Ratcliffe, Gowdy join list of potential attorney general picks

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[gathersnomoss]

Someone must address the elephant in the room.

[JoSixChip]

I’m sure trump has been advised, and has disqualified gowdy on account of your potential defection.

Good! that was close.

[neverevergiveup]

“Don’t pick a politician or a former politician. Pick someone who has been very outspoken against the DOJ”

Absolutely! Personally, I would go out of my way to pick someone who is really smart, very conservative, AND also who is from an non-pedigreed background and who loves to humiliate Ivy league law school graduates. I’m very serious about this. It’s time to drain not only the swamp, but the overrated academically connected as well.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Name one thing Gowdy accomplished with his stage shows.

[astrodude]

On paper Gowdy may look good but based on past performance he’s not been able to turn the corner on anything. It’d likely be the same as the AG.

I’d prefer to see someone who knows how the DOJ works and also knows where the bodies are buried. While I like the sound of Joe DeGenova digging in I don’t think he’d get confirmed as the official replacement.

[JohnBrowdie]

I cannot fathom how close we came to cataclysm.

[drypowder]

Judge Roy Moore!!

[Sacajaweau]

Those hearings gather and disseminate information. They have no power. Don’t blame Gowdy.

[SpaceBar]

We don't need a ‘celebrity’ politician and certainly not Gowdy. I'd like to see a young fresh energetic relatively unknown conservative prosecutor without baggage real or perceived who lusts for draining the swamp and is on the side of law and order.

[tallyhoe]

What is wrong with one that Trump picked? If the Dems hate him that is the one you want......

[Sacajaweau]

I think Joe likes being independent.

[JoSixChip]

It aint over, not by a long shot.

[grobdriver]

Hopefully these names are just fodder for the chattering class, and acting Attorney General Whitaker will get the ultimate nod.

[McGavin999]

NOBODY from Capitol Hill. Period.

[JohnBrowdie]

Judge Roy Moore!!

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GTFO.

[Sacajaweau]

He will pick Gowdy. He picked him previously.

Gowdy has a whole lot more under his belt now and knows the ins and outs of the DOJ and FBI much better than Trump's other choices.

?Christie may be tough...but tough is not enough.

[TBP]

McCarthy would be good also.

[MayflowerMadam]

“Name one thing Gowdy accomplished with his stage shows.”

Ummm... entertained some of us for few minutes. That would be it.

Personally, I’d love to see him announce his appointment of Ann Coulter on April 1. Before the Rats figured out the timing, the janitors would be scraping grey matter (if they have any) off the ceiling.

Or, if Trump did it seriously, the hearings would be better than Christmas.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Gowdy ? A ficus plant would be more effective.

[TBP]

Excellent idea.