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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJ. Scars on Morning Joe said Trey Gowdy is a responsible person ?
My responsible answer? No! Remember Bengazi?
Siwsan
(26,262 posts)He will do what ever he thinks, at the time, is best for his legacy. At least that's my take.
Fullduplexxx
(7,863 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)since he's not running for re-election, he may try being honest for a change.
ProfessorGAC
(65,042 posts)He may actually be a better person than the role he played and he cynically played to the base for his own benefit.
Now, remember i said a better person than the role he played. That isn't the same as being a good person. Cynically self-serving behavior is not exactly an admirable trait.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)It's actually pretty impressive what he did for his party.
It wasn't a part of who he was before that. He jumped in feet first.
Team player. We recognized it but don't like to reference it in those terms.
ProfessorGAC
(65,042 posts)Jumped in feet first, indeed!
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)gonna pay back the taxpayers for the Hillary investigations? Didn't think so.
So my answer is no, he just doesn't want to end up in a cell.
Atman
(31,464 posts)Hes not just standing up for just anything Trump says, unlike the rest of the GOP. He seems to be calling out the bullshit. I say seems because I dont trust the slimy little weasel. But I cant figure out his angle. Maybe it was that he just really, really hated Hillary, so that was his only real focus. Now that hes on his way out, Hillary is no longer a thing (unless youre one of those people), his reasonable side is showing. Maybe he smart and calculating enough to know better than to jump on the runaway train just before it careens off the cliff. After all, hes a young guy and still wants to have a career when he leaves this tragic chapter in American history.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)Not sure what Gowdy is up to, suddenly defending an actual investigation.
Blue_Adept
(6,399 posts)And really dislikes the way Trump is going after the DOJ and FBI.
Yeah, it doesn't square with how he acted for years. But on his way out he's showing something we haven't seen before and it's not gonna line up well.
tazkcmo
(7,300 posts)And thus they have the same "values" and both suck mightily.
ooky
(8,922 posts)after being a key conspirator in the creation of the false narrative his political party jazzed up against Hillary Clinton.
I can't ignore that. He has already showed us who he is. I don't get he impression he's big on Trump so he's picked this time to quit Congress and can get away with bad mouthing Trump in front of his base. But like Trump, he has invented and perpetuated his own set of major and damaging lies to the people of this country. Notice how fast he dropped his persecution of Hillary as soon as the election was over? Think that would be the case if she had won?
He's full of it.
shanny
(6,709 posts)and blame all the bad crap they do all the time on tRump.