As the Democrats launch a desperate last-ditch offensive against Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, the president, in a flanking maneuver, has declassified an assortment of records — FISA applications, Strzok-Page texts, and whole lot more — that may be of considerable importance in exposing the real scandal in Washington: the weaponization of government agencies, by fraud, stealth, and deception, against a political opponent and a duly elected President.
For those of you keeping score at home, the blogger Doug Ross has put together an enormous timeline of deep-state skulduggery, complete with links to sources. You can read the embedded spreadsheet here.
This really is starting to feel like total war, no? The sides are starkly divided, and all pretense of comity is gone. As we can see from this last-minute sandbagging of Brett Kavanaugh with a wholly unsupported allegation (against which, I should add, he can make no possible defense), the Democrats will do anything within their power to sabotage the appointment, hoping to wrest the levers of Congressional power from the GOP in a few weeks. Meanwhile the battle-lines are just as clear outside the Capitol as well. There are two Americas now, and they have already moved, I think, beyond any hope of reconciliation. In the eyes of much of the Left, at least, the cause is no longer political, it is moral and religious. The enemy is no longer the loyal opposition, playing a well-known game with familiar rules and a presumption of mutual respect; they are now, as Joe Biden said a few days ago, “virulent people” — the “dregs of society”. For anyone old enough to have been taught any history in school, such dehumanization of one’s countrymen should have a distinctly recognizable sound: it is the ominous opening chord of an all-too-familiar march.
With that in mind, you should listen to the latest in John Batchelor’s ongoing conversation with historian Michael Vlahos on the topic of civil war. It is in two parts, here and here.
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Still, he’s got to try.
I’d suggest for any who make the jump over to Mr. Batchelor’s site and after listening to Mr. Vlahos click the homepage and listen to this evening’s argument put forth by Mr. Epstein.
JK, this link?
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2018/09/richard-epstein-nails-it.php
I think JK was referring to this link, perhaps.
It would have been that one Whitewall (and thank you for bringing it to my attention over at Duff’s) except for Mr. Epstein’s first thoughts including this:
Which, to my mind, didn’t take into the equation that the Senate Democrats weren’t, owing to the very nature of their tactics, going to merely destroy Mr. Kavenaugh’s shot at Scotus rather, their aim was to utterly destroy the fellow in detail.
I think Mr. Epstein, of necessity, realized that with Mr Kavenaugh’s legal reputation in tatters (and what must any legal-minded guy maintain to remain in our Courts [bailiff?) Mr. Epstein further refined his thoughts.
https://audioboom.com/posts/7011190-kavanaugh-he-s-got-his-life-on-the-line-obviously-because-his-professional-reputation-is-at-stake-richardaepstein-hooverinst
Hmmm Malcolm.
I haven’t even had my coffee yet. I must remember you and Whitewall get the sun before I do.
Go and have a listen, readers. Richard Epstein is always worth your time, and he analyzes this despicable tactic with customary pith and clarity.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/09/brett-kavanaugh-democrat-accusations-not-enough-evidence/
https://ricochet.com/podcast/the-conservatarians/brett-kavanaugh-and-the-feinstein-fiasco/
Epstein nails it. “Sandbag” is the proper term and it is trashy behavior on the part of Feinstein, Committee Democrats and their henchmen who disrupted from the gallery so often. Trashy. As of now, I believe the judge has stood his ground rightly and will not be attacked by Dems to amount to anything. Maybe even a few Dems in the Senate can rinse themselves off enough to vote in favor of the judge. I hope the entire Dem party has not become trash.