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PandoraAwakened

(905 posts)
Sun Mar 24, 2019, 09:44 PM Mar 2019

Barr Memo Reveals Semantics of Whitewashing 101

Last edited Wed Mar 27, 2019, 03:55 PM - Edit history (1)

Barr says he's quoting Mueller when he says "[T]he investigation did not establish that Trump campaign members conspired and coordinated with the Russian GOVERNMENT in its election interference activities."

The key word here, of course, is "government." What Barr and his Republiscum cohorts are counting on is that most Americans don't understand the nature of exactly how Russia operates in the post-Soviet era. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, Putin's government does can be directly traced to it as a governing body. All is done through oligarchs, cutouts, and shell companies.

So, semantically speaking, I'm sure this statement, whose sole purpose is to whitewash American idiots, is actually technically correct.

If you don't understand this, I strongly suggest you give yourself a crash course in Iran-Contra where you can pluck from the documents of the time many such jewels of semantic whitewashing...many, in fact, written by Barr himself.

Note: For those not schooled in contemporary U.S. history, Bill Barr was the Federalist Society fixer brought on as George H.W. Bush's Attorney General to shut down the Iran-contra scandal (which occurred in the previous Reagan administration while Daddy Bush was VP).

Congressional investigations pointed to direct involvement in the affair by both Bush and Reagan. Barr supervised a massive cover-up involving evidence suppression, redaction of information for public consumption, and, ultimately, pardons for all the men who were in a position to finger both Bush and Reagan.

Most importantly, Barr's main job was to distance the Federalist Society from the affair and to tamp down any public discussion of how this organization had instigated a takeover of the Republican Party in the 1980s---an organization whose ideology and members led directly to the Iran-Contra affair occurring in the first place.

If anyone really wants to know how this latest Federalist Society debacle with tRump (no, he's not a member, just a useful idiot) is going to turn out, one only needs to study the cover-ups of Iran-Contra, 9/11 and Saudi Arabia, and Iraqgate. There's more, but this is the short list.

Spoiler Alert: The Federalist Society always gets away with it.

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Barr Memo Reveals Semantics of Whitewashing 101 (Original Post) PandoraAwakened Mar 2019 OP
Rec & Kick! skylucy Mar 2019 #1
Forgot the rep's name NewJeffCT Mar 2019 #2
Ah yes, the old "Bracket T" trick... PandoraAwakened Mar 2019 #4
Former federal prosecutor John Flannery and Ari Melber BigmanPigman Mar 2019 #8
Reading the complete report would clear that up. wasupaloopa Mar 2019 #3
Agreed PandoraAwakened Mar 2019 #5
Gaslighting 101 stefan Mar 2019 #6
Good one! PandoraAwakened Mar 2019 #9
He is smarter and slimier than Whitaker... BigmanPigman Mar 2019 #7
Slimy isn't even the half of who Barr really is PandoraAwakened Mar 2019 #13
Wow...good find Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2019 #10
K&R, RELEASE THE FULL REPORT !!! uponit7771 Mar 2019 #11
Exactly! There is a thread on an editorial by Gary Kasparov re. Russian "business" Russian gov't eppur_se_muova Mar 2019 #12
Yes, a worthy read PandoraAwakened Mar 2019 #14
k and r niyad Mar 2019 #15

NewJeffCT

(56,827 posts)
2. Forgot the rep's name
Sun Mar 24, 2019, 09:48 PM
Mar 2019

but, they also said that none of Barr's quotes of Mueller are a complete sentence - so, he was parsing whatever was in the report with partial sentences

PandoraAwakened

(905 posts)
4. Ah yes, the old "Bracket T" trick...
Sun Mar 24, 2019, 09:57 PM
Mar 2019

Last edited Mon Mar 25, 2019, 12:23 AM - Edit history (3)

Just saw that Barr used the "[T]" in front of supposed quotes, another obscure semantic sleight-of-hand that most Americans don't understand. It means the highlighted quote is only part of what was actually said.

BigmanPigman

(51,432 posts)
8. Former federal prosecutor John Flannery and Ari Melber
Sun Mar 24, 2019, 10:48 PM
Mar 2019

were discussing the [T] and what it meant...partial sentences taken out of context to appease the fucking moron who hired him for this single purpose. He gave his opinion, a biased one at that, and NOT a summary.

PandoraAwakened

(905 posts)
5. Agreed
Sun Mar 24, 2019, 10:05 PM
Mar 2019

No doubt, but as any American history buff will tell you, you're still going to have to read between the lines and have a good grasp of semantic whitewashing to understand what is actually going on.

BigmanPigman

(51,432 posts)
7. He is smarter and slimier than Whitaker...
Sun Mar 24, 2019, 10:45 PM
Mar 2019

we knew his OPINION would be biased since this is why he was hired.

PandoraAwakened

(905 posts)
13. Slimy isn't even the half of who Barr really is
Mon Mar 25, 2019, 10:55 AM
Mar 2019

We are where we are today with Trump because of the coverup Barr supervised that stopped George H.W. Bush from ever having to answer for the Iran-Contra crimes he engaged in as Reagan's VP.

Barr is essentially the consigliere of the Rethuglican Party. He's the "made man" who the big guns bring in when the party itself is threatened.

Make no mistake about it, neither Barr nor Mueller actually give a rat's ass about Trump. It's all about saving the criminal enterprise known as the Republican Party.

For those of you who are still here 20 to 30 years from now, you will at that time be reading in-depth reports and watching documentaries about how this national nightmare we are currently sleepwalking through is at its core an exercise in covering up massive Russian money laundering through the coffers of the Republican Party.

It's really not much different than the post-9/11 cover-up of the massive Saudi money laundering into this same political party. As I remember it, our feckless FBI director at that time was all-in on ensuring this information was redacted from the "reports" fed to the masses about why the towers had to fall. I think that guy's last name was Mueller...oh, and the Deputy AG at the time was named Comey.

Thick as thieves, these guys.

eppur_se_muova

(36,227 posts)
12. Exactly! There is a thread on an editorial by Gary Kasparov re. Russian "business" Russian gov't
Mon Mar 25, 2019, 10:35 AM
Mar 2019

It describes how Putin and his ilk take advantage of the FALSE dichotomy between state and "private citizens" to exploit the weaknesses of lawful democratic societies. Well worth a read.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211953340

PandoraAwakened

(905 posts)
14. Yes, a worthy read
Mon Mar 25, 2019, 11:49 AM
Mar 2019

Also eye-opening is the Christopher Wylie (former Cambridge Analytica) tweet in the Comments section of that OP.

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