about Barron Trump.

“Let me also suggest that when you invoke the President’s son’s name here, and try to make a little joke - that does not lend credibility to your argument. It makes you look mean.”

Bingo. With that, it was over. It’s just that simple. It’s nasty. It’s not rooted in logic or facts. It’s pure, unadulterated, unhinged, unbridled rage on full display. A chance to get even for an election she still can’t believe her candidate lost.

The famously guarded First Lady Melania Trump tweeted, “A minor child deserves privacy and should be kept out of politics. Pamela Karlan, you should be ashamed of your very angry and obviously biased public pandering and using a child to do it.”

The American public – to the extent they still care – sees this. They’re watching. It doesn’t take an ambassador, or a diplomat, or a constitutional scholar, or member of congress to know when something crosses a line from reasonable to unreasonable.

A fair, reasonable voice in this embarrassing show was George Washington University Constitutional Law Professor Jonathan Turley. He began his testimony by stating he didn’t vote for Donald Trump and generally doesn’t support him politically. He went on to explain why that shouldn’t matter and why impeaching a duly elected president should be much more serious than this display.

“I get it. You’re mad. Where’s that taken us? Will slipshod impeachment make us less mad? Will it only invite this madness to follow every future administration? That is why this is wrong. This is not how you impeach an American president.”

As for Professor Karlan, after a break in the day’s hearings, she returned and asked if she’d be allowed to make a brief statement.

“I want to apologize for what I said earlier about the President’s son. It was wrong of me to do that. I wish the President would apologize, obviously for the things that he’s done that’s wrong. But I do regret having said that.”

Setting the poor grammar of the scholarly congressional witness aside, Karlan’s relentless anger and rage were too great for her to simply be a human for a few seconds and apologize to a kid without lashing out about his father again.

We’re all watching. We all see it. It’s ugly. As Professor Turley said, this is just wrong. Being mad isn’t a reason to impeach a president. The American left has lost their grip on power, they’ve lost their minds with anger, and they’ve lost the public’s interest and support for impeachment.

Moreover, they’ve likely lost the next election in the process.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: barrontrump; impeachmentinquiry; perfessor; presidenttrump
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That moron does not deserve to be called Professor imho
1 posted on 12/05/2019 6:17:00 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

...and, I though Sarah Palin made Dems crazy.


2 posted on 12/05/2019 6:21:05 AM PST by devane617 (Kyrie Eleison, where I'm going, will you follow?)
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To: Kaslin

Karlan is a good example of stereotypes being based on facts.


3 posted on 12/05/2019 6:24:57 AM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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To: Kaslin
Moreover, they’ve likely lost the next election in the process.

They already lost the next election a long time ago. In fact, they lost it the day we elected a REAL president.

It's delicious the way Trump has caused them to expose themselves as the pigs and corrupted losers they all are. Far and wide for all to see.

4 posted on 12/05/2019 6:29:44 AM PST by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man.)
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To: Kaslin
Is there no one to step up and tell the dummocraps that they are not authorized to spend tens of millions MORE of taxpayer money on their butthurt "impeachment"? The Mueller nonsense cost what, $30-40 MILLION dollars? And now this fool's circus---L-rd knows what this will cost. Are there no roads that need repair? Cancer research to be funded? Elderly people who need medical care? Apparently the circus clowns have nothing better to do than scrounge around for demented "experts" to recite carefully crafted LIES about Trump, in total dereliction of their rightful duties as an elected official. And they seem to have unlimited access to the national checkbook to fund their pathetic circus.

Is there no one who can stand up and de-authorize their spending untold millions of our money for this insanity?

5 posted on 12/05/2019 6:30:59 AM PST by EinNYC
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"I want to apologize for what I said earlier about the President’s son. It was wrong of me to do that. I wish the President would apologize, obviously for the things that he’s done that’s wrong. But I do regret having said that.”

In other words, "I regret properly framing this sham for what it is on full public display,there by screwing up an attempt to cast legitimacy on this farce of a proceeding. "

Or even more succinctly: "Sorry, not sorry."

6 posted on 12/05/2019 6:32:38 AM PST by Tench_Coxe
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I’m fairly certain she represents exactly what’s wrong with our current education system.

Found an exam from the early 1900’s.... or was it late 1800’s....

I would challenge anyone.... especially the so called experts.... to honestly take that exam and let me know the results.

Betcha dollars to donuts, they’re not as smart as they think they are.


7 posted on 12/05/2019 6:34:40 AM PST by A Voice (As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be in the end times.)
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To: A Voice

That’s for sure


8 posted on 12/05/2019 7:02:03 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: 17th Miss Regt
Karlan is a good example of stereotypes being based on facts.

No kidding. Take one look, listen to one sentence, and you already have her number.

9 posted on 12/05/2019 7:20:01 AM PST by gloryblaze
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To: Kaslin

You’ve got to admit its ironic and hypocritical that these Constitutional experts, and indeed all of the Democrats on the panel, kept harping on the principles of the Constitution and on the President’s supposed damage to our national security.

These are the same people who want borders open enough to permanently tilt the electoral balance in purple states to give us one-party government, and who want to get rid of the electoral college.


10 posted on 12/05/2019 7:22:23 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Bullish

Yeah. I hope you are right. But I have a great faith in the ability of Democrats to cheat their way to a win. Lots of dead people in American cemeteries who are going to vote this November.


11 posted on 12/05/2019 7:33:23 AM PST by chesley (What is life but a long dialog with imbeciles? - Pierre Ryckmans)
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To: Kaslin

I only heard her statement for a moment and right away thought she is intemperate and pushy. She seemed out of place.


12 posted on 12/05/2019 7:48:04 AM PST by lurk
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To: Pearls Before Swine
Or harp about foreigners changing our elections. What about all the illegals voting-non citizens-this changes the outcome of an election far more than the Russians. They support illegal voting.
13 posted on 12/05/2019 7:48:09 AM PST by dandiegirl (BOBBY)
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To: lurk

People that lead deviant lifestyles always seem to be full of hate, bitter and anger. Her body language and the tenseness of her mouth displayed immense anger.


14 posted on 12/05/2019 7:49:27 AM PST by dandiegirl (BOBBY)
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To: Kaslin

I knew this in the fall of ‘16. The punditry is just now realizing this?


15 posted on 12/05/2019 7:50:07 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Kaslin
This whole thing demonstrates, if you still need a demonstration, just how criminal and unprincipled our media is.

WHAT industry on earth, worth a damn, thinks and acts wholly ONE WAY??

16 posted on 12/05/2019 8:24:29 AM PST by SMARTY ("Nobility is defined by the demands it makes on us - by obligations, not by rights".)
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To: Kaslin

“Moreover, they’ve likely lost the next election in the process.”

They cheat. They will gain seats.


17 posted on 12/05/2019 8:37:07 AM PST by Luke21
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To: Kaslin

BFL


18 posted on 12/05/2019 8:46:27 AM PST by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: Kaslin
I believe their overreaction is from fear of getting caught for their crimes ..

My life’s dope,, I do dope shit brrrrruhhh

19 posted on 12/05/2019 10:28:47 AM PST by ßuddaßudd ((>> M A G A << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
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To: dandiegirl

What cracked me up was the pearl necklace she was wearing. WTH was that about? Showing her feminine side? Showing her fashion sense? Having them to clutch in case the mean Republican men lashed out?

Really. WTH??!!!


20 posted on 12/05/2019 10:39:03 AM PST by smvoice (I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON.)
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