Wednesday, May 01, 2019

Pound sand

Ace: "AG Barr to Nadler: Have Fun Interviewing Each Other, A--holes."  "Barr is a cabinet-level official, and there are protocols here: While they will consent to be interrogated by someone who's a rough constitutional peer (like a member of Congress), that doesn't mean they'll consent to be insulted and slandered by flunkies."

Extra - National Review: "Barr Won’t Testify Before House Judiciary Due to Dems’ ‘Unprecedented and Unnecessary’ Conditions."

I get that Congress is a co-equal branch of government but this switcheroo stunt by Nadler suggests he's not operating in good faith.  Why should Barr subject himself to a hostile interrogation without any ground rules?  Subpoena away, Nadler.

More - Power Line: "It’s not “complete stonewalling” when Barr agrees to be questioned for hours by Senate Judiciary Committee members on Wednesday and by House Judiciary Committee members for hours the following day, as Barr was willing to do. It’s not stonewalling at all. Nor is it stonewalling to insist on procedures that have been used, apparently without exception, for more than 30 years when Cabinet members testify publicly before Congress."

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yeah, who the hell does Nadler think William Barr is... Christine Blasey Ford?

Eric said...

Barr didn't lie like that liar Ford. Who lied.

Anonymous said...

Ordinarily I'd suggest your statement is water-carrying so shameless that even William Barr would be reluctant to do it... but I'm trying to grapple with the word 'suggest.'

Roger Bournival said...

You do seem to 'grapple' with a lot of words...

Anonymous said...

2019 is going to be so fun!

Anonymous said...

When Christine Blasey Ford said there were things she couldn't remember from 30 years ago, she was a damn liar.

But when it slipped AG William Barr's mind-- twice-- that he'd heard directly from Mueller about his deceptive summary 2 weeks earlier-- also twice-- the one thing we mustn't do is call Barr a liar or a stonewaller.

Have some respect for the man! There are protocols here!

Eric said...

"Things she couldn't remember" = time, place, who was there, etc.

Also, your representation of Mueller's "direct" objection is a fabrication.

At least your spelling is OK.

Anonymous said...

You tell yourself whatever you need to, and delete whatever you have to. These are shaky days for principles, and it's hard work to believe 6,000 impossible things before breakfast.

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