BALTIMORE, Maryland Friday, October 12, 2018: There are so many facts - as well as factual opinions - that I wish to disseminate, that I will use a modified format here to get it all out. Please bear with me.
1. As almost everybody around the world knows, by now, the United States Senate, on a strict roll call vote, approved the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to a seat on the United States Supreme Court. The final vote tally was 50-48. The vote was taken on Saturday, October 6, 2018. On October 5, 2018, two senators made public their decisions to vote in favor of Judge Kavanaugh - who had served for over one decade on the Washington, D.C. Federal Court of Appeals - virtually ensuring that his nomination would be approved. Senator Susan Collins of Maine delivered an in depth and spellbinding speech late Friday afternoon, at the conclusion of which she announced that she would vote for the Judge. The speech analyzed, in depth, all of the arguments against Judge Kavanaugh, as well as a factual refutation of each such argument. Shortly after the Collins address, the only Democrat to vote in favor of confirmation, Senator Joe Manchin, III, of West Virginia, revealed his decision. When those two favorable votes were added to the previously announced total of GOP votes in favor, Judge Kavanaugh was home. It did not matter to him when bumbling, spineless Alaskan Senator Lisa Murkowski became the only Republican not to vote in favor of Kavanaugh. With raw courage, Murkowski voted "present." Montana Senator Steve Daines, a strong Kavanaugh supporter, missed the vote because he was home, in Montana, walking his daughter down the aisle at her wedding. He was prepared to jet back to Washington in time to vote for Kavanaugh had his vote mattered in the outcome. The two commitments the judge received on Friday meant that the hurried flight was not essential.
2. The display of openly mob-like behavior after the Senate vote culminated weeks of similar hysteria by Democratic operatives, much of it apparently funded by Democratic Strong Man (and World War II Nazi operative George Soros).. With the highly anticipated Mid-Term elections now less than one month away, this deplorable show appears to have literally shot the Democrats in the foot. Only months ago it appeared that the Democrats would be able to elect a majority in the United States House of Representatives, and possibly even the U.S. Senate. Numerous nationwide opinion polls showed these results to be assured. Then came the Kavanaugh debate and vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Almost to a person, each Democrat on the committee joined with a wild mob sitting in the gallery, to harass, attempt to intimidate, and otherwise physically force each GOP Senator to vote against Kavanaugh, while at the same time to so harass and embarass Kavanaugh that he would certainly choose to withdraw his candidacy rather than to continue to put himself and his wife and two young daughters through such outrageous behavior. Though the Democrats outdid even their own historic records of mob behavior, neither the GOP Senators nor Kavanaugh gave in. It was revealed that much of the mob mustered in Washington was being financed by Democratic Money-man and de facto leader George Soros. The multi-billionaire - who is a former Nazi sympathizer and operative froom World War II days - is an admitted anarchist and is willing to pour his billions into any effort that supports his views. Why the GOP allows the Democrats to rely - almost unchallenged - on a man with such a background is beyond my comprehension.
3. Hurricane Michael ripped into the Florida Panhandle just 20 miles from Panama City Beach on Friday afternoon, leaving a wide swath of almost incomprehensible destruction in its wake. The actual point where the huge Category 5 Storm came to shore is a small town known as Mexico Beach, and those who saw the devastation at that small settlement were left virtually speechless. Nothing was left. The storm killed at least 7, and the only reason the death toll was this low was the inspiring level of preparation overseen by Florida Governor Rick Scott and his large group of Floridians, as well as the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The latter was ordered into action well in advance of the arrival of Michael by President Trump. FEMA was well-funded and, additionally, President Trump had told Governor Scott that if he needed anything else for his preparation, all he needed to do was ask. Thus, as soon as First Responders were able to swing into action as the storm moved on, they did so with every imaginable supply at their beck and ready.
4. As was discussed above, the lead-up to the Mid-Term Elections on November 6 has been absolutely furious. Both national political parties are sparing no expense in the many states were Senate Races are in play and being contested. And, of course, every seat in the United States House of Representatives is up for a vote, since the term in office for such politicians is only two years. As the campaigning began about one year ago it appeared, on the surface, that the Democrats would swing control of the House from the Republicans over to the Dems. In the Senate, the Dems were defending far more seats than were the Republicans,, and thuis the advantage there looked to be in the GOP's favor. But with the Democrats almost bathing in their so-called Blue Wave, talk of swinging control of both legislative bodies to the Democrats was all over the political landscape. Two things changed everything. First - also as discussed above - the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to fill the seat being vacated by Retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy - fixated the nation's attention on the hotly disputed nomination process. An already blazing fight became a conflagration when it was revealed that a California College Teacher had penned a letter to Democrats in California, wherein she claimed that Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her some 35 years ago while both were high school students in Washington, D.C. Kavanaugh vehemently denied the allegations, and in a normal world that would have been the end of it. But in this fight - where the Supreme Court would swing solidly into Conservative control should Kavanaugh be approved - nothing was normal and nothing was calm and civilized. The California Teacher insisted in her letter that her allegations were never to become public. The Democrats gave the Teacher their word. But within only a few hours, news of the letter was in the press and ricocheting across the nation. Soon enough, her sworn testimony before the Judiciary Committee and Kavanaugh's rebuttal were scheduled. Television ratings for the day-long hearing were unprecedented. On their faces, both the Teacher and the Judge were highly credible. But the Teacher's story fell apart when many of her facts were checked. She provided FBI Investigators with the names of four people who were at the very small party where she claimed the assault took place. Not one of the four - one of whom was said to be her best friend - would corroborate any of the Teacher's allegations. The Teacher herself gave multiple dates when the incident occurred, and she was unable to provide a location for the party, the names of those who provided her with transportation to and from the affair, and other essential evidence for its occurrence. The Committee delayed their final vote for one week to allow the FBI to conduct even more interviews, but their vote to endorse the nomination stood. The final vote fell to the full Senate. Every member of the majority party voted for Kavanaugh, save for the hapless Murkowski (see above). Every member of the Democratic Party opposed the Judge, save for Senator Manchin (see above). The other event that changed the course of the Mid-Terms was President Trump's fevered campaigning in favor of the GOP. In appearance after appearance he called the Democratic Party the "Party of Crime.". The stunningly huge crowds that turned out for every one of these Trump appearances inevitably screamed their approval of Trump's descriptions. In addition, each crowd chanted, "we want Kavanaugh." to the chagrin of the Democrats left to oppose the judge. Never in American History had the approval of a Supreme Court Judge had so much input from American Voters. With the National Press nearly uniformly against everything Trump, these appearances all around These United States allowed the President to bypass the Press and take the causes being championed by Trump directly to the electorate. And it wasn't just the Press working without rest against Trump. Hollywood actors and Producers turned their efforts against Trump, both with Public Service Pieces that networks were only too happy to broadcast, and with theatrical productions that slammed Trump. The GOP was not left without a response. Movies telling the story of Abortion Doctor Herbert Gosnell were shown in theatres, as were other films championing other Conservative Caiuses. Sadly, these conservative films lacked the named actors and directors that Hollywood could bring to bat.
5. Where is the United States heading? Is a Mid-Term Election going to leave its mark as a bell-whether for national direction? Hardly any American would argue that the nation is not at a tipping point. It most certainly is. Name any point of national debate and you will find a total lack of consensus. The smallest issue is only a small step from explosion. Consider:
A. Foreign Policy: President Trump and a wide swath of Conservative and Independent Americans support making the United States the most powerful military force on Earth. With foreign powers such as China, Russia and Iran gearing up to arrive at a point where any of them are capable of destroying the USA on a minute's notice, Trump and many many others want to build this country's military to a couinter-point where such a destructive effort could be defeated, and done so with assured ease. Those who oppose this - led by Ultra Anti-American Ultra Leftists life Barack Obama - want to virtually neuter the USA military and abandon any idea that we are the world's police force.
B. Nationalism - The GOP, led by President Trump, want to establish firm and defended national borders, enforced on the Southern Border by a strong solid Wall. Obama and his confederates, on the otherhand, are openly in favor of a one-world government. Such a government would eliminate nationalism and leave the entire world under one elitist government. The details of such a government are scarce because Obama and company realize that any such details would be seized on by those who oppose one-world government and pushed back down their throats.
C. Civil nd Human Rights: Nobody on earth would argue that all forms of racism are a thing of the past. But the GOP and conservatives in general believe that things are better than they have ever been an a common national identity would eliminate tangible vestiges of racism sooner rather than later. It grates on conservatives that they continue to be blamed for clear mistakes made generations ago by their ancestors. The Left, conversely, wants to continue to spend untold billions of dollars on efforts to ameliorate the vestiges of racism. On the other side of the coin are age-old civil rights such a free speech and freedom of the press. Leftists like Obama are solidly opposed to such concepts. They don't want conservative arguments to be in the national discourse. That is why, today,, world-wide discussion forums such a Facebook and Twitter are going out of their way to eliminate conservative ideas. GOP Politicians and their supporters are being silenced, More than any other subject, this topic is at the point of conflagration. The Trump Administration says it is moving against those who would silence conservatives and the mute discussion of sensible ideas that are older than America itself.
D. Abortion - There is no need to discuss the two sides here. Every American not entombed somewhere know the arguments. They never go away. One wonders what will happen when science gets to the point where humans as young as a mere month (or less) in the womb can survive outside the womb. One also wonders why science has been so slow in developing better methods of birth control.
Etc. - There are dozens of other issues: the environment, age and sex discrimination, religious discrimination, health topics; each of these will have their day in the spotllight of potential conflagrations.
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