Conservatives Must Recognize Our True Enemies

[Valin]

The American Spectator

By forgetting who they really are, we often defeat ourselves.

David Catron

August 31, 2022

Since the Democrats achieved their governing trifecta in 2020, they have presided over a cascading series of domestic and foreign policy disasters while displaying transparent contempt for the Constitution. For the sake of the country, it’s imperative that some semblance of balance is restored to the elective branches of our government. The GOP must regain control of Congress in November. Accomplishing this will clearly require solidarity among Republican officials, the conservative commentariat, and the voters who endure Democratic policies. Above all, no circular firing squads.

Yet, recently, some conservatives seem to have forgotten this reality. Many have devoted valuable time and energy to attacking … Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). On Aug. 30, for example, the Washington Times ran an editorial lambasting him for stating the obvious fact that it will be easier for the GOP to regain its majority in the House than will be the case in the Senate. McConnell should have kept this observation under his hat, but to call for his replacement so close to the midterms is crazy. It’s also ungrateful. Consider what Kurt Schlichter, hardly a fan of the “murder turtle,” wrote in Townhall about him:

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No one else could have had the granite stones necessary to withstand the enormous pressure to let Obama put the disgraceful Merrick Garland on the Supreme Court. He did not budge. He saved the Constitution. The Dobbs case, the Bruen case, the EPA case – these huge victories are only because Mitch McConnell refused to back down … And he deserves credit for keeping a GOP coalition together in a split Senate. There is no one else who could pull together a coalition that saw Susan Collins and Miracle Whip Mitt vote again and again with Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley to stop Biden.

Can any of McConnell’s critics name another Senate Republican ruthless enough to deny Merrick Garland a seat on the Supreme Court and successfully shepherd three genuine conservatives through the brutal confirmation process? Schlichter is also critical of McConnell, but at least he has the honesty to give him credit when credit is due. Even former President Donald Trump praised McConnell after the successful Senate battle to confirm Brett Kavanaugh: “There’s nobody tougher. There’s nobody smarter. He refused to cave to the radical Democrats’ shameful campaign of personal and political destruction.”

 

Trump now reviles McConnell because the latter criticized him after the Jan. 6 riot. He forgets that McConnell declared the subsequent House impeachment and Senate trial unconstitutional and voted against proceeding with the trial.....(Snip)

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As I have pointed out before, thee are 2 reasons Why no Republican in the House & Senate voted For The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) Mitch McConnel...Paul Ryan.

Now with the presidential primaries coming up I'm starting to seeReally Stupid things like If Trump Doesn't Win, I'm Not  Voting!"