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Badass AG Merrick Garland Appreciation Thread (Original Post) ancianita Aug 2022 OP
He was a badass today Ohio Joe Aug 2022 #1
He has boxed Trump in .... end of story. Botany Aug 2022 #2
Some folks might want to check this out Ocelot II Aug 2022 #3
No Kidding! My Sincere Appreciation Cha Aug 2022 #17
Like Jody Hamilton always said rebe303 Aug 2022 #50
Can't describe how happy I am to have been so very wrong. onecaliberal Aug 2022 #22
And, Mahalo for Cha Aug 2022 #51
Only those who wish to preserve their integrity will dine at the Crow Caf. Nt Fiendish Thingy Aug 2022 #23
👍🏼 IrishAfricanAmerican Aug 2022 #4
The communication begins tirebiter Aug 2022 #5
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL! 🤣 dixiechiken1 Aug 2022 #24
!!! Jade Fox Aug 2022 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author yellowcanine Aug 2022 #7
Please stop using slurs against women as synonyms for cowardice. niyad Aug 2022 #13
+1 wnylib Aug 2022 #26
A fav. Line ..Do not assume my silence for acceptance...kids knew I knew.... asiliveandbreathe Aug 2022 #8
For the last 6 months I have said I want him to do more BigmanPigman Aug 2022 #9
Garland is a Ninja A.G. WheelWalker Aug 2022 #10
. . . niyad Aug 2022 #11
Your sig line says it all. Thanks. ancianita Aug 2022 #12
You are most welcome. niyad Aug 2022 #14
i was actually pondering an OP about this. barbtries Aug 2022 #15
Dear AG Garland Leghorn21 Aug 2022 #16
Thank you for your service, AG Garland. nt TigressDem Aug 2022 #18
Absolutely relayerbob Aug 2022 #19
So glad I couldn't have been more wrong about him. onecaliberal Aug 2022 #20
It took a while EnergizedLib Aug 2022 #21
I was wrong. Dead wrong. dixiechiken1 Aug 2022 #25
Thank you for your excellent work, AG Garland. wnylib Aug 2022 #27
We were scared because he was so methodical that the wheels of justice weren't grinding. halfulglas Aug 2022 #28
Mary Trump called Garland a Ninja Joinfortmill Aug 2022 #29
Many people here myself included, nycbos Aug 2022 #30
Yes!!! paleotn Aug 2022 #31
Thank you, Mitch McConnell! Staph Aug 2022 #32
RIGHT?? ancianita Aug 2022 #35
I'm thrilled to say my doubts were misplaced. BadgerMom Aug 2022 #33
K&R MustLoveBeagles Aug 2022 #34
Thank you, Merrick Garland. raging moderate Aug 2022 #36
He truly impressed me. Bluepinky Aug 2022 #37
slow smooth strut there, indeed. peacebuzzard Aug 2022 #38
i think he's just the assassin we need. esp since that turd thought he was another boy scout. mopinko Aug 2022 #39
👊👊 TFRD Aug 2022 #40
HE DA MAN! BlueWavePsych Aug 2022 #41
I owe my deepest apologies to this man. AllyCat Aug 2022 #42
From one introvert to another, thank you, AG Garland, for showing that "still waters kick ass!" LaMouffette Aug 2022 #43
I just watched. Couldn't yesterday AKwannabe Aug 2022 #44
Thank you AG Garland! Ruby Zee Aug 2022 #45
Following the law. Not Barrish, i.e., using the law for cronies. Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2022 #46
Not Barrish. Love it. ancianita Aug 2022 #47
Thank you, AG Garland, for showing the doubters that ShazzieB Aug 2022 #48
yep llashram Aug 2022 #49

Cha

(297,676 posts)
17. No Kidding! My Sincere Appreciation
Thu Aug 11, 2022, 07:36 PM
Aug 2022

to those who Took AG Merrick Garland at his word.. and gave him Time to Do things his Way! :💙

Response to ancianita (Original post)

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
8. A fav. Line ..Do not assume my silence for acceptance...kids knew I knew....
Thu Aug 11, 2022, 07:00 PM
Aug 2022

Or as Ari said today do not take my kindness for weakness...

They did!!!!!

BigmanPigman

(51,627 posts)
9. For the last 6 months I have said I want him to do more
Thu Aug 11, 2022, 07:01 PM
Aug 2022

before the midterms. I'm glad to say that I apologize for being skeptical in the past and I am glad to see him taking control in the public announcements. His statements show that he is confident in his work so far and will continue.

barbtries

(28,811 posts)
15. i was actually pondering an OP about this.
Thu Aug 11, 2022, 07:31 PM
Aug 2022

Garland has so much class I know we'll never see him crowing, but I hope when he gets home he and his wife have a good long laugh. Trump is such an ass and so thoroughly criminal. Merrick Garland just showed him his ass.

dixiechiken1

(2,113 posts)
25. I was wrong. Dead wrong.
Thu Aug 11, 2022, 08:02 PM
Aug 2022

And I've never been happier in my life to be so, so wrong. That was some BAD. ASS. SHIT.

Holy fuck.

halfulglas

(1,654 posts)
28. We were scared because he was so methodical that the wheels of justice weren't grinding.
Thu Aug 11, 2022, 08:42 PM
Aug 2022

But they were quiet in a noisy environment (made worse by Trump's deliberate chaos). Our AG is getting things done.

Staph

(6,253 posts)
32. Thank you, Mitch McConnell!
Thu Aug 11, 2022, 09:13 PM
Aug 2022

For denying Merrick Garland a seat on the Supreme Court, so that he can deftly and legally dismantle TFG and his political machine!


ancianita

(36,137 posts)
35. RIGHT??
Thu Aug 11, 2022, 09:39 PM
Aug 2022

Seriously! Mitch McConnell for the DOJ, and McCarthy for the Jan 6 Committee.

It's gotta be their karma -- where asshole leaders are so dumb and conflict driven, they help the good guys in the end.




mopinko

(70,222 posts)
39. i think he's just the assassin we need. esp since that turd thought he was another boy scout.
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 08:24 AM
Aug 2022

said about mueller- they sent a boy scout to do an assassin's job.
i've been praying the same mistake wont be made. if there's a special prosecutor, i'm hoping for andrew weisemann, or the guy who quit sdny. or maybe pak from atlanta.
folks who've already seen the criming up close and are already over the shock.

TFRD

(205 posts)
40. 👊👊
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 10:22 AM
Aug 2022

It was an excellent move: (1) because it shows "The People" that "something" is being done and (2) "The People's" AG is not playing around with "Words", "threats", etc.!

No Tolerance!

(~÷)
Tony!

AllyCat

(16,223 posts)
42. I owe my deepest apologies to this man.
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 11:30 AM
Aug 2022

I hoped he was working behind the scenes, but it didn't look like anything was happening.

It WAS. He was ON IT.

I am sorry for my doubt and words of complaint.

LaMouffette

(2,039 posts)
43. From one introvert to another, thank you, AG Garland, for showing that "still waters kick ass!"
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 01:38 PM
Aug 2022

So many of us (myself included, I'm afraid) were afraid that due to your quiet persona you would not be up to the task of taking down the Bloated One.

Thank you for proving that we "innies" should not be underestimated in our ability to take on the bullies of the world.

AKwannabe

(5,679 posts)
44. I just watched. Couldn't yesterday
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 01:40 PM
Aug 2022

I am glad he came out for the people in the trenches.

….Ever hopeful of an ironclad case against the former piece of shit.

ShazzieB

(16,517 posts)
48. Thank you, AG Garland, for showing the doubters that
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 03:57 PM
Aug 2022

It's not over til it's over!

I understand being afraid to get one's hopes up (been there, done that, got the fugly tshirt). But to assume that Garland was doing nothing just because we couldn't see what he was doing never made any sense to me. I never felt sure about how things were going to turn out, but giving up would have felt like walking out in the middle of a movie. I didn't know how it was going to end; I just wanted to wait and see.

And it still isn't over yet. To paraphrase the great Winston Churchill, this isn't the end. It's not even the beginning of the end, but it is the end of the beginning. I will be sitting here till the closing credits roll, waiting to see how the whole thing plays out.

llashram

(6,265 posts)
49. yep
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 04:57 PM
Aug 2022

I admit I was on a couple of occasions losing it, yet AG Garland is playing an excellent game of chess with orange little hands. He did it just right.

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