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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAfter watching the Sunday shows I have a question: Why are we hearing about Hur but NOT about . . . . .
. . . . . the person who had the ability to excise Hur's personal opinions - one Merrick Garland?
In my personal view, Merrick Garland needs to go, ideally by resignation.
Walleye
(31,137 posts)Did he make more money by dragging it out for a year?
Eliot Rosewater
(31,131 posts)Who have pointed out since almost day one of the Biden administration why Merrick Garland was the wrong choice and why delaying the appointment of Jack Smith as long as it was is very problematic for our survival now, our literal survival.
But if a person wanted to wonder why people on the left didnt criticize Garland more which should have been done all they have to do is look around places like here where as soon as they do they are jumped all over.
Stinky The Clown
(67,838 posts)I don't think there is any large crowd in support. I DO think people don't criticize Garland more forcefully - at least in part - because of the DU rule against bashing Democrats. It is a good rule that I fully support, but in the case of Garland, the backstop of lots of defense and stifling justifiable criticism. One need only whisper a criticism and his defenders are alerting very fast and shutting down conversation.
Eyeball_Kid
(7,440 posts)I'm not taking sides on the Garland issue, but it all reminds me of Raw Story's recently rescinded prohibition against using the word, "Hitler" in any of its threads. For awhile, it was maddening because Trump was repeating behavior and statements that were strongly suggestive of emerging fascism and Nazi ascendency, yet RS was censoring any discussion of these phenomena. When "fascism" finally became part of the lexicon within mainstream media, RS relented, but it took a while.
As for criticism of Garland, I'm puzzled. I thought it was true that Garland was NOT a Democrat, and would therefore NOT be protected from criticism by DU policy.
Comfortably_Numb
(3,844 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,131 posts)out, I get in trouble.
We should speak out, this is NOT DONE by honorable Democrats and yes I remember the famous one with Kennedy. While I was a supporter he was wrong also.
The funny thing is there is not a bigger Hillary supporter here. I will tell you anytime you want WHICH group elected trump on the left including ...ooops, cant go there.
Mr. Evil
(2,863 posts)former President Obama chose him as the next SC justice after the death of Antonin Scalia and that President Joe Biden chose him as AG. Some people cannot fathom questioning the choices of these two democratic presidents. How dare some insinuate that President Biden made a bad choice! Well, Merrick Garland is no Democrat. He's associated with the Federalist Society. That doesn't explain everything about his actions or inactions but, is a good starting point. He's stated that he didn't want to appear partisan. If crimes are committed you prosecute them regardless of that person's political affiliation. You're prosecuting people for crimes, not trying to pass some test of how biased you may be. It's called justice.
My opinion, he needs to go.
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,090 posts)Fiendish Thingy
(15,698 posts)As Barr did with Meuller, and then issued his own slanted summary.
Biden also could have asserted executive privilege and redacted the report, but neither he nor Garland chose to.
moondust
(20,022 posts)Andrew Weissmann was on Jen Psaki's show this morning and pretty much laid the ultimate blame on Garland.
Fiendish Thingy
(15,698 posts)RandomNumbers
(17,621 posts)I reference, of course, TFG's comments that he would "encourage Russia to attack" some countries of NATO that he feels aren't pulling their weight.
Stinky The Clown
(67,838 posts)Hur is still in the nooze, too
RandomNumbers
(17,621 posts)would be for people to stop talking about it. Plenty of time for electoral amnesia between now and November.
TFG / TSF handed us the means for that on a silver platter.
Imma stop kicking this thread now
ETA: TFG's comments are indeed quite scary, considering where he is in the polls, and the apparent insanity of approximately 50% of the US electorate. We should be screaming regardless of any need to quell something else.
PortTack
(32,819 posts)Codifer
(548 posts)is that WW III or WW II?
Elessar Zappa
(14,124 posts)Merrick Garland likely wont be leaving until Biden gets re-elected.
Farmer-Rick
(10,229 posts)Garland is being pressured by Sen. Hawley to use the 25th amendment against Biden.
Now they have these gratuitous comments in an investigative report on Biden's memory.
Come 11 days before the election, Garland may just decide to send a letter to Congress or act on this pressure he's getting.
Is this report the set up for later Garland action against Biden?
jalan48
(13,908 posts)dsc
(52,172 posts)He would have had to go to Congress and explain why he redacted the comments and Congress would have released the explanation piecemeal. I don't see how that would have helped.
ananda
(28,893 posts)!!!