Here are my observations and opinions on selected news of the day.
FLASHBACKS OF SENATE HYPOCRITES – During the 1995 resignation of Sen. Bob Packwood (D-OR) over sexual harassment and official misconduct, Dianne Feinstein was among a succession of senators who took the floor of the Senate to pay tribute to him. Quoting her father, she said, “Dianne, don’t let a man be known for the last thing he does. Let him be know for the best thing he does.”
Further, she noted that “the heads of various women’s organizations have indicated their respect for him and for his long record of help,” the 1995 Blog recalls.
Feinstein has yet to comment on why she didn’t question Judge Kavanaugh regarding the sexual assault charge she was aware of when she faced him one-on-one in her office, nor during the subsequent hearings, open and closed.
THEN THERE’S SENATOR HIRONO, the Democrat hypocrite from Hawaii, who got more than her 15 minutes of fame with her slam at men in the country who she insisted should “just step up.”
Hirono and a number of her colleagues on the Judiciary Committee – Senator’s Feinstein, Whitehouse, and Klobuchar – accepted PAC funds from Sen. Tom Carper (D-DL), who reportedly abused his wife and admitted slapping her 20 years ago.”
Hirono has said politics shouldn’t enter the discussion when discussing the serious issue of assault and harassment, according to Brent Scher, who wrote of Hirono taking money from Carper in the Free Beacon.
So much from the Hawaiian diva who seems to think she can pick and choose which man to charge with assault.
CENSURE DIANNE FEINSTEIN is the headline on Michael W. Schwartz’s piece in the National Review. Citing Article I, Section 5 of the Constitution, which provides that each House of Congress may “punish its members for disorderly behavior, Schwartz refers to “Her deception and maneuvering, condemned across the political spectrum, seriously interfered with the Senate’s performance of its constitutional duty to review judicial nominations, and unquestionably has brought the Senate into “dishonor and disrepute,” the standard that governs these matters. As a matter of institutional integrity, the Senate cannot let this wrong go unaddressed.”
LIZ SHELD, writing in PJ Media, says “The purpose of this entire spectacle is to slow down the Kavanaugh confirmation process and throw as much crap at him as possible to see if his confirmation can be stopped.
“Have we jettisoned the American judicial tradition where people are presumed innocent until proven guilty or are we going to just sit back and let the left commandeer the confirmation process?
“Come on, man, if the Senate Judiciary can’t stand up to this attempt to derail the confirmation of the president’s nominee to SCOTUS, the Republicans deserve to lose the Senate. What’s the point of having control if the Democrats are still calling the shots?”
INCIDENTALLY, HAVE YOU HEARD that Mary Zolkowski, 21, was sentenced to 45 days in jail after pleading guilty to fabricating a story about being sexually assaulted in a parking lot at Delta College in Michigan in March?
CHANCES ARE you didn’t watch the Saturday morning Value Voters Summit session on C-SPAN. Well, I did.
For those of you unfamiliar with the Summit, it was created by the Family Research Council in 2006 to provide a forum to help inform and mobilize citizens across America to preserve the bedrock values of marriage, religious liberty, sanctity of life and limited government that make our nation strong. Since its inception, a number of like-minded organizations have joined FRC in presenting the program, held this year in Washington DC.
Among the speakers that included Vice President Pence, was Bill Bennett, who served in the Reagan cabinet and has authored a number of historical books and a series of books on virtue.
As he concluded his speech, he recalled his meetings with President Trump, this “imperfect” man, saying, “I know this guy,” referring to his upbringing in Queens and Brooklyn.
“He’s bluff … cantankerous … occasionally brutish … occasionally uncouth … raffish … tempestuous … tough-talking … unpolished … thin-skinned … and a sometimes indelicate leader, who is doing great things for our country, for its citizens … for its children … for its unborn … for its prosperity … for its safety … and for its well-being, Bennett reminded the audience.
“Alas, as it has been said, this is the story untold in the media,” he added.
I thought Bennett’s remarks were quite appropriate with the daily drum-beat of criticism aimed by obstructionists at the president’s tone and manners. I have reminded readers that we knew who, and what, he was when we voted for him. He promised to change the status quo of “old Washington,” and has a long list of promises kept.
You can view all of the Summit speeches by clicking here.
May God bless the United States of America.
