Kimberley Strassel wrote a thread about what voting no on Brett Kavanaugh could really mean BEYOND even just the fact that he wouldn’t sit on SCOTUS. It’s bigger than SCOTUS at this point … and she tagged Jeff Flake, Susan Collins, and Lisa Murkowski in the thread.
And damn.
1) The media is a very good these days at dragging every debate into minutiae. Ice throwing. Three or four words in a statement. The cosmic meaning of Devil's Triangle.
So the challenge for GOP Senators–including @JeffFlake @SenatorCollins @lisamurkowski –….— Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) October 2, 2018
The media is working overtime to make Kavanaugh into someone he isn’t because at this point it’s also bigger for them. If he is confirmed then all of their efforts in smearing him and controlling the narrative have failed.
2) is remembering the bigger picture. That includes realizing:
–a no vote is a legitimization of the ugliest tactics we have ever seen in politics, a greenlight for them to continue
–a no vote is an overthrow of due process, which is at the heart of civil society— Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) October 2, 2018
Boom.
3) a no vote is to claim a DC Circuit Court judge lied to Senate, opening him up to impeachment/criminal proceedings.
4) A no vote keeps High Court at a 4-4 deadlock, and put circuit courts (including loony 9th in AK/AZ) in control.
That's what this is really about. Not ice.— Kimberley Strassel (@KimStrassel) October 2, 2018
This isn’t about ice. Or cursing. Or even allegations of sexual assault at this point.
No.
This is about right and wrong, and the dirty tactics Democrats are willing to use, the lengths they are willing to go to, in order to retain or regain power.
Even if Flake, Collins, and Murkowski are more moderate, even they have to see how absolutely gross this has been.
And not only a NO vote in the Senate, but also an epic slapdown of the Democrats by the electorate in the mid-terms… otherwise you really have to wonder about the future of the United States.
— Jean Claude Boudoir (@BoudoirJean) October 2, 2018
It will absolutely impact midterms.
And this country.
Vote yes.
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