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(4,533 posts)hlthe2b
(101,702 posts)Good riddance...
OnDoutside
(19,906 posts)LenaBaby61
(6,965 posts)Yeah, this is no longer just a few thuglicans leaving office.
thuglican rats who are bailing know that there's something nasty coming just around the corner, and it ain't pretty.
Not pretty at ALL.
Botany
(70,281 posts).... from Russia.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,096 posts)but it would bother ANYONE claiming to be a patriot.
Botany
(70,281 posts)... getting fed info from the data that was hacked (stolen) by Putin/Russia
Sneederbunk
(14,207 posts)Arazi
(6,829 posts)And now he joins the legions of Rs running for the exits
lkinwi
(1,477 posts)Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,481 posts)jumping ship? Something's up.
dalton99a
(81,065 posts)Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,481 posts)job at the "in-justice department". That is a revolting thought but it is possible.
IADEMO2004
(5,538 posts)Lifetime appointment for rat fucking America.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,481 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)forgotmylogin
(7,496 posts)MineralMan
(146,189 posts)Clear as a bell. The number of people retiring on the GOP side is remarkable, especially in an election year. They know something is up and want to get clear of it before the disaster happens.
dalton99a
(81,065 posts)global1
(25,166 posts)Is it they don't want to be known as a loser cause they see the handwriting on the wall and know they will get ousted by the Blue Wave?
Have they been cut off from their re-election money from the moneymen?
Or are they thinking that they can elude getting caught up in this whole collusion/conspiracy thingy surounding Trump & the Repug Party?
Will we see more Repugs announcing retirement well before Nov?
BumRushDaShow
(127,270 posts)the teabaggers who got elected from 2010 on, claimed the "TEA" was that they were "taxed enough already" and now that the big tax giveaway for the rich has been enacted, their work is done.
writerJT
(190 posts)pwb
(11,204 posts)Good go Gowdy.
Bantamfancier
(363 posts)They're on to our sting.
Time to cut and run.
It's everyman for himself.
You just know they have never watched that movie.
Thrill
(19,178 posts)Tax cuts for the rich and corps. No reason to be there.
UTUSN
(70,494 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Is he getting promoted to AG or taking a job as a janitor at a county jail?
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)fuck it up as well? Ugh
Me.
(35,454 posts)Hes long expressed interest in becoming a federal judge. A seat on the Fourth Circuit Court, which covers South Carolina, became vacant just yesterday, and the current U.S. attorney in South Carolina is serving in an interim role
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/another-gop-chairman-to-retire-trey-gowdy-announces-hes-out
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)Perhaps, because their reputation precedes them.....or a hammer is coming down....only the shadow know!!!!
Clarity2
(1,009 posts)The letter does sound like hes planning to go away from the govt sector.
Johonny
(20,675 posts)procon
(15,805 posts)Look at this:
Already, at least 36 House Republicans have announced they are retiring, running for another office or resigning outright... Democrats need to pick up 24 House seats to retake the majority...
https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/10/politics/house-retirement-tracker/index.html
The stunning victory of a new Democratic Senator in deep red Alabama, reduced the Republican majority to just two seats. We can do this!
Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)At a PVI of R+15, it would be very likely to elect the Republican nominee. Unless Gowdy was facing a strong primary challenger, he was pretty much a shoo-in for re-election, even in a wave year. I doubt that he's leaving because he fears defeat at the polls.
Skittles
(152,964 posts)FUCKING COWARD
Tatiana
(14,167 posts)I'm betting Gowdy is one who received dirty laundered Russian money.
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)This is Part II.
Someone upblog said that the Get Hillary investigations likely garnered their ammunition from Russia.
Too many squirmy Republicans to dissuade one from considering that storyline.
Chaffetz and Gowdy were Benghazi Buddies. I hope they're both rousted out of their new lives and frog-marched to federal prison.