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More Nonsense

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Or more Progressive-Democrat contempt for conservative women.  On tour to promote her book, Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri says about the election outcome,

It does show that we don’t have any models for our young girls and young women who are coming up in the world now to look at for how to lead.

Sure.  Because Condoleezza Rice, Provost of Stanford University, ex-NSA, and ex-Secretary of State is such a terrible role model.

Because Nikki Haley, ex-State Representative in the South Carolina House, ex-Governor of South Carolina, and current UN Ambassador is such a terrible role model.

Because Sarah Palin, ex-Governor of Alaska and 2008 Vice Presidential candidate is such a terrible role model.

Because Carly Fiorina, ex-Hewlett-Packard CEO and 2016 Presidential candidate is such a terrible role model.

Because Elaine Chao, ex-Deputy Secretary of Transportation, ex-Peace Corps Director, ex-Labor Secretary, and current Labor Secretary is such a terrible role model.

Because Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn (R, TN) and current Senate candidate is such a terrible role model.

Because Pam Bondi, Florida Attorney General is such a terrible role model.

Because Joni Ernst, Lt Col (USA, Ret), ex-Iowa State Senator, and current Senator is such a terrible role model.

Because Alveda King, State Congresswoman in Georgia’s House of Representatives, is such a terrible role model.

Because the late Jeane Kirkpatrick, ex-UN Ambassador, is such a terrible role model.

Because Mia Love, Congresswoman from Utah is such a terrible role model.

Because Susana Martinez, Governor of New Mexico, is such a terrible role model.

The list goes on; I’ve only begun to start scratching the surface.

But the Progressive-Democrat says “we don’t have any models for our young girls and young women…to look at for how to lead.”

Hmm….

A Good Move

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions has declined, for now, to appoint a special counselor to investigate DoJ and FBI handling of the Hillary Clinton email “investigation” and other matters.

Instead, Sessions has gone one better.  He’s appointed John Huber, US Attorney for the District of Utah, and so not a denizen of the Beltway (like Special Counselor Robert Mueller is) to investigate the nature of the FBI’s surveillance of Carter Page and connections, if any, between the Clinton Foundation and Uranium One, and to work with the DoJ IG to look into the FBI’s handling of Clinton’s email fiasco and the FBI’s interaction with the FISA star chamber court.

In essence, Huber’s appointment is equivalent to a special counselor appointment, but without the political baggage (although some will try to create baggage on the basis of his not being formally a special counselor).

While the IG has the expertise it needs to look into these matters, he can’t compel testimony, and he can’t prosecute, although his findings certainly can be used by an Attorney General to conduct prosecutions.  Huber, though, can compel testimony as part of his investigation and his work with the IG, and he can prosecute miscreants.  The two investigations—his own and his work with the IG—will produce all the results of a special counselor without serious political baggage.

The downside of special prosecutor assignments, whether explicit as with Robert Mueller, or tacit as with this appointment, is the lack of specificity of the assignment.  Sessions needs to lay out clearly the scope of Huber’s new assignment, including, especially, sharp boundaries for that scope, with no gray areas or penumbras surrounding it.