Now That Kavanaugh’s In, Can We Focus On Behavior?

There has been an alarming lack of decency coming from the left over the confirmation hearing of Brett Kavanaugh. It came to a head while I was watching the live confirmation vote in the US Senate on Saturday. Vice President, Mike Pence, who was presiding over the session had to repeatedly gavel down ignorant and loud-mouthed protesters who wanted to shout their opposition to the vote. Time and time again, Pence had to ask the Sergeant Of Arms to restore order in the gallery. Meanwhile, outside on the Capitol steps, hundreds of protesters were screaming their angry chants.

Senators have been accosted in elevators, harassed in the airport, denied a chance to have dinner in restaurants because liberal snowflakes decided that their right to voice their displeasure and act like total jerks was more important than the Senator’s rights to lead somewhat of a normal life.

But the behavior of those on the left is totally hypocritical when you listen to the left complain that Brett Kavanaugh’s behavior in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee was “conduct unbecoming a Justice of the Supreme Court”. It’s OK when Democrat Senators can call Kavanaugh and his family all the names in the book. But when he dared to question their ability to talk to him in a like manner, it was untoward.

The actions taken by protesters, Senators, and yes, even Christine Ford and her attorneys is unconscionable. They are rude, crude, totally obnoxious, and totally devoid of what is considered good behavior in this country. It’s one thing to protest, and I stand by their right to do that. It’s quite another to act like total morons because you didn’t get your way.

So, now that Kavanaugh is on the bench, and the confirmation vote is over, my question is, do you think the left is going to learn how to act in a civilized manner? Or, as I assume, are they going to be total jerks and asses that don’t know how to act. I have a lady that I went to high school with that used to lambaste me because I would call Barack Obama “Bobo” as in the World’s Second Most Famous Clown (Bozo of course was the MOST famous clown!), and she called me mean spirited for using the term “snowflakes”. I often wonder as she watched the behavior the left displayed over the past couple of weeks whether or not she was ashamed to have sided with that group, or whether she just felt the conservatives were still “mean spirited”.

I don’t think Donald Trump should have mocked Ford during a rally. That was unpresidential and wrong. And as I have said over and over again, it’s the one thing I wish he didn’t do. But then I realize it’s probably the one thing that got him elected over Hillary. Still, I really don’t appreciate that type of attitude from our president, and I think he should stop. He needs to set an example for the nation. By him bad mouthing and mocking the left at every turn, he basically is giving them permission to do the same. And it’s a very slippery spiral. It’s a downward slope I’m not sure we as a nation can come back from. And I hope I’m wrong.

But still, the way the left behaved during the past couple of weeks, the lies, the distortions, the accusations without any hint of proof or corroboration, complete with the name calling, all in the name of politics is completely wrong. I get it you don’t want another conservative on the bench. But that doesn’t give you the right to use any means necessary, as Chuck Schumer said, to try and torpedo the nomination. Republicans have never done that to a Democrat nominee. But you don’t have to go far to see this is just a page out of the Democrats’ playbook. It didn’t work the last time they tried it either. Clarence Thomas was approved for the high court after they had another sexual abuse claim…also false. And of course, the whole Robert Bork incident which led to Anthony Kennedy being nominated to the Supreme Court in the first place. Just think of how different this country would be had Bork been seated instead of Kennedy!

We can hope the left can learn to grow up and act like adults. Something tells me we’re doomed to watching them act like two year olds for quite a while!

Carry on world…you’re dismissed!

Kennedy Retirement Has Dems Seeing “Red”

So Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement yesterday. Immediately, liberals everywhere cringed. Why? Simple. They realize that the 5-4 Supreme Court that has been fairly evenly divided, even though Kennedy himself was appointed by the most conservative Republican president we’ve had in probably the past 100 years, is about to take a sharp and long lasting turn to the right.

Kennedy was the swing vote on most issues. He was pro-choice, he was pro-gay rights, and he was a “Constitutionalist” so he would flutter back and forth between the liberals and the conservatives. He was an enigma. But he was never consistent. You know he’d waver.

What Kennedy’s retirement after more than 30 years on the bench means is that Donald Trump will have a long-lasting impact on the history of this country. He’ll probably surpass Barack Obama’s impact by decades. What has the Democrats upset today is the fact that there really isn’t anything they can do about it unless they try and “Bork” one of the nominees. That isn’t likely.

Looking at it through the eyes of politics, there are ten Senators that are up for reelection from states Donald Trump won in 2016. They are all facing tough, uphill battles with tough candidates this year. None of them are assured reelection. That means they probably aren’t going to want to go against a Trump nominee to the high court because they could lose their seat over it. So, look for a few, not all, but anywhere between 3 and 5 Democrats to join the Republicans and vote in whomever Trump nominates.

Chuck Schumer was quick to take to the well of the Senate and tell his party they should “reject any nominee from Trump’s original list of 25 potential Supreme Court justices”. The reason he said that was because they are all rock-ribbed conservatives. The sad thing for Schumer is, there isn’t anything he can do about it. If any Democrat crosses over, he’s dead. A 5-4 and a 4-5 Court becomes a solid 5-4 Court.

Now throw into the mix, Ruth Bader Ginsburg is 85 years old. She says she’s not about to retire, but when you get to your 80’s you may not have a choice in the matter. Democrats called on her to resign prior to 2016 so that she could be replaced with a liberal. That didn’t happen, and if something were to happen to her now, a 5-4 Court turns into a 6-3 Court.

And let’s not forget Stephen Bryer. He’s 79 and though people aren’t talking about HIS retirement yet, he would take over as the oldest member of the Supreme Court should RBG retire. That takes a 6-3 Court and makes it a 7-2 Court with only Elena Kagen and Sonia Sotomayor as the only two liberals on the bench!

In a word, Kennedy’s announcement rocked liberals, and energized conservatives. Yes, it will be a campaign issue, but the damage will be done regardless who ends up controlling the Senate. The High Court will become a very conservative court for a generation.

Carry on world…you’re dismissed!