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Fmr. U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner: Feinstein Played Ford Like A Pawn

October 2, 2018 by GregC

Listen to “Fmr. U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner: Feinstein Played Ford Like A Pawn” on Spreaker.

A former commissioner of the U.S. Civil Right Commission believes the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee played Dr. Christine Ford “like a pawn” and did not really care if the allegation was true so long as it helped to derail President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court and make her pro-choice allies happy.

Jennifer Braceras is an attorney and a senior fellow at the Independent Women’s Forum.  She says California Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s decision to hold onto Ford’s letter for weeks rather than bring the matter to the full committee betrays her real motivation.

“It’s not just a procedural mistake.  It was a deliberate act on Sen. Feinstein’s part.  What that tells me is that is not a woman who is concerned about the possibility of a serial predator taking a seat on the Supreme Court.

“She didn’t care if Dr. Ford was telling the truth or if she was making the whole thing up.  Feinstein’s objective was not to protect the court from a potential rapist or to protect the court from Brett Kavanaugh.  Her goal was to protect the court from any Trump nominee, which is why she held it,” said Braceras.

Braceras says the right thing to do would have been to ask the FBI to investigate to allegation without going public with it, and that if she deemed the accusation to be true, that she could have urged Republicans to join her in asking Trump to name another nominee.

“That’s what I would have done, but Dianne Feinstein wasn’t concerned about that, because she didn’t believe that,” said Braceras.

In addition, Braceras says the Democrats are doing the bidding of Planned Parenthood and other pro-choice groups because Kavanaugh could tilt the balance of the court in a way Neil Gorsuch could not by replacing Antonin Scalia last year.

“The left has long believed that the only thing that stands between women and the back alley is Anthony Kennedy.  That’s why when Kennedy retired, they became hysterical,” said Braceras.  “So they were going to fight tooth and nail to stop any jurisprudential conservative from filling that seat.  They made that clear from the beginning.”

Braceras does worry that confirming Kavanaugh under such a cloud – even without any corroborating evidence – could stain the legitimacy of the Supreme Court, but she says that is Plan B for the Democrats if Kavanaugh is confirmed.

She says eroding the legitimacy of the court is the the long game for the Democrats and Republicans need to play their own long game.

“We need to double down on teaching basic American civics.  The reason that we’re always caught playing defense in these battles is because most Americans don’t understand the proper role of the court,” said Braceras.

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Filed Under: News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: Feinstein, Ford, Kavanaugh

Swetnick’s Changing Story, GOP House in Danger, Hirono’s Latest Hit

October 2, 2018 by GregC

Listen to “Swetnick’s Changing Story, GOP House in Danger, Hirono’s Latest Hit” on Spreaker.

Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America react as Kavanaugh accuser Julie Swetnick fails even to grasp the timeline of events this summer and then radically walks back her allegations that Brett Kavanaugh drugged and raped girls while in high school.  They also wince as the National Republican Congressional Committee pulls back major support for four embattled House incumbents.  And they roll their eyes as CNN asks Sen. Mazie Hirono if allegations that Kavanaugh threw ice at someone in a car 33 years ago is disqualifying for his bid to be a Supreme Court justice and Hirono gives another ludicrous response.

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Filed Under: News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: 2018 midterms, Avenatti, CNN, Hirono, ICE, Kavanaugh, National Review, NRCC, Swetnick, Three Martini Lunch

GOP Pushes Tax Cut Bill, Punts on Spending

October 1, 2018 by GregC

Listen to “GOP Pushes Tax Cut Bill, Punts on Spending” on Spreaker.

House Republicans approved a tax cut bill that faces a bleak future in the Senate and both chamber pushed off any real debate on spending until December in order to avert a government shutdown.

On Friday, the House approved what Republicans call Tax Cut 2.0, the centerpiece of which is to make the individual tax cuts permanent from last year’s tax cut legislation.  At the same time, the House approved a temporary spending bill of more than $700 billion to cover government operations until December 7.

Spending remains largely at the same levels established in February when Republicans beefed up military spending and Democrats got their way on discretionary spending.  President Trump did get $1.6 billion for his border wall but that’s just a fraction of what he wanted.

On taxes, making those cuts permanent for families won’t have the same impact as the corporate tax reductions, but experts still believe families will appreciate the certainty of stable rates.

“That changes a lot of calculations as you’re budgeting for the future as an individual of what those tax rates are going to be.  As we know from previous experiences with temporary tax cuts like the Bush tax cuts, you don’t change your spending habits or your savings habits as much as you would had those tax cuts been permanent,” said Vance Ginn, senior economist at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.

However, on spending, Ginn gives Congress a thumbs down.

“We must get control of spending.  As Reagan used to say, wee don’t have a revenue problem.  We have a spending problem.  I think that’s the same situation here,” said Ginn.

“Passing a bill that’s just going to punt the ball for a couple more months down the road and then have to go through this again, is not an appropriate form of budgeting,” said Ginn.

This year alone, the U.S. is piling up $800 billion in deficits, which in turn grows our massive debt.

“If you have a debt to (Gross Domestic Product) ratio, meaning debt as a measure of economic activity above 80 percent, you have slower economic growth.  We are currently above 100 percent of debt to GDP.

“That is telling me that we are having slower economic growth than we otherwise would have even as the economy looks to be doing pretty well right now.  Just think about how much more growth and prosperity we could have overall,” said Ginn.

Listen here for the full conversation, including Ginn’s suggestions for reining in federal spending.

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Filed Under: News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: congress, debt, deficit, spending, taxes

Ford’s Many Inconsistencies, Libs Sucker Flake, Kim Suckers Trump

October 1, 2018 by GregC

Listen to “Ford’s Many Inconsistencies, Libs Sucker Flake, Kim Suckers Trump” on Spreaker.

Jim Geraghty of National Review and Greg Corombos of Radio America retract their original weak reviews for Rachel Mitchell’s questioning of Dr. Christine Ford last week and marvel at the pile of inconsistencies in Ford’s story past and present.  They also hammer Jeff Flake for believing there was any element of good faith behind Democrats wanting a brief FBI investigation, when it’s now painfully obvious they were only looking for a reason to delay Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination.  And they rip President Trump for saying he and Kim Jong-Un “fell in love,” when reports show North Korea is still pursuing its nuclear and missile programs and supposedly will only scrap them if the U.S. does the same.

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Filed Under: News & Politics, Podcasts Tagged With: Brett Kavanaugh, Christine Ford, Kim Jong-Un, National Review, President Trump, Rachel Mitchell, Three Martini Lunch

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