Please explain how Gowdy and Issa are in your words hall of shame? The oft tiring “all bark no bite” moniker I’m beginning to believe is utilized by those having hissy fits over trying to remember how our government works. Here’s a reminder
It’s not Gowdy’s job as a Congressman to get results. I’m weary to death when this topic continuously comes up. His job is to investigate, question, pass laws, and oversight. Trump can thank the heavens for Gowdy the “all bark no bite” guy you speak about. It was Gowdy and his Benghazi committee that uncovered Hillary’s secret server which gave Trump an ENORMOUS hammer in which to bash Hillary on all throughout the election. This point was key in getting Trump elected.
Beyond that more than enough evidence was discovered and uncovered during his investigation that a junior prosecutor straight from college would have gotten indictments. He took his case nightly before the cameras to wake up a sleeping, ignorant public in order to apply pressure to the Executive branch to bring charges.
But no, folks around here expected an all Democratic administration including AG to fire up those Grand Juries and take Hillary to task. Get real. But low and behold we now have and have had an AG under this administration that is a republican administration and that evidence that Gowdy uncovered didn’t magically vanish into fairy dust. Now go bark up the right tree....that would be THIS ADMINISTRATION and it’s INEPT DOJ. They seat Grand juries, they indict, they try. That IS NOT Congress’ job
You need to understand the Weekly Standard GOP plantation conservatism is dead. It died when “conservatives” said “vote your conscious” with the threat of a Hillary Criminal and her SCOTUS.
Gowdy and his ilk are indeed all bark and no bite beltway theater performers. Recall when Clinton was impeached. Democrats marched over to the White House and had a party.
Contrast that to a GOP POTUS’s NSC director being entraped by an FBI sting directed by McCabe. What did Gowdy say about that? Told us to let Mueller and his 16 angry Democrats continue treasonously assaulting POTUS and anyone who dare support him. The GOPe tremendously undermined POTUS with malice aforethought.
Without the support of his own party Trump’s power to enact the GOP platform we voted for is severely limited. It’s that simple.