Conservatives Must Realize Kavanaugh Victory Is Not The End…It Is The Beginning

[Right_in_Virginia]

Conservatives Must Realize Kavanaugh Victory Is Not The End…It Is The Beginning
Townhall, Oct 8, 2018, Mark Davis

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For too long, the frequent Republican reply to Democrat viciousness was “Thank you, sir, may I have another?”  As Justice Kavanaugh (how I love typing that) prepares for what should be decades of voting according to the law and not his whims, conservatives should pivot from celebration to serious reflection.  Will this be a one-off moment of joy?  Will we look back longingly on the autumn of 2018 as that singular chapter featuring the courage and conviction we had hungered for?  Or will it represent a wake-up call setting the stage for the battles to come?       

It’s up to us.  Will we allow our relief over the Kavanaugh success to lull us into a satisfied stupor?  Or will we rise up with still-sharp memories of what the Democrat party did to this good man and his family, to Senate decorum and to the concepts that keep our society rational?           

Our first gut check is right around the corner.  Democrats who participated in the attacks on Kavanaugh are up for re-election in several Trump states.  They must be shown the door back to private life in Florida, Indiana, Missouri, Montana and North Dakota, and dare we dream, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. 

In West Virginia, Joe Manchin distinguished (and maybe preserved) himself as the lone yes vote for Kavanaugh in the party that otherwise savaged him.  President Trump is surely grateful, but he should not dilute his vocal support for Republican challenger Patrick Morrisey.  It is impossible to know whether Manchin bucked his party in a reflection of his true sensibilities or as a desperate tactic for November survival. I don’t care.  We don’t need to spend the next six years wondering if he will give us similar cooperative moments.   


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[Fishrrman]

Indeed.

Did you ever watch the George Pal film "The Time Machine", with Rod Taylor?

What happened with the Kavanaugh fight reminds me of when George the time traveler descends into the caverns of the Morlochs, seeking to find Weena, the woman who has befriended him.

The Morlochs advance on the corralled Elois, with the intent of cannibalizing them.
The Elois, having lost all concept of defending themselves, cower in fear.

But George will not. He lights a torch, and fights the Morlochs, tossing them aside.
One of the Elois looks, and then tries it himself -- and is amazed that he, too, can "fight back". And the other Elois males pick up on this, and eventually the Morlochs are destroyed.

Mr. Trump is the Republican's "George".
By his example, he is re-teaching the Republicans in Congress how to once again fight back against the "Morlochs" of the democrat-communist party.

And some of them appear to be learning.

But... the Judge Kavanaugh story is not the end -- it is the beginning.
The fight will intensify.
We'll find out how well the Pubbies have learned from Mr. Trump in the next few years to come...

(Aside: "The Time Machine" is a fine film for New Year's Eve viewing. You can dig up a good copy on the net, if you're brave and know where to "go huntin'" for it...!)