Could it be that Barr is looking for his last hurrah?

[lillypaddle]

It sounds harsh, but let's face it, he literally begged for the job of AG. He was a has-been and now he has all of this attention. Maybe he and trump are two attention whores, two peas from the same pod.

Damn, why else would he be doing what he is doing? No one had really heard of him before now, he's trying to make a name for himself.

Am I off base?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

1. Its almost like he's been captured and has Stockholm syndrome to me. Like

someone will kill his family if he doesn't do what Trussia says to do.

Remember - Russia has a large vested interest in this report too.

[lillypaddle]

4. Yeah, BUT

he hasn't been around THAT long, has he? Something is very wrong here, though, that is without a doubt.

Each day just gets worse. I'm dreaming about this shit.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

13. Well, he did get Bush et al out of iran contra mess. The man has a perverted idea

of what a president should be allowed to do. And he's a big pardon proponent.

But, you are right - he hasn't been in government since 1993 - 25 years ?? Perhaps, like someone says, he missed the govt hoopla and it's his last hurrah. To be smart enough to get another big shot off.

Reminds me - where's Jeff Sessions? Someone needs to interview him !

I agree on losing sleep over all this. It's like a nightmare every single day - and they get worse. We should be spending time securing/certifying voting machines in every purple state. It would be nice not to rely on MI WI and PA (where he probably stole before) 4 more years of him will probably equal 4 years off our lives. (maybe more).

[lillypaddle]

15. This nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. That's what's so puzzling.

He really wasn't a has-been; he was well-known in GOP and government circles and was in private law practice making money hand over fist. I thought - mistakenly, as it turned out - that he wouldn't want to shit all over his reputation by not only working for Trump but by covering for him, and that he'd want to be remembered as an Archibald Cox and not as a Robert Bork. So I'm still baffled at his motive.

[lillypaddle]

5. Before he became trumps AG

I doubt that many people had heard of him outside of the legal/DOJ community. I've been around since Nixon, and I hadn't heard of him.

But you're right, it is indeed puzzling that he is all in on trump's conspiracy theories. SMDH.

[COLGATE4]

7. You can't forget that he is a fervent Federalist Society jerkoff

to the core. He completely believes in the cockamamie theory of the "Unitary Executive" whereby, if the President does it, it's legal. He theorizes that there really no legal constraints on the power of the President and being Dumpy's A.G. gives him the opportunity to put all his 'theories' into practice. It was clear from the moment he wrote his 18 page 'job application' that he was begging for the chance to be Asshole's A.G. No one is as crazy as a crazed ideologue and he is certainly one.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

14. And if we could have gotten 3 more republicans to vote no at confirmation and held

our Dems who crossed over - he wouldn't be there. But, his low key style and trickiness made his letter sound so innocuous at the hearing. It never was.

[True Blue American]

11. Barr hid all The Iran/Contra mess.

Had Bush pardon them all. He is a long time cover up Meister.

[Vinca]

3. If he is, his "last hurrah" will amount to being considered a cult-following nut.

[njhoneybadger]

6. He's looking for his "Red Ryder Carbine Action 200 Shot Range Model air rifle"

that he never got 60 years ago and is still pissed about it.

John Fugelsang comes up with some good ones

[FM123]

8. He did it for his kids. "Bill Barr To Become Caporegime With Own Family Within Trump Crime Family"

Above The Law: Daughter and son-in-law to take key positions protecting Trump from ever facing justice.

https://abovethelaw.com/2019/02/bill-barr-nepotism-corruption/

[nuxvomica]

9. I think Trump has drawn out all the authoritarians

Barr is a well-known authoritarian enabler from the Iran-Contra days and I think he wants to get in on the ground-floor at this second bite of the apple for an authoritarian takeover. Trump is like the summer rain that draws all the worms out of the ground.

[jdu]

10. No but

Barr is and has always been to save the GOP at any cost Cover-up is his specialty

[mercuryblues]

12. Think Supreme Court appointment

[lillypaddle]

16. OMFG

Shoot me now!!!!!

ETA: upon reflection, maybe THAT'S what he's after.