Are the separation of powers, the rule of law, the power of an opposition party in congressional majority… the US Constitution itself, so fragile, and ultimately so meaningless as a protection for a free society? Or is it that no one will apply them?
Being from Politico, one must consider the motivation of the writer.
Hillary Clinton’s Enemy No. 1 Meet Trey Gowdy, the would-be president’s reluctant nemesis
Gowdy has been talking a good game and we all had great expectations, but so far I’ve not seen much to be optimistic about. I’m in Andrew McCarthy’s camp who says he is greatly concerned and disappointed.
“Taking on Clinton, Gowdy repeats, “is not my job. That’s the job of the RNC, and the Republican candidate for president. … If they hired me for that job they hired the wrong guy. Why would you hire a not-even-two-term guy, all of whose training tells him to go where facts take him, who doesn’t even go to NRCC [National Republican Congressional Committee] dinners, who’s lousy at fundraisers, who hates to travel? Because that’s who you’re getting.”
“The job he was appointed to do last year by House Speaker John Boehner was to chair a special investigatory committee on Benghazi after the Republican right roared its disapproval of previous failed inquiries. What does he know right now, I ask him, based on numerous witness appearances and 850 pages already submitted by the State Department?
“Not all that much. He says he’s “seen no evidence” that Clinton ordered a stand-down of security forces in Benghazi, contributing to the deaths of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans on Sept. 11, 2012 , or any of the other more damning things the right typically alleges.
And if anyone expects him to chase the presumptive frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination to the gates of political hell to get tens of thousands of her personal emails, well, don’t bank on it. Right now, Gowdy wants an independent arbitrator to decide whether those 30,000 or so emails contain anything significant material to his probe, and he says he’d even accept a respected Democratic professional like Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz for that task.
“But when I point out that another committee he serves on recently accepted a high-level witness’s mere “certification” or a personal oath that his submitted emails were complete, Gowdy says a similar compromise might be possible with Clinton.”
We are talking about the Clintons . . . is justice that blind?
Hillary will issue that certification in a heartbeat. Then . . . time to move along. One might suggest that there is always the risk an e-mail tied to her might surface, that is relevant but outside the certification. We have no doubt they will, but the Clintons operate on what ever gets them through the day. And of course the certification will be worded in unenforceable language, probably something like “I sincerely believe I turned everything over.” Then once again “time to move along.”
This an excerpt from the same politico article.
When Gowdy attended a White House meeting at which his fellow GOP congressman bitterly complained about mischaracterization of their views, Obama retorted: “How do you think I feel when the right is constantly questioning my faith and my birth?” Recalls Gowdy, “I was really struck by that. That was a real authentic moment.”
The quote above is disconcerting because it implies Gowdy accepts a logical fallacy, a switcharoo. The GOP congressmen were complaining that Obama’s own operation were mischaracterizing THEM . Essentially that he, Obama, and people that report to him, are the perps. Obama’s complaint — that people who do not report to those congressman, who might even think those congressman are weak hitters, accuse or remark (not without evidence ) things about Obama that if false, he could clear up expeditiously. Obama’s authenticity on a lot is in question, including more broadly defined, did he ever claim to be a foreign student? Where do his sympathies lie? And much more that is easily subject to plain evidence as rebuttal if ever released by him.
The Politico article is replete with points Gowdy makes about his pursuit of justice and truth, we get it, and no one wants otherwise, but it seems he is at times painting a path for her lawyers so that he can issue an inconclusive report?
And in case Gowdy has forgotten– he should read this Clinton refresher courtesy of TN.
DLH with R Mall
like Rand Paul, he’s a young guy who’s finally looking at things objectively..no standdown ordered by Clinton, says the GOP. but the TP caucus keeps using that to raise $$$. Paul adroitly pointed out that the War in Iraq was a construct of Cheney-Halliburton Enterprises.