Though early in the Judiciary hearings, I think it’s becoming obvious that what we are getting with Bill Barr is “Christopher Wray” squared.
Rush has suggested that maybe Barr is only attempting to respond to questions with answers that will put Democrats at ease: “I won’t fire Mueller”, “Mueller would never conduct a ‘witch hunt…”, “Mueller is a wonderful man, and a good friend”, “I’ll release the Special Counsel’s investigative report…”, and more blah, blahs.
Not sure how Rush feels about Barr as a true ‘standup guy’, or a deep ‘Deep Stater”, but I know what I believe (G H W Bush named him AG in his administration, after all).
I’ve not heard all the questions posed by the Judiciary’s senators, but I would like to hear more from the GOP side along the lines of,:
- “Would you ever meet secretly with the spouse of a target of an FBI investigation, on there eve of the bureau’s finalizing its conclusions?”
- “Would you fire an FBI Director who refused to respond to requests from Congress for information it is Constitutionally entitled to?”
- “…or an FBI Director who leaked classified information to the media through a third party?”
- “Do you feel it appropriate for an Attorney General to refer to him- or herself as “the President’s wing man?”
- “Was a predecessor of yours acting properly in asking the president to invoke “executive privilege” in refusing to honor a subpoena from congress?”
- Would you resign if you were found to be in criminal contempt of Congress?“,
- “Would you fire a subordinate found to be in “Contempt of Congress?”
- And so on.
I believe that Mr. Barr will be coming out of “door 3” and I believe the tipoff to that prediction is when Mr. Barr is confirmed by a vote in the full senate which includes at least 25 Democrat votes (including, of course, Joe Manchin) . DLH
Tulsi Gabbard doesn’t vote…she is not a Senator.
Thank you for the correction. The commentary has been amended. It is easy to think of her as Senator given there are but two congressmen from Hawaii along with the two senators. No one ever hears about Senator Brian Schatz. Tulsi and Mazie grab all the attention they can.
Good catch, Mr. Brickley.
An embarrassing gaffe. I apologize and appreciate you bringing it to our attention.
I’ve been trying to come up with a good excuse. “Designated 2” alluded to the best I could come up with. That is to plead that I always get Tulsi Gabbard confused with Hawaii senator Mazie Hirono (they look so much alike).
Actually, not that I want to be snide (well, maybe a little), it was easy to see why Senator Hirono, in the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Kavanaugh hearing, seems to hate men.)
At any rate, Mr. Brickley, I hope that you will continue to read Veritaspac and rest assured that we do strive mightily to rarely, if not never, make such mistakes.
Anyway, who do you like in the Super Bowl…the Chiefs or the Saints? DLH