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Sherrilyn Ifill for the win (Original Post)
EleanorR
Feb 2020
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BigmanPigman
(51,590 posts)1. I think he missed his Oscar.
What an act! As soon as I heard this BS show all over the cable news today I could tell it was a show.
RVN VET71
(2,690 posts)2. I think it's all on script
Barr feels a need to be able to say to the public and to history "See, I told Trump to lay off. Because I'm an ethical attorney and will stand up -- wink, wink -- to the president if he looks about to cross an ethical line -- wink, wink."
It was a show, an ace up the sleeve in case he has to stand for disbarment.
BigmanPigman
(51,590 posts)6. That could be his new nickname..."Winkwink".
I like it even more than William Dis Barr-ment.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,342 posts)8. How about: Willie Winkwink disBarr-ment
RVN VET71
(2,690 posts)9. Would be a great character in a children's book
Dr. Seuss could have written a classic about the wink-wink who sells both sides of arguments, his honor, his soul, his friends, and his reputation.
Well, maybe too dark for kids.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,342 posts)10. Dr. Seuss would recognize all the GOPers of today ...
He saw them for what they were in 1942:
iluvtennis
(19,852 posts)3. Attorney Ifill is right on point. nt
Marcuse
(7,480 posts)4. "He's making it impossible to do the job of covering up corruption, but I'm trying my best."
fleur-de-lisa
(14,624 posts)5. Love her!
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)7. K&R