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H2O Man

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3. If the felon
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 04:55 PM
Jan 2025

had not won in November, I suspect that Garland would be remembered as one of the better AGs. Of course, considering the republican administrations having an Ed Meese or Bill Barr lowered the bar over all. Might a different AG have been more aggressive? Sure. Within the top people in the DOJ, there were some who wanted to go at the felon more aggressively -- some very much so.

Bureaucracies are known to resist change. The felon had done damage to it, by having it focus on his needs, rather than honoring the concept that the AG/DOJ should serve the American people. In that sense, Garland was a good choice to restore order. But I can appreciate some people's opinion that the J6 Committee's investigation showed that the felon had been so public in his lawlessness, that Garland might have focused on him right away. If not on that Harley, at least with Buford Pusser's stick.

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Scrambled Eggs (Yesterday) [View all] H2O Man Jan 2025 OP
So I guess many of us were just stupid displacedvermoter Jan 2025 #1
If the felon H2O Man Jan 2025 #3
Hang on Saoirse9 Jan 2025 #2
Yes. H2O Man Jan 2025 #4
Sorry it should have been more obvious to me. Saoirse9 Jan 2025 #11
And here I thought H2O Man Jan 2025 #14
I believe it was intense satire, again aimed at displacedvermoter Jan 2025 #5
I could be wrong, H2O Man Jan 2025 #15
You may need that sarcasm malaise Jan 2025 #6
I've never used it, H2O Man Jan 2025 #7
LOL malaise Jan 2025 #8
My children H2O Man Jan 2025 #9
Tell them I disagree malaise Jan 2025 #10
Sheer wisdom, H2O Man Clouds Passing Jan 2025 #12
Thank you. H2O Man Jan 2025 #13
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