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Christine Blasey Ford … It Makes Perfect Sense
Pretend you are a Democrat strategist. In 2018 that means that by definition you are a leftist. Your overarching mission is to shepherd the American evolution to a utopian collectivist state. As a prerequisite, the appeal of liberal democracy must first be weakened. Your job is to devise a strategy to undermine popular support for the United States Constitution.
Today, in the wake of the botched transformation of America (promised a decade ago), the enlightened social progress of the past century is suddenly imperiled. The health of the Living Constitution is under threat by a Supreme Court nominee — the second in two years — who respects that old, faded parchment written by white slaveholders over a hundred years ago.
Your mission as a Democrat strategist would be to impugn the reputation of the Supreme Court nominee in order to either prevent him from being seated, or failing that, discrediting him as an irreparable stain on the United States Supreme Court. The Senate confirmation hearings demonstrated the fervor with which Democrats at the highest level have embraced this mission. And now, the final act in this drama is being unveiled.
#MeTooism provides the perfect weapon. Not only does this entitle the accuser to bypass normal conventions of “innocent until at least a smidgen of evidence suggesting the possibility that the accused might be proven guilty” before entertaining a serious discussion of the matter; the mere accusation counteracts (some would say negates) endless public testimony of the nominee’s personal character, an impressive body of work, and six FBI investigations. This brilliant strategy has reduced the seating of a Supreme Court Justice to a “he said, she said” debate.
This strategy would take a bit of work to implement, but not much, really. You’d scour your database of Democrat donors and lefty loyalists to reveal a list of women who may have known the nominee at some point in their lives, particularly a point in time before the nominee was a public figure. Bingo! Christine Blasey Ford. Then you’d create a story that is damning without sacrificing all plausibility (in a generic sense). Almost by definition, this would involve teenagers, a party, and alcohol. However, you’d take care that the parameters of the story would be vague enough that it couldn’t be refuted by the logic of logistics, such as “where” and “when” — it would be pure “he said, she said,” and we know which of those two has the upper hand in 2018.
Honestly, none of has any way of knowing if Christine Blasey Ford’s story really happened. And, yet, honestly, everyone knows that the story is a lie.
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Is this an attempt at being clever? I’m not sure.
I am not friends with strategists for the Democratic party, but I am friends with plenty of people with views that line up fairly well with what I suspect those strategists believe. Some of those friends are fairly involved in grassroots efforts. Are they misguided? You bet! I like to make fun of them all the time. Are they full-on collectivists? I don’t quite see that yet.
Anyways, have a good rest of your day!
As I said, the experience of going through this process of – okay possibly – losing one’s home might cause some people, especially Democrat party operatives, to have negative associations with any judge involved, especially due to the embarrassment factor.
I for one am sick and tired of people taking such triumphant glee as you and others apparently do in your little nitpicking. (“Me: lol”? Really?)
It might behoove other folks to check their little snark meters at the door.
I remember when I was in my 20s and knew everything, too.
Actually, I simply sought to defend my drivel (as you so characterized it). Little did I know that someone would take offense at my characterization of Democrat strategists because they happen to have misguided Democrat friends who aren’t yet full-on collectivists.
Oh but can’t you see you just aren’t as open-minded as certain people, knuckle-dragger that you are.
My three oldest friends (have known them since about age 12) are liberals, FYI. Not sure what your point was, unless it was to assume the rest of us are idiots living in an echo chamber.
Coming in to another person’s post and using a word like “drivel” is pretty bad form. In addition, though, what rico wrote happens to be true. His point is that the Democrats have been commandeered by the far Left. Do you not understand that this is what has happened?
Alas, I have only stubs where my knuckles once were.
This is hilarious. I have many Democrat and liberals “friends” and “coworkers”. If they ever thought I was a Republican they would not be my “friend”. They would not even talk to me. If my employer thought I was a Republican there is a fair chance I would not be employed. If my clients thought I was a Republican they would leave me. If my local government thought I was a Republican my street would not be maintained. If my neighbors thought I was a Republican my property would be stolen or damaged. These are known truths to me. Thus I am a registered Democrat with a history of donating to the party. From their perspective I am a liberal with a libertarian bent so I can make my way through the world. How is it you do not understand these things?
. . . according to polls designed to show decling popularity.