{"id":86426,"date":"2020-10-20T19:23:09","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T23:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=86426"},"modified":"2020-10-20T19:23:15","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T23:23:15","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-monday-october-19th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=86426","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Monday, October 19th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s Monday, October 19th, 2020…but before we begin, without meaning any disrespect to the deceased whatsoever, we note a…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Second Syracuse University freshman dies in as many days<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n

An 18-year-old ‘passed away unexpectedly’ Wednesday night<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n

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Which puts the chances of dying simply by matriculating at Syracuse immeasurably higher than the threat the Wuhan virus presently poses to students on every university and college campus across the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now, here’s The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n

First up, NRO<\/em>‘s Andy McCarthy wisely warns…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Supreme Court Should Decide Election-Law Cases\u00a0Before<\/em>\u00a0the Election<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n

It is better to prevent a preventable disaster than run the risk of being consumed by it<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n

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“The rudimentary questions that need to be decided are obvious. And I am not suggesting that the Court act illegitimately<\/span><\/em> by issuing an advisory opinion; there are concrete cases<\/span><\/em> that are ripe for resolution<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> It is imperative<\/span><\/em> that the justices address them now<\/span><\/em>, when the reality and the overwhelming public perception<\/span><\/em> would be that the Court is simply deciding procedural issues attendant to voting<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

If they wait until after<\/span><\/em> November 3, and these issues are still pending<\/span><\/em>, it will mean there is a raging controversy<\/span><\/em> over who won<\/span><\/em> the presidency.<\/span> At that point, the Court would be perceived as\u00a0deciding the election<\/em><\/span>. No one<\/span><\/em> should want that \u2014 not the Court, not the candidates, not the nation.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The main question that has to be decided is:\u00a0What is<\/span> Election Day?<\/em>\u00a0That<\/span><\/em> determines when we must vote.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Living with the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic is infinitely challenging. In connection with the electoral process, COVID-19 raises the obvious problems of the potential for transmitting the virus in a physical polling place; the greater peril posed to the elderly and those with certain preexisting conditions; and the processing of an unprecedented deluge of mail-in ballots.<\/span> Unavoidably, though, these difficulties present themselves because\u00a0we must<\/span> have an election<\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

November 3 is not an \u201carbitrary deadline<\/span><\/em>,\u201d as suggested by some (including<\/span><\/em> some who wouldn\u2019t mind gaming the system).<\/span> It is\u00a0the election<\/em><\/span>. It is the date fixed by Congress<\/span><\/em> for voting across the country to take place.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Constitution gives the states a great deal of discretion regarding the manner<\/span><\/em> in which elections are conducted.<\/span> The states\u2019 discretion, however, is not limitless<\/span><\/em>. The election is November 3<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> Whatever time frame the states allow for early<\/span><\/em> voting, whatever procedures they prescribe for authenticating<\/span><\/em> legitimate mail-in ballots, the voting has to be concluded on November 3<\/span><\/em>. The Constitution states<\/span><\/em> that it is for Congress<\/span><\/em> to determine \u201cthe Time of chusing the Electors\u201d \u2014 in modern parlance, for conducting in each state the presidential election<\/span><\/em>, which results in the selection of the slate of electors that casts the state\u2019s votes in the Electoral College.<\/span> The states have no authority to alter that date<\/span><\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Some<\/span><\/em>, however, are trying<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> What has happened in Pennsylvania is illustrative<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span>…”<\/p>\n

McCarthy’s concern is completely credible, making the quick confirmation of Amy Barrett of even greater importance…if that’s possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Next, writing at Townhall.com<\/em>, Larry O’Connor suggests…<\/strong><\/p>\n

How Biden Is Trapped By Hunter Revelations<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n

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“Some incredible things have developed this week in the 2020 presidential race and the media’s coverage of it. What I’m about to lay out in the latest revelations regarding Hunter Biden’s alleged activities with foreign entities and how it might connect back to his father, the Democratic nominee for president, constitute an inescapable trap that Biden and his media handlers must, at some point, attempt to free themselves from.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Let’s be clear: The Hunter Biden issue is not going away<\/span><\/em>. If Biden wins<\/span><\/em> the election, it won’t go away<\/span><\/em>.<\/span> If Biden doesn’t win<\/span><\/em> the election, it won’t go away<\/span><\/em>. It may<\/span><\/em> just be a tawdry scandal.<\/span> It may<\/span><\/em> rise to the level of criminal behavior (or impeachable offenses should Biden win). It may<\/span><\/em> just be a snapshot of the legal, corrupt business-as-usual in Washington, DC, but it won’t go away<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

At some point<\/span><\/em>, Biden will have to address the questions swirling around his son’s money-making ventures, and, at some point<\/span><\/em>, the media will have to raise the issue themselves.”<\/span> (<\/span><\/strong><\/span>Bo Erickson of CBS was the first to try, eliciting the unbridled anger and personal attack which accompanies any hard question posed to the Don of the Biden Crime Family.<\/em>)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n