Posted on 01/17/2017 5:39:45 AM PST by Resettozero
In what some may see as an encouraging sign of intelligence being ushered in by the incoming Trump administration, U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy has been named to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
The South Carolina Republican, popular with the conservative wing of the GOP, was chair of the Select Committee on Benghazi and will now be tasked with the oversight of the United States intelligence community in his new committee.
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What the heck is it with all this “Bam, Kaboom” stuff about Trey Gowdy? Who are you? Are you his PR guy? I have ambivalent feelings about his effectiveness, especially with respect to Benghazi investigations, but I don’t hate or love him either way.
This is like the third thread I’ve seen in a very short span and I’d like to know what’s so great about this whatever revelation. I read the source links on all three and they were basically milquetoast if you ask me.
I made errors in posting the first two posts and the threads were rightfully pulled by management. The pulled threads are no longer available to view on FR; just this one.
im agreeing here, trey seems like a pretty good decent guy, but im kinda tired of seeing all those clips of him the last few years, being proclaimed as some sort of savior who was really going to stick it to hillary and her ilk...and all it was, was mostly theater...
lotza vid clips and show and thunder....and nothing ever became of it...NOTHING....
maybe if he has some actual power now under trump, he can do something, but im not holding my breath.
Where investigations go to die?
I agree. I see this guy in the mold of the young, dare I say Lindsey Graham (back in 1997-98) when he was the ‘Clinton-Slayer’ as the House Representative from South Carolina during the Impeachment Hearings. Started out grandstanding, with all huff and puff, and you see what he turned out to be.
Okay. I have no specific rebuttals or the like wrt him getting a new committee to head. My only passing comment is that some of us here weren’t really that pleased with his performance re: Hillary and Benghazi, but that’s really beside the point I guess. I don’t hold any ill will towards him actually.
I get why so many are enamored by his rhetoric and record as a prosecutor. I just wish there was more to show for his congressional efforts.
I’ll keep an open mind because if he’s going to be able to accomplish anything, it should be under a Trump administration.
I guess about all I can say at this point is to “wait and see” how he, along with many, many others in this grand experiment to try the trifecta of control again and actually do something worthwhile instead of squandering it like George Bush did. I have my fingers crossed.
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I’m not impressed with his showmanship.
I’m as suspicious of him as any other South Carolina Cheap Labor Express Republican.
Gowdy, who represents South Carolina’s manufacturing-heavy fourth district (including Greenville and Spartanburg), emphasized that labor shortages persist in several low-skilled sectors of the American economy, notwithstanding overall high rates of unemployment. “I will go on another plant tour this afternoon,” he told Laura Ingraham on her radio show. “I wish you would go on plant tours with me . . . and ask the question, ‘Do you have any openings?’ And 99 percent of the time, the answer is yes.” He said that in many cases due to visa restrictions, for farm labor, “It is actually costlier to hire an immigrant. And yet the farm worker is almost invariably an immigrant. You can’t pay an American to pick blueberries.”
Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/353426/
I agree. It is time to “Stand and Deliver!”
Wait, I thought Freepers loved Trey Gowdy? Puzzling.
Gowdy's job was to conduct hearings. Which he did.
lotza vid clips and show and thunder....and nothing ever became of it...NOTHING....
Hillary isn't President.
maybe if he has some actual power now under trump, he can do something, but im not holding my breath.
After years of government corruption, it is easy to become frustrated and give up on anything happening.
I wouldn't give up, though.
I’m not going to “give up.” But I’m not ready to proclaim it the second coming, either. Pudding - Proof.
Gowdy’s job was to conduct hearings. Which he did.
Gowdy’s Job was to put on a Show and Protect the Leadership of BOTH Parties and make damn sure Nobody was held accountable.
All he can do is present the evidence. He is not an Evil Democrat like the Justice Department.
From the article: “Protecting the safety and security of our fellow citizens is the preeminent function of government,” Gowdy said in a statement, according to The Greenville News.
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The job of the Federal Government is to keep us FREE.
Protection and safety are a necessary subset of that, but securing the blessing of liberty is job#1.
If I am correct just watch!
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