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COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)
Wed Dec 11, 2019, 10:14 AM Dec 2019

It's no mystery to me why Barr has dropped his disguise

and is now unashamedly pimping for Trump.

Barr, among his many other failings happens to be the Roman Catholic equivalent of the worst of the RW fundie evangelists. Barr, an Opus Dei stalwart is convinced that the enemy (i.e. we the Democrats) are forcing the 'secularization' of the United States, a view which he finds totally abhorrent. To remedy this Barr is prepared, just like his fundie counterparts, to ride the Trump pony so long as doing so gets him closer to his goal of a quasi-religious state. I don't know if it's a sign of desperation or a sign of increaed confidence that Barr feels it necessary to maneuver the Ukraine fantasy to affect the coming presidential elections but in either case he has dropped all pretense now. Along with his hand-picked US attorney he is preparing the release of the "real" report on the Ukraine scandal wherein the FBI is full of nefarious deep staters dreaming only of removing President Trump by coup and which clearly demonstrates that Ukraine, not our Russian allies and friends messed with the 2016 election. This will be released in Spring/Summer of 2020, just at the right time to muddy not only our candidate but also confuse the general public. I don't know if Durham's motivation is relisious or simply the promise of a federal judgeship but he's also willing to sacrifice his otherwise sterling reputation in the service of Trump and Barr's lies.

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awesomerwb1

(4,267 posts)
4. A letter is way too harsh
Wed Dec 11, 2019, 10:28 AM
Dec 2019

Perhaps a tweet because you don't really want to upset the fine American patriot.

dlk

(11,564 posts)
3. Barr & McConnell are systematically dismantling our democracy
Wed Dec 11, 2019, 10:23 AM
Dec 2019

They and their enablers are remaking our country in their fundamentalist and reactionary image. These zealots are extremely dangerous and the mainstream media is blithely following them along like the pied piper.

underthematrix

(5,811 posts)
7. Barr's father was Jewish and converted to Catholicism
Wed Dec 11, 2019, 10:31 AM
Dec 2019

Robert Hanssen, a convicted Russian spy was also a member of Opus Dei and a serious world class pervert. Watch the movie BREACH to see how they caught him.

Raster

(20,998 posts)
9. Unfortunately, members of Opus Dei are convinced they are doing god's work...
Wed Dec 11, 2019, 10:43 AM
Dec 2019

...and the end always justifies the means. Even if you or I don't believe in their sad, sordid, sky fairy myth, they are determined to shove it down our throats and government.

Religion, like most opiates, needs to be carefully prescribed and closely monitored.

UTUSN

(70,687 posts)
11. Was it in the late '90s, the conversion of Spooks & Robert NOVAKula & Laura INGRAHAM?
Wed Dec 11, 2019, 10:50 AM
Dec 2019

When INGRAHAM converted, she went under the radar for a year or two, supposedly to let the conversion vaccine take hold (or perhaps the cancer treatments). So when she surfaced, I peered at the t.v. attempting to see whether she had been cleansed of the vitriol, hatred, viciousness, bile, etc. For the first year or so she was just a bit more subdued while still toe-ing the hard wingnut line. But she had started wearing the gold cross, and her website said she donated proceeds of the cross to The Little Sisters of the Poor. So, I Googled for the Sisters and called a number to ask them what spirituality a convert would be showing signs of - such as "imitation of Christ" behavior, meaning lack of vitriol/etc. I informed the Mother Superior of INGRAHAM's relationship to that Order. She said she had no idea of who INGRAHAM is and no knowledge of her being a benefactor.

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Raven

(13,891 posts)
8. Barr's ultimate goal is a seat on the Supreme Court which
Wed Dec 11, 2019, 10:41 AM
Dec 2019

he believes he will get if he can keep Trump in office for another term. He will do anything for that because it will advance the work of Opus Dei which, as the name clearly means, is the work of God.

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