Here are Kimberly Strassel\u2019s tweets again. The first one here… Well, they\u2019re both right on the money. “1) Just to be clear…” (interruption) Yeah, I\u2019m trying to amplify these. I\u2019m trying to make sure more people will hear about these tweets than will see them. Yeah! Absolutely. It\u2019s worth it. Kimberley Strassel, Wall Street Journal columnist, editorial page editor and writer:<\/p>\n “1) Just to be clear on what @LisaMurkowski voted for today…” Lisa Murkowski, Republican, Alaska, voted “to legitimize and sign off on the most despicable tactics ever in a nomination.” Lisa Murkowski, Republican, Alaska, voted today “to stand with Dianne Feinstein, Cory Booker, Kamala Harris. –to leave Judge Brett Kavanaugh subject to claims of perjury\/impeachment,” which they\u2019re going to pursue by the way. Oh yeah, they\u2019re gonna!<\/p>\n Another interesting thing. Hang on. Another new development. But hang on here just a second. Here\u2019s a second tweet before it Kimberley Strassel: Lisa Murkowski, Republican, Alaska, today voted “to abandon due process and presumption of innocence. –to potentially leave High Court at a 4-4 deadlock, putting the loony 9th circuit in control of everything that matters to Alaska,” her state, “development, prop rights, gun rights, enviro rules, etc.” Lisa Murkowski has made “[q]uite the statement.”<\/p>\n These are two devastating tweets, and they are right on the money. Legitimizing and signing off on “the most despicable tactics ever,” standing with Feinstein, Cory Booker, Kamala Harris — who is in a class by herself in mendacity and a number of other things. Just… Just… Not much redeeming there. But more importantly, Lisa Murkowski has voted to leave Kavanaugh “subject to claims of perjury and impeachment,” and then leaving the court tied.<\/p>\n If he\u2019s not confirmed, the court stays a 4-4 deadlock. The reason that matters is that if the court votes 4-4 on any case, then the decision prior to the court hearing, it is affirmed. Nothing changes. And that means that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals would be the highest ranking court that could make decisions regarding fundamental aspects of life in Alaska, her own home state. It would be idiotic to put the Ninth Circuit in charge if you\u2019re a Republican… By the way, she does believe in property rights and development and gun rights.<\/p>\n And to put the Ninth Circus Court of Appeals and a bunch of leftists in charge of those issues in her state? This is shooting herself in the foot, all to supposedly be in unison with the #MeToo movement. So I mentioned we had a couple of photos of Dianne Feinstein. It looks like she has cornered Murkowski. I don\u2019t know when the photos were taken. Presumably, they are recent. We could found out.<\/p>\n We just check Feinstein\u2019s wardrobe on particular days of hearings. But go ahead, Scott, and put it in the switcher. For those of you watching the Dittocam, there is a picture — and stand by \u2019cause we have a close-up. There is a picture of Dianne Feinstein literally with Lisa Murkowski up against a wall in a hallway at a Senate office building. They are chatting with each other, and Murkowski has a pained look on her face.<\/p>\n Feinstein looks like she is… Well, the picture speaks for itself. With that hand up, she\u2019s got her cornered. Feinstein has got her hand up on the wall framing Murkowski. It\u2019s an aggressive move. It allows Feinstein to lean into Murkowski. Now, let\u2019s switch to the close-up of that photo. For those of you watching on the Dittocam, do you see the pained expression on the face of Murkowski and the expression of intent seriousness and you-better-be-listening-to-me on the face of DiFi?<\/p>\n Now, we\u2019ll have these photos up on at Rush Limbaugh too. I\u2019m not trying to leave anybody out. But I wanted you watching on the Dittocam to be able to see these. That close-up is the same shot, just a close-up of the previously televised photo. (interruption) Is that right? Well, Dawn looking here says, “Boy, Feinstein sure does look like a bully,” and Murkowski looks very uncomfortable, does she not?<\/p>\n I mean, it\u2019s a really pained look on her face, and it looks like Feinstein is running this relationship. It looks like Feinstein is giving her what-for. We don\u2019t know when the picture was taken, and I will acknowledge that our interpretation could be wrong. We have no context here other than the hearings and the way this has been going. (interruption) Well, I wouldn\u2019t call that romantic. I take that back.<\/p>\n One of these is from California, and romance there has all kinds of shapes and forms. So you could be right. It could be a romantic interlude. I certainly… What\u2019s the old saw? It\u2019s not for us to criticize who loves who and why. So, yeah, it could be a lovers\u2019 spat, lovers\u2019 quarrel. We don\u2019t know. But I\u2019ve gotta get these photos up to Koko, unless Koko can find them. I\u2019m sure Koko can find them himself. He may beat me to the punch.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/TwitterKimberleyS..png\")
<\/a>She\u2019s not changing. She\u2019s saying that her mind\u2019s not made up. The link is a Reuters story, and it says essentially Murkowski has not made a final decision. You could have fooled me. It sounded awfully final to me this morning when I read it. “Brett Kavanaugh is not the right man for the Senate right now.” Now she\u2019s saying it\u2019s not her final decision. Something is happening in that regard.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/APP-100518-DiFi-murkowski-B.jpg\")
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<\/a>Now, the other breaking story… Eh, it\u2019s not a breaking story. But in the Senate campaign in Tennessee… This is kind of interesting. This is the Marsha Blackburn story. Here opponent is Phil Bredesen, and Bredesen is saying that he\u2019s disgusted and that if he was in the Senate, he would vote to confirm Kavanaugh. Now, he\u2019s a Democrat running against the incumbent, Marsha Blackburn. What is a Democrat doing saying that he would vote to confirm Kavanaugh?<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Alien.png\")
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CALLER: You\u2019re right. But that means a lot for her and her state. So I don\u2019t know. The other quick question that I have for you, as you\u2019ve mentioned earlier that if the Democrats regain the House that almost immediately impeachment hearings would start against Trump. But it would most likely include Kavanaugh. What does that do for Neil Gorsuch? Does that put him back in play again?<\/p>\n