Posted on 05/11/2020 7:18:45 PM PDT by Widget Jr
Most out here knew Gowdy was dirty years ago. Cripes...he’s an open-borders sell-out. A Chamber of Commerce stooge.
Congratulations on having the cajones to swim against the current group think here on FR. I see you have only been castigated once, but imagine more will jump you as well.
Sad times all around for this long time platform for “conservatives” to gather and express their views without getting all the vitriol from fellow “conservatives” who disagree but find it impossible to disagree agreeably.
I got a fundraising text from the GOP obstensively from Karl Rove/
I texted back that they need to use somebody else’s name and I would block the number if it happened again.
Cheap Labor Express stooges are all that get elected from SC.
Gowdy got nervous. I bet my sweet ass his name comes into this at some point. He looked very nervous.
Trey Gowdy is to integrity, what Muhammad Ali is to modesty. How can you let YOUR PRESIDENT go down night after night on the news, without releasing classified information. America is more important than losing your job, or even a little jail time. He is as phony as Jim and Tammy Baker.
Yes, Gowdy is establishment. Always has been and like others, just a lot of talk with no performance. Nothing else should be expected.
Gowdy: No one disputes that the Russians hacked the DNC and tried to meddle in our election.
Tucker: Except Me. Got any proof?
Gowdy squirms.
It was great.
Yup. Gatz did no hang Cowdy out to dry for no reason. Totally exposed him on national TV.
Most out here knew Gowdy was dirty years ago. Cripes...he’s an open-borders sell-out. A Chamber of Commerce stooge.
Some good folks just don’t want to face the ugly truth that the GOP prefers progressive Democrats to POTUS, MAGA and us. Conservative Inc., of which Gowdy is a card carrying member, is bought and paid for. A wholly own subsidiary of the Chamber of Commerce.
Main Street has no allies in the swamp. Much easier to avoid that truth and not admit the Republicans we have voted for our entire lives have betrayed the American people to the benefit of progressive Democrats.
It is distressing. The level of betrayal is brutal. They hollowed out the nation for some coin...
Amen there, brother. Very interesting to see some seemingly reliable people unravel right before our eyes. I was very surprised by Anne’s flake out after Trump’s election.
I generally like Gowdy, but I was not satisfied with some of his answers. I am glad he did this interview and thought Tucker asked some hard but fair questions.
Over the last few weeks I have taken the time to read many if not most of the transcripts that were released. I am upset that the GOP was not forceful in putting it out there that NONE of the witnesses, not one, said they had or had seen evidence of collusion. I feel this is now, with the advantage of hindsight, a very fair assessment.
Do you think the DNC would have remained silent in the face of withering attacks and falsehoods in the news? No, they would not.
I often listened to Gowdy when he was interviewed on this thing because he was one of the two republicans that had the most access to the information. I am very pissed right now at his answer to the question many of us have asked about why he told Martha that “Americans would want the FBI to do what they did” after he was briefed by the FBI.
His answer tonight was “it took me about 3 weeks to figure out they were full of crap.” (paraphrased) However, I do not remember him saying that in the months or even a year after that statement. Why?
He said he went to the documents directly and reviewed them, but I DO NOT remember him ever issuing a correction to his statement. I don’t recall him publicly stating that he was lied to by Wray and the FBI. Did I somehow miss all of this?
This dishonest narrative that Trump was a Russian stooge largely occurred in the face of silence by the GOP. If I was in Gowdy’s shoes I would have publicly called Schiff a liar when it counted. I would have said “while I cannot talk about specifics of what was said in our committee due to classification, I can 100% tell the American people that not one of the witnesses stated they had seen or knew direct evidence that Trump colluded with Russia. Not one. Schiff is lying to you.”
Why was Gowdy not out there saying they are lying when they appear on television or get quoted in print media saying there was collusion?
With a few exceptions, the republicans left Trump hung out to dry. They defended Mueller even when, as we see now, they should have demanded to know the predicate. None of it passed the smell test, but we had a special counsel accountable to none that operated with no oversight. The special counsel was created to investigate Russian collusion yet they never once looked at or considered the role of the DNC and HRC campaigns in working with Russia?
There has to be a why for me. They defended Mueller for the most part until it became very obvious what a partisan witch hunt it all was. They never demanded to see the underlying predicate for the special counsel investigation. They did not issue subpoenas when they could have. They did not use the power they possessed to demand answers and it is a large part of the reason this ridiculous farce dragged on for so long. They did not defend Sessions or demand to know why they advised him to be recused. That looks completely ridiculous now. They should have had Rosenstein before their committee to explain himself when he took over for Sessions.
There is a lot of stuff “they” could have done to get to the bottom of this. There were some good books written on this farce long ago that have not only been proven to be correct, but they did not even go far enough in hindsight. Why does Schiff invite professors who know nothing about nothing to play some game and the GOP does not call these authors to ask them about their allegations.
They never really mounted any defense of this President or even the White House as an institution.
I am not “anti-Gowdy”, but I want to know why the GOP did so little in hindsight other than make appearances on Fox news to defend the presidency from this attack. He was one of the few who had the authority and the ability to assess this farce with actual documents.
The more I think about his answer tonight the more angry I become. He suggested to Tucker that it took him 3 weeks to find out that his briefing with Wray was incorrect and he had to see the documents himself.
Why did he still defend the FBI? Why did he not call out Wray? It sounds like Wray lied to him. Did he say this and I missed it? I don’t think he did. How would I forget that? He did that interview in May of 2018.
Here is the important part of his appearance with Tucker Carlson tonight:
Quote from his March of 2018 appearance with Martha on Fox News. A quote still cited on left-wing sites every day because it has never been corrected by Gowdy!
“The FBI did exactly what my fellow citizens would want them to do when they got the information and it has nothing to do with Donald Trump.”
Tucker - do you still feel that way?
Gowdy - Oh (golly shucks) gosh no. That was when I figured out that I could not rely on the FBI and the DOJ and not insisting on seeing the documents.
Did he ever see the documents? He said in July of 2018 “this is not a witchhunt.”
Those have not aged well have they? Tucker challenged his assertions and....
Gowdy tacks back to “Russia interfered with our election” - the usual go-to for idiots in this thing. I am still waiting to find out what Russia did and I want specifics. This is bullchit (pardon my pseudo-French). The Senate and House reports on this do not name any specifics. Gowdy insisted there was and Tucker called him out on that. Gowdy did not answer it - the usual “the FBI did not examine the server.” Good thing that. Would you trust Comey and Strozk to get to the bottom of it all now in hindsight?
This is not verbatim, but is pretty accurate summary of his appearance on Tucker.
Sorry, it is not sitting well with me.
Trey looks like he’s channeling Ellen Degeneres.
Coulter is gone, gone. There’s a story there, for sure, that we don’t fully know.
“...“conservatives” who disagree but find it impossible to disagree agreeably.”
A yuge amount of that going on here for months now.
wasn’t it trey who voted with democrats to not allow republicans to supeona democrats?
Whoever talks first gets the deal.
Good post.
On a list of one to 1000, Gowdy's near the bottom. Focus.
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