With Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA) poised to leave the Senate at the end of the year, the chamber’s Ethics Committee will need a new leader.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1265727
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1265727
1 Like
Like the right thing, or your fucking job.
70 Likes
Yup. Some mighty powerful and daunting ethical challenges there, especially all the lying to the public. Like looking for a chicken coop guard when all the candidates are foxes and coyotes.
51 Likes
Re: Roberts
It says a lot, that a departing senator, who should have no more f—ks to give, is reticent to take that role.
Oh well
29 Likes
They should just appoint a Democrat.
Why?
Because it doesn’t matter who the chair of the committee is, the Republican leadership in the Senate isn’t going to pay any attention to any report coming out of the committee.
43 Likes
Perhaps just take a page from the Trump book and appoint an acting chairperson.
Or leave the position empty.
After all, ethics is pretty far down the list of things Republicans care about or think has any importance or place in government … unless applied to a Democrat, especially on a made up or inflated accusation.
43 Likes
No guts, no nuts and definitely no ethics.
6 Likes
Courage and patriotism have never been their long suit.
22 Likes
Republicans and Ethics?
That’s like asking a cockroach to flip on the kitchen light at a Trump resort.
65 Likes
What’s the problem? It has to be the biggest do-nothing job in the Senate when the role is Republicans chastising Republicans, an unethical senator overseeing the antics of colleagues without ethics.
10 Likes
It’s funny.
And the really funny part (for the GOP) is (a) that it’s perfectly logical and (b) that the GOP is continually rewarded for the behavior which makes it incontrovertible.
15 Likes
This is basically an admission that The GOP,and Trump are entirely corrupt and they all know it and are not willing to do anything about it. Its a wonderful world we live in.
37 Likes
Jeez… you have the most arcane, archaic notions rambling around in your head. Who thinks of such things anymore?
18 Likes
Don’t worry, unpatriotic cowards – soon enough you’ll be in the minority, so it’ll be a Democrat who will head the committee. Keep your heads down 'til then.
22 Likes
It may be the least surprising and most logical of any post-caveman story in Human History.
8 Likes
This right here is TRUTH for the morning.
4 Likes
Can we get a laugh track installed on TPM, please? 
17 Likes
There would be a joke in this story somewhere were it not so damned pathetic.
12 Likes
Elsewhere in the unethical Trumposphere. Basically, Barr did exonerate Trump, but through a proxy, PR manager Kerri Kupec, to whom he unethically delegated his accountability to a person without either the hierarchical position or knowledge to bear it.
40 Likes
This is an excellent argument for abolishing the Ethics Committee and delegating its duties to an independent entity.
23 Likes