Garland for FBI Director?

[Ben]

It seems his name is being bandied about. I don't know enough about his qualifications to give an opinion, but this has got to be making lib heads explode as they try to figure out whether to be happy or outraged.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/14/mcconnell-thinks-garland-as-fbi-director-fantastic-idea-ex-adviser-says.html

[dm1333]

It seems his name is being bandied about. I don't know enough about his qualifications to give an opinion, but this has got to be making lib heads explode as they try to figure out whether to be happy or outraged.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/14/mcconnell-thinks-garland-as-fbi-director-fantastic-idea-ex-adviser-says.html

Probably a better choice than Trey Gowdy.  That would make heads spin on the left.  How will all of this impede the White House from working on tax reform?

[Scout26]

How will all of this impede the White House from working on tax reform?

Not at all.   The Trump WH doesn't seem to care about political "timing" or other insider calculations.  He's doing thing his way, at his pace, the Establishment be damned.  Which makes libs (and Establishment R's) heads explode.

I saw a while back one British MP explain that Trump is breaking all the political rules by actually keeping his campaign promises...

[HankB]

. . .
I saw a while back one British MP explain that Trump is breaking all the political rules by actually keeping his campaign promises...

Why were they interviewing a Limey Miltiary Policeman? 

    

[Northwoods]

Why were they interviewing a Limey Miltiary Policeman?  

     

MP there is "Member of Parliament".

Yes, I know that was intentional on your part.  This deals with the inevitable questions from the peanut gallery.

[gunsmith]

MP there is "Member of Parliament".

Yes, I know that was intentional on your part.  This deals with the inevitable questions from the peanut gallery.

peanuts have a gallery? you mean like lucy and charlie brown?


I like Trey a lot, but he should do something that will line him up to be prez or vice prez

[Scout26]

peanuts have a gallery? you mean like lucy and charlie brown?


I like Trey a lot, but he should do something that will line him up to be prez or vice prez

He needs to replace Lindsay Graham in the Senate....

[Monkeyleg]

He needs to replace Lindsay Graham in the Senate....

Almost any small green amphibian could replace Graham.

As for Garland, my concern is that he has an indebtedness to the Democrat leadership, and would use his position at the FBI to continue to hound Trump.

[Hawkmoon]

Almost any small green amphibian could replace Graham.

As for Garland, my concern is that he has an indebtedness to the Democrat leadership, and would use his position at the FBI to continue to hound Trump.

Agreed. Garland would be a terrible choice, for too many reasons to enumerate.

[DittoHead]

lib heads explode as they try to figure out whether to be happy or outraged.

Garland seems like a very strange choice to me. I don't think the Dems would have any trouble spinning that as a huge win for them. I think there would be more celebrating than heads exploding.

[MechAg94]

I heard someone suggest Trump find someone who is not a politician from the police/law enforcement side.  They thought Comey's problem is he was a former prosecutor trying to get involved in prosecution/politics when the FBI's job is investigation only.  I am not so sure.  I think it all depends on picking someone who respects the primary mission of the FBI and isn't trying to stamp his resume for the next elected or appointed job.  I am not so sure appointing an elected representative would be best. 

I suspect McConnell is trying to win a few points with Senate Democrats/Weak Republicans or maybe just letting his inner establishment show.

[RoadKingLarry]

Agreed. Garland would be a terrible choice, for too many reasons to enumerate.

Yup. We DO NOT need another liberal, anti-gun, SJW appointed to federal law enforcement.

[Monkeyleg]

Anyone know anything about former NYC police commissioner Kelly?

[Fitz]

garland the FBI director can be fired

Garland the judge on the DC circuit, cannot.

Just sayin.

[Scout26]

Appoint him as FBI director.  Replace him on the DC circuit., then once that happens, fire him as FBI director. 

Two problems solved...

 

[Monkeyleg]

Appoint him as FBI director.  Replace him on the DC circuit., then once that happens, fire him as FBI director. 

Two problems solved...

 

You're sneaky. :)

[Perd Hapley]

Appoint him as FBI director.  Replace him on the DC circuit., then once that happens, fire him as FBI director. 

Two problems solved...

 

Yes, please.

[RoadKingLarry]

Appoint him as FBI director.  Replace him on the DC circuit., then once that happens, fire him as FBI director. 

Two problems solved...

 

Nah, just make it "known" that he is about to dump serious dirt on the Clintons.

[230RN]

Anyone know anything about former NYC police commissioner Kelly?

Automatic disqualification.  Anyone from NYC, especially in law enforcement, has been too steeped in New York's rather casual conception of rights.  This, completely apart from any mere competence as an investigator.  That New York attitude of "us" versus "them" --with the "versus" strongly implying antagonism --is bound to bleed over into any mere "investigation."

Yes, and I know President Trump is from my own neighborhood in NY, but he's had the benefit of broad experience in other areas, both business-wise and geographically.  So don't throw that at me.  I changed, too, on emigrating to Colorado.

Terry

[Scout26]

Joe Arpaio - Just to see C&SD's head asplode....

David Clarke - Just to see all of the Establishment's heads asplode.

[Fitz]

Joe Arpaio - Just to see C&SD's head asplode....

David Clarke - Just to see all of the Establishment's heads asplode.

Neither of those are actually good ideas

[230RN]

Quote from: Amy Schumer on May 15, 2017, 10:33:01 PM
Joe Arpaio - Just to see C&SD's head asplode....

David Clarke - Just to see all of the Establishment's heads asplode.

Quote from FItz:
Neither of those are actually good ideas

 

You mean it's not a good idea to see the Establishment's heads asplode?  :D

[DittoHead]

You mean it's not a good idea to see the Establishment's heads asploide?  :D

It's not automatically a bad thing, but people are too obsessed with angering their opposition in my opinion.

What may have begun as a policy or a tactic in opposition has long since become a reflex. But there is an obvious price to be paid for essentially becoming a party devoted to trolling. In the long run, it’s hard to see how a party dedicated to liberal tears can remain a movement based on ideas or centered on principles.

Conservatives will care less about governing and more about scoring “wins” — and inflicting losses on the left — no matter how hollow the victories or flawed the policies. Ultimately, though, this will end badly because it is a moral and intellectual dead end, and very likely a political one as well.

[Ben]

Joe Arpaio - Just to see C&SD's head asplode....

David Clarke - Just to see all of the Establishment's heads asplode.

That would make my head explode too.

I actually like a lot of what David Clarke says, but like many who are LE-centric, he sometimes has an "LE is always right" slant that bothers me. I don't want the head of any LE agency to put their coworkers above citizens.

Perhaps he wouldn't - he seems to be a very strong supporter of the 2nd, which usually also means a supporter of individual freedoms, however a few things he has said about surveillance and privacy worry me a little.

[Hawkmoon]

I actually like a lot of what David Clarke says, but like many who are LE-centric, he sometimes has an "LE is always right" slant that bothers me. I don't want the head of any LE agency to put their coworkers above citizens.

I don't like being the bearer of bad news, but that ship sailed a long time ago. "To Protect and Serve" may still appear on the sides of patrol vehicles, but the underlying mantra of law enforcement agencies for a couple or three decades has been "It's all good it I go home at the end of my shift." It's exceedingly unlikely that anyone can be found to head the FBI who doesn't hold that attitude and, in the unlikely event such an individual could be found and confirmed, it would be impossible for him/her to actually reverse that attitude within the bureau.