Except for Clinton victims, the feminist cause MUST come before constitutional law or due process. Lynching is permitted for liberals to commit

How little it takes to destroy a man's reputation.

Sen. Gillbrand: Asking Kavanaugh’s Accuser to Testify ‘Is Silencing Her’ "Giving Christine Blasey Ford the opportunity to testify about her unsubstantiated accusations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is, somehow, silencing her, Sen. Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY) declared Wednesday night.

"Refusing to launch an FBI investigation into Ford’s claims is also “silencing her,” Sen. Gillibrand said in a tweet:

“Denying Dr. Ford an FBI investigation is silencing her. Forcing her into a sham hearing is silencing her. And pushing through Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation is silencing her.” . . .  

Dear Juanita Broaddrick  . . . "No sympathy is expressed for Kavanaugh's wife and two daughters or where he is going to go to get his reputation back.  How about a "Dear Mrs. Kavanaugh" letter expressing regret to her and her daughters for the slime her husband is being dragged through over charges that are less specific than most sightings of Bigfoot?

"Bill Clinton rape accuser Juanita Broaddrick [right] never got a letter expressing sympathy for her ordeal, nor did any of the other "bimbo eruptions" wife Hillary took care of with scathing attacks and organized threats and harassment.  She has an idea: if Ford does not want to testify, Broaddrick is quite willing to show up and tell the Senate Judiciary Committee just what credible charges of assault look like:" . . .

Life is good for Democrats.

Attention: Senator Hirono  . . . "The oft-repeated claims by some of our leading Democrat female politicians and media pundits that if a woman claims sexual abuse, it must be true fly in the face of common sense and human experience.  The proposition that a woman would not lie about such an event is the height of gullibility or stupidity, or simply based on the desire to produce an outcome to coincide with a personal agenda.  Money, power, hatred, jealousy, revenge, and even political ideology are all powerful motivators and cannot be disregarded, especially in cases of "she said, he said."

J'accuse as the New Legal Standard  "Two and a half centuries of legal precedent in the United States is based on the assumption of "innocent until proven guilty."  The law provides for due process, protection against unreasonable search and seizure, trial by a jury of one's peers, and other measures preventing conviction based solely on an accusation." . . .

Time to call out Democrats for the liars they are  . . . "It's time for every Republican to declare that it's a sad day that we can't trust a woman claiming to have been assaulted because of the nonstop lying by Democrats on every issue under the Sun.  We need to shout from the rooftops that the clearly political staging of Blasey Ford's claim undermines the public's trust in women who were in fact assaulted, and as such, Democrats are working hard to undermine women.

"We will not win if we continue to act as though modern Democrats with their fake news media propaganda are good people.  Because if we don't stand up and shout out the truth, the average American won't comprehend the mendacity of the Democrat politicians."

For Kavanaugh fight, news media toss their standards in the trash

Washington Examiner  . . . "A substantial number of major news outlets are not rising to the occasion. Under pressure from not least the opposed forces of their ideological agenda on the one hand and the importance of the nomination on the other, they are losing their cool, abandoning standards, and showing bias more than usual.

"Instead of chasing down conclusive leads and hounding the facts behind allegations that Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted Christine Blasey Ford in the early 1980s, reporters are gorging rumors, gossip, and lurid innuendo.

"Perhaps it’s because editors fear Kavanaugh will overturn the Supreme Court’s 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion nationwide. Perhaps reporters fear Kavanaugh will push any number of conservative issues while on the court. Whatever the reason, much of the coverage has been atrocious, unprofessional, and below what should be the standards of self-respecting newsrooms.

" 'Accuser's schoolmate says she recalls hearing of alleged Kavanaugh incident," NBC News trumpeted on Wednesday and Thursday. The casual reader would believe that someone had corroborated the accusation against Kavanaugh. Instead, the piece was based on a tweet, which was later retracted, by a woman who admits, "I do not have first-hand knowledge of the incident."

"NPR followed up on the schoolmate's claim, reporting that she says she has “no idea” if the assault happened or not. That misleading and suggestive NBC News headline is still drawing in duped readers, popping up on social media and Google News homepages." . . .

Townhall

Only the People Can End This Democratic Horror Show

Conrad Black

It is impossible for the Democrats to plumb more profound depths than those they have in accusing President Trump of causing hurricanes while being responsible for thousands of hurricane-related deaths in Puerto Rico, even as they impugn a Supreme Court nominee at five minutes to midnight because of an uncorroborated, and vehemently denied, drunken grope 36 years ago.

. . . "The claim that the president’s policies have aggravated hurricanes is reserved to the demonstrably insane in the nether regions of Sandersism. This might work for the precociously spent meteor, Bronx congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, to accompany her theory that universal health care would end the need for funerals.

"The Kavanaugh affair is, to cite that Lincolnian pillar of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Cory Booker (D-N.J.), the Spartacus moment of all the Democrats. They can all claim to lead a slave revolt against the tyranny of the Constitution, the service and retention of which is all that Judge Kavanaugh and his supporters are seeking.

"There has already been ample reference to the fact that Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) waited tactically to the last minute before raising this matter of Kavanaugh’s alleged drunken grope of a fellow high school student 36 years ago, of which the senator became aware in July. Neither in public nor private hearings nor in a private one-hour meeting did she bother to raise the subject. Kavanaugh denies it, no one corroborates it, no illegality is alleged, no subsequent claimants of like behavior have come forward, and scores of women who have known the judge for decades have attested to his irreproachable behavior and character.

"It is nonsense; many men have done such a thing, and so have many women, and it absolutely does not, in itself, even if the incident happened, disqualify this nominee or anyone else, at this remove in time, from any office, even in the celibate clergy." . . .

How significant will those unclassified documents be?

If Democrats take back Congress, forget it. Why are Democrats not repulsed by the likes of Hillary and Obama? TD

Rich Terrell

Schiff Calls Trump's Declassification of Russia Probe Documents a 'Clear Abuse of Power'  . . . " 'With respect to some of these materials, I have been previously informed by the FBI and Justice Department that they would consider their release a red line that must not be crossed as they may compromise sources and methods,” he claimed. “This is evidently of no consequence to a President who cares about nothing about the country and everything about his narrow self-interest.”
"Republicans praised the move, arguing that it would create more transparency around the investigation." . . .

Looking for those declassified documents? Don't hold your breath. . . . "All this may sound like good news for Lady Justice and finally allowing the American people to see the origin of the never-ending Russian collusion investigation.  Then one remembers the ultimate fate of recently requested evidence concerning investigations involving Hillary Clinton's illegal private server and the IRS's illegal targeting of conservative groups.  

"In those cases, months of investigations and hearings on the part of Congress painstakingly uncovered mind-blowing criminal activity by Hillary Clinton and the IRS.  The American people rightfully anticipated the hammer of justice.  But the only hammer that fell was the one used to smash all of Clinton's mobile devices, while all other requested and subpoenaed evidence involving Clinton and the IRS scandal was lost, erased, or destroyed. 

"So regarding investigations of the recent past, the blatant destruction of evidence was apparently the right move because it allowed Clinton to focus on running for president and allowed IRS director of the Exempt Organizations Unit Lois Lerner to enjoy a handsome retirement package. " . . .

CNN's Anderson Cooper show didn't quite get the answers on the Kavanaugh case from a group of women they were hoping to get. Other women resist the left as well.

See also this: For Kavanaugh fight, news media toss their standards in the trash
This sets the tone for the next article and video where the CNN reporter argues with the ladies over their opinions.

When the puppets won't cooperate: CNN surprised by women's reaction to Kavanaugh case  
Always keep in mind the shared goal CNN has with "Ford's known left-wing and pro-abortion activism." TD
"It's always tough when the puppets don't behave.

"So it seemed when CNN interviewed five women and found that all five supported the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh.

"The female interviewer, who was with Anderson Cooper's AC360° team, found that much to her surprise, the Republican women just didn't keep to the script and ended up arguing with them.

"Daily Wire reporter Ryan Saavedra posted on Twitter with merriment the frustrating exchange:" . . .   (Apologies for the poor video quality)

. . . "To see CNN frustrated that its script was not going according to plan is entertaining stuff, indeed.  You can just see those thought bubbles asking how that bunch got past the producers."

Reagan McCarthy:  Women's March Equates Republicans' Handling of Kavanaugh Hearings With Misogyny  . . .  "Dr. Ford disclosed her alleged story to Senator Diane Feinstein, a ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, back in July when Judge Kavanaugh was initially nominated to the high court by President Trump. Rather than making any attempt to handle this charge made by Dr. Ford, and afford her the right to be heard, Feinstein chose to sit on the letter until after Judge Kavanaugh’s hearings.

"Still, left-wing interest groups frame Senate Republicans, who invited Dr. Ford to testify in any capacity in which she felt comfortable, as the villians. The Senate GOP proposed that the committee hear from both Judge Kavanaugh and Dr. Ford in the interest of due process and transparency for the public. This was not enough for far-left groups such as NARAL, Planned Parenthood and the Women’s March. Particularly, the Women’s March, framed the GOP’s push for Judge Kavanaugh to have the opportunity to defend himself, and Dr. Ford to be able tell her story, as misogyny:" . . .
. . . "Despite what these interest groups may think, the Judicial System does not presume guilt. The United States was built on the principle of presumed innocence until guilt is proven. These groups would rather see a man who has served the public for 30 years, with a stellar record of intelligence and integrity in his jurisprudence, have his life and career  ruined before his guilt is proven, rather than conduct a fair investigation for these allegations."

Allie Stuckey: Before Believing Kavanaugh's Accuser   . . ."A personal rendering of Ford’s account published by the Washington Post is certainly more credible than the vague allusion to a possible accusation published by Feinstein. But, unfortunately, one woman’s uncorroborated story released in the midst of a heated partisan fight in which Democrats have already demonstrated an  aversion to facts  can not be taken at face value. Before believing Kavanaugh’s accuser, there are a few aspects of this scenario that should give us pause." . . . 

'The Left's View'

Cory Booker Called Out For ‘Groping’ Drunk Female While He Was A Teenager, Report Says

Where are those same angry Democrat congresswomen we saw on TV this week? Is it sexism when you attack men with these words?

Weasel Zippers

"What happens in New Jersey, stays in New Jersey unless the liberal Star-Ledger newspaper calls you out for your hypocrisy. Did Spartacus grope women?

"Via Fox News:

New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker is facing accusations of hypocrisy over his calls to delay the confirmation vote of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh amid sexual misconduct allegations, as he once admitted groping a friend without her consent in high school.

The senator, who urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to first let the FBI conduct an investigation after California professor Christine Blasey Ford accused the high court nominee of sexual assault over 35 years ago, once wrote an article detailing an instance where he groped a female friend.

“New Year’s Eve 1984 I will never forget. I was 15. As the ball dropped, I leaned over to hug a friend and she met me instead with an overwhelming kiss. As we fumbled upon the bed, I remember debating my next ‘move’ as if it were a chess game,” Booker wrote in the student-run Stanford Daily newspaper in 1992.

“With the ‘Top Gun’ slogan ringing in my head, I slowly reached for her breast. After having my hand pushed away once, I reached my ‘mark,’” he continued, without explaining what he meant by “mark.”

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Ted Cruz takes on the Hollywood favorite, O'Rourke

Beto O'Rourke supports Colin Kaepernick (Video) "Beto" would have us think that supporters of Cruz are not aware and as caring about the civil rights struggle as the left. He speaks with soft, velvety demagoguery in this video just as when the liberals claim we hate immigrants when we try to stop illegal immigration. TD

Get Ready for the First Cruz-O’Rourke Debate  "Texas senator Ted Cruz and Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke will have the first of three debates on Friday night.

"Both men face something of a catch-22 from the relatively recent close poll results. On paper, Cruz should be a solid favorite. He’s led all of the polls since the race began except one. This week Quinnipiac put him ahead by nine points. No Democrat has won a statewide race in Texas since 1994, and four years ago, no Democratic statewide candidate surpassed 40 percent. The last heavily hyped Democratic candidate running statewide, gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis, finished with 38.9 percent. All of the polling shows the current Republican governor, Greg Abbott, winning reelection by a wide margin.

"The one factor that could seriously endanger Cruz would be complacency among Texas Republicans; if enough GOP-leaning voters think, “Cruz will be fine, this is a deep-red state . . .” then O’Rourke could actually pull off the upset. (Just ask Massachusetts Democrat Martha Coakley how much a candidate can rely on her state’s traditional partisan lean.) In fact, both of O’Rourke’s big political victories in his career, in Democratic primaries for the El Paso City Council and Congress, came in large part from him out-hustling a comfortable incumbent." . . .  (Emphasis mine, TD)

Judd Apatow Hosting Hollywood Fundraiser for Texas Democrat Beto O’Rourke

. . . "Apatow’s event with O’Rourke comes as the Senate hopeful faces intense backlash for telling a town hall audience member who questioned his support for illegal immigration that illegal aliens from Central America and Mexico are today’s cotton pickers." . . .

. . . "Also, despite a litany of upset fans, country music star Willie Nelson tarnished his Texas star in the minds of many by announcing that he was set to headline a concert fundraiser for the liberal Democrat.

"Several other La La Land denizens also jumped to the Democrat’s support after his anthem protesting video wowed liberals everywhere."

A Conversation with John Bolton and an Israeli

Caroline Glick

"President Donald Trump’s decision to appoint Ambassador John Bolton to serve as his National Security Advisor indicated clearly that Trump is advancing a national security strategy far different from those of his predecessors.

"On and off for decades, Bolton has held some of the most senior foreign policy positions in the US government. And throughout his long career in foreign policy, Bolton has been the bane of the foreign policy elites. In part this owes to his extraordinary successes. After 15 years of fruitless and often half-hearted US efforts to repeal UN General Assembly Resolution 3379 from 1975 that branded Zionism as racism, as assistant secretary of state, Bolton got the job done in 1991.

"As Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs in the George W. Bush administration, Bolton created and implemented the Proliferation Security Initiative. The PSI was the most successful counter-proliferation program the US has undertaken in recent years.

"As UN Ambassador in 2005 and 2006, Bolton dismantled the corrupt UN Human Rights Commission. He opposed the formation of its successor, the equally corrupt Human Rights Committee, saying, “We want a butterfly. We don’t intend to put lipstick on a caterpillar and call it a success.”

"Bolton’s record of success engendered jealousy among many members of the Washington establishment. But they were more irked by his refusal to go along to get along. Bolton’s stubborn insistence on basing US policies on reality, rather than ideology or fashion has made him the bête noire of the foreign policy establishment.

"Trump’s decision to appoint a man who insists on operating on the basis of realities on the ground – even when they are inconvenient and make foreign policy professionals and queasy allies angry or nervous – speaks volumes about his approach to foreign policy and the goals he has set for his administration.

"Long considered – rightly – one of Israel’s best friends in Washington, Bolton has distinguished himself throughout the years by his conviction that Israel is the US’s most powerful and vital ally in the Middle East. So it isn’t surprising that during his visit to Israel this week, one of his biggest headline-grabbing quotes was one where he seemed to reject the country’s hope of securing US recognition of its sovereignty over the Golan Heights."' . . .

Glick was born in Houston, TX and grew up in Chicago, IL. She moved to Israel in 1991, two weeks after receiving her BA in Political Science from Columbia University. She joined the Israel Defense Forces that summer and served as an officer for five and a half years.From 1994-1996, as an IDF captain, Ms. Glick served in the Defense Ministry as a core member of Israel’s negotiating team with the Palestinians.In 1997 and 1998 Ms. Glick served as Assistant Foreign Policy Advisor to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.From 1998-2000 Ms. Glick studied at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and received a Master’s in Public Policy in June 2000.

The disgusting Democrats are waging a despicable battle. They are defaming a good man, and destroying decency and due process, all to preserve abortion.

Bookworm Room  "Disgusting Democrats will blow our republic apart to kill babies. Without any credible evidence and without any credible corroboration, the disgusting Democrats are smearing as a rapist a man who has led an irreproachable life. In today’s climate, people will more readily forgive murder than they will rape, and yet that’s the label they are appending to him in an effort to block a Supreme Court nomination.

This is what happens when you have a “living Constitution.” If the Constitution as written is your guide, it doesn’t much matter what the justices’ personal feelings are. Once you use the Supreme Court as a non-elected Leftist legislature, though, suddenly Supreme Court nominations have the same weight and viciousness as a gladiatorial death match. And if you cannot actually kill someone who owes fealty to the Constitution, you kill his reputation.

"Anyone who would use this tactic is disgusting. Dianne Feinstein is disgusting for sitting on these hazy, almost fact-free charges for two months instead of passing them on to investigators or arranging for Ford to testify in private session. The only explanation was that she knew this was a lie, a set-up, a delusional fantasy, or something other than the truth, and held it in reserve in case polling hinted that Democrats might retake the Senate. Disgusting.

"Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii is disgusting because she will do anything to prevent Ford from having to back up her vague, contradictory, antique, unprovable allegations:

"You know, for any of us to have dealt at all with the experience of sexual trauma knows that this is a very particularly damaging kind of experience. And you do not treat a person who has gone through this like, ‘Oh, well, hey, how about this?’ You know, I think it’s appalling.

"Not only is Hirono disgusting, she’s stupid. She gave the game away when she said that the seat should be vacant for another two years:

"Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono (D.) said Democrats could keep the open seat on the Supreme Court vacant until after the 2020 election if Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination collapses and Democrats regain control of the Senate in November.Hirono pointed to the long vacancy of Antonin Scalia’s former seat as a justification for holding off on confirming any nominee from President Donald Trump. When Barack Obama was president and Republicans held the Senate, Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell did not hold a vote on Obama’s nominee Merrick Garland, and Hirono said Democrats could do the same if they had the Senate.“I think we’ve had those kinds of vacancies before, and we certainly had over a one-year vacancy with Merrick Garland,” Hirono told Politico Magazine. “So the world does not come to an end because we don’t fill all of the nominees.”

"This is not the Biden Rule, which holds that a lame duck president doesn’t get to nominate a Supreme Court justice when he’s already got one foot out the door of the White House during an election year. This is an entirely new Disgusting Democrat Rule: Only Democrat presidents may nominate candidates for the Supreme Court, provided that they have a majority Democrat Congress. Under this rule, the Constitutional structure of our American democracy is dead." . . .

"Thankfully, the DOJ is looking into its employee’s confessions about using department resources for political ends."

Mike Pompeo tells John Kerry to 'get off the stage'

Monica Showalter  "Does it get worse than when a current secretary of state has to tell a former secretary of state to just "get off the stage"?  That's what we've come to, now that secretary of state Mike Pompeo has spoken out against John Kerry's unprecedented meddling to undercut U.S. foreign policy toward Iran.

"It really is a grotesque spectacle.  Kerry is the thing that wouldn't leave, and now the secretary of state has had to say something.

"Speaking to Fox News's Laura Ingraham, Pompeo said:

Secretary Kerry can't seem to get off the stage, and you have to[.] ... When I am the former secretary I will get off.  Every previous former secretary has done that too.

"He pointed out that not only was Kerry a nuisance (like Jimmy Carter); he was actually a problem:

I am trying to execute American's foreign policy, and they are not only unhelpful but acting in ways that are harmful to achieving what's best for the American people, and that's my criticism.  Stop it and let it go.  You had your day.  We think you fundamentally got it wrong with Iran, and we're trying to make it right.

"It's unprecedented, and it's unprecedented because Kerry's acts are unprecedented.  Telling the Iranians to just wait it out and wait for Democrats to get back into power instead of play ball with President Trump is a revolting scenario for any government to face.  It emboldens the mullahs, and encourages them to engage in aggressive acts as well as play for time until Democrats can get their act together.  It's so bad that it seems to call for legal action on sedition charges (which Pompeo demurred on, but certainly didn't oppose), given that Kerry is thinking of running for president, and his acts to undercut U.S. policy are motivated by his political ambition.  Plotting on a plan together with the Iranians is creepy in itself, but it also sets the stage for bribery scenarios, which is how the mullahs do business.  When both sides have common interests and have made common cause, money flows.  The FBI ought to be all over Kerry's keister for that one.

Ride on outta here, fella!

"How revolting that Pompeo has got to fight the Obama administration as well as check the odious mullahs in the course of doing his job.  He's not supposed to be political, and State Departments are not supposed to be politicized, but Kerry has gone (along with most of the Obamatons) and politicized the whole shebang, leaving Pompeo to fight a two-front war instead of just be secretary of state.

"No wonder he's disgusted with this nuisance.  Not only has Team Obama left its operatives in the Deep State to undermine the Trump administration, but it's also collaborating with America's enemies to encourage them to put their money on their big comeback, which will affect their courses of action in the today.  Any questions as to why these people do not deserve post-administration security clearances?

"Now Kerry's been told to get off the stage like a bad act, like a skunk at the garden party, by none other than his successor.  He's gotten the gong.  Because right now, his act stinks."

Kerry never met a US enemy he didn't like.

While we're discussing Obama's secretaries of state:  Crooked Hillary just won't slither away  . . . "Hillary, who "forgets" anything that contradicts truth and reality, must have forgotten that she fired the White House travel office so she could give the business to her pals. The White House memo that implicates her includes the following:

Mr. Watkins wrote that "we both know that there would be hell to pay if we failed to take swift and decisive action in conformity with the First Lady's wishes."

. . . Starr said he drafted an indictment with a prosecution memo to indict Hillary for perjury because she answered, "I don't know, or I don't remember" over one hundred times during her deposition.

OpEd: The Obama ILLUSION

Socio-Political- Journal

"Being Irrelevant hasn't dampened Obama's Arrogance. The same Illusions have Invaded Progressives, and sickened many Democrats. The Illusion of success, when nearly every meaningful data-point spells Failure.

"Somehow the architect of the worst recovery since the Great Depression Mr. Obama alludes to the fallacy that the now booming economy is his. Obama may be better at stand-up comedy than leadership. It was the Bush Administration that bailed out the Banks and Auto-Industry.

"It was Obama whose shovel ready jobs moved no earth and employed no workers. The only job creation was in the Public Sector, and most with an IQ over 60, know that more government diminishes National Wealth. Public Sector employment creates no economic advantage for those who foot the bill.

"It was by design to over-regulate the Private Sector, and promote Socialist narratives. Not the narratives that gave us Social Security, and Medicare, but a Free For All Socialist Agenda that added a whopping 10 Trillion Dollars to the already inflated Deficit.

"As Obama touts his delusions such as Deficit Reduction one must seriously wonder whether anything this man says is truthful. Even with a Majority in both Houses it took bribery and the ludicrous statement by the then House Leader to extol their members to sign a Bill NO-ONE had read! We all know the results of Un-Affordable Care Act.

"Obama ruled by fiat with numerous Executive Orders some of which were ruled Unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. He allowed his Bureaucrats to ride Roughshod over segments of the American electorate that disagreed with his elitist minutiae while rubber stamping every personal dysfunction of out of norm behaviors.

"Obama was little more than a figurehead for Globalists who have for decades tried to destroy the American Dream. Obama a Black Man whose family never suffered Slavery, Obama a Black Man who never owned,  or ran a Business, Obama always in the Public Pocket was somehow going to Save the World. Laughable when contemplated...
By Theodore Miraldi

The Party of Kaepernick

Why wouldn't Pat Tillman have been a better choice than Kaepernick?

National Review

Nike has set a political trap for Democrats ahead of November’s midterm elections, and the party’s candidates are walking right into it.

"The Democrats’ winning midterm campaign message would seem simple enough: Trump is bad and must be opposed. Yet at the moment the party risks being associated with a somewhat less attractive message: The American flag is bad and must be opposed.

"Last week, left-wing Democrat Ayanna Pressley ousted long-term incumbent Michael Capuano from the John F. Kennedy/Tip O’Neill House seat in the Democratic primary while praising the NFL anti-flag protests, which her opponent called “wrong.” Democratic Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke says — in Texas! — that there is “nothing more American” than kneeling for the national anthem. The judicious center-left New York Times columnist David Leonhardt notes in his daily newsletter that “the anthem is a trap for Democrats.”

"That Nike rolled out Colin Kaepernick as its new spokesman not only knocked a couple of billion dollars off the value of the company, it also amounts to an in-kind campaign contribution to the Republican party. The Left and its base of activists, pundits, and (increasingly) woke capitalists simply can’t let this issue go, much less acknowledge that its flag-dissing is conceptually flawed. Demonizing a huge population based on stereotypes derived from the actions of a few of its members is exactly the kind of anti-American impulse that liberals once stood so valiantly against.

"The Kaepernick-led anthem protests were wrong-headed to begin with. Try to follow this logic: The misbehavior of a few police officers means the police in general should be reviled. And if we revile the police the entire American project is to be rebuked by protesting the anthem. Martin Luther King Jr., by contrast, said his stirring vision was “deeply rooted in the American dream.” He called upon us to live up to American ideals. That isn’t Kaepernick’s message.

"Now the protests have gone meta: They’re not about policing, they’re about Kaepernick." . . .
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