Links for 9/12/19

Links for 9/12/19
If group cited are conservatives, and they are, then Trumpians are reactionaries. Trump himself is just pathetic. First Things is both reactionary and pathetic. You are in good company. What can I do to have these fools call me out too? That is almost as good as being condemned by the CDF.

Diverting money is bad but not forbidden. The key for the Dems is exciting the base. The key for the GOP is Pence manning up and invoking the 25th Amendment.

In 2004 for, the DNC had its finger on the scale. A young DNC staffer told me in early 2003 that Clinton would not be the nominee. It would be Kerry. This was probably for the Ketchup money. Mistake one was not putting Wes on the ticket as he would have destroyed Cheney. Mistake Two was letting the Swift Boaters get a pass without using the Ketchup money.

Endorsing Newman is a good base move, although probably has nothing to do with abortion. Abortion is not an issue in any election. Amendments 5, 9 and 14 are controlling. Both Bush and both Trump nominees support Roe. It is time to point this out and go all in on a bigger child tax credit. Harris has the biggest boost for it and here's is still to small. My bet is that when the Court comes back, they will overturn the 5th Circuit on Louisiana Trap Laws per curiam. If so, forget Roe.

Greenberg is not wrong, although Pence could save the party. He should also be honest on Roe. A bidding war on funding children would be a nice change for the unborn rather than the silly debater on Roe. Read Bitecofer on the Blue Wall, as well as my abortion blog entries.

Speaker Bercow will be missed. Order!

As for tweets, follow Bruce Bartlett.