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George W. Bush former lawyer: McConnell treating impeachment like 'an all-white jury for a Klansman trial'
Walk Examiner ^ | 12-27-2019 | John Gage

Posted on 12/27/2019 6:43:36 PM PST by tcrlaf

Richard Painter, the chief White House ethics lawyer under President George W. Bush, tore into Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over his plans for the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump.

"The oath of loyalty is to the United States of America, not to Donald Trump. These senators, Democrats and Republicans, have an obligation to hear the facts, to hear witnesses, and make a decision," Painter said Thursday on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360. "And for Mitch McConnell to say he’s working with the White House, coordinating with the defendant in this trial before the trial has even begun, is atrocious. He may think he’s a judge impaneling an all-white jury for a Klansman trial in Mississippi in 1965. That’s not the kind of trial we have."

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush; cuck; democrat; faggot; georgewbush; klan; nevertrumpers; rhetoric; richardpainter; teamromney; w
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To: jospehm20

Same here. The swamp hates Rudy.


61 posted on 12/27/2019 8:08:22 PM PST by OKITRUMP77
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To: Verginius Rufus

I believe there are more black GOP Senators now than when Bush was leading the GOP.


62 posted on 12/27/2019 8:09:44 PM PST by lodi90
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To: OKITRUMP77

The Swamp hates us. Rudy is just a proxy for Trump voters.


63 posted on 12/27/2019 8:11:05 PM PST by lodi90
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To: tcrlaf

GWB sure could pick them.
No wonder he had no clue what the Base wanted....his advisers all worked for the DNC


64 posted on 12/27/2019 8:12:30 PM PST by Zathras
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To: lodi90

Yes, Tim Scott is the first Republican Senator since Ed Brooke of Massachusetts who retired long ago...the man Hillary Rodham insulted to his face when he attended her commencement ceremony and she gave one of the speeches.


65 posted on 12/27/2019 8:12:50 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: tcrlaf

Ex-Republican (never conservative) Richard Painter seems to have no problem with the Democrats disallowing Republicans to call witnesses. He had no problem with secret hearings, secret witnesses, and secret records that even those voting for impeachment were not allowed to see.

These phony RINOs are getting driven out of the body politic like a perverse legion of demons—with much wailing and gnashing of teeth.


66 posted on 12/27/2019 8:35:46 PM PST by unlearner (Be ready for war.)
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To: jospehm20
Well, all one had to do to know that was to pay attention to what was in H.W. Bush's speeches to the CFR, to the Bilderbergers, to the U.N. while he was vice president.

He told the world what his goals were.
There was a time when pointing that out or (God forbid! quoting those old speeches after he was elected) could get you suspended or banned here.

But it was occasionally pointed out.

67 posted on 12/27/2019 8:36:53 PM PST by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: tcrlaf
For once Jesse Jackson was right, STAY OUT DA BUSHES!!
68 posted on 12/27/2019 8:44:04 PM PST by Impala64ssa (Virtue signalling is no virtue)
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To: tcrlaf

Sod off, swampy.


69 posted on 12/27/2019 8:55:52 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: conservative98

He’s got a face in that picture that just looks like it’s MADE for cheese pizza. Maybe even hot dogs.


70 posted on 12/27/2019 8:57:00 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: grey_whiskers; tcrlaf

Not you, of course, tcrlaf; the d*ckhead in the picture.


71 posted on 12/27/2019 8:58:37 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: tcrlaf
Like a Manhattan real estate developer is a Klan member?

DAFUQ?

72 posted on 12/27/2019 8:59:07 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: tcrlaf

It’s supposed to be a jury of your peers. Not a jury prejudiced against you.


73 posted on 12/27/2019 9:00:45 PM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: jospehm20
The Bushes were and are pure evil.

Bump, F W

74 posted on 12/27/2019 9:04:46 PM PST by jpsb
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To: tcrlaf

I have pretty much lost ALL respect for GW Bush. I defended him, but he has turned out to be a traitor to the people who elected him.

So what if he doesn’t like Trump. How many times have all of us held our noses and voted for the Republican, because we were supporting the principles that Republicans supposedly espouse. Trump has been faithful to those principles, but because he doesn’t behave like the people at the country club are expected to, they want to destroy him. It’s beyond traitorous and disgusting.


75 posted on 12/27/2019 9:04:50 PM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: goldstategop

“Painter became a Democrat.”

There is no doubt that if the Democrats pushed for single payer legal representation, with cost restrictions, citing their belief that legal representation is a basic human right, Painter and pretty much every liberal attorney would be screaming and working against the Democrats. Self-interested scummy hypocrites.


76 posted on 12/27/2019 9:08:26 PM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: tcrlaf
It doesn't matter...
how do these attorneys not know Nixon v United States?...
testing, testing, 1,2,3... is this thing on?

takin an easy way...from wiki:
The majority opinion, by Chief Justice William Rehnquist, held that the courts may not review the impeachment and trial of a federal officer because the Constitution reserves that function to a coordinate political branch.Article I, Section 3 of the Constitution gives the Senate the "sole power to try all impeachments."

How the Senate does it is up to them.
77 posted on 12/27/2019 9:14:03 PM PST by stylin19a ((2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever))
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To: tcrlaf
If you looked at Painter's Twitter feed, you'd throw up.

He's got Alzheimer's TDS. You can almost HEAR him filling his adult diaper on Twitter.

78 posted on 12/27/2019 9:24:27 PM PST by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: euram

CORRECT. He is a Dumpster Fire.


79 posted on 12/27/2019 9:44:27 PM PST by LeonardFMason (Lou Dobbs)
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To: jospehm20

Oh snap, point that out when he was President and 90% of Freepers would attack you. Many of them still around.


80 posted on 12/27/2019 9:54:03 PM PST by Fledermaus (Horowitz was a waste of time and money, Barr and Durham better not be.)
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