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Home Front: Politix
Senate Democrats reject Lieberman for FBI director
2017-05-19
[POLITICO] President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
 may be dramatically miscalculating how much support Sen. Joseph Holy Joe Lieberman
...what a Democrat maverick would look like if the Democrats had mavericks...
 has among his former fellow wardheelers to become FBI director.

Some Senate Democrats hold a grudge against Lieberman for his rightward turn and opposition to some of President Barack Obama
Ready to Rule from Day One...
's agenda late in his Senate career. Others say even though they respect Lieberman, the FBI director should not be a former politician. And all Democratic senators interviewed for this story said the former Connecticut senator lacks the kind of experience needed for the post.

The 2000 Democratic vice presidential candidate, who later caucused with the party as an independent in the Senate after losing his 2006 Senate primary, has emerged as a front-runner to replace fired FBI Director James Comey. But Lieberman's nomination would likely produce the most partisan vote for an FBI chief in Senate history. Typically, nominees for the job have been approved unanimously or with token opposition.
Rep. Trey Gowdy took his name off the list on Monday. I'm happy about both -- the FBI needs an experienced manager to overcome the bad habits of the last eight years.
Posted by:Fred

#16  "I notice McCain and Pelosi both are acting dain-bramaged"

Acting, #11?
Posted by: Barbara   2017-05-19 21:31  

#15  Chief David Brown sounds like a great nominee. He is a well educated professional, and has had much interaction with the FBI.

Another no-nonsense nominee would be Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clark. We need no BS type folks that are not denizens or previous denizens of the swamp. Retreads like Lieberman are a joke.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2017-05-19 19:47  

#14  #11 so I notice McCain and Pelosi both are acting dain-bramaged; you supposed we've reached the Boomer expiry date?

Well, they're actually both members of the Silent Generation--like Charles Manson and Bernadine Dohrn.
Posted by: charger   2017-05-19 18:58  

#13  Sheriff Joe or David Clarke! Watch them explode
Posted by: Silentbrick   2017-05-19 14:46  

#12  I dunno about any expiration date. McCain and Pelosi both lost their marbles a long, long time ago.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2017-05-19 14:17  

#11  so I notice McCain and Pelosi both are acting dain-bramaged; you supposed we've reached the Boomer expiry date?
Posted by: Clotle Snolutch5966   2017-05-19 13:03  

#10  This morning on CBS I saw John McCain endorsing Lieberman. That's enough for me...Lieberman is unacceptable.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2017-05-19 11:47  

#9  "It's a Trick! He's giving us what we wanted"
Posted by: Frank G   2017-05-19 11:33  

#8  The Democrats reject Lieberman because he is a Democrat. Their line, that their people strongly believe, is that Trump is out to destroy our Constitution and create a right wing police state. This would presumably have to be done through the FBI. Appointing a Democrat to head the FBI makes that claim almost impossible to believe.
Naturally, the Democrats have to oppose it. Such an appointment makes their antics seem malevolent or absurd to all but imbeciles.
Posted by: Daniel   2017-05-19 11:14  

#7  National Counter-Terrorism Seminar in Tel Aviv

Disqualified!!!
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-05-19 08:59  

#6  but out of the whole FBI, you cannot find a technical expert to fill that rank?

You don't reward Deep State. The old 'reward failure, you get more failure' approach gets you what you have in the swamp. One of the reasons people voted Trump.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2017-05-19 08:19  

#5  I'd like to see a strong cop as director; one who has allegiance to the Constitution, a non-partisan, is respected within and outside the FBI and one who loves his country, the USA...and dear Santa, a pony.
Posted by: JohnQC   2017-05-19 08:14  

#4  Chief Brown show US how it is done.
but out of the whole FBI, you cannot find a technical expert to fill that rank?

What the fr#$k Trump. These appointments cannot be un-filled.
Posted by: newc   2017-05-19 01:54  

#3  

I nominate politically neutral, non-showboat, Chief David Brown.

From Wikipedia.com:

A Dallas native, Brown is a graduate of South Oak Cliff High School and attended the University of Texas at Austin before enrolling in the Dallas police academy, originally with the intention of becoming a prosecutor.[3] He earned a Bachelor of Science from Dallas Baptist University, in 1999 and an MBA from Amberton University, in 2001 and graduated from the FBI National Academy and the FBI National Executive Institute, the Senior Management Institute for Police, the National Counter-Terrorism Seminar in Tel Aviv, and the United States Secret Service dignitary protection seminar. He is certified by the State of Texas as a master peace officer and a police instructor.
Posted by: Slaiper Angenter5275   2017-05-19 01:20  

#2  Aaaand once again Trump trolls the party of asses.
Posted by: gorb   2017-05-19 01:18  

#1  Yes. Look at Law Enforcement people to fill that slot. Lie in the FBI. And stop listening to the idiocrats on anything important.
They are all stupid, ignorant, brainwashed, and un-able to learn.

Democrats are what is wrong with the world.
Posted by: newc   2017-05-19 00:32  

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