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William Barr Is Washington’s Worst Nightmare
American Spectator ^ | June 3, 2019 | David Catron

Posted on 06/03/2019 8:38:23 AM PDT by billorites

If you are bewildered by the weird antipathy with which Democrats and the media regard Attorney General William Barr, consider a passage from the Nobel Prize acceptance speech delivered by Polish dissident Czesław Miłosz in 1980: “In a room where people unanimously maintain a conspiracy of silence, one word of truth sounds like a pistol shot.” Our government hasn’t yet devolved into the kind of totalitarian regime under which Poland groaned at that time, but there is a conspiracy of silence surrounding the skullduggery that led to the Russia collusion fraud, and Barr fired that metaphorical pistol on April 10, 2019.

Barr used the word “spying” during testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee with regard to his plan to look into counterintelligence activities against the Trump campaign during the 2016 election cycle. When he first uttered that word, it clearly startled every Democrat on the committee. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) immediately inquired if he really believed spying had occurred. Barr said, “I think spying did occur, yes.” That bullet continues to ricochet around the Beltway to this day. Indeed, his use of the “s” word was belabored at considerable length by Jan Crawford during the CBS interview with Barr that aired Friday:

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This kind of nonsense from the legacy media, combined with ridiculous claims by the Democrats that a man with William Barr’s record has no credibility and self-exculpatory balderdash from fabulists like John Brennan and James Comey, suggest that the real problem they have with the Attorney General is his blindingly obvious integrity. There are few things that scare the denizens of D.C. more than an honest man. The only thing they fear more is an honest man who doesn’t give a damn what they think of him. William Barr is their worst nightmare.

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1 posted on 06/03/2019 8:38:23 AM PDT by billorites
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William Barr Is Washington’s Worst Nightmare

They say this like it's a bad thing.

2 posted on 06/03/2019 8:40:00 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: billorites

Justice must be applied to these seditionists and traitors. Holding them to account for their crimes is important for the survival of our Republic and for civil society to continue.


3 posted on 06/03/2019 8:41:40 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: billorites

"Meh..! Less jes hang 'em ALL, know whadd I mean..?!"

4 posted on 06/03/2019 8:43:20 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: billorites

We’ll see.


5 posted on 06/03/2019 8:43:29 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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Number of arrests/indictments: zero.


6 posted on 06/03/2019 8:45:05 AM PDT by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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To: unixfox

Ha! For sure!

The only thing worse than a swamp is a nightmare IN a swamp.

It sucks to be THEM right now (all the rest of the time too)


7 posted on 06/03/2019 8:45:06 AM PDT by SMARTY ("Nobility is defined by the demands it makes on us - by obligations, not by rights".)
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To: hal ogen
How often is anyone really held accountable for anything in DC?

Its a justice free zone for corrupt bureaucrats and politicians.

If Barr succeeds in indicting people it will be a sharp deviation from the past.

8 posted on 06/03/2019 8:47:25 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: billorites

The money quote was where Barr said no one lives forever and he was at the point in his career where he could care less what people think about him. When you let that soak in, you realize how powerful (for us) and terrifying (for them) such a statement is. For the top law enforcement officer in the country to be essentially disconnected from the usual levers of influence and control is absolutely their worst nightmare.


9 posted on 06/03/2019 8:48:15 AM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: BenLurkin

We’ll see.

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We’ll see the usual dissembling, delaying, and distractions. You can be sure of that.


10 posted on 06/03/2019 8:50:13 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: bigbob

Apparently Barr isn’t worried about his daughter gaining admission to USC.


11 posted on 06/03/2019 8:51:04 AM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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Geez, has lightning struck twice?

First Trump, and now Barr.

We are blessed.


12 posted on 06/03/2019 8:51:07 AM PDT by Windflier (Torches and pitchforks ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: bigbob

For the top law enforcement officer in the country to be essentially disconnected from the usual levers of influence and control is absolutely their worst nightmare.

**************

The same thing could be said about Trump. They hate and fear him because they cannot control him.


13 posted on 06/03/2019 8:51:37 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: billorites

We’ve got a long ways to go to prove he’s moved beyond his own Swamp decades.


14 posted on 06/03/2019 8:52:08 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: billorites

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!

Very topical and witty comment. :)


15 posted on 06/03/2019 8:52:48 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: billorites

I went into this Trump nomination expecting an establishment stooge. He has pleasantly surprised me.

Miles better than Recusal Sessions.


16 posted on 06/03/2019 8:56:45 AM PDT by fwdude (Think about it: Blacks were made slaves in Africa, but were made free men in America.)
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“...William Barr Is Washington’s Worst Nightmare...”

William Barr is the DEEP STATE’S worst nightmare....it is coming.


17 posted on 06/03/2019 9:10:24 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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Its too bad we wasted 18 months waiting on Jeff Sessions to get off his Deep State A$$!!


18 posted on 06/03/2019 9:15:03 AM PDT by BobinIL
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It’s time to show us the money (indictments). All we ever here is how this or that person is a badass and is going to drain the swamp. ENOUGH! Do it or shut up about it.


19 posted on 06/03/2019 9:16:32 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: billorites

Not a single Deep State operative has yet come before the bar of justice for the failed coup. Until that happens, until Barr actually prosecutes these germs, the danger remains.

Trump has 18 months left in his term. That’s a very short time.

I hope that justice will be done. But I’m not all that confident.


20 posted on 06/03/2019 9:21:44 AM PDT by karnage
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