rmnka447, on 2019-June-30, 23:32, said:
I happen to be toward the other end of the political spectrum.
I didn't like President Obama because I thought his policies and agenda were wrong headed. But I would never in my wildest dreams engage in the name calling and vitriol toward him that more than a few of you engage in toward our current President. If that's your idea of moral superiority, I pity you.
I laugh at the incestuous way that you engage in trying to prove that everything you think is true. You proffer tons and tons of BS analyses by people who obviously dislike President Trump to prove how deplorable he is. Gee, those conclusions are no surprise. What would be a surprise would be if some of those experts didn't come to those conclusions some time. It's too much Quiggian logic. (Think -Wouk's The Caine Mutiny)
Yes, I still consider AG Barr a straight shooter. I think he has legitimate concerns about how the investigation of the Trump campaign got started. I think he did exactly the right thing in appointing Connecticut US Atty Jon Durham to look into it. He has an impeccable reputation for investigating and prosecuting political corruption cases. He also operates in a state that is not exactly right-wing. There's been enough information coming out through FOIA lawsuits to at least justify an inquiry into what happened.
Ultimately, I'd like to see that the DOJ/FBI are perceived to be completely free from bias in the investigation, prosecution, and administering of our laws. With the information that has come out over the last 2 years, there is at least a cloud of uncertainty about that now.
Unfortunately, I'm going to be dealing with some serious health issues over the next 6-8 months, so I probably won't be available to toss an occasional grenade into this thread and attempt to wake you up. It might be an impossible task, but I keep hoping. Prospects are pretty good that following that period I'll be back better than ever. See you then.
If you don't recognize the nature of Donald Trump there is no hope for you so let's forget that part. You like autocrats. Fine. That you claim posters like Kenberg and PassedOut are wildly leftist makes me question your integrity or at the very least the integrity of your statements.
But "disliked his policies" is such a meaningless phrase that it requires definition. Tell us which policies of the Obama administration you found objectionable and perhaps we could talk about them. What "agenda" do you think he had?
I do agree with you that AG Barr is a straight-shooter insomuch as he strictly adheres and tries to advance his conception of an imperial presidency without bounds to its power. That concept of presidential power that he promotes and works to implement is for most of us antipathy to our concept of the presidency and how U.S. democratic Republic is supposed to work, and certainly not what the originators thought.
Congress for many, many years has been complicit in allowing their own powers to be supplanted by presidential, btw, so it is not about Barr and Trump other than they are using that weakness to their advantage - Barr for idealistic ones; Trump for personal gain.
But the way Barr conducts his operation is underhanded, even giving him credit for his point of view - and he is aware that there is no power that is willing to dissuade him from his goals. As head of justice in America, he is a dangerous man. Trump is only echoing what he has been told about his powers. Barr is the whisperer. Perhaps you think the US should have an imperial president. That is a genuine ideological claim. We don't. But to support Barr and Trump is to support that ideology, whether or not you want to admit it.
I don't care about the investigations Barr has started. What concerns me is whether the results can be trusted and if faked or cherry-picked results will be used politically to try to sway elections.
It seems obvious that the Republican party no longer supports democracy but is only interested in holding to power - that is the purpose of the gerrymandering and voter suppression that Republican party promotes. And now, with the SCOTUS on that side, there will be many more losses of democratic protections. Maybe we will survive. Maybe we won't.
You are helping the won't side.