Soon after the January 6 Capitol attack, lawmakers from both parties were eager to endorse establishing a commission to investigate the historic security meltdown.
The only way this will work is by appointing “old school” Republicans like, for example, Tom Kean (who served on the 9/11 Commission). No currently GOP member of Congress should be appointed, given their obvious disdain for the Constitution and for their direct (most of them) culpability for the January 6th Insurrection.
The 9/11 Commission did NOT include Al-Qaida.
Why should the GQP be part of the 1/6 Commission?
Dick… you beat me to it. 
Pillow Guy to the rescue
“If you’re one of the criminals, because maybe you can work out a deal, so you don’t [get] the longest sentences.” Lindell added that it’s “kinda like back to the old mafia days.”
Since both parties agree Keane and Hamilton did a good job on the 9/11 commission, why not let THEM pick the commission. They are old, but both still alive. They would not be part of the investigation, but let them pick bipartisan’s from each party.
Why It’s ‘Nearly Impossible’ For A Capitol Attack Commission To Operate Like The 9/11 One
Here’s another reason. The president testified before the 9/11 commission, with BlamBlam Cheney holding his hand. That they would “testify” together, and then for only something like 15 minutes, was non-negotiable from the white house. Who’s going to hold Twin Peaches’ hand? Roger Stone? He’d be giggling so madly you wouldn’t hear the questions.
The republicans left that would get nominated to the commission are:
Gym Jordan
Matt Gaetz
Lindseymat Graham
one of the R-Glock congresscritters
and just to lend a soupçon of judicial prestige, Neomi Rao, who will issue a 60 page recipriversexclusionary opus stating that the commission is definitionally prohibited from investigating anything unless there is ironclad evidence that a crime has taken place, and clearly there is no such ironclad evidence or there would be no need for an investigation.
I’ll tell you how to form an effective commission: appoint a special counsel, let him or her appoint the team members, and don’t kneecap him this time.
I think we should do exactly what the Republicans would have done had the party positions been reversed. NO REPUBLICAN on the commission unless they are true RINOS.
Bipartisanship in the time of one-sided extremism-and-ultra-cynicism is just more extremism but also stupidity.
For the 1/6 commission to be a true fact-finding mission addressing the question of accountability for the attack, congressional leaders McConnell and Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) would have to be willing to appoint commissioners comfortable enough to put blame on Trump and elected Republicans.
Hahahaha. On several levels.
Also, important to keep in mind, as one of Josh’s correspondents wrote the other day:
If certain conclusions — e.g. that 9/11 could have been prevented had President Bush and his team been paying attention beforehand — were off-limits to the 9/11 Commission, far more intrusive restrictions would burden a Commission assessing January 6.
Everyone should know:
Bush was asleep at the wheel.
That’s not a fact though. That’s simply speculative opinion.
Very OT, but this Twitter thread on brits reacting to all the pharma commercials during the Harry/Meg interview was something!
See above:
Bush to briefer: “All right. You’ve covered your ass, now.”
Your comments add nothing factual. You will be utterly unsuccessful in your efforts. Bush was not given specific info on the attack only a general warning. Whether he should have changed our posture is a different issue.
Yep. Case closed.
Who appoints the appointer?
Bush was asleep at the wheel. The ignoramus didn’t give a shit beforehand. And then there was the ultra cynicism – total exploitation – that followed. Everyone should know that, but they don’t.
Bipartisanship was possible when no elected Republicans supported the terrorist bombing of the Pentagon and World Trade Center, and no elected Democrats accused them of complicity.
Today, ALL Republicans are complicit in the lies about the 2020 election that led to the Jan 6 coup attempt. Most are direct liars about the 2020 election, with a large minority of indirect liars who trojan-horse the direct liars’ lies into the grammatical form of a “question” they’re “just asking.”
Seven Republicans are not liars but their ongoing presence in Washington with “-R” after their names, enables and empowers the rest of the liars.
So there can be no bipartisanship.
