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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo it seems like the universal rule that all special counsels must be Rs
again pays dividends. Quote from Josh Marshall TPM.
I am so sick of our side always playing by the rules and beyond, and GETTING NO CREDIT FOR IT!!!!! That's almost the worst part.
gab13by13
(24,588 posts)Hur and Weiss were both nominated by Trump.
senseandsensibility
(20,256 posts)and I did not hear our side raising holy hell about it.
dalton99a
(83,913 posts)edhopper
(34,605 posts)just Garland trying to hard to show how impartial he is.
senseandsensibility
(20,256 posts)and so does Josh Marshall. Unlabeled sarcasm.
agingdem
(8,514 posts)he's the people's lawyer..and yes, he has to appear impartial (unlike that fatfuck Bill Barr.)..if he had appointed Democrats as Special Counsels shit would have hit the fan..Biden requested the report be released un-redacted and in its entirety...he knew what was coming down..why do you think the pushback was so fast and furious?...
edhopper
(34,605 posts)like he did with Pence.
He could have appointed someone not who was not a Trumper.
And his appointment of Weiss went against longstanding DOJ policy.
He is trying so hard to look impartial he has appointed partisans.
senseandsensibility
(20,256 posts)completely and again, it is kind of the point of the OP.
senseandsensibility
(20,256 posts)I started an OP about Biden not retracting anything earlier so I'm well aware. Also I'm well aware that there would have been pushback to a Dem being appointed. That's kind of the point. But thanks again for your input.
agingdem
(8,514 posts)Scrivener7
(52,360 posts)Shit is always going to hit the fan anyway. It's time we started to understand that.
MOMFUDSKI
(7,080 posts)Special Counsel doing a comey