Doesn't say much for the repubs here.

Posted on: December 3, 2018 at 09:04:50 CT

Pretty sad and depressing.


GOP Congress Renews Same Old Con Game With Voters

Big news over the Thanksgiving holiday was that the House Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed James Comey and Loretta Lynch about the 2016 campaign-related probes into Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump and, presumably, Russians.

Great news for conservatives, right? But everyone knew right away that the timing was suspicious. The House will turn Democratic after the first of the year, and the chairmanship will be turned over from Republican Bob Goodlatte to Democrat Jerry Nadler. We've watched Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein avoid a congressional subpoena for months now, so there is no reason to expect former FBI Director Comey and former Attorney General Lynch will show up for a GOP grilling in the next month. But even if they do, does anyone expect to get the real story after waiting for more than two years?

Of course not. We all remember the fake Benghazi investigation run by the oh-so-disappointing Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., with the fake blessing of the House leadership. Big talk. No action. It's all a con game by Republican swamp dwellers who want to convince voters they are getting something done while making sure there is no chance of upsetting the apple cart. This gambit smells like the rotten work of phony conservative Paul Ryan, who is ending his term as House speaker with virtually no accomplishments for the Republican agenda.

Here's the bottom line: If the GOP wants us to believe that it is serious about getting answers, then the subpoenas have to come from the still-to-remain Republican-led Senate and not from the lame-duck House. Attention, Lindsey Graham! If you really have changed your spots and can be counted on to fight for the truth, it's time to step up. As the incoming chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Graham will have the power to do what Goodlatte can't do — hold Democrats’ feet to the fire and bring to light the true story of Hillary Clinton's illegal, immoral and unethical attempt to subvert the 2016 presidential election by hijacking the powers of the executive branch in her own partisan service.

I’m not holding my breath because, like every conservative, I have been serially abused by the Republican leadership of Congress, and I no longer believe any of their promises that this time it will be different. If it is different, let’s get Rosenstein on the witness stand, in public, and let him explain exactly what he meant when he told Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe that he would be willing to “wear a wire” in his conversations with President Trump. And when Rosenstein demurs with his little giggle and says he can’t answer on advice of Justice Department counsel, then have the sergeant-at-arms pick him up out of his chair and haul his scrawny butt to lock-up. That might restore a tiny bit of confidence in me that Republicans are not just part of the D.C. members-only club and are actually interested in protecting the Constitution from “enemies, foreign and domestic,” as they swear to do in their oath of office.