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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,192 posts)
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 02:43 PM Feb 2022

Bill Barr launches blistering attack on Trump in new book

Former US attorney general Bill Barr has unleashed a volley of criticism at Donald Trump in his new book, saying the ex-president has “shown he has neither the temperament nor persuasive powers to provide the kind of positive leadership that is needed” and that the Republican party should move on from him.

In One Damn Thing After Another, Mr Barr writes that his former boss could have won the 2020 election if he had “just exercised a modicum of self-restraint, moderating even a little of his pettiness”, according to the Wall Street Journal.

He also rejects Mr Trump’s so-called “Big Lie” that he was cheated out of election victory by fraud.

According to the Journal, Mr Barr writes: “The election was not ‘stolen’. Trump lost it.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/bill-barr-launches-blistering-attack-on-trump-in-new-book/ar-AAUnaav

Nice start but it's still going to take a while for you to wash the Trump stink off Billy boy.

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Bill Barr launches blistering attack on Trump in new book (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2022 OP
Someone should sue him for the proceeds. 2naSalit Feb 2022 #1
Too little too late. MontanaMama Feb 2022 #2
+100 Well said. nt abqtommy Feb 2022 #28
But of course he will still vote for him Walleye Feb 2022 #3
He did all he could to help Trump evade justice Stargleamer Feb 2022 #4
A sequel to his notorious preview of the Mueller Report. Marcuse Feb 2022 #7
OMG I love this! How did I never see this before FakeNoose Feb 2022 #11
you're quite welcome--I'm glad you liked it! Stargleamer Feb 2022 #35
will Never trust him llashram Feb 2022 #5
I think you are being kind with "possibly racist..." brer cat Feb 2022 #17
me too... llashram Feb 2022 #21
... brer cat Feb 2022 #22
Maybe his book will get circulated as a PDF like Bolton's did. ificandream Feb 2022 #6
Oh, so it was only until recently that he bit the hand that fed him? sakabatou Feb 2022 #8
Another asshole who was quiet when it mattered & now wants to make $$ off his story. CrispyQ Feb 2022 #9
And yet, he couldn't bring himself to say a Bettie Feb 2022 #10
Ya beat me to it! - K & Big R. Here's what I labored to get to post: UTUSN Feb 2022 #12
So, will he testify to the 1/6 Committee? Bayard Feb 2022 #13
Maybe if they pay him. FoxNewsSucks Feb 2022 #15
Fuck that guy. FoxNewsSucks Feb 2022 #14
Did Barr's lips suddenly lose suction on Trump's ass and now he has tasted the flavor? keithbvadu2 Feb 2022 #16
Fuck off Barr !!! SamKnause Feb 2022 #18
Ha-ha. Barr's entire life mission was to give more power to the US Presidency, and now Baitball Blogger Feb 2022 #19
just in time huh Bill? mnmoderatedem Feb 2022 #20
Sue him, TFG. no_hypocrisy Feb 2022 #23
Glad he is doing the but fuck him. nt Quixote1818 Feb 2022 #24
Sounds like Billy decided Trump won't be elected in 2024. patphil Feb 2022 #25
It really does. "One Damn Thing After Another." Bitter a bit, Bill? nt Hortensis Feb 2022 #32
I agree with Barr about TFG having a chance in 2020 Kaleva Feb 2022 #26
One Damn Thing After Another usonian Feb 2022 #27
Barr trying his best to scrub the shit off his dark evil soul. Javaman Feb 2022 #29
These human weather vanes are making fools of themselves PlanetBev Feb 2022 #30
I am still not going to buy Barr's book LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2022 #31
Way too little, way too late, do not care . . . hatrack Feb 2022 #33
Fck you Barr, you traitorous weasel mcar Feb 2022 #34

llashram

(6,265 posts)
5. will Never trust him
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 02:52 PM
Feb 2022

nor his judgement to become involved with trump and his lying duplicitous ways. Barr can kiss my ass in saying younger people, DeSantis, MTG should run for POTUS. Uh uh. The same difference just will be able to cause more damage to our democracy.

He hates America, also. A fascist, possibly racist rethug...

brer cat

(24,605 posts)
17. I think you are being kind with "possibly racist..."
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 03:26 PM
Feb 2022

I have no doubt. I think everyone in trump's inner circle is a racist.

CrispyQ

(36,512 posts)
9. Another asshole who was quiet when it mattered & now wants to make $$ off his story.
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 02:57 PM
Feb 2022

Fuck you Barr, you orange-ass-sucking piece of shit.

Bettie

(16,125 posts)
10. And yet, he couldn't bring himself to say a
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 02:58 PM
Feb 2022

thing against him while he was there.

Too little, too late. He aided and abetted the very worst impulses of this horrid creature.

UTUSN

(70,740 posts)
12. Ya beat me to it! - K & Big R. Here's what I labored to get to post:
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 03:11 PM
Feb 2022

Drumpf wingnut apologists have said it first long ago: If only Drumpf would shut up, stop tweeting, tone down - & he would be FINE. And here is William BARR reaping tons of cash for a book saying the same thing - “just exercised a modicum of self-restraint, moderating even a little of his pettiness.” And he says it in another way, that Drumpf’s AGENDA would be fine without the “erratic behavior.” Uh, his very AGENDA is ERRATIC.

He says Drumpf “lost his grip” – uh, what GRIP did he ever have to lose? Sort of like how BARR had no integrity to lose, and the in kind “pettiness” of tell-all bits are not courage. It would have been integrity and courage for BARR never to work for Drumpf in the first place, then not to be his sycophant, and certainly not to undermine institutional freedom. But then, the slimy servility and lack of courage/integrity are his nature.

As for the tell-all bits, how much more than what we have known from the get-go and heard about Drumpf do we need? His zombie followers won’t be swayed and the rest of us don’t need more, certainly not to buy it.


************QUOTE****

https://www.wsj.com/articles/ex-attorney-general-william-barr-urges-gop-to-move-on-from-trump-11645959600?mod=e2twp

Ex-Attorney General William Barr Urges GOP to Move On From Trump
Book recounts confrontational meeting in Oval Office and says Republicans need to focus on new leaders

…. “The election was not ‘stolen,’ ” Mr. Barr writes. “Trump lost it.” Mr. Barr urges conservatives to look to “an impressive array of younger candidates” who share Mr. Trump’s agenda but not his “erratic personal behavior.” He didn’t mention any of those candidates by name. ,,,,

Mr. Barr countered by offering to submit his resignation, according to the book. “Accepted!” Mr. Trump yelled, banging his palm on the table. “Leave and don’t go back to your office. You are done right now. Go home!” White House lawyers persuaded Mr. Trump not to follow through with Mr. Barr’s ouster. ….

After the election, Mr. Barr said that Mr. Trump “lost his grip” and that his false claims of voter fraud led to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters trying to thwart the certification of Mr. Biden’s November, 2020, victory.

“The absurd lengths to which he took his ‘stolen election’ claim led to the rioting on Capitol Hill,” Mr. Barr writes.

*******UNQUOTE***








FoxNewsSucks

(10,435 posts)
14. Fuck that guy.
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 03:17 PM
Feb 2022

Not just for this, but for getting the Bush Iran/Contra criminals off the hook 30 years ago.

Fuck him.

keithbvadu2

(36,906 posts)
16. Did Barr's lips suddenly lose suction on Trump's ass and now he has tasted the flavor?
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 03:25 PM
Feb 2022

Did Barr's lips suddenly lose suction on Trump's ass and now he has tasted the flavor?

SamKnause

(13,110 posts)
18. Fuck off Barr !!!
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 03:28 PM
Feb 2022

You did everything in your power to cover for Trump.

You enabled him.

You aided him.

Fuck off you evil piece of shit !!!!!!!!

Baitball Blogger

(46,757 posts)
19. Ha-ha. Barr's entire life mission was to give more power to the US Presidency, and now
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 03:29 PM
Feb 2022

he doesn't like the end result.

mnmoderatedem

(3,729 posts)
20. just in time huh Bill?
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 03:31 PM
Feb 2022

so now you're scrambling to save your reputation after the fact as well as cash in on book sales rather than putting the stop sign up when you were in position to do so.

What a fricking tool.

patphil

(6,207 posts)
25. Sounds like Billy decided Trump won't be elected in 2024.
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 03:48 PM
Feb 2022

The guy's a spinless jerk; only took him a year to get enough courage to say something critical of Trump. He should have warned the nation what Trump was planning when he resigned...I'm sure he knew what the plan was.
As attorney general, his job was to enforce the law. But he used his position for partisan political purposes as a tool for Trump.

He shamed the office of Attorney General.

usonian

(9,867 posts)
27. One Damn Thing After Another
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 03:57 PM
Feb 2022


First published in 2017 by
Robert Hale, an imprint of
The Crowood Press Ltd,
Ramsbury, Marlborough
Wiltshire SN8 2HR
www.crowood.com
www.halebooks.com
This e-book first published in 2017
© Dan Latus 2017
All rights reserved.

Is Bill Barr is saying his book is non-fiction?



It's too late to wash the smell off, Bill.

Javaman

(62,534 posts)
29. Barr trying his best to scrub the shit off his dark evil soul.
Sun Feb 27, 2022, 04:33 PM
Feb 2022

Fuck him, unless he testifies under oath, his words mean nothing.

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