The rich legacy of Democrats and Republicans since the 1860s

This is the one-page first chapter of the book titled, "Army Memoirs" published in 1894 by Lucius W. Barber, who served with the 15th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Company 'D'. Sergeant Barber served in the Union Army from May 24, 1861, to Sept. 30, 1865.  the Union Army from May 24, 1861, to Sept. 30, 1865.  
 In his preface to the book, Barber refers to the war as the "War for the Preservation of the American Union". He says of the result of the war as "striking the shackles from four millions of human beings, it has purged our land from the foul stain of human slavery" . . .

Note Barber's discussion of Republicans and Democrats:

Not only were the Democrats comfortable with, and enabling of slavery during that time they wanted to pull out of the war that had cost so many lives to fight, leaving the South a separate, slave-holding nation. John Kerry would have been right at home with that anti-war culture.

They would have called Lucius Barber a "war-monger". TD

From the Time-Life Collectors Library of the Civil War ISBN 0-8094-4458-5.

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About the 15th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
15th Illinois regimental history

Chelsea Clinton: 'Unchristian' to End Legal Abortion

Socio-Political Journal

"My question to Sanctimonious Chelsea, What part of being a Christian promotes Killing Unborn Children? Would it be 'Thou Shall Not Kill' commandment? How about 'Suffer the Children Unto Me'... Where in any scripture does it say it's OK to KILL God's Greatest Creation of Human Life? "

"Chelsea Clinton argued Thursday that it would be “unchristian” to roll back abortion rights for women.

"During an interview with SiriusXM’s “Signal Boost,” the former first daughter said it would be “unconscionable” for America to return to the “pre-Roe” v. Wade era, when abortion was illegal.

“ 'When I think about all of the statistics that are painful of what women are confronting today in our country, and what even more women confronted pre-Roe and how many women died and how many more women were maimed because of unsafe abortion practices, we just can’t go back to that,” Ms. Clinton said.

“ 'Like that’s unconscionable to me,” she added. “And also, I’m sure that this will unleash another wave of hate in my direction, but as a deeply religious person, it’s also unchristian to me.”

"Ms. Clinton complained that she’s recently been compared to “slave owners and Nazis” for her comments about abortion. Last month, she made headlines for arguing that the legalization of abortion was a boon to the U.S. economy.

"She doubled down on that claim Thursday, saying, “I’ve had the temerity, as the Supreme Court did in 1992 in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, to point out that our ability to participate fully in our society, including economically, hinges on our ability to make choices for our bodies and our families.”

"Ms. Clinton said she gets through the criticism by making the “moral choice” every day to be optimistic.

"The former first daughter was a headliner in the “Rise Up for Roe Tour” last month, targeting President Trump’s Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh and the purported threat he poses to Roe v. Wade." . . .

Where is the disgust toward Democrats one would expect?

Clarence Thomas stands up to Biden and the Democrats
"Around 9:30 p.m., after Anita Hill accused him of sexual harassment, Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas responded, calling his nomination hearing "a high-tech lynching.' "

I remember watching this live thinking... where is the black community? Where is the outrage? Why isn't there marching in the street?... Then I realized... he's a conservative. As far as the left wingnut #blacklives matter racist are concerned, this man is nothing but an Uncle Tom b/c he thinks for himself. The double standard is sickening. From the comments to this post.

At another time, Democrats on this same committee sent Judge Alito's wife out in tears.   . . . "’Are you really a closet bigot?’ Graham asked Alito. The nominee said no, and Graham said, "No sir, you’re not."

"Commenting on the AP story, Coalition for a Fair Judiciary President Kay Daly said: “Mrs. Alito has shown grace under pressure after months of abuse at the hands of well-funded, left-wing organizations and their Democratic minions on the Senate Judiciary Committee. For the Associated Press to misrepresent these events in an attempt to smear Republican Senator Lindsey Graham sets a new low in the already subterranean level of journalistic standards on display in Judge Alito’s confirmation process.' ” . . .

To "bork";  How ‘Robert Bork’s America’ Gave Us Justice Kennedy’s America  
. . . Judge Bork, a brilliant constitutional scholar, had been nominated by President Reagan to the U.S. Supreme Court, and Kennedy, the Massachusetts Democrat who chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee, was having none of it.
"Just minutes after Bork was nominated in July 1987, Kennedy took to the floor of the Senate to deliver his vitriol:" . . .

On Feinstein-Kavanaugh, there's much to be said - and is.

By the way, as a brief digression, I posted this elsewhere not to compare but to contrast: Two More Massage Therapists Accuse Al Gore of Sexual Assault
Mr. Gore did not, repeat NOT, do this as a high school prank, but in 2010. Had Gore won instead of George Bush I suspect he would have continued the Clinton Tradition in the Oval Office. TD

The Democrats Are Doing a Very Bad Thing to Brett Kavanaugh
. . . This is a dreadful way to handle the situation. Already Twitter is lighting up with speculation about sexual misconduct that could violate federal law. Without knowing any single material fact, hundreds of thousands of Americans are wondering if a Supreme Court nominee is a sex offender. If there is a serious, credible claim against Kavanaugh, let’s hear it. And — let’s be clear — for his high-school conduct to be relevant 35 years later, the misconduct would have to be serious indeed. But if there is no serious claim, then Allahpundit is right — we’re witnessing “one of the dirtiest dirty tricks to damage a nominee in recent history.”

An Affront to Justice

. . . China investments have helped make Feinstein, who lives in a $17 million mansion in San Francisco and keeps a $5 million vacation home in Hawaii, one of the richest members in Congress.

"And yet we’re supposed to give credence to Dianne Feinstein when she circulates last-minute surprise allegations against what is clearly an honorable man.
"What is beneath this Democrat Party? What tactics of personal destruction for petty political ends go beyond a line they will not cross?
"We don’t have an answer. At this point the Democrats have made the abyss their home. It’ll be up to the voters to impose the limits the Democrats so badly require."

With the new Kavanaugh 'letter,' the left gets back to its old dirty tricks

. . . It is despicable how the Democrats seek to destroy anyone who gets in their way and how the media colludes with them to spread gossip and imply it is all factual.
Democrats are the party of purely fake news and personal destruction while they pretend they are trying to bring people together.
Of course this media which is willing to destroy people and run unverified talking points then gets together, 350 of them, to show how honest they are and how bad Trump is.
Democrats should pay Google, Facebook and almost all the media for their in-kind contributions

Hillary Clinton, Brett Kavanaugh, and the Art of Trolling

Collins, Kavanaugh, and the Rewards of ‘Moderation’  . . . Planned Parenthood Action Fund is going up with a six-figure ad buy targeting GOP Sen. Susan Collins (Maine) as the fight over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh enters a crucial stretch.… Collins is facing an onslaught of pressure to oppose the nomination." . . .
If she wants an excuse to back away from Kavanaugh, the Feinstein letter should give her an excuse that she might hope would look "principled".

Liberals Don't Care about Character Don't they love Harry Reid, Kamala Harris, Hillary -and Bill-Clinton, Al Franken, Maxine Waters, Louis Farrakhan, and the seditious John Kerry, to name just a few?

As Ron Ross at the American Spectator recently pointed out, President Trump's real crime – seemingly now "the most unforgivable hate crime" – is "obstruction of liberalism."  No doubt, liberals fear that Brett Kavanaugh is part of the same "criminal" cabal.

Dianne Feinstein is a Judas goat  . . . "Dianne Feinstein is a Judas goat.  She, like Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, and Richard Blumenthal, to name just a few, are leading the Democratic Party over a cliff to its certain end among all civilized people.  . . ." 
Hopefully, before it's too late for our nation because I fear their voters most. TD

Conservative Daily News

Legal Insurrection checks in with this:

. . . "We all know by now that the Democrats have done all they can to delay Kavanaugh’s confirmation from the hysterics during the hearing, the laundry list of questions sent to him, and vicious attacks on Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME).

"Now we have a letter seen by two people in Congress with no details about an alleged incident back when Kavanaugh attended high school. It opens the doors for speculation and doubt, especially since “the subject of the letter is now being represented by Debra Katz, a whistleblower attorney who works with #MeToo survivors.”

Update on Feinstein’s mystery letter:  . . . "Need to hear more. I could imagine this feeling threatening if they locked her in the room with them, but if they locked her in the room by herself then it was almost certainly a prank. Either way, who’s going to bork this guy for something that happened in high school when no assault is being alleged?

A source who said they were briefed on the contents of the letter said it described an incident involving Kavanaugh and a woman that took place when both were 17 years old and at a party. According to the source, Kavanaugh and a male friend had locked her in a room against her will, making her feel threatened, but she was able to get out of the room. The Guardian has not verified the apparent claims in the letter. It is not yet clear who wrote it.

Brett Kavanaugh Deserves 95 Votes

SERIOUSLY? So THIS is what Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s secret Brett Kavanaugh letter was about?

https://earloftaint.com/

Twitchy  "As Twitchy reported earlier, Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced that she’d turned over to authorities a letter that had some incriminating information about SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh and a woman, possibly reaching back as far as his high school years.

"Of course, idiots like ThinkProgress’s Ian Millhiser floated the idea that Kavanaugh “may have committed a very serious crime — possibly even a sex crime.*” A lot of people starting making #MeToo accusations.

"With that insinuation floating around all day, The Guardian has a source who claims to know the contents of the letter, and … well, it doesn’t even rise to the level of Mitt Romney cutting some kid’s hair."

* (You mean a sex crime maybe like this by Al Gore in 2010? Two More Massage Therapists Accuse Al Gore of Sexual Assault). Oh, wait; that was a long time ago and Mr. Gore was young then. TD

. . . The former VP is already in hot water, fighting abuse claims in Portland, where another masseuse said Gore groped her in '06 and asked her to perform a "chakra release" (massage-speak for "hand job".) He denies everything." . . .
A source from the luxury hotel in Beverly Hills told The Enquirer: "The therapist claimed that when they were alone, Gore shrugged off a towel and stood naked in front of her." He then propositioned her for a sexual act, according to The Enquirer. . . . 

. . . The Guardian reports:

A source who said they were briefed on the contents of the letter said it described an incident involving Kavanaugh and a woman that took place when both were 17 years old and at a party. According to the source, Kavanaugh and a male friend had locked her in a room against her will, making her feel threatened, but she was able to get out of the room. The Guardian has not verified the apparent claims in the letter. It is not yet clear who wrote it.

"That’s it? That’s what she forwarded to authorities? And people were expecting the FBI to investigate?"

Dianne Feinstein Prepares a Deathblow for Kavanaugh

. . . Actually, I'm even older than that.  I remember when Feinstein told us Clinton's lying under oath in order to avoid losing a #MeToo lawsuit had nothing to do with his fitness to be president.  She did say Clinton's actions were "immoral, deplorable, and indefensible" and merited "strong condemnation and censure."  Given that she voted to acquit Clinton, it would seem that Feinstein believes that being guilty of immoral, deplorable, and indefensible things has no bearing on a person's suitability to be president. . . .

I was bullied back in high school and grade school; the one who did it and I are friends and if he ran for office today there is no way I would dish up this memory from the past to hurt him.  If I had an extreme dislike for his political benefactors it would be a temptation to hurt them, but not my former classmate. But Democrats will hope to make a righteous cause out of it.   TD

Kimberly Strassel Picks Apart Feinstein’s Kavanaugh Letter: ‘Timing Here Cannot Be Ignored’

Weasel Zippers 

 "Dianne Feinstein makes herself look as bad as Kamala Harris and Cory Booker with their lies.  Via Daily Caller:

California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein issued a statement on Thursday alluding to a letter she received that raised concerns about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh — but the Wall Street Journal’s Kimberley Strassel suggested that the whole scenario didn’t exactly add up.

The letter, to which Feinstein referred in a vague statement, is believed to contain an allegation of some instance of sexual misconduct involving Kavanaugh and a woman when they were both in high school.

But in Feinstein’s statement, Strassel saw a few things that were potentially problematic.

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