Senator McConnell is a droll person; I'd expect to see a man of his countenance in a picture of the Senate 70 years ago. But luckily for us, we have him now, when he need him so much (thank you Kentucky) and do we ever owe him.
When Justice Scalia passed we were within the ninth part of a hair of facing the permanent marginalization on SCOTUS which could be the lot of the left in the near future. But Mitch said " naw, it ain't happening on my watch" and he used his power to prevent Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland from reaching the Senate floor. Well, it was only common sense to expect that any jurist advanced by Obama would enact Obama's leftist intentions. "Foul!" cried the hilariously and disingenuously miffed Dems although they would surely have done the same in the same situation. "Oh well, Hillary will deliver us soon enough" was their consolation. Didn't happen.
How Mitch was able to contain his mirth when the Dems bade President Trump renominate Garland ("why that's only fair" bleated "realpolitikian" Charles Schumer) I don't know. He faithfully and skillfully guided Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh onto the court in a masterpiece of consummate skill and devotion, especially in defeating the vicious personal assault on Judge Kavanaugh. He was aided greatly by Senator Grassley.
By this time, had Hillary and a Democrat Senate been elected, we would have faced this onerous prospect: two new radical leftist "Justices" and a safe 6 rubber stamps on SCOTUS for Hillary's dissembling pronunciamentos. Maybe Justice Kennedy wouldn't have left but she would still have had five . Instead we have a resolute conservative President, a majority of law abiding SCOTUS Justices and a yet GOP Congress. We must DETERMINE to keep it that way in November . It is imperative that we keep the staggering Dems on the run, by electoral confirmation of the numerical dominance which is the only thing which can stop them. Appeals to their good will are sadly futile and pitiably wrong headed. Crush them, I say, as they would do us!
Mitch took a gutsy chance on an adverse reaction by the electorate in 2016; a RINO in his place might have tried to appease the implacable Dems, whose lips curl in contemplation of such weakness, by enabling Garland. But Mitch is no RINO and we must needs rejoice at that as a key part of our continuing good fortune. Jack
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Hear hear! I know many conservatives criticize McConnell at times, and I suppose he may be something of a swamp creature, but to tame the swamp you must first become well-acquainted with it, and McConnell is. His deft handling of two Supreme Court nominations ought to earn him an honored place in the conservative pantheon. Let's not forget the tax cut and the partial repeal of Obamacare, of course, but Mitch seems to understand that the courts are of primary importance, and he has performed yeoman service in returning them to sanity. Thank you, Mitch, on behalf of all Americans (even those too dense to realize what a patriot you are)!
Dr. Waddy: You said it all, you said it right. I think the simultaneous rise of the Founding Fathers and Mothers was an incredible stroke of luck. Maybe we are getting another one as we face another harrowing threat to our freedom.
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