Washington Post: Bill Barr says Trump has neither the temperament nor persuasive powers of a leader

[groundloop]

Source: CNN

Former US Attorney General Bill Barr thinks former President Donald Trump "has shown he has neither the temperament nor persuasive powers" of a leader, according to excerpts of his forthcoming book obtained by The Washington Post.

"We need leaders not only capable of fighting and 'punching,' but also persuading and attracting -- leaders who can frame, and advocate for, an uplifting vision of what it means to share in American citizenship," Barr, who served as Trump's second attorney general, wrote in the book, "One Damn Thing After Another," according to the Post.

The comments from the onetime Trump loyalist come as the former President continues to hold considerable influence over the style and direction of the Republican Party, serving as its standard-bearer more than a year after leaving office.

According to the Post, Barr says in the book that the prospect of Trump running for president again was "dismaying."

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/27/politics/bill-barr-trump-criticism-new-book/index.html

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The Post article is behind a paywall.

[Bengus81]

1. Whatever Bill...you knew this when you accepted the job. But now *GASP* you have book out

Shocking!!

[doc03]

2. That fat little turd sure kissed his ass nt

[oldsoftie]

5. But it must be kissed 100% of the time to be "loyal"!

[oldsoftie]

3. And just like that, Barr becomes a "traitor" to the MAGAs

After they said for years that he was the BEST AG we've EVER had

[OldBaldy1701E]

4. What is the title of the book?

"My Desperate Attempt To Save My Political Career"?

Face it Bill, you are done. Anyone who would consider electing (or appointing) a complete weasel like you will get what they deserve

[Autumn]

6. Huge Piece of Shit says what? Fuck that guy and his president too.

[Srkdqltr]

7. We all knew this when he announced his run the first time.

But you didn't believe it. Or didn't want to believe it. You all voted for him anyway. I think the GOP power people thought they could control trump. How did that work out for you?

[gab13by13]

8. I don't need to read from you, Bill Barr

that Trump isn't persuasive. I'm sure as hell not going to drink bleach or stick an ultraviolet light up my ass. Trouble is he was persuasive to millions of Magats.

[bucolic_frolic]

9. "One Damn Thing After Another" - Vanity self-worship in the title

I guess when you write a book you should use a Sharpie to alter reality to capture royalties. Hope he can write a sequel - from a jail cell.

[SallyHemmings]

10. He lied about the Mueller Report

He needs to STFU and go away.

[Vogon_Glory]

11. Gosh, really? Even if I wasn't a committed Democrat back in 2016

I would have noticed that well before Tuesday November 8th, 2016.

Trump-jumpers, Hillary-haters, bogus libertarians, paid shills and chest-thumpers, and pearl-clutchers, the Trump years and its consequences are on YOU!

[Mike Nelson]

12. He's a...

... damnable liar. Barr can never accomplish his newest goal - to repair his image and make money. His book isn't worth buying as firewood.

[KG]

13. piss on bill barr anyway

[Tadpole Raisin]

14. Like a lot of people who start working for TFG, or in Barr's

Case a suck up letter op-ed, he thought he could go in and manipulate TFG to further his unitary executive beliefs (at least for republicans - checks and balances are for Democrats).

He then finds out that TFG is a true narcissistic sociopath ( I refuse to say he is mentally ill) and not only can’t he be controlled he is a true menace beyond Barr’s imagination.

At that point in his pathetic but too late for prime time efforts Barr did try to stop him but he deserves no praise for that since he facilitated TFG like all the sycophants.

He should lose his law license, be investigated and prosecuted for whatever crimes he committed, sanctioned, or turned a blind eye to.

There is only 1 kind of praise for anyone in that administration or congress that could be given and that is if they had invoked the 25th amendment. “Talking” about it or “considering” it doesn’t count and won’t save you.

They are all traitors!

[boyedav1969]

15. uh, thanks?

Yeah, we all kinda knew this a few years ago, but thanks for the epiphany, Bill.

[RAB910]

16. that criminal traitor kept silent when it mattered

now he is trying to profit off the treason he was complicit in with his boss. Plus he is trying to further the agenda of the anti-American right

[magicarpet]

17. A day late and a dollar short.... there billy Barr...

... but at least he is putting some of his cards on the table - to share with and allow the world to see.

The Intelligence Quotient of Fatsolinl is so deficient and lacking - he belongs nowhere near the control and/or levers of a first world power such as the United States of America.

trDUMP would fuck up a play session in a three year old's sandbox.

It seems Barr is sending up a warning/emergency flare about 2024/+ The House of a trDUMP Dynasty.

Thank God for that, but FUCK Billy Barr for all the other FASCIST stunts he pulled over the span of his lifetime.

[smb]

18. Best Comment I've Seen On His Book

Link to tweet

[Aristus]

19. That's the first chapter in the Book Of Duh.

[nuxvomica]

20. "One Damn Thing After Another" sounds like Satan's memoirs

Or another sequel to "Sex and the City".

[PatSeg]

21. "dismaying"???

Wow, pretty strong words there Bill. So, 600 pages of this kind of uncompromising, tough talk then?

[twodogsbarking]

22. I like it when they turn on each other.

[Paladin]

23. Oh sure, NOW Barr tries to show some courage and principle.

Now that the money's in his bank account for his piece-of-shit book. I hope the book is a monumental failure, just like its author.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

24. Elaborate on the obvious much, Bill?

Everyone (except his supporters) knows that .....................

[Botany]

25. Then why did you (Barr) protect him from being exposed as a Russian stooge?

n/t

[hippywife]

26. Fuck Bill Barr!!

This was all very evident when he begged his way into the former Oaf of Office's administration and began defending and covering up for him.

[hibbing]

27. Another profile in courage n/t

[Cozmo]

28. Geez, thanks Bill as if we were waiting to hear what you had to say on the matter

[BlueWavePsych]

29. Et tu Barr ... fuck him

[lagomorph777]

30. Hey Flintstone, get back in your log and drive off.

We really don't give a shit, you lying sack of pus.

[Me.]

31. Nice Try Bill

you and the tramp will be wedded forever in history

[llashram]

32. trying to redeem

his self-respect. Won't work since he has none and never had any in the first place. If he had he would have seen what a dangerous loser trump is. TO HELL WITH THIS CLOWN!!!

[trusty elf]

33. ...

[patphil]

34. Barr knew Trump was no good from the start.

But, like so many other Republicans, he saw it as an opportunity to push his personal agenda while holding the highest level law enforcement position in the nation.
So he torpedoed the Mueller Report to insure his boy would stay around, thus also ensuring he would stay Attorney General.

He's a self-serving bum who cared far less for the nation than he did for his own job. It took the prospect of a coup to get him to bail on Trump, but even then he didn't do the right thing.
As Attorney General, he could have held a news conference to totally debunk the "Stop the Steal" BS, and warn the nation of a possible coup attempt. I'm sure he had enough information at the time of his resignation to block Trump's Big Lie propaganda move.

[NCjack]

35. Should have spoken up during the 2020 campaign. Only if I could help

Bill Barr by shoving a couple of dozen of his books up his ass.

[LogicFirst]

36. Barr will vote for Trump.

[Peregrine Took]

37. A freaking 19 page letter to the DOJ re: the Mueller investigation!!

He wondered it if was a legit thing to do and then when he got his enormous behind in office he wrote that letter dismissing its efficacy.

He did his job - now get him his $$$ book deal!

[Javaman]

38. he seemed to be okay with taking a paycheck right up until the 11th hour...

fuck barr and his attempt at scrubbing his soul. he's words mean nothing.

if he's so hot and bothered, he should go testify in public under oath

fuck this piece of shit enabler.