FALLOUT: Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill Falls Behind GOP Opponent After Opposing Kavanaugh

Daily Wire

"The incumbent Democrat is in a hotly contested race"

"Following Brett Kavanaugh's powerful testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week, Democrats opposing him from their not-so-comfortable red state seats are beginning to feel the heat. One poll shows Sen. Claire McCaskill in Missouri now behind her GOP opponent in a tight midterm race.

"According to The Federalist, the new poll by Remington Research Group "found that of the 1,555 likely Missouri voters surveyed late last week, 48% said they were planning to vote for Republican candidate Josh Hawley while 46% said they planned to vote for McCaskill."  

"Even worse for McCaskill is that her opposition to Brett Kavanaugh served as one of the deciding factors for voters to come out against her, with 49% saying it affected their decision. Only 42% said McCaskill's opposition to Kavanaugh motivated their support.

"The incumbent Democrat is in a hotly contested race, and support for Hawley has been surging in the polls over the past month," reports The Federalist. "The Real Clear Politics poll average puts Hawley ahead of McCaskill by one point and shows that the race has grown increasingly competitive going into November."

"McCaskill joins several other red state Democrats who face tough reelection campaigns in the midst of the Kavanaugh circus. Some, like Sens. Joe Donnelly of Indiana and Jon Tester of Montana, have elected to roll the dice by proposing a "No" vote. Others, like Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, where Kavanaugh' enjoys 59% approval, have elected to remain on the fence until the final vote on the Senate floor." . . .

Kellyanne Conway cannot be a victim; she is a Republican!

‘I’m a victim of sexual assault’: Kellyanne candidly reveals secret to CNN. Libs immediately call her a liar.

‘I’m a victim of sexual assault’: Kellyanne candidly reveals secret to CNN. 

 Kellyanne should know by now that you can only be a victim if you are a liberal. ". . .

 

BelieveAllWomen crashed and burned pretty quickly. f course she knows. This is obviously to get these idiots on record claiming that woman lied about sexual assault the damage these imbeciles have done to women is going to play out in relationships and the workforce for years. and of course, actual victims of sexual assault/violence. i've supported our local rape crisis center for years, and i know all the statistics about under-reported rape, arrested/charged/convicted rapists and what it does to the women brave enough to come forward. liberal bastards ruin EVERYTHING they touch.

Democrats attempt to use Kavanaugh's emotional testimony against him

Senate Democrats did all they could

Heritage:  House Democrats are ready to investigate Brett Kavanaugh if they win the House

. . . "If Kavanaugh committed perjury, Democrats warn, they’ll investigate. Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., who would be chairman of the House Judiciary Committee if Democrats control the House, told ABC News on Sunday that the lower chamber would likely investigate.

"If he is on the Supreme Court, and the Senate hasn't investigated, then the House will have to," said Nadler. "We would have to investigate any credible allegations of perjury and other things that haven't been properly looked into before."

The current FBI investigation, which is set to last one week, so far does not include interviews with the former classmates who have disputed Kavanaugh's testimony about his partying, according to the New York Times.

. . . 

"Krishnamoorthi added that Kavanaugh’s testimony was “one of the most partisan appearances by a federal judge.”

"If Democrats decide not to pursue an investigation on the allegations against Kavanaugh, they appear ready to investigate his fitness. After watching Kavanaugh raise his voice, accuse the Clintons of revenge, and ask Democratic senators if they like beer or have blacked out, a number of Democrats don’t think he has the disposition to serve on the Supreme Court for life.

"Kavanaugh’s performance before the Judiciary Committee, said Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., “raises very difficult question about his temperament and fitness for office.”

“We saw an entitled, defensive, angry, partisan, paranoid, angry guy. It was very unnerving just to watch it. And you want to put him on the court for life?

"Whether Kavanaugh is confirmed or not, Connelly said, his qualifications and fitness to be a federal judge “are worthy of further examination.' ” . . .

Republican Headquarters In Rockford, Illinois Vandalized With Word ‘Rape’

Georgetown Professor: White GOP Senators In Kavanaugh Hearing “Deserve Miserable Deaths,” Have Corpses “Castrated”…  . . . "Georgetown University Distinguished Associate Professor Christine Fair tweeted that white Republican senators in the Brett Kavanaugh hearing deserve to die.

“ 'Look at thus [sic] chorus of entitled white men justifying a serial rapist’s arrogated entitlement,” Fair tweeted on Thursday. Referencing a video of “Lindsey Graham’s tirade,” Fair, who is a victim of sexual assault, added, “all of them deserve miserable deaths while feminists laugh as they take their last gasps.”

“Bonus: we castrate their corpses and feed them to swine? Yes,” she concluded the tweet.

That isn't the first time Fair's left the rails of civil discourse.
. . . "In January 2017, Fair was involved in a Twitter dispute with Asra Q. Nomani. In response to Nomani's tweet that as a Muslim, she voted for President Trump, Fair tweeted that she had "written [Nomani] off as a human being" and that Nomani had "pimped herself out to all media outlets." Nomani responded by filing a complaint with Georgetown University, Fair's employer, alleging discrimination and harassment.^[20]

"In May 2017, Fair began an altercation with white nationalist Richard B. Spencer at a gym in Alexandria, Virginia. While the two were working out, Fair approached Spencer and accused him of being a Nazi, along with a number of other accusations, leading a third gym patron to intervene on behalf of him. This incident resulted in Spencer's membership being terminated by the manager of the gym.^[21]

"In January 2018, Fair was involved in an incident at Frankfurt Airport. When her bag was flagged for possibly containing explosives, it was searched and German Federal Police instructed Fair that she would have to dispose of a liquid deodorant or transfer it to her checked bag. German police stated that Fair was uncooperative, as she accused them of sexism, of being Nazis and thugs, and directed expletives at them. Fair was charged with slander under Germany's defamation law. She subsequently published an article on HuffPost partially rejecting the police account of the incident." . . .

This is a real sign that the lady is way out there.  "Georgetown prof who harassed pro-Trump colleague brags about harassing alt-right leader at the gym"

• First, I want to note that this man is a supreme coward. When I approached this flaccid, sorry excuse of a man and asked ‘Are you Richard Spencer,“ this pendulous poltroon said “No. I am not.”  But of course he was. …
• As a white woman, I find his membership at this gym to be unacceptable. I found his membership at this gym to be an unfair burden upon the women and people of color–and white male allies of the same. I also loudly identified him as a neo-Nazi who has said, inter alia, the below detailed things. . . .

What on earth do her students turn out to be like?

USA Today Amends Article Saying Kavanaugh Shouldn’t Coach Basketball

Mairead Mcardle

"USA Today heavily amended an article that suggested Brett Kavanaugh should not coach young girls basketball anymore.

"An opinion article titled “Is Brett Kavanaugh right that he can no longer coach girls basketball?” appeared in the USA Today Sports section, but was taken down after it was posted on social media."

Margot Cleveland@ProfMJCleveland

 · Sep 28, 2018

Every damn Democrat and pundit playing Kavanaugh off as an unhinged man lacking judicial temperament, FFFFrick you!!! THIS is WHAT you have done to an honorable man! Just FFFFrick you all!! https://twitter.com/USATODAY/status/1045840651827449856 …

Margot Cleveland@ProfMJCleveland

I see that @USATODAY decided to delete....but you can't just undue the harm to someone's reputation! SHAME! pic.twitter.com/H5Gs0UjgHi

“The U.S. Senate may yet confirm Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, but he should stay off basketball courts for now when kids are around,” wrote sports reporter Erik Brady. “The nation is newly vigilant on who coaches and trains its children given recent scandals in gymnastics and other sports,” the article read.

“Credibly accused sex offenders should not coach youth basketball, girls or boys, without deeper investigation. Can’t we all agree on that?” he asked." . . .

Prosecutor Who Questioned Ford Shreds Her Case In Five-Page Memo

Daily Wire  "Rachel Mitchell, the prosecutor who questioned Christine Blasey Ford last week during a hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote a five-page memo that was released on Sunday that outlines why she would not bring criminal charges against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

"Mitchell's memo notes nine significant problems with Ford's testimony and underscores that her case is "even weaker" than a "he said, she said" case.

" 'A 'he said, she said' case is incredibly difficult to prove," Mitchell states. "But this case is even weaker than that. Dr. Ford identified other witnesses to the event, and those witnesses either refuted her allegations or failed to corroborate them. For the reasons discussed below, I do not think that a reasonable prosecutor would bring this case based on the evidence before the Committee. Nor do I believe that this evidence is sufficient to satisfy the preponderance-of-the-evidence standard."

"Here are the nine problems outlined in Mitchell's memo:" . . .

WATCH: Jeff Flake JOKE About The "Elevator" Stunt

James T. Harris

Amy@RightHook99

WATCH: Jeff Flake JOKES about the "elevator" stunt while speaking at a progressive "Global Citizen Event" with Democrat Chris Coons.
We got played.

https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/1046371702387744768

Who Was behind the Flake Set-Up?   
. . . "A CNN camera broadcast the event live, and from there it went viral."  . . .

We can only guess whom the girl on the phone is talking with.  

. . . "The New Yorker reported that, after the incident, Flake “looked more withdrawn than ever, eyes wet, voice a little frayed, chin tucked down in the somber knot of his tie.” Shortly afterward, Flake voted to refer Kavanaugh’s nomination to the full Senate but with a sudden proviso: He wouldn’t vote for the judge on the floor unless the vote was delayed to do an FBI investigation, “limited in time to no more than one week,” into “current allegations that are already there.” Democrats rejoiced.A reporter for the Washington Examiner asked Flake, “Did the women who confronted you this morning, did they have any role in changing your mind?”“No, no,” Flake said as he shook his head.Fair enough, but liberals certainly have convinced themselves to believe that the in-your-face strategy worked. So no doubt we’ll see more of it in these uncivil times. As an example, liberal journalist Ana Marie Cox tweeted out video of the Flake incident, praising the success of the confrontation: . . .

Update: Jeff Flake: I Never Would Have Delayed A Week If Running For Re-Election

"Republican Sen. Jeff Flake admitted on Sunday that had he been running for re-election in Arizona, requesting the FBI to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct against Judge Brett Kavanaugh would have made him unelectable to the Senate.

"The Arizona senator voted “yes” to advance Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination out of the Senate Judiciary Committee and into the full Senate on Friday with the condition that an FBI probe would briefly investigate Christine Blasey Ford’s accusation of sexual abuse against the judge.

"Flake notably announced that he would not be running for re-election in October 2017. CBS News’ Scott Pelley asked Flake if he had been seeking to hold his Senate seat, would he have been able to demand an investigation.

“ 'No,” Flake responded on “60 Minutes.” “Not a chance.”

“ 'There’s no value to reaching across the aisle,” Flake continued. “There’s no currency for that anymore. There’s no incentive.' ” . . .

What Is It With Arizona Senators?   "Yes, one half of the Judicial Committee have been acting like triggered sorority girls for the entire hearing. They’re falling apart – rightfully so, with the loathsome ways they’ve behaved." . . . 

Earl of Taint

The new virtue class

Ed Straker

"Move over, minorities claiming victim status, men disguised as women, and illegal aliens: there's a new virtue class in town! It's called "alleged survivors of sexual assault."  Any woman can be a member, simply by her own say-so.  The group has five constituent parts:" 
. . . 

"The man-bashing harpy Senator Mazie Hirono says women who are "survivors" must be "believed."  That is what this is all about.  Anyone can claim membership in this group, without any evidence, and once self-declared membership has been announced, such people acquire victim status and the power to demand that everything they say be accepted as truth.  Those accused are deemed guilty with no chance to prove their innocence, if such a thing could even be proved.

"But like the boy who cried wolf, unsubstantiated or even contradictory allegations of sexual assault cast doubt on all people who claim they are "survivors," whether their claim was valid or not.  That's why the woman who trapped Jeff Flake claiming to be a "survivor" is about a credible a rape victim as Rachel Dolezal is as a chapter head of the NAACP."

More like, "the left must be believed".

How to Survive a Character Assassination

Robert Oscar Lopez   "A friend jarred me the other day by sending me this note:

Watching the left's insane treatment of Kavanaugh reminds me of some of what you dealt with at CSUN.

" 'CSUN" stands for California State University Northridge.  My friend referred to the eight years during which I worked for that organization, 2008-16.

"My friend sent me the note because the factors involved with Brett Kavanaugh's frightful battle for the Supreme Court coincided with my own harrowing experience with liberals: the California university professoriate; the Clintons; feminists; the intelligence field; Dianne Feinstein; Kamala Harris; the Supreme Court; and, most importantly, a psychedelic and Kafka-esque series of sexually charged investigations.

"I decided to write ten tips for people who might one day be "Kavanaughed."

"What has happened to Brett Kavanaugh will surely happen to many who read this.  The cruel tactics and psychological machinery behind what the left does now to Kavanaugh developed in the lower rungs of society.

"Picture This

"To give you a sense of what I faced at CSUN, let me share a story.  My lived experience left me particularly vulnerable to smears by the time I was in my early forties." . . .

More at the link...

Booker and Harris at the Kavanaugh Hearings

Sept 7: Harris, Booker Produce Epic Fail at Kavanaugh Hearings  "Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee madly raced to the bottom of demagoguery and stupidity this week during the hearings to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh, who sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, to the U.S. Supreme Court.

"But two of the leftists stood out in particular: Senators Cory Booker of New Jersey and Kamala Harris of California, both of whom might be Democratic contenders for the presidency." . . .

"Imperiously warning Kavanaugh to “be sure about your answer, sir,” Harris asked whether Kavanaugh had discussed Mueller or his investigation with anyone, or anyone at the law firm of Trump’s lawyer, Mark Kasowitz.
Harris badgered Kavanaugh with a supercilious tone and facial expressions. Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah observed that answering the question was impossible, given the number of lawyers and law firms in Washington, D.C., and that Kavanaugh would have to see a list of lawyers who worked at the firm.
“I don’t know everyone who works at that law firm, senator,” Kavanaugh answered, adding that he doesn’t remember any such conversation. But like Lee, Kavanaugh said he would need a roster of lawyers at the firm to answer.
After a testy exchange, Harris turned to the cameras, declaring, “Clearly you’re not going to answer the question.”
On Thursday, Harris came back at Kavanaugh again, and with the same high-handed tone, she said she “received reliable information” that he had such a conversation.
Replied Kavanaugh, “The answer is no.” . . .

Ann Coulter: Booker and Harris 'competing for Most Hysterical Woman' at Kavanaugh hearing

In the Kavanaugh Hearings, Democrats Break Norms to Gain Power

Lindsey Graham promises 'full scale' probe into Democrats' handling of Ford-Kavanaugh allegation

Hat tip to Tom Keevers at Moretti Underground

Washington Examiner  "Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., vowed Sunday to launch a thorough inquiry into Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee to find out whether there was any wrongdoing in how they managed the sexual misconduct allegation Christine Blasey Ford leveled at Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

" 'We're going to do a wholesale, full scale investigation of what I think was a despicable process to deter it from happening again," Graham said during an interview on ABC News' "This Week."

" 'The FBI will do a supplemental background investigation, then I'm going to call for an investigation of what happened in this committee. Who betrayed Dr. Ford's trust? Who in Feinstein's office recommended Katz as a lawyer? Why did Ms. Ford not know that the committee was willing to go to California?" Graham continued, referring to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Debra Katz, one of Ford's attorneys who has been involved in Democratic politics in the past.

"President Trump mocked Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, at a rally in West Virginia on Saturday for saying last week her staff did not leak a confidential letter Ford sent her local congresswoman, Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., in July accusing Kavanaugh of sexual assault in the 1980s when they were in high school.

"Ryan Grim, the journalist from the Intercept who first reported on the letter, said on Twitter last week that he did not receive it from Feinstein's staff.

"Trump also said he hoped an FBI probe into Ford's claims, which will delay the Senate's consideration of Kavanaugh's confirmation by a week, uncovers who leaked the letter to the press." . . .

Cotton: Feinstein to be investigated over leaked letter from Ford

We must NOT allow these people to govern this nation!

Kavanaugh’s hearings are a national disaster — and the worst is yet to come

NY Post  "This is a golden age for cynics. You will rarely go wrong in assuming an absence of decency and courage in the political class. However low the bar is set, it will not be low enough.

"Witness how the confirmation hearings for Brett Kavanaugh started as cheap theater and ended in bloodsport. The process by which we elevate someone to the highest court in the land sunk to the lowest common denominator — and didn’t stop.

"And now the national disaster will be aided by more time and a fresh supply of dynamite.

"Friday’s agreement to give the FBI a week to supplement its background check by looking into existing misconduct allegations against Kavanaughguarantees the nightmare will continue, especially for him and his battered family. You don’t have to be a cynic to assume the rabid left will come up with more outlandish accusations in an effort to make up in quantity what it lacks in quality.

"The extension is the devil’s bargain Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake struck with his conscience. First he said he would vote to move Kavanaugh out of committee, then was shouted at in an elevator by leftists and cornered by Senate Democrats. Naturally, he caved in to their demands for the extension while supporting Kavanaugh, pending the outcome of the probe." . . .

Post-Kavanaugh midterms update

Don Surber  "Democratic voters woke up today with a victory snatched away once again. They came so close to destroying Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday morning, only to have him successfully defend himself.
"Democrats failed. Again. Failure has consequences. I am a Cleveland sports fan. There are decades when I don't follow a team or two that closely.
"The empty seat syndrome may hit Marxist Democrats at the polls.
"But Republicans are up against it. They have to defend just eight seats in the Senate. Four are listed as tossups at Real Clear Politics.
"The House is a bigger mess with Real Clear Politics giving Democrats a 206-189 lead with 40 tossups. Republicans hold 38 of those tossups.
"However, the DNC has $8,214,021 cash on hand, while the RNC has $41,754,556.
"Democrats hope the Kavanaugh confirmation will ignite their base, which is a mob of self-entitled people who wear pink knitted caps in the middle of summer.
"I don't know about that.
"Former Bush 43 administrator James S. Robbins laid out the Democratic plan in a USA Today column." . . .