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(102,378 posts)out the remaining Trump rubbish.
SheilaAnn
(9,710 posts)ZenDem
(442 posts)Looks like he'll be getting straight to work. WOO HOO!!!
JudyM
(29,280 posts)ZenDem
(442 posts)...than electing Pres. Biden. Not really...close, though!!!
JudyM
(29,280 posts)government.
speak easy
(9,320 posts)that's for sure
MyOwnPeace
(16,939 posts)The relationship between the President and the Attorney General is a special one in our government - and one that that was seriously screwed over by IQ45, The Keebler Elf, and BarrBarrHut.
The excitement of two honorable and honest men taking offices that they understand and respect is indeed reason for excitement!
RVN VET71
(2,698 posts)Only the best people!
MyOwnPeace
(16,939 posts)I have to 'blame' or 'give credit to' my own brain for not remembering that guy. I truly believe it was a "this-shit-can't-be-happening" moment for my brain and thus 'flushed it away!"
So, I 'googled' "Deep Toilet Guy" and here's what I found:
https://www.gq.com/story/matthew-whitaker-is-the-toilet-attorney-general
Yes, oh YES INDEED - ONLY THE BEST!
RVN VET71
(2,698 posts)Spent a short while working for Trump, screwed with the Congress, laughed like the little wanker he is, and left when Bill Fatman Barr accepted the call to be Trumps personal attorney and showed a willingness to lie and deflect his way through his confirmation hearing.
Whitaker can go back to chasing ambulances and designing shitters, but I am hoping that Barr gets fingered for something, anything, just to be able to see him subpoenaed and tried. Whitaker is too stupid to do much damage. Barr is an extremely intelligent, experienced attorney who deliberately set about undermining the constitution and solidifying Trumps hold on power. Hes a traitor in everything but name.
George II
(67,782 posts)....briefcases? I don't think I've ever seen a lawyer with a new, spiffy briefcase!
TygrBright
(20,771 posts)By the time they graduate there is no need to "issue" a beat up old briefcase... what was once new and spiffy has acquired "experience" and battle scars.
amusedly,
Bright
George II
(67,782 posts)....to school, we prided ourselves with attache cases, we all had one (along with a slide rule, I said MANY years ago) By the time we graduated they were scuffed and beat up.
I guess it's the same thing with law school students.
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)TomSlick
(11,109 posts)While no one would mistake me for a newbie, I always hate to show up somewhere with a squeaky-new briefcase.
Docreed2003
(16,878 posts)I don't envy the work he has ahead of him but I know he's prepared and ready for this moment.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Docreed2003
(16,878 posts)Budi
(15,325 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,719 posts)erronis
(15,355 posts)NNadir
(33,561 posts)2naSalit
(86,802 posts)And for those who had to endure his criminal behavior, just think of the testimony they can provide.
Wounded Bear
(58,719 posts)get him in and put him on the "other side" of the table in interrogation.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,621 posts)BComplex
(8,067 posts)KS Toronado
(17,344 posts)Rabrrrrrr
(58,352 posts)Lucinda
(31,170 posts)Dawgman49
(226 posts)And other events of last 50 days have felt a sense of relief...must be what it feels like in a country after the ouster of a dictator and his corrupt cronies..still lots of work to do...the cronies are still hard at work to sabotage.. but Im feeling hopeful for once in a long time...lets keep up the fight for voting rights...and thank you Georgia voters
calimary
(81,507 posts)What a difference a President makes!
People we can trust, on the job. For a change.
A VERY refreshing change, if you ask me!
MyOwnPeace
(16,939 posts)Last edited Sat Mar 13, 2021, 11:25 AM - Edit history (1)
but I'm imagining having the same feeling as if I were finally walking out of the house for the first time after the hurricane/tornado has passed - seeing blue skies and sunshine (but still facing the surrounding destruction - THANKS, TRUMP! ).
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Lefta Dissenter
(6,622 posts)You made me blubber.
Lars39
(26,116 posts)flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)Lars39
(26,116 posts)renate
(13,776 posts)If we feel relieved... imagine how the people who stuck it out in that poisoned well for four years must feel.
Its so wonderful to be able to trust our president and his appointees instead of knowing that they were brought in *specifically* to do as much harm as possible.
crickets
(25,983 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,939 posts)that you want to grab by the neck and make them sit down and watch that and say, "SEE, the PROFESSIONALS know what's right - and THIS IS RIGHT!!!!!"
sheshe2
(83,927 posts)dalton99a
(81,599 posts)jcgoldie
(11,648 posts)Can you imagine the horror of going to work every day at the DOJ and having to witness Barr carry out poisonous red don policies and enable that crook to run wild?
mjvpi
(1,389 posts)There has to be a sense of powerfully righting the ship
lunatica
(53,410 posts)This is only one of them, directly regarding him. He will shine for sure! The country is lucky to have him. And he will be instrumental in visiting karmic adjustments on many criminals we feared would get away with their crimes.
MyOwnPeace
(16,939 posts)the 'balance' is NOT a case of 'we could do it this way OR this way' - it is a SERIOUS case of "RIGHT or WRONG!"
notinkansas
(1,096 posts)CaptainTruth
(6,602 posts)Some guy on Twitter said something about that a couple times.
marble falls
(57,257 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)marble falls
(57,257 posts)Making a Thursday his first day is a good sign, too.
George II
(67,782 posts)....on Thursday afternoon it seems like Friday to us.
marble falls
(57,257 posts)SunSeeker
(51,726 posts)And of course he is wearing a mask and safely does elbow bumps instead of handshakes. So refreshing. Barr never gave a shit.
MyOwnPeace
(16,939 posts)He didn't 'give one' - he IS one!
Beetwasher.
(2,984 posts)To do what everyone knows needs to be done.
Talitha
(6,618 posts)kacekwl
(7,022 posts)Getting right to work. Lots to do.
joanbarnes
(1,723 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,330 posts)spooky3
(34,483 posts)Deminpenn
(15,290 posts)Bet the career lawyers are chomping at the bit to bring the assorted corrupt grifters and worse to justice.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,719 posts)And he is so gracious! Elbow bumping, hand over heart......here is a man ready for this super-important job.
I salute you, Attorney General Merrick Garland!
lastlib
(23,303 posts)This man is now in the line of presidential succession!
meadowlander
(4,406 posts)True Blue American
(17,989 posts)sandensea
(21,672 posts)It'll be good, no doubt, to hear phrases like "issue an indictment" - instead of "whack that rat bastard!"
chia
(2,244 posts)Jetheels
(991 posts)Could not be more contrast compared with the last 4 years. So hopeful and grateful.
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)W T F
(1,148 posts)Tribetime
(4,711 posts)iluvtennis
(19,876 posts)crickets
(25,983 posts)dixiechiken1
(2,113 posts)Wow. Just wow.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,571 posts)He has awfully strong support, and there are good people on hand everywhere you look.
Joinfortmill
(14,467 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)I've been waiting...
Butterflylady
(3,549 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,632 posts)Cha
(297,715 posts)Marcuse
(7,512 posts)SkylineChili
(30 posts)This was so beautiful, so heartfelt, it brought tears. May we embrace the goodness that is coming from this election and be strong enough and brave enough to defend and extend it.
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)and made me tear up
NBachers
(17,144 posts)malaise
(269,186 posts)doored
MyOwnPeace
(16,939 posts)I see what you did there!!!!
llmart
(15,555 posts)Very touching.
As for the GOP - they can stick it up their butts, especially the Turtle.
FelineOverlord
(3,595 posts)bdamomma
(63,923 posts)to have someone competent there, now the work begins.
FlyingPiggy
(3,384 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)yardwork
(61,712 posts)mrsadm
(1,198 posts)I choked up!
ShazzieB
(16,539 posts)Absolutely beautiful!
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)BlueHurricane
(12 posts)You can tell Garland is a genuinely good person and smart. Exactly what we need. Anyone notice how many secret service agents swarming around him? Is that normal? Wonder if they receive a lot of threats in that position and/or if he needs more protection because of chumpys cult members. Glad he is well protected. We all feel like the DOJ folks seeing him arrive.
GopherGal
(2,010 posts)We know Fauci's got beefed up security after getting threats, but I was a little surprised to see this much security for Garland. Looking it up, he is 7th in line for the presidency, so I guess it makes sense that there's some security.
And I was appreciating the elbow-bumps.
Rabrrrrrr
(58,352 posts)anti-all-the-civil-servants-and-the-departments-they-staff.
I can't imagine what hell it was for four years of Trump, no matter what department one worked in. Had to be absolutely demoralizing to have a president who actively and visibly worked against every arm and component of government, and who appointed people to lead departments who hated those departments with every drop of blood in their black, incompetent hearts.