To those of you who are upset with Whitaker, it helps to keep these two things in mind:
1) The Republicans did not demand that Whitaker appear at this hearing, the Democrats did.
2) Whitaker has a limited purpose and he is fulfilling it. He was intended to be a temporary replacement for Sessions.
You need to have reasonable expectations. Now, after Barr is confirmed, we can expect that he’ll make some progress and we can be upset if he doesn’t. But Whitaker is just temporary, a place holder. Sessions had to go, and Rosenstein had to be put back into his DAG spot.
Sick of hearing faux outrage because of Whittaker actually doing his job before an extremely hostile committee. Was he perfect? No. Did he draw a weapon and begin shooting the Dems, starting with Nadler? No.
He did his job, professionally, and without the stupid sneers and obvious contempt that Rosie exhibited. He gave no ground and repeatedly exposed the Dems for the snakes they are. Neither did he provide anyone any grounds or headlines for further delaying Barr’s confirmation. Did he expose any redacted info? No. And Jordan knew he wasn’t going to but got his licks in on Rosie despite that. Any revelation of redacted info would have caused a firestorm and given the Dems/RINOs another excuse to delay Barr.
Whittaker will remain among Barr’s top cadre going forward. Rosie will be allowed to ‘retire’ gracefully after a short grace period. Barr will spend the next few months gaining control of the DoJ/FBI. Unless the SC issues a report and closes, the DoJ is going to be externally quiet while Barr does his homework.
It will be late summer before we know who Barr is – unless the SC shuts down before. Let it be. Trump made his pick. We are all in on Trump. Put the Eeyores out to pasture.
I’m more and more convinced that some here won’t be happy unless mass executions begin tomorrow. Simply isn’t going to happen. We are America, not Nazi Germany. There will be convictions enough before Trump is done with the Deep State. Let it be.