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The Kavanaugh Pick: Lamenting an Opportunity Lost
National Review ^ | 07/10/2018 | David French

Posted on 07/10/2018 8:20:03 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: citizen

I doubt Trump will get another pick this term.


61 posted on 07/10/2018 9:02:35 AM PDT by jpsb
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To: Alberta's Child

From what I’ve read Kavanaugh will be easier to get confirmed due to his remarkable credentials and this solidifies a conservative court (we hope).

Barrett can be the icing on the cake when the time comes.


62 posted on 07/10/2018 9:03:20 AM PDT by Aria
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To: Nifster

Huh?! I didn’t say one word about Mike Lee. I can’t stand hypocrites like him. No, my concern is as big and wide as this country. No one can tell me the only people qualified to be on SCOTUS are those from the Harvard-Yale-DC pipeline.


63 posted on 07/10/2018 9:06:27 AM PDT by Avalon Memories ( Proud Deplorable. Proud born-in-the-USA American Dreamer.)
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To: Steven W.

You strain yourself to hear a voice of reason from the left. This Kristin Willibrand is a nut case. How can people vote for people like this? How? Because the GOP puts up idiots. Surely we can find someone great to run against her in New York.


64 posted on 07/10/2018 9:07:26 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: SeekAndFind

Save Ms. Barrett for the next spot.


65 posted on 07/10/2018 9:08:53 AM PDT by ReleaseTheHounds ("The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher)
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To: All

This is as much about this year’s senate races as it is the USSC seat. Rand Paul will piss and moan, then vote for confirmation. By him putting himself in the ‘nay’ column right now, he is teaming with Trump to put pressure on those red state Dem senators, each of whom would be the deciding vote if Paul were to vote no.

Enjoy watching Manchin, et al, squirm. This is the ride we signed on for when we punched Trump’s ticket in 2016.

4D chess,Trump style.

In Trump I Trust


66 posted on 07/10/2018 9:12:10 AM PDT by FirstFlaBn
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To: MichaelCorleone
"Nice. I bet not one in a hundred thousand ever considered this a possibility."

I thought long and hard about that. She would have to move her young family out of nice and safe South Bend into a DC jungle. Find new schools, her husband would have to find a new job. She would no longer be able to teach (as much) in Notre Dame. Her confirmation hearing would be brutal and she would be harassed in public maybe her family too. Can easily see her not wanting the job at this time.

67 posted on 07/10/2018 9:12:26 AM PDT by jpsb
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To: SeekAndFind

Using a George Will like Baseball analogy, Barrett is the closer.

Am I wrong to think that if RBG bites the dust, Nominating Barrett to replace her would kick off Civil War II? LOL


68 posted on 07/10/2018 9:13:02 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The only good Commie is a dead Commie. Cast your Ballot Accordingly.)
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To: CodeToad

You can’t be serious. Maybe you should read a few articles before showing your ignorance.

National Review seemed to be pulling for Barrett or Kavanaugh before the announcement. Today they are hailing the choice of Kavanaugh.


69 posted on 07/10/2018 9:14:18 AM PDT by Oklahoma
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To: SeekAndFind

If the National Review is opposed, then he must be outstanding.


70 posted on 07/10/2018 9:14:39 AM PDT by Jmouse007 (Lord God Almighty, deliver us from this evil in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, amen.)
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To: SeekAndFind
We know the intentions of everything NR says :

When an issue of NR with an equally bold cover saying, "We Were Wrong" and filled with articles saying how badly the jerks at NR got it all wrong about Trump, then a skeptical reading of NR opinions may be in order. Until then, they've made their goal clear, they're Against Trump and all they spew is misinformation and misdirection.

71 posted on 07/10/2018 9:15:44 AM PDT by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
so....Mr. French thinks he could be a “solid to excellent pick”, and yet he is going to whine about him?

That was exactly my thought as I read that sentence. NR just have to have something to bitch about re PDJT or they're not happy are they?

72 posted on 07/10/2018 9:18:17 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: SeekAndFind

Barrett is 46 years old and has been a circuit judge for about five minutes.

AND

This Senate would never have confirmed her

AND

When she is nominated to replace RBG the liberal tears will create another ocean, so vast will they be.

It’s all good.


73 posted on 07/10/2018 9:19:25 AM PDT by Jim Noble (p)
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To: Jmouse007

RE: If the National Review is opposed, then he must be outstanding.

Did you read the article? It is not an article that opposes him.

The article can be summarized in a few words: HE’s OK BUT WE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER.


74 posted on 07/10/2018 9:19:37 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Oklahoma

“Maybe you should read a few articles before showing your ignorance.”

Maybe you shouldn’t read NR as fact and drink their anti-Trump, anti-Conservative Kool-aid.

That’s just pure stupidity and ignorance on your part.


75 posted on 07/10/2018 9:20:41 AM PDT by CodeToad
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To: Avalon Memories
No one can tell me the only people qualified to be on SCOTUS are those from the Harvard-Yale-DC pipeline.

Rumor has it that Kennedy only agreed to retire if one of his clerks was nominated. Or only if B.K was nominated. Trump is a deal maker so I find this rumor believable. Not saying it is true, just plausible.

76 posted on 07/10/2018 9:22:53 AM PDT by jpsb
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To: Jim Noble

Agree. Good analysis.

Trump appears to know what he’s doing.

Haven’t heard much about tariffs either. I suspect the word around the campfire is that Europe will have to cave, and China probably too.

That we’re getting together with Putin is good too. If the entire world can get to competing economically and not militarily, we can begin to pay down all this friggin’ debt.


77 posted on 07/10/2018 9:23:16 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: SeekAndFind

Never-Trumpers want Trump to lose, and I do think that nominating Barrett would result in the absolute loss of the House bringing the specter of impeachment and who knows what else. To top it all off, there is no way Barrett would get past confirmation in a 50-49 Senate. I cannot help but think that the Never-Trumpers know these things quite well.


78 posted on 07/10/2018 9:25:07 AM PDT by BlackAdderess (Aren't you glad Jeb! lost?)
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To: Nifster

The vile and loathsome french needs to drop dead. As for the NeverTrump Natl Review, that rag will go BK as soon as rich dirtbags stop financially supporting those scumbags.


79 posted on 07/10/2018 9:25:26 AM PDT by Okeydoker
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To: jpsb
Rumor has it that Kennedy only agreed to retire if one of his clerks was nominated

I have a hard time believing that, it's similar to a President making a deal with a potential appointment - I don't think either is appropriate and hope justices are above deal making - but that's just me.

80 posted on 07/10/2018 9:26:46 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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