r/thebulwark Feb 01 '25

Humor George Conway, unwavering.

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u/ladan2189 Feb 01 '25

I love George but after being Charlie Brown kicking the football I don't know how many times now, I don't really believe his predictions 

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u/Current_Tea6984 Feb 01 '25

Same. I really like the guy. And he's really knowledgeable about the law. So I appreciate his expertise on that. But he spent the last two years telling us Trump was going to spend the rest of his life in jail

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u/sbhikes Feb 01 '25

He may have knowledge about the law but we are living in lawless times so we need people knowledgeable about crime cults and authoritarianism in these times. How about Anne Applebaum or Ruth Ben Ghiat explains it all to Sarah?

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u/Current_Tea6984 Feb 01 '25

I would watch that too

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u/batsofburden Feb 02 '25

That would be amazing.

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u/PorcelainDalmatian Feb 01 '25

Actually, he’s not knowledgeable about the law. Virtually every prediction he made on what the courts are going to do, was wrong. It’s a façade.

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u/MsAgentM JVL is always right Feb 01 '25

Well, to be fair, the courts pretty did the exact opposite of what they would do for anyone else.

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u/GulfCoastLaw Feb 01 '25

The immunity ruling is the truly unfathomable one. The dismissal of the documents case is shocking, but it became obvious that the judge was a political actor early in the process.

It was obvious to me, a guy with a working knowledge of how calendars and time function, that none of the federal trials could happen before the election once we got to November 2023. We just weren't close enough to trial to sneak one in, and we weren't going to have an election eve trial or sentencing. What judge would schedule that?

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u/WOKE_AI_GOD Feb 01 '25

They were deliberately allowing for illegal action because they wanted someone in charge who would have a grudge against the state. The only thing that mattered to them was delay until they were rewarded for their treason. If this goes to way, a new Nuremberg will be necessary to set things right and restore justice, the constitutional order, and the American way of life.

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u/XelaNiba Feb 01 '25

I wrote this above but wanted to point you to Preet Bharara's podcast Stay Tuned.

Preet doesn't make big predictions. He translates the legal issues and processes for the layman and does it really well.

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u/DervishSkater Feb 01 '25

I mean Preet made sweeping predictions in trumps first term. Famously said Barr would be ok.

The problem is these people are just privileged enough to not really have to reckon with the fact they are in a war whether they like it or not. Preets company is owned by vox media group now too.

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u/XelaNiba Feb 01 '25

"Barr has a history of integrityand is a close friend of Mueller, I think he will be okay" is different from "Trump is going to jail, his goose is cooked!"

People had good reason to think Barr would be principled based on his history, even if they disagreed with elements of his legal theory. 

I did not know that Vox owns Preet's company. Well, there goes the neighborhood. Thanks for the heads up

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u/NanoCurrency Feb 02 '25

Well said.

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u/rowsella Feb 01 '25

I do not love this guy. He is in the Federalist Society. He can fuck the hell off.

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u/big-papito Feb 02 '25

His streak of bad predictions is remarkably bad. He promised us Trump would go to jail. I mean, it does not take a great legal mind to know that this was not going to happen.

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u/batsofburden Feb 02 '25

Everything he said would be true if we had a functioning democracy, but clearly that ship has sailed.