Schumer has Thrown Himself Under the Bus

Today Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer took a few minutes from his busy schedule of other Trump-hating duties to pre-emptively attack Trump's Supreme Court pick, and to throw in a little Gorsuch bashing on the side. The former is to be expected, but the latter never ceases to amaze me, and brings us back to the last Supreme Court extravaganza, just last year. Schumer bashed Gorsuch then too, likening him to a right-wing activist and urging for a filibuster. What was most fascinating was not just that Gorsuch was a straight-laced vanilla judge with no clear political leanings, but that Schumer himself had voted along with other Democrat bigwigs like Hillary Clinton, Barrack Obama, and Joe Biden to confirm Gorsuch to a federal circuit court in 2006.

We've noted often here that for liberals there is not a principle they won't violate and not a fellow Democrat they won't throw under the bus in their zeal to attack Trump. It is quite a thing to see someone like Schumer throw himself under the bus. He admits that he confirmed a right wing ideologue as federal judge. He should resign! He's utterly failed his party and ultimately enabled Gorsuch to become a Supreme Court Justice. Of course, this doesn't really matter to his base, who don't care much about reality. Oceana has always been at war with East Asia, and Chuck Schumer has always been opposed to Neil Gorsuch.

Still, this reality denial has its costs, and we're seeing them now. Just take a minute to appreciate how well this has been played by Trump, and how poorly by Chuck and the rest of his demented gang. Trump's first pick was a solid, apolitical judge, with a strong reputation and legal mind. He easily handled the Congressional grilling session and, most importantly, he was until so recently a Democrat-approved judge. And still Schumer came out firing from all barrels, a fight which he lost after 3 Democrat senators from red states defected.

Now Trump has nominated an actual conservative. What does Schumer have left? He's already fired everything he has. No sane person would find Schumer credible this time around. He has already demonstrated he will attack Trump's pick, whoever it may be. This one will be really grilled in his Senate confirmation hearing, and will probably be appointed. And if not, that may be okay too. It's another one of those situations where Trump wins either way. If his nominee is appointed, he gets a big win to add to his "Promise Made, Promise Kept" war chest he is building for 2020. If the conservative judge gets borked, it will ignite red America just in time for the 2018 elections, and Republicans probably pick up some seats as a result. The liberals still own the media, and no doubt we'll be hearing all about how Brett Kavanaugh is a racist who kills puppies, but the truth is Schumer is in a terrible political pickle, and it's all because he threw himself under the bus, a common symptom of Trump Derangement Syndrome.