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NanceGreggs

(27,813 posts)
Wed May 1, 2019, 10:37 PM May 2019

Nuthin' Says Nuthin'

Nuthin’ says ”Attorney General acting on behalf of the People” like perjuring yourself in front of the nation in order to protect a lying, Russian-colluding “pResident”.

Nuthin’ says ”transparent and truthful” like refusing to appear before Congress to answer their questions.

Nuthin’ says ”the courage of one’s convictions” like running away from honest inquiry into exactly what convictions you claim to hold, and how you have (allegedly) demonstrated your adherence to them.

Nuthin’ says ”professional integrity” like declaring that Mueller failed to fulfill his mandate, while lying about what that mandate was.

Nuthin’ says ”commitment to the facts” like an AG stating that the facts are what he says they are instead of presenting the actual facts.

Nuthin’ says ”no evidence of obstruction” like a hand-picked, already-disgraced AG, who admits that he never looked at the underlying evidence before coming to that conclusion.

Nuthin’ says ”straightforward” like an AG who can’t answer a single question without stammering, hesitating, and attempting to redefine questions so as to avoid perjuring himself.

Nuthin’ says ”patriotism” like an AG willing to lie under oath in order to protect a traitor who himself has lied to the American citizenry over 10,000 times in his first two-plus years in office.

Nuthin’ says ”innocence of wrongdoing” like an AG who ignores proven facts in order to bolster the falsehoods that his “pResident” specifically hired him to promote.

In addition to the above, nuthin’ says ”truth-seeking” like a Republican party that uses what should be a mission to find the truth to instead obfuscate it.

Above all else, nuthin’ says ”we stand for the values our country was founded on, and the principles our nation represents” like a Republican party so apparently willing – nay, anxious – to defend and protect not the Constitution and the rule of law, but a “pResident” who is a proven liar, a racist, an adulterer, and self-proclaimed pussy-grabber, who stood on the world stage in Helsinki and declared that he was on Putin’s side rather than on the side of his own country.

It is now glaringly obvious that the GOP would rather sell out their own country and its citizens than admit that the “pResident” they elected, supported, and enabled is a con-man whose flim-flam they were willing to buy into if it meant having political power in their hands – the truth, the facts, and the consequences be damned.

There is only one conclusion to be drawn: the GOP is the enemy of the people they swore a solemn oath to represent.

Barr’s ‘performance’ today has left no doubt in the minds of decent, honest people that the truth must be covered-up at all costs, lest the American people recognize the obvious.

The Republicans who participated in today’s hearing are now known to be traitors – and all the GOP spin they’re now engaged in is, on its face, the indisputable proof thereof.

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Nuthin' Says Nuthin' (Original Post) NanceGreggs May 2019 OP
Great stuff, as always........ MyOwnPeace May 2019 #1
Friends don't let friends Chin music May 2019 #2
I could not agree more. Kath2 May 2019 #3
Preach. sheshe2 May 2019 #4
I will not pay taxes to my enemy Ponietz May 2019 #5
Yea why obey the law, might as well lie, cheat and steal. Pepsidog May 2019 #8
You might be taken seriously lunatica May 2019 #13
You are correct. As a criminal defense lawyer what I see from elected officials sickens me. Pepsidog May 2019 #16
Great post Gothmog May 2019 #6
You are the best and Nuthin' can dispute that. Pepsidog May 2019 #7
I sense you're upset, Nance...good! We get the perfectly expressed product of your Karadeniz May 2019 #9
As Shakespeare's King Lear once said The Wizard May 2019 #10
Amazingly prescient of Shakespeare. n/t lunatica May 2019 #15
"full of sound and fury, saidsimplesimon May 2019 #19
Nuthin' from Nuthin' Leaves Nuthin'. UniteFightBack May 2019 #11
I'm just too furious to collect my thoughts as you have. Thanks BSdetect May 2019 #12
You outdid yourself on this one! lunatica May 2019 #14
K&R smirkymonkey May 2019 #17
The time has come to take to the streets. In double-digit millions. Haggis for Breakfast May 2019 #18
"... the GOP is the enemy of the people...." area51 May 2019 #20

MyOwnPeace

(16,926 posts)
1. Great stuff, as always........
Wed May 1, 2019, 10:49 PM
May 2019

but the closing comments strike hardest:

"Barr’s ‘performance’ today has left no doubt in the minds of decent, honest people that the truth must be covered-up at all costs, lest the American people recognize the obvious.

"The Republicans who participated in today’s hearing are now known to be traitors – and all the GOP spin they’re now engaged in is, on its face, the indisputable proof thereof."


I lived through Watergate and remember truly striking, changing moments. What we saw today was one of those kinds of moments.

Chin music

(23,002 posts)
2. Friends don't let friends
Wed May 1, 2019, 10:50 PM
May 2019

vote gop. Today was the new low. From the f bomb in the first statement by a SENATE JUDICIARY CHAIRPERSON, TO THE 1/2 HOUR AFter the hearings when the same person said no more. Ever wonder if the dropping the f bomb was intended to throw of the hearing from the beginning and have it spiral into incivility? So lindsay could act like the whole thing was just SO ugly, that the gop couldnt move forward w more hearings bc,,, decorum, and the appalling behavior of the D senators....literally just asking questions. My parents told me once, if youre doing something you cant talk about later when we ask you about it, chances are good you shouldnt be doing that thing. Thats ALL the Ds were doing today. Asking about a disagreeable topic that NO ONE on our side asked for. This is a 100% gop shitshow. And they know it. From roger ahole stone to bill barr...is a group of people who would sell their own kid off in prostitution if it served them and made their lives better. As if the dems are benghazi'ing this right? bull crap. We HAVE to ask you about this stuff BILL, and LINDSAY. You made your bed, we all just unfortunately have to be laying in it.

Kath2

(3,074 posts)
3. I could not agree more.
Wed May 1, 2019, 10:51 PM
May 2019

It is a disgrace that the GOP is covering for the racist, sexist con man/criminal.

I am so angry that we are not moving on impeachment now.

Pepsidog

(6,254 posts)
16. You are correct. As a criminal defense lawyer what I see from elected officials sickens me.
Fri May 3, 2019, 12:40 AM
May 2019

Then I look at my clients who go to jail for crimes considerably less than traitors and liars. Shameful.

Karadeniz

(22,511 posts)
9. I sense you're upset, Nance...good! We get the perfectly expressed product of your
Thu May 2, 2019, 01:49 PM
May 2019

frustration yet again. Thanks so much for sharing your thinking with us; you have a beautiful mind!

The Wizard

(12,542 posts)
10. As Shakespeare's King Lear once said
Thu May 2, 2019, 08:17 PM
May 2019

"Nothing comes of nothing."

"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing."
(Macbeth, Act V, Sc., v )

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
19. "full of sound and fury,
Sat May 4, 2019, 09:18 PM
May 2019

signifying nothing", it seems to me that rump has exceeded "his hour" and needs an election hook to pull a rotten actor giving a bad performance off the stage before the audience demands a refund or a hanging.

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