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Was Merrick Garland The Right Pick To Lead DOJ? The Mehdi Hasan Show (Original Post) magicguido Jul 2022 OP
enough of this crap! agingdem Jul 2022 #1
Time will tell if it was the right choice, and soon. FoxNewsSucks Jul 2022 #7
Time has told. Sneederbunk Jul 2022 #8
How? FoxNewsSucks Jul 2022 #9
I trust Biden more than this tv pundit. FloridaBlues Jul 2022 #2
I don't know why Obama ever selected him in the first place. n/t Peregrine Took Jul 2022 #3
Obama selected him for a different job . . . markpkessinger Jul 2022 #13
I trust Biden. True Blue American Jul 2022 #4
Mehdi Hasan is one of those leftists whose first instinct comradebillyboy Jul 2022 #5
Spotlighting mistakes made by Democrats is not automatically an "attack". FoxNewsSucks Jul 2022 #6
Started to watch his show last night and lasted about 3 minutes as he teased 2 segments. Midnight Writer Jul 2022 #11
Oh, good grief! markpkessinger Jul 2022 #12
Perhaps Lil Liberal Laura Jul 2022 #10

FoxNewsSucks

(10,429 posts)
7. Time will tell if it was the right choice, and soon.
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 10:29 AM
Jul 2022

A lot of people wanted a determined, aggressive prosecutor like Kamala Harris as AG.

If the tRump criminal empire gets away with everything, we'll know Garland was the wrong choice, and this country will pay a heavy price. I don't like that possibility at all.

FoxNewsSucks

(10,429 posts)
9. How?
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 10:34 AM
Jul 2022

The criminal masterminds still walk free. MF45 still holds nazi rallies and scams his idiot public. Bannon & Co still incite the MAGAts daily with impunity. Statutes of limitations were allowed to pass on criminal charges that could easily have been won.

When they've been dealt the consequences, then we'll know Garland was the right choice. Not one minute sooner.

markpkessinger

(8,395 posts)
13. Obama selected him for a different job . . .
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 06:29 PM
Jul 2022

. . . The temperament of a supreme court justice or federal judge is very different from that of an Attorney General, who is the nation's chief prosecutor.

True Blue American

(17,984 posts)
4. I trust Biden.
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 10:03 AM
Jul 2022

I liked him when his he first came on. But pray tell What does that have to do with what Trump did? Even the judge said,” Clinton was right!. Clinton lied about sex? Trump tried to o returna FREE ELECTION!

comradebillyboy

(10,143 posts)
5. Mehdi Hasan is one of those leftists whose first instinct
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 10:15 AM
Jul 2022

is to attack Democrats. There are a lot of people like Mehdi, even some House Democrats, who think the real problem is the Democratic Party.

FoxNewsSucks

(10,429 posts)
6. Spotlighting mistakes made by Democrats is not automatically an "attack".
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 10:26 AM
Jul 2022

We'd be better off if some Democrats would correct mistakes they've made. We have no chance at all of expecting republicons to do anything right, the only hope is to get Democrats to act for us.

Midnight Writer

(21,751 posts)
11. Started to watch his show last night and lasted about 3 minutes as he teased 2 segments.
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 12:19 PM
Jul 2022

First he listed a bunch of crap Republicans are pulling and then asked the question why are Democrats not stopping this.

Then he immediately followed up with the why hasn't Merrick Garland done more.


markpkessinger

(8,395 posts)
12. Oh, good grief!
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 06:26 PM
Jul 2022

Do you realize you sound exactly like those Republicans during the Obama administration that would accuse Obama of "blaming America first" anytime he dared to mention anything that might have been problematic about past U.S. policy? And it is every bit as ridiculous!

And It has nothing to do with trusting Biden or not trusting him. But Biden is merely a president; he is not some seer or prophet, endowed with all wisdome from on high!

The fact is that a LOT of people, from all over the political spectrum, have observed that Garland seems to have more the temperament of a judge than a prosecutor. That doesn't make him a bad guy -- it just means he may not be the best fit in his current role!

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