I love the sound of swamp creatures howling as they writhe in the mud. Once all the swamp water is gone, they will no longer be able to hide in the murky depths .....

..... and what was it that the dems were saying during the campaign ... something about "When they go low, we go high." Seriously funny now, isn't it?

Great post! The dems have shot themselves in the foot "big league." And we don't need to gather in large numbers to protest and "get in people's faces" in an attempt to intimidate, bully, and drown out anyone who dares to express an opposing opinion, which seems to be their strategy. All we have to do is get to the polls in large numbers. They'll never know what hit 'em. Just like in November 2016.

And that "ice" charge is hilarious. I was curious about that, too, because I thought Judge K liked beer .... no ice served with that in a bar ....

.... and if Jesus himself testified, the dems would still throw stones ......

I heard he was seen on the grassy knoll … holding those stolen documents ….

Could be it was just his version of that Ice Bucket Challenge that was such a trend for a while .....

Claim ignorance! Which is, for them, a credible defense .....

While we're at it, let's go after Feinstein and insist that she take a lie detector test over the leaking of the letter … and her staff … and the CA congresswoman and her staff … and the democrat planted lawyers who represented Ford? They could also insist that ford's lawyers undergo polygraphs for both the leaking of the letter and the failure to protect their client's wishes of anonymity by not informing her of the options she had for this hearing--options so graciously offered by Chairman Grassley to accommodate her.

When Feinstein was being questioned by Sen. Corker about the leaking of the letter, she looked over at him and emphatically repeated that she "did not leak this." I so desperately wanted Corker to say to her, "Well, then prove it, Diane! THat seems to be the rule of law here according to you democrats on this Committee--guilty until proven innocent. So let's begin an FBI investigation into you and your staff and see what pops up. We want proof." How about that? Fair is fair.

Well, methinks that GoFundMe money might add a bit of incentive, too ….

… and we knew this was coming. The democrats were never going to be willing to accept an FBI investigation. And not one of them will ever v**e for this man. This was the latest step in their obstruct-and-delay plan that began the second Justice Kennedy announced his retirement. flake fell right into their hands. I don't even believe that his change of heart was due to the loudmouth women in the elevator as is being reported. flake is, finally, leaving office at the end of this term, and I believe he saw this as what might be his last opportunity to have his own "McCain moment." All eyes are on him as he takes center stage and throws the wrench in the works of Trump's agenda at the last second, siding with the dems. We should not be surprised. Now the dems still have their foot in the door thanks to this betrayal. It his my hope that this will backfire on the dems and provide enough cover to be sufficient for Collins and Murkowski to step up and do the right thing.

The Committee should tell the dems to "Shut up and step out" and then go ahead and confirm this man next week. Let the dems howl all they want--even attempt to impeach him. Good luck with that with no evidence. And then the good Judge should go after every single one of his accusers for defamation of character. My guess is that, if he is confirmed, the dems will drop ford and the others like a hot rock and will move on to their next devious plan to obstruct anything they can.


And, at the end of his term (coming soon), flake can exit "stage left" and say goodbye to all his friends on that side. The rest of us don't care. Just go.

Excellent post! Thank you for sharing this!

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Exactly right. They are grasping at straws if that's their reasoning.

Hilarious Kemmer … that's all ya got? Laughing out loud at your nonresponse …. as usual ….

I could speculate that perhaps her attorneys told her to preface her sentences with "disclaimers" like that so those statements would be less likely to come back and bite her if the situation ended up with more scrutiny--as it appears to be with the FBI investigation. If, for example, other witnesses came forward and disputed those details, with evidence, then those disclaimers could give her an out if it came down to being accused of lying under oath.

The thing I noticed about her testimony that I believe also speaks to coaching is that when she was asked about the "incident" itself, she continually said "Brett" did this or that. Like "Brett then put his hand over my mouth …" etc. Normally, a person would say "he" did this or that. It seems obvious that the goal was to give those listening a visual of "Brett" having done those things. May be splitting hairs, but it seemed pretty obvious to me that was the goal.

The AZ prosecutor is regarded as a great prosecutor--in a court of law. It became clear that she was not very effective in the job she was asked to perform in a Senate hearing. Not her fault, just out of her wheelhouse. So Republicans went to Plan B. Nothing wrong with that. Hell, the democrats had already torn through Plan D and were halfway through Plan E by that time, reduced to the embarrassing act of getting into questions about flatulence references and one student's symbol for the f-bomb in a high school yearbook. They were so desperate to find something--anything--that would lead to some sort of "gotcha" in these teenage writings, they just kept digging after they'd already hit bottom and had nowhere else to go. I was waiting for them to come up with requests for third grade report cards. Perhaps they just didn't have time to think of it.

Senator Graham used his time appropriately and effectively, as he had every right to do.