{"id":86220,"date":"2020-10-15T19:22:24","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T23:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=86220"},"modified":"2020-10-15T19:23:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T23:23:00","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-wednesday-october-14th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=86220","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Wednesday, October 14th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Wednesday, October 14th, 2020&#8230;and here&#8217;s <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First up, the polls notwithstanding, what if a major party ticket kicked off a national campaign tour and&#8230;<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">nobody showed up<\/span><\/em>?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QBwpfyFcfcM\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hardly the stuff landslides are made of; but perhaps Biden&#8217;s Arizona supporters are all rioting up in Portland.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For what it&#8217;s worth, we&#8217;re far from counting The Donald down, let alone out.\u00a0 Sure, primarily owing to the MSM&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2020-election\/there-s-no-evidence-trump-s-biden-ukraine-accusations-what-n1057851\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">deliberate misrepresentation<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a> of Biden as an affable, gaffe-able old man (while certainly the latter, he&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/claremontreviewofbooks.com\/the-weak-leading-the-woke\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">decidedly NOT the former<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/a>), a makeover Hillary&#8217;s personality made impossible, Groper Joe has an undeniable edge over Trump in likability.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yet while Trump is in full campaign mode a mere 11 days after entering Walter Reed with a full-blown case of the Wuhan Flu, the Dimocrats Crazed Uncle in the Basement can&#8217;t recall the office to which he aspires&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BHtkRam01xk?start=6&amp;end=35&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;the name of the Republican candidate for President in 2012 (though we must confess we <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">wish<\/span><\/em> we could forget him)&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XVRBNIRPYGw?start=19&amp;end=41&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;what state he&#8217;s in (the flag to his left <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">should<\/span><\/em> have been a big hint)&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qhUf7YFOm7s?start=31&amp;end=37&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;or a statistic quoted mere moments before:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6XZqK14DyYQ\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>And in between demonstrating increasing symptoms of dementia, he continues to utter lies which are easily exposed, including having gotten his start at an HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) the school itself denies he ever attended&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T1_1HchQVfQ\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and getting &#8220;educated&#8221; on the civil rights movement in a Black church&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CZGDOyB35gA\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;none of whose members recall him ever showing up for a single service.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Still, we&#8217;re supposed to take as gospel polls indicating a man who&#8217;s acknowledged to have swam in the nude in the presence of female members of his Secret Service detail is running away with the 2020 election?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1otTZq6UzLM?start=192\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>So take heart, and remember this observation and suggestion from our last edition:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><strong>As the best figures we can access indicate, out of 231,556,622 eligible voters in 2016:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><strong>25.6% voted for Clinton<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><strong>25.5% voted for Trump<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><strong>1.7% voted for Johnson<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em><strong>46.9% <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">didn&#8217;t vote at all<\/span>!!!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><strong>If a mere <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">3%<\/span> of the electorate who<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> didn&#8217;t vote<\/span> in 2016 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">turned out for Trump<\/span> on November 3rd, not only would The Donald <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">once again<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> win the Electoral College<\/span>, he&#8217;s sweep the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">popular vote as well<\/span>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><strong>So here&#8217;s the juice:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MRuS3dxKK9U?start=82&amp;end=100&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><strong>Then we want <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all of you<\/span>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">each of you<\/span>&#8230;to email ten&#8230;no, twenty&#8230;heck, make it\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">thirty<\/span> other people you know who are of like mind and make them <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">solemnly swear to make their voices heard on November 3rd<\/span>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Otm4RusESNU?start=1&amp;end=4&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s this from <em>The Spectator<\/em> via George Lawlor, which should boost sagging spirits, contradicting as it does The Left&#8217;s contention suburban soccer moms are monolithically behind Biden:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spectator.us\/confessions-secret-suburban-trump-moms-arizona\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Confessions of the Secret Suburban Trump Moms: Arizona<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/42JXR3GYYQI6VHB337BZJQBZRA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86133\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/42JXR3GYYQI6VHB337BZJQBZRA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/42JXR3GYYQI6VHB337BZJQBZRA.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/42JXR3GYYQI6VHB337BZJQBZRA-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>I voted for Trump in 2016, and I <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">absolutely cannot wait to vote for him again in 2020<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">The President <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">has lived up to every expectation I had of him<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> He is a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">change agent<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Period<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">I would love to be able to speak freely<\/span><\/em> about the hope that I have for the future of the country and frankly,\u00a0the world, because of his policies. <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Alas, I dare not say anything<\/em><\/span> as I live in a small, uber-liberal\u00a0college town in Northern\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Arizona<\/span>\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and fear that myself, my children and my business would be negatively impacted if I openly admitted to being a Trump supporter<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>I am a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">50-year-old married woman<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">My husband and I have two children, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">aged 13 and 15<\/span><\/em>.<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>Do they, perchance, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">play soccer<\/span>?!?<\/em>)<\/span> I have a\u00a0bachelor\u2019s degree <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">with two years\u2019 graduate work<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">We own a small business located in our quaint\u00a0downtown district.<\/span> I <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">had been a Republican<\/span><\/em> since my college years but had registered undeclared years\u00a0ago <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">having lost faith in the Republican party<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>Thank you George H.W., George W., John and Mitt!<\/em>)<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333399;\">I thought <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">they were just as corrupt as the Democrats<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> They\u00a0are <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">both<\/span><\/em> part of the Establishment, and in <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">my<\/span><\/em> opinion, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">work only for the system that keeps them in charge<\/span><\/em>, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">instead<\/span><\/em> of the people they are supposed to be working for. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">I also declared myself an independent <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">because that sounded better to the people that I associated with in my town<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>I know <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">some<\/span><\/em> people, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">even Trump supporters<\/span><\/em>, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">get dismayed with things Trump says or tweets<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">I <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">don\u2019t<\/span><\/em>.<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>Sorry, we <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">still do<\/span>&#8230;and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">always will<\/span>, even if he wins a second term!<\/em>)<\/span> If Trump <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">wasn\u2019t exactly who he is<\/span><\/em>, he <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">wouldn\u2019t be where he is<\/span><\/em> and <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">we wouldn\u2019t be where we are<\/span><\/em>, on the verge of draining the DC swamp. <span style=\"color: #008000;\">(<em>Point taken.<\/em>)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">So <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">that<\/span><\/em> is my secret Trump supporter story in a nutshell.<\/span> I <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">am<\/span><\/em> a Trump supporter. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">I <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">am not<\/span><\/em> a racist.<\/span> I <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">am not<\/span><\/em> a homophobe, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">or any other \u2018phobe\u2019 for that matter<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">I <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">love the USA<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> I <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">hope and pray Trump wins<\/span><\/em> in November. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">I <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">wish<\/span><\/em> I could shout it from my rooftop.<\/span> Maybe I\u2019ll get brave and do it, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">but probably not<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Take it for what it&#8217;s worth, but we&#8217;re betting this Arizona soccer mom&#8217;s story is shared by countless others like her all across the fruited plains&#8230;and even in the Land of Fruits &amp; Nuts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, as Tucker Carlson relates, Socialists will say anything to advance their self-serving politics:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EWLpee8dcek\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>And as this exchange between Judge Barrett and Senator Kennedy confirms, we MEAN <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">anything<\/span><\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dh1FBPTN6ho\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Butthead professor&#8221; is <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">right<\/span><\/em>, particularly as said Ibram X. Kendi never accused the likes of Sandra Bullock, Madonna, Charlize Theron, Tom Cruise and Angelina Jolie of being &#8220;white colonizers&#8221; or &#8220;kidnappers&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which is just another way of saying, in the wild, wacky world of Socialism,\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">some<\/span><\/em> animals <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">are<\/span><\/em> more equal than others.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item, the\u00a0<em>WSJ<\/em>&#8216;s Editorial Board correctly concludes&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wsj-article-headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/amy-coney-barrett-should-refuse-to-recuse-11602541968?mod=MorningEditorialReport&amp;mod=djemMER_h\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">Amy Coney Barrett Should Refuse to Recuse<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-head\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/amy-coney-barrett-should-refuse-to-recuse-11602541968?mod=MorningEditorialReport&amp;mod=djemMER_h\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">She\u2019d have a duty to hear election cases if she\u2019s confirmed<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/download-1-3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86147\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/download-1-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/download-1-3.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/download-1-3-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>The Senate began confirmation hearings Monday for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, and Democrats <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>know<\/em><\/span> they\u2019re unlikely to block her ascension to the Supreme Court. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">So <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">they\u2019re rolling out a supposed ethics test that if she joins the Court she must recuse herself on cases related to the presidential election<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>The <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">claim is<\/span><\/em> that because President Trump nominated Judge Barrett, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">she has a conflict of interest in judging election cases<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Senator Sheldon Whitehouse argues the standard is \u201cwhether a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">reasonable observer<\/span><\/em> could <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">reasonably question<\/span><\/em> her participating in a dispute involving Trump\u2019s reelection.\u201d<\/span> <span style=\"color: #333399;\">One thing <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">for sure<\/span><\/em> is that Mr. Whitehouse <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">has no idea what \u201creasonable\u201d means<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>President Trump\u2019s nomination <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">fulfills a constitutional norm<\/span><\/em>, and <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">an election involves official actions<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">If<\/span><\/em> confirmed, Justice Barrett and her colleagues <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">can assess the merits of any election lawsuit as they would any other case.<\/span><\/em><\/span> The questions presented <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">would be legal ones<\/span><\/em>, such as <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">whether a federal judge overstepped his role by ordering state officials to ignore the law and count late ballots<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">The recusal push <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">is part of a Democratic election strategy to stir outrage<\/span><\/em> that the GOP is filling an open Supreme Court seat.<\/span> It has <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">no basis in law<\/span><\/em> or <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the Court\u2019s traditional practice<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #333399;\">Judge Barrett would be <em>shirking her duty<\/em> if she <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">did<\/span><\/em> recuse, and <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">she can cite as an authority no less an eminence than her old boss, Justice Scalia<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recusal&#8230;recusal&#8230;recusal; seems to us a <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">previous cowardly recusal<\/span><\/em>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/4ic1dl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86118\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/4ic1dl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/4ic1dl.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/4ic1dl-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;cost Trump close to <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">three<\/span><\/em> of his four-year term in office.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us to\u00a0<em>The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/MC-karate-kid-web20201013122931.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86141\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/MC-karate-kid-web20201013122931.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/MC-karate-kid-web20201013122931.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/MC-karate-kid-web20201013122931-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bbb-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86123\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bbb-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bbb-3.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bbb-3-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aaa-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86124\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aaa-7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aaa-7.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aaa-7-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mle201013c20201013011248.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86125\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mle201013c20201013011248.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mle201013c20201013011248.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mle201013c20201013011248-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/afb101320dAPR20201013064514.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86126\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/afb101320dAPR20201013064514.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/afb101320dAPR20201013064514.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/afb101320dAPR20201013064514-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aaa-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86119\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aaa-6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aaa-6.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aaa-6-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cb101320dAPR20201013124505.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86140\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cb101320dAPR20201013124505.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cb101320dAPR20201013124505.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cb101320dAPR20201013124505-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Shekel-Shackles-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86105\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Shekel-Shackles-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Shekel-Shackles-sm.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Shekel-Shackles-sm-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Family-Reunion.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86106\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Family-Reunion.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Family-Reunion.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Family-Reunion-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Image-10-13-20-at-7.40-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86121\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Image-10-13-20-at-7.40-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Image-10-13-20-at-7.40-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Image-10-13-20-at-7.40-AM-300x247.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Image-10-12-20-at-8.29-AM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86107\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Image-10-12-20-at-8.29-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Image-10-12-20-at-8.29-AM.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Image-10-12-20-at-8.29-AM-300x245.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then there&#8217;s these two from Balls Cotton&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/balls1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86109\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/balls1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/balls1-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/balls1-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/balls1-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image000002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86142\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image000002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image000002.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image000002-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;along with this helpful primer on the Founding Fathers&#8217; reasoning behind the Electoral College:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image0001000.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86143\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image0001000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"1023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image0001000.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image0001000-135x300.jpg 135w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image000000-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86144\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image000000-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image000000-1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image000000-1-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a day with the <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Nature Segment<\/em><\/span>, courtesy today of an unfortunate jogger and one ferociously protective feline:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/great-outdoors\/man-stalked-mountain-lion-utah-trail-video\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff6600;\">Man stalked by mountain lion on Utah trail<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub-headline speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/great-outdoors\/man-stalked-mountain-lion-utah-trail-video\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\">He went for a run, and ended up running for his life<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9Pg2CDCm34w\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>What the quick-thinking Mr. Burgess thought were cats turned out to be kittens&#8230;cubs to be precise; which reminds us of one of our favorite <em>Three Stooges<\/em> bits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9yXzpdQce2U?start=40&amp;end=57&amp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Wednesday, October 14th, 2020&#8230;and here&#8217;s The Gouge! First up, the polls notwithstanding, what if a major party ticket kicked off a national campaign tour and&#8230;nobody showed up?!? \ufeff Hardly the stuff landslides are made of; but perhaps Biden&#8217;s Arizona supporters are all rioting up in Portland. For what it&#8217;s worth, we&#8217;re far from counting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1988,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"no","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1988"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86221,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86220\/revisions\/86221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}