No Solution

[edward37]

what Representative House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy and House Judicial Committee Chairman Robert Goodlatte did in the the hearing Thursday looks flat-out irresponsible. The Republican lawmakers seemed to be playing games with classified and otherwise non-public information to make the FBI look as if it is refusing reasonable congressional requests. Their bigger goal appeared to be the disruption of the Mueller investigation — or at least, constructing a counter-narrative for (and with) Republican-aligned media. House Republicans stopped benefiting from the presumption that they were acting in good faith long ago (see the never-ending Benghazi investigation or the phony controversy of the Nunes memo). Instead, they’re simply using oversight to fan the flames of implausible and illogical conspiracy theories.

Unfortunately, there is no solution to the problem of panel chairs acting irresponsibly when they have the full support of their party. Normally, the constraint on over-the-top grandstanding is that the party collectively cares about its reputation and won’t support such behavior. If a chair is acting up, the leadership might ask her to tone it down, or even in extreme cases threaten to replace her. 1

That doesn’t work with today’s Republican majority, which has convinced itself there is no such thing as neutral media or other nonpartisan institutions and only cares about party-aligned media such as Fox News or the Rush Limbaugh show. 2 And that’s part of what makes the Republicans so dysfunctional. Their incentive is to please their strongest supporters, and so the normal constraints built into the system don’t operate to push against irresponsible actions.

Chafetz suggests the cure is at the ballot box.

Bloomburg

 

[danielpalos]

Some on the left refuse to believe the right wing is Morally responsible, in Even public venues.

 

[Asclepias]

The repubs did irreparable damage to their case. The only thing that really came out is that they have nothing but some of this guys texts, nothing as far as proving he let his opinions affect his job, and the fact that there was no way he could have done anything without someone else catching him.

I forgot to add. I also learned that being a dentist made you an expert in body language and that at least one of the repubs is on some kind of mental therapy drugs.

 

[edward37]

Some on the left refuse to believe the right wing is Morally responsible, in Even public venues.

Some?? How about none? Republicans have made a mockery of our government following this moron down the primrose path

 

[blastoff]

Oh, c’mon. Had we done something really dastardly like rig our nominating process in favor of one candidate I’d buy the mockery thing.

 

[Siete]

that 8 hour hearing isnt worth commenting on - Congress should get banners, flags, a big tent, and sell tickets to their shit slinging festivals.

 

[NightFox]

Some?? How about none? Republicans have made a mockery of our government following this moron down the primrose path

You're right the Republicans have made a mockery of our government.

The Democrats had their fun & games making a mockery, now it's the Republicans turn.

The American Two Party System: A political system whereby two teams of deranged monkeys take turns fucking things up and blaming the problems on each other, for further details see also: Kindergarten Classroom

 

[Auld Phart]

what Representative House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy and House Judicial Committee Chairman Robert Goodlatte did in the the hearing Thursday looks flat-out irresponsible. The Republican lawmakers seemed to be playing games with classified and otherwise non-public information to make the FBI look as if it is refusing reasonable congressional requests. Their bigger goal appeared to be the disruption of the Mueller investigation — or at least, constructing a counter-narrative for (and with) Republican-aligned media. House Republicans stopped benefiting from the presumption that they were acting in good faith long ago (see the never-ending Benghazi investigation or the phony controversy of the Nunes memo). Instead, they’re simply using oversight to fan the flames of implausible and illogical conspiracy theories.

Unfortunately, there is no solution to the problem of panel chairs acting irresponsibly when they have the full support of their party. Normally, the constraint on over-the-top grandstanding is that the party collectively cares about its reputation and won’t support such behavior. If a chair is acting up, the leadership might ask her to tone it down, or even in extreme cases threaten to replace her. 1

That doesn’t work with today’s Republican majority, which has convinced itself there is no such thing as neutral media or other nonpartisan institutions and only cares about party-aligned media such as Fox News or the Rush Limbaugh show. 2 And that’s part of what makes the Republicans so dysfunctional. Their incentive is to please their strongest supporters, and so the normal constraints built into the system don’t operate to push against irresponsible actions.

Chafetz suggests the cure is at the ballot box.

Bloomburg

Unfortunately, there is no solution to the problem of panel chairs acting irresponsibly when they have the full support of their party.

and your opinion of the Left wandering off topic, continuously, during that hearing?

What does the problem at the border have to do with the texts under discussion?

or the other numerous Trump bashing comments?

How does calling Trump an illegitimate president, as at least one did, apply to the texts of an FBI agent during the campaign?

 

[kaz]

The repubs did irreparable damage to their case. The only thing that really came out is that they have nothing but some of this guys texts, nothing as far as proving he let his opinions affect his job, and the fact that there was no way he could have done anything without someone else catching him.

I forgot to add. I also learned that being a dentist made you an expert in body language and that at least one of the repubs is on some kind of mental therapy drugs.

Yeah, if he was a trump supporter who said he would stop hillary. you'd be fine. You'd say no worries. Sssssssuuuuuuuurrrrrrreeeeee you would ...

 

[Asclepias]

The repubs did irreparable damage to their case. The only thing that really came out is that they have nothing but some of this guys texts, nothing as far as proving he let his opinions affect his job, and the fact that there was no way he could have done anything without someone else catching him.

I forgot to add. I also learned that being a dentist made you an expert in body language and that at least one of the repubs is on some kind of mental therapy drugs.

Yeah, if he was a trump supporter who said he would stop hillary. you'd be fine. You'd say no worries. Sssssssuuuuuuuurrrrrrreeeeee you would ...

I cant stand Hillary so I agree. Since he was part of reopening the investigation into Hilary this is not a hypothetical.

 

[kaz]

The repubs did irreparable damage to their case. The only thing that really came out is that they have nothing but some of this guys texts, nothing as far as proving he let his opinions affect his job, and the fact that there was no way he could have done anything without someone else catching him.

I forgot to add. I also learned that being a dentist made you an expert in body language and that at least one of the repubs is on some kind of mental therapy drugs.

Yeah, if he was a trump supporter who said he would stop hillary. you'd be fine. You'd say no worries. Sssssssuuuuuuuurrrrrrreeeeee you would ...

I cant stand Hillary so I agree. Since he was part of reopening the investigation into Hilary this is not a hypothetical.

Ok, so if he was going to stop obama? Thats fine too?

 

[edward37]

what Representative House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy and House Judicial Committee Chairman Robert Goodlatte did in the the hearing Thursday looks flat-out irresponsible. The Republican lawmakers seemed to be playing games with classified and otherwise non-public information to make the FBI look as if it is refusing reasonable congressional requests. Their bigger goal appeared to be the disruption of the Mueller investigation — or at least, constructing a counter-narrative for (and with) Republican-aligned media. House Republicans stopped benefiting from the presumption that they were acting in good faith long ago (see the never-ending Benghazi investigation or the phony controversy of the Nunes memo). Instead, they’re simply using oversight to fan the flames of implausible and illogical conspiracy theories.

Unfortunately, there is no solution to the problem of panel chairs acting irresponsibly when they have the full support of their party. Normally, the constraint on over-the-top grandstanding is that the party collectively cares about its reputation and won’t support such behavior. If a chair is acting up, the leadership might ask her to tone it down, or even in extreme cases threaten to replace her. 1

That doesn’t work with today’s Republican majority, which has convinced itself there is no such thing as neutral media or other nonpartisan institutions and only cares about party-aligned media such as Fox News or the Rush Limbaugh show. 2 And that’s part of what makes the Republicans so dysfunctional. Their incentive is to please their strongest supporters, and so the normal constraints built into the system don’t operate to push against irresponsible actions.

Chafetz suggests the cure is at the ballot box.

Bloomburg

Unfortunately, there is no solution to the problem of panel chairs acting irresponsibly when they have the full support of their party.

and your opinion of the Left wandering off topic, continuously, during that hearing?

What does the problem at the border have to do with the texts under discussion?

or the other numerous Trump bashing comments?

How does calling Trump an illegitimate president, as at least one did, apply to the texts of an FBI agent during the campaign?

Did just ONE republican have an answer when he told them he had info on trump and Russia but never mentioned it before the election? From my prospective repubs should be kissing his butt instead of bashing him

 

[Auld Phart]

what Representative House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy and House Judicial Committee Chairman Robert Goodlatte did in the the hearing Thursday looks flat-out irresponsible. The Republican lawmakers seemed to be playing games with classified and otherwise non-public information to make the FBI look as if it is refusing reasonable congressional requests. Their bigger goal appeared to be the disruption of the Mueller investigation — or at least, constructing a counter-narrative for (and with) Republican-aligned media. House Republicans stopped benefiting from the presumption that they were acting in good faith long ago (see the never-ending Benghazi investigation or the phony controversy of the Nunes memo). Instead, they’re simply using oversight to fan the flames of implausible and illogical conspiracy theories.

Unfortunately, there is no solution to the problem of panel chairs acting irresponsibly when they have the full support of their party. Normally, the constraint on over-the-top grandstanding is that the party collectively cares about its reputation and won’t support such behavior. If a chair is acting up, the leadership might ask her to tone it down, or even in extreme cases threaten to replace her. 1

That doesn’t work with today’s Republican majority, which has convinced itself there is no such thing as neutral media or other nonpartisan institutions and only cares about party-aligned media such as Fox News or the Rush Limbaugh show. 2 And that’s part of what makes the Republicans so dysfunctional. Their incentive is to please their strongest supporters, and so the normal constraints built into the system don’t operate to push against irresponsible actions.

Chafetz suggests the cure is at the ballot box.

Bloomburg

Unfortunately, there is no solution to the problem of panel chairs acting irresponsibly when they have the full support of their party.

and your opinion of the Left wandering off topic, continuously, during that hearing?

What does the problem at the border have to do with the texts under discussion?

or the other numerous Trump bashing comments?

How does calling Trump an illegitimate president, as at least one did, apply to the texts of an FBI agent during the campaign?

Did just ONE republican have an answer when he told them he had info on trump and Russia but never mentioned it before the election? From my prospective repubs should be kissing his butt instead of bashing him

prospective?

why are you dodging the question?

 

[Asclepias]

The repubs did irreparable damage to their case. The only thing that really came out is that they have nothing but some of this guys texts, nothing as far as proving he let his opinions affect his job, and the fact that there was no way he could have done anything without someone else catching him.

I forgot to add. I also learned that being a dentist made you an expert in body language and that at least one of the repubs is on some kind of mental therapy drugs.

Yeah, if he was a trump supporter who said he would stop hillary. you'd be fine. You'd say no worries. Sssssssuuuuuuuurrrrrrreeeeee you would ...

I cant stand Hillary so I agree. Since he was part of reopening the investigation into Hilary this is not a hypothetical.

Ok, so if he was going to stop obama? Thats fine too?

Obama was never under investigation dummy.

 

[edward37]

what Representative House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy and House Judicial Committee Chairman Robert Goodlatte did in the the hearing Thursday looks flat-out irresponsible. The Republican lawmakers seemed to be playing games with classified and otherwise non-public information to make the FBI look as if it is refusing reasonable congressional requests. Their bigger goal appeared to be the disruption of the Mueller investigation — or at least, constructing a counter-narrative for (and with) Republican-aligned media. House Republicans stopped benefiting from the presumption that they were acting in good faith long ago (see the never-ending Benghazi investigation or the phony controversy of the Nunes memo). Instead, they’re simply using oversight to fan the flames of implausible and illogical conspiracy theories.

Unfortunately, there is no solution to the problem of panel chairs acting irresponsibly when they have the full support of their party. Normally, the constraint on over-the-top grandstanding is that the party collectively cares about its reputation and won’t support such behavior. If a chair is acting up, the leadership might ask her to tone it down, or even in extreme cases threaten to replace her. 1

That doesn’t work with today’s Republican majority, which has convinced itself there is no such thing as neutral media or other nonpartisan institutions and only cares about party-aligned media such as Fox News or the Rush Limbaugh show. 2 And that’s part of what makes the Republicans so dysfunctional. Their incentive is to please their strongest supporters, and so the normal constraints built into the system don’t operate to push against irresponsible actions.

Chafetz suggests the cure is at the ballot box.

Bloomburg

Unfortunately, there is no solution to the problem of panel chairs acting irresponsibly when they have the full support of their party.

and your opinion of the Left wandering off topic, continuously, during that hearing?

What does the problem at the border have to do with the texts under discussion?

or the other numerous Trump bashing comments?

How does calling Trump an illegitimate president, as at least one did, apply to the texts of an FBI agent during the campaign?

Did just ONE republican have an answer when he told them he had info on trump and Russia but never mentioned it before the election? From my prospective repubs should be kissing his butt instead of bashing him

prospective?

why are you dodging the question?

It doesn't I didn't think you needed an answer Now answer mine ,,,if you care too...He and comey helped dump win along with the Russians Those republican congress men were just a useless hit squad and as usual when they get the dung flung back in their faces they take offense

 

[Auld Phart]

what Representative House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy and House Judicial Committee Chairman Robert Goodlatte did in the the hearing Thursday looks flat-out irresponsible. The Republican lawmakers seemed to be playing games with classified and otherwise non-public information to make the FBI look as if it is refusing reasonable congressional requests. Their bigger goal appeared to be the disruption of the Mueller investigation — or at least, constructing a counter-narrative for (and with) Republican-aligned media. House Republicans stopped benefiting from the presumption that they were acting in good faith long ago (see the never-ending Benghazi investigation or the phony controversy of the Nunes memo). Instead, they’re simply using oversight to fan the flames of implausible and illogical conspiracy theories.

Unfortunately, there is no solution to the problem of panel chairs acting irresponsibly when they have the full support of their party. Normally, the constraint on over-the-top grandstanding is that the party collectively cares about its reputation and won’t support such behavior. If a chair is acting up, the leadership might ask her to tone it down, or even in extreme cases threaten to replace her. 1

That doesn’t work with today’s Republican majority, which has convinced itself there is no such thing as neutral media or other nonpartisan institutions and only cares about party-aligned media such as Fox News or the Rush Limbaugh show. 2 And that’s part of what makes the Republicans so dysfunctional. Their incentive is to please their strongest supporters, and so the normal constraints built into the system don’t operate to push against irresponsible actions.

Chafetz suggests the cure is at the ballot box.

Bloomburg

Unfortunately, there is no solution to the problem of panel chairs acting irresponsibly when they have the full support of their party.

and your opinion of the Left wandering off topic, continuously, during that hearing?

What does the problem at the border have to do with the texts under discussion?

or the other numerous Trump bashing comments?

How does calling Trump an illegitimate president, as at least one did, apply to the texts of an FBI agent during the campaign?

Did just ONE republican have an answer when he told them he had info on trump and Russia but never mentioned it before the election? From my prospective repubs should be kissing his butt instead of bashing him

prospective?

why are you dodging the question?

It doesn't I didn't think you needed an answer Now answer mine ,,,if you care too...He and comey helped dump win along with the Russians Those republican congress men were just a useless hit squad and as usual when they get the dung flung back in their faces they take offense

Those republican congress men were just a useless hit squad

only useless, (if they were), because their peers on the opposite side of the aisle used their time to bash Trump, instead of doing their jobs.

 

[edward37]

what Representative House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy and House Judicial Committee Chairman Robert Goodlatte did in the the hearing Thursday looks flat-out irresponsible. The Republican lawmakers seemed to be playing games with classified and otherwise non-public information to make the FBI look as if it is refusing reasonable congressional requests. Their bigger goal appeared to be the disruption of the Mueller investigation — or at least, constructing a counter-narrative for (and with) Republican-aligned media. House Republicans stopped benefiting from the presumption that they were acting in good faith long ago (see the never-ending Benghazi investigation or the phony controversy of the Nunes memo). Instead, they’re simply using oversight to fan the flames of implausible and illogical conspiracy theories.

Unfortunately, there is no solution to the problem of panel chairs acting irresponsibly when they have the full support of their party. Normally, the constraint on over-the-top grandstanding is that the party collectively cares about its reputation and won’t support such behavior. If a chair is acting up, the leadership might ask her to tone it down, or even in extreme cases threaten to replace her. 1

That doesn’t work with today’s Republican majority, which has convinced itself there is no such thing as neutral media or other nonpartisan institutions and only cares about party-aligned media such as Fox News or the Rush Limbaugh show. 2 And that’s part of what makes the Republicans so dysfunctional. Their incentive is to please their strongest supporters, and so the normal constraints built into the system don’t operate to push against irresponsible actions.

Chafetz suggests the cure is at the ballot box.

Bloomburg

Unfortunately, there is no solution to the problem of panel chairs acting irresponsibly when they have the full support of their party.

and your opinion of the Left wandering off topic, continuously, during that hearing?

What does the problem at the border have to do with the texts under discussion?

or the other numerous Trump bashing comments?

How does calling Trump an illegitimate president, as at least one did, apply to the texts of an FBI agent during the campaign?

Did just ONE republican have an answer when he told them he had info on trump and Russia but never mentioned it before the election? From my prospective repubs should be kissing his butt instead of bashing him

prospective?

why are you dodging the question?

It doesn't I didn't think you needed an answer Now answer mine ,,,if you care too...He and comey helped dump win along with the Russians Those republican congress men were just a useless hit squad and as usual when they get the dung flung back in their faces they take offense

Those republican congress men were just a useless hit squad

only useless, (if they were), because their peers on the opposite side of the aisle used their time to bash Trump, instead of doing their jobs.

You must not have had your hearing aide on They bashed the republican congress far more than trump One republican even said congress is more disliked than even herpes

 

[Auld Phart]

and your opinion of the Left wandering off topic, continuously, during that hearing?

What does the problem at the border have to do with the texts under discussion?

or the other numerous Trump bashing comments?

How does calling Trump an illegitimate president, as at least one did, apply to the texts of an FBI agent during the campaign?

Did just ONE republican have an answer when he told them he had info on trump and Russia but never mentioned it before the election? From my prospective repubs should be kissing his butt instead of bashing him

prospective?

why are you dodging the question?

It doesn't I didn't think you needed an answer Now answer mine ,,,if you care too...He and comey helped dump win along with the Russians Those republican congress men were just a useless hit squad and as usual when they get the dung flung back in their faces they take offense

Those republican congress men were just a useless hit squad

only useless, (if they were), because their peers on the opposite side of the aisle used their time to bash Trump, instead of doing their jobs.

You must not have had your hearing aide on They bashed the republican congress far more than trump One republican even said congress is more disliked than even herpes

the point is, ed, they were NOT doing their jobs at the Hearing.

(unless their job was politicking)

 

[edward37]

and btw you wanted an answer to your question how about an answer to mine?

 

[danielpalos]

The repubs did irreparable damage to their case. The only thing that really came out is that they have nothing but some of this guys texts, nothing as far as proving he let his opinions affect his job, and the fact that there was no way he could have done anything without someone else catching him.

I forgot to add. I also learned that being a dentist made you an expert in body language and that at least one of the repubs is on some kind of mental therapy drugs.

Right wing Bakers claiming morals; are suspect.