The Devin Nunes You Don’t Know

March 05, 2018, 08:12 AM

It’s been a long road for the House Intelligence Committee chairman, now at the center of the political hurricane.

The odds are good that until recently you had barely heard of House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes. By congressional standards, he was obscure; last month, Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer kept mispronouncing Nunes’s surname. (It is NEW-nes, not NOON-yez.) The tumultuous presidency of Donald Trump catapulted the once-little-known congressman into the harshest glares of the Washington spotlight, and his critics contend that he’s comically underqualified for his role and the moment.

House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi dismisses Nunes as “a stooge of the White House.”

[Lengthy, very good article continues here.]

Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.

When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson

"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown

March 05, 2018, 08:32 AM

TigerDore

Oh my, Pelosi goes straight for the invective. How original and substantive.

Thanks, for the article, JALLEN. That reads just about like a real life "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington". I have more respect for Mr. Nunes than I did before.

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March 05, 2018, 08:34 AM

benny6

quote:
Originally posted by JALLEN:
The tumultuous presidency of Donald Trump catapulted the once-little-known congressman into the harshest glares of the Washington spotlight, and his critics contend that he’s comically underqualified for his role and the moment.

House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi dismisses Nunes as “a stooge of the White House.”

In other words, he's not corrupt yet.

Tony.

March 05, 2018, 10:09 AM

Sig2340

quote:
House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi dismisses Nunes as “a stooge of the White House.”

She's still pissed someone dropped a house on her sister.

March 05, 2018, 11:12 AM

Test1968

I watched an interview with him on TV last night. He came across as knowledgeable, clear, concise and level headed. Not to mention he REALLY slammed DOJ for relying so much on the Steele dossier without proper disclosure as to source

March 05, 2018, 11:22 AM

roberth

quote:
Originally posted by TigerDore:
Oh my, Pelosi goes straight for the invective. How original and substantive.

Thanks, for the article, JALLEN. That reads just about like a real life "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington". I have more respect for Mr. Nunes than I did before.

Communists can't argue facts, their only recourse is name-calling.