Posted on 05/04/2019 9:11:37 AM PDT by bitt
When he was with the Washington Post, Chris Cillizza used to do a loser-of-the-week column. He is now a nattering nabob of negativism nodding on CNN. It's a living.
I'm retired. Every day is a miracle. I am blessed and I count my blessings. Let us look at who won this week in Washington.
No contest. Attorney General Bill Barr won.
The promo for a new movie ("Getting Straight A's. Giving Zero F's") best describes Barr's attitude now that the Mueller Report officially clears our president of the Russian conspiracy nonsense.
His appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a magnificent moment. The attempted coup by Obama, the FBI, and CNN failed. Now Barr will mete out punishment.
After his hearing, Adam Schiff called him the second most dangerous man in America, a nod to the fact that Barr serves at the will and pleasure of President Donald John Trump, who is also the happiest man in the whole USA.
David Harsanyi wrote, "By accurately conveying that the investigation had exonerated Trump and his administration of criminal conspiracy or coordination with the Russians, two years of ostensibly serious reporting was exposed as little more than resistance fan fiction. Rather than take a moment's self-reflection about how their actions had caused unprecedented political chaos, undermined trust in the electoral system and crowded out legitimate coverage of the presidency, the entire collusion industry just moved its frenzied focus onto obstruction."
Since the witch hunt began two years ago, there has been a lot of quoting of Stalin's secret police chief, Lavrentiy Beria, who said, "Show me the man, and I'll show you the crime."
Once again, Democrats have proved themselves to be lousy as communists. We showed them the man, where is the crime?
No crime, no obstruction.
But what made Bill Barr the week's big winner was his refusal to let Democrats and their minions in the media set the agenda.
He blew them off. He waved the back of his hand at them.
Barr is not worried, but they should be.
He made it clear at the committee hearing that he will get to the bottom of the falsehoods in the FISA warrants, the spying by Obama on The Donald, and the FBI attempt to infiltrate the Trump Campaign.
And after the Senate hearing, Barr skipped a request to appear before a House committee.
These are the best eight years of my life because we finally are standing up to the bullies in Washington. Barr's defiance encourages others to walk away.
MAGA!
Listening to my liberal co-workers commiserating and admitting that POTUS will serve out his first term, definitely a big win for the good guys.
Yep - the worm has stirred and is starting to turn...
When Barr told Nadler, “NO! You can have our notes from the Mueller phone call.” And then put a cherry on top by saying, “Why should YOU have them?” Which in DC diplo-speak meant, “Golf Foxtrot Yankee.” That was a sweet moment in our march back from letting those Rat bahstids walk all over us.
MAGA!
“Golf Foxtrot Yankee”, explained the Vice President to the sputtering senator from Vermont.
Not sure the global oligarchy CAN lose. But they are being at the least stood up to more these days.
I was hoping one of you had the Derby winner so I can place my bets.
Have they accepted that Trump didn’t collude or are they in denial?
Oh no, they “know” in their lefty hearts that Trump colluded, they’ve merely accepted the reality that their savior Mueller has come up with a big goose egg, and that the only way to get rid of Trump is to vote him out in 2020, and if he wins re-election, then “shame on us” (not sure if “us” means America, or just them. I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt and say they’re referring to themselves).
It wasn’t said to Nadler. Remember Barr declined to sit before the House committee, but did sit before the Senate.
THAT reply was to Da Nang Dick Blumenthal, (D)umbass-Conn.
Haha, yeah, that sounds about right. That’s been my impression — that the Mueller report has barely put a dent in the lefties’ belief in collusion. Amazing how impervious they are to contrary info.
But what made Bill Barr the week's big winner was his refusal to let Democrats and their minions in the media set the agenda.
He blew them off. He waved the back of his hand at them.
Barr is not worried, but they should be.
Meanwhile, the best election ever, gets better each day when AG Barr reviews/discusses the legal realities and not the DNC/Mediot/Clinton/Obama Collusion/Delusion BS!
“that the Mueller report has barely put a dent in the lefties’ belief in collusion. “
They never believed there was collusion. That was a plan to divert resources away from exposing their collusion.
Depends on which leftists you’re talking about. Those at the top know there was no collusion. But the followers believe what they’ve been told by their leaders and the media, which is that Trump colluded. The other poster’s coworkers still believe it, and in my opinion they are typical.
Barr didn’t say that to Nadler but Sen. Stolen Valor Blumenthal. Watch Stolen Valor face during the exchange. Barr first exposes him for the cockroach that he is then crushes him. So beautiful!!!!!
He used ‘lefties’ versus ‘leftists’. I took ‘lelfties’ to mean the leaders not the followers.
Barr has a clear notion of what constitutes proper oversight, and sticking their nose into every damn thing is not it. GFY will continue to be the operative response.
Okay, but he was talking about his coworkers who are probably not political leaders. That said, you’re right on target that the upper echelon knows full well there was no collusion.
And there is an interesting question of exactly where the line is between the “inner party” that’s participating in the big lie and the “outer party” which actually believes the big lie.
To Kozy and to AlasBabylon: Thank you. I stand corrected. It was a delightful moment, nonetheless.
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