Do You Trust Richard Burr?

[Stinky The Clown]

He's the leader of the Senate Intel Committee.

[Warpy]

1. About as far as I can throw a grand piano by one leg

With that billionaire Russian opening a billion dollar company in NC, I think it's safe to say he's been bought.

[old guy]

2. He's a repub, so no.

[Angry Dragon]

3. Do you trust any republican??

[H2O Man]

4. No.

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Malcolm X had a system where he rated people on a scale of 1 to 100, on how much he trusted them. I find this system helpful. Thus, while I do not trust Burr, in the context of the Senate intelligence committee, I think the Democrats will be able to exert influence on him.

[Blanks]

5. His democratic colleague trusts him...

That's gonna have to do for now.

[mwooldri]

6. As a Congressman he passed the buck.

Say what you want about Howard Coble... He represented his constituents well, and went to bat for them with government agencies no matter their political persuasion. Burr was districted into my area at one point, wrote to him about an immigration issue. My wife, from a different address, did write to Coble about the same immigration issue (Coble served that address). I'm thinking because I was the immigrant in Burrs district but my wife was the petitioner and in Coble's district that it's Coble's job.

If pushed hard enough, Burr will stand up and do the right thing. But he's been too tea-party polluted.

[littlemissmartypants]

7. DUzy. eom

[SoCalMusicLover]

8. Not Since He Shot Hamilton nt

[brooklynite]

23. Don't be silly, that was Aaron Burr....Richard Burr was the star of "Perry Mason"

[matt819]

9. If there's an R after his name, no

Or to quote the formerly sainted Ronald Reagan, trust but verify. Applies to Russians and republicans.

But I repeat myself.

[irisblue]

10. He is a Republican & part of the leadership, so hell no, cubed. nt

[dem4decades]

11. At this point we have no choice. Warner seems to and

McCain and Graham might stiffen his resolve. He seemed sincere at the presser today, if he's lying he's much better at it than Trump. Which is not a good thing.

[OldHippieChick]

12. For what it's worth

This is actually the first time this man has had a chance in the limelight in his 2 decades in Congress. He's been having a grafter kind of time up until now because no one noticed him. I suspect he'll mind his p's and q's since he knows we are now watching and he wants to keep his job in this purple state.

[Vinca]

13. No. He and Nunes both tried to protect the Orange Fuhrer early on.

We need an independent investigation.

[Gabi Hayes]

14. seen this?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028868609

which contains this:

http://www.salon.com/2017/02/28/senate-intelligence-chairman-richard-burr-reeling-from-compromising-phone-call-on-behalf-of-trump/

[wildeyed]

19. Yep. And he has been foot dragging the entire way on the investigation.

Maybe they are trying to 'look busy' on the Russia investigation while they ram Gorsuch through the Senate. My guess, the SC pick is the real prize in the game.

[Gabi Hayes]

20. pretty much negates any prosecutory actions, doesn't it? just ask Ollie North.

they can do just about anything at this point, and the 5th seat will pretty much put the seal in the cask.

[wildeyed]

21. True that.

[Demonaut]

15. "R"? fuck no

[uponit7771]

16. Since most (R)ussia's aren't speaking out on Nune's then no

[Skittles]

17. never EVER trust a repuke

[wildeyed]

18. No. He carried water for Trump on this issue already.

He called reporters 'off the record' (aka leaking to the media) and tried convince them there was nothing to this crazy Trump Russia story they were all writing about. I don't trust him after that. He already tried to kill the story at Trump's behest. From WaPo....

More about his ties to Trump. He was a BIG fan.....

Burr is completely useless to his constituents. He votes with Trump 100% of the time, despite being from a purple state. He is bought and paid for by special interest. I trust him as far as I can throw him.

[Gabi Hayes]

22. ja see my thread on this?

those are great links! love the one about his voting record, especially. what a surprise, hey?

[wildeyed]

32. He is a rubber stamp for Trump.

Talks nice, but votes with Trump 100% of the time. Just a put nice suit on old school white supremacy and you have Richard Burr. He has never done a single thing I admire, and I do admire some Republicans, even if I disagree with them. In some ways, Jesse Helms was a better Senator. He was so wrong about everything, but he had amazing constituent services. He really worked the personal relationship part of politics. But not Burr. He doesn't care about his constituents at all, never has.

[Kingofalldems]

24. Never trust a republican.

[DeminPennswoods]

25. OTOH, maybe he'll channel Sam Ervin

also of North Carolina.

[Gabi Hayes]

26. he was a dem, pretty sure

Howard Baker, maybe?

WDTPKAWDHKI?

[DeminPennswoods]

43. That's true, but Ervin was a conservative Dem

like most southern politicans back then. Lawrence O'Donnell pointed out that Burr actually holds the seat that was Ervin's.

[GP6971]

27. Hell no. n/t

[jpak]

28. No - he is a "redemptionist" that believes people who commit crimes

do not need to be punished - they can just "redeem" themselves somehow.

yup

[still_one]

29. nope, but at this moment I trust him more than Nunes. We will know shortly

[wildeyed]

31. He might just be smarter that Nunes.

I don't trust him at all. He is my Senator and has never done a single thing I admired in the past. Maybe he will exceed my expectations. I doubt it. But we will know soon.

[Scoopster]

30. Wait & see.

I'm not gonna make any judgments about him yet. Warner vouching for him, and his knowledge of the subject matter at the press conference today were enough for earn that.

[Nevermypresident]

33. No. (He's my Senator) He maintains he's not running for re-election

so some might see that as encouraging. However, based on numerous reasons, I do not trust him.

[Dawson Leery]

34. No Rethug can be trusted.

[roamer65]

35. No.

Independent investigator is needed.

[sharedvalues]

36. Do not trust.

[sharedvalues]

37. In his DC Office he has a TV with Fox on spouting disinformation

Fox NC, in Burr's DC office. Anything else you need to know about whether he cares about the country?

(p.s. nearby, McCain has on CNBC, not Fox. That explains a lot)

[herding cats]

38. No. I think he's on team Trump.

White House spokesman Sean Spicer confirmed that the White House communicated with officials with the aim of contesting reporting on Russia, but maintained that the administration did nothing improper. “When informed by the FBI that [the ­Russia-related reporting] was false, we told reporters who else they should contact to corroborate the FBI’s version of the story,” he said.

The decision to involve those officials could be perceived as threatening the independence of U.S. spy agencies that are supposed to remain insulated from partisan issues, as well as undercutting the credibility of ongoing congressional probes. Those officials saw their involvement as an attempt to correct coverage they believed to be erroneous.


The effort also involved senior lawmakers with access to classified intelligence about Russia, including Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), the chairmen of the Senate and House intelligence committees. A spokesman for Nunes said that he had already begun speaking to reporters to challenge the story and that, “at the request of a White House communications aide, Chairman Nunes then spoke to an additional reporter and delivered the same message.”

Unlike the others, Nunes spoke on the record and was subsequently quoted in the Wall Street Journal.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-administration-sought-to-enlist-intelligence-officials-key-lawmakers-to-counter-russia-stories/2017/02/24/c8487552-fa99-11e6-be05-1a3817ac21a5_story.html?utm_term=.9f517c2e000f

I think we're in uncharted waters here. There's not one ethical Republican we can turn to to actually act on this.

[VOX]

39. Lawrence O'Donnell's talking him up on MSNBC...

Saying that Trump should fear Burr more than anyone.

For what it's worth. But I wouldn't trust any Republican nowadays.

[Lee-Lee]

40. I trust Richard Burr to do whatever he thinks will boost Richard Burr

If he thinks the winds will blow in a way where doing the right thing is best for him, he will. If Trump has dirt on him or makes him and offer where covering is best for him, that is what he will do.

[Gothmog]

41. Not really

He is better than Nunes but he still called reporters for trump

[Tatiana]

42. He will carry water for Trump until it is no longer politically expedient to do so.

But I think he does have a little more integrity than Nunes.

[scheming daemons]

44. here is why I think Burr might be better than we think

a) he us not up for re election until 2022. he doesn't have to worry about being primaried from the right. There will be another Presidential election before he has to face the voters again.

b) North Carolina is an increasingly Democratic state. Burr only won 51-45 last year.

c) He has hinted he might not run again in 2022. He can actually put country ahead of party.

d) even though I disagree with him on 90% of issues, he IS a patriot. He won't ignore Russian meddling.


Look for the hard right to start coming after him hard.... because I actually think he is going to be the Republican "hero" this nation is starving for.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

45. Not really, but he hasn't shit his pants yet. Unlike Devin Nunes.

So that's as much as I can get out of it.