The thing the got me with that quote is that Barr Philosophy also involves using power to design a utopia 'as he views was defined by the founding fathers', and having the power to do so which appears to 'turn him on' - recognizing that proving what turns on one person or a group on would be difficult.
rightleft22, you're not actually stating Barr's philosophy. He's not a SC justice imposing originalism on law enforcement. He's a prosecutor that believes prosecution requires application of the law, fairness to everyone and evidence before you bring charges.
Describing that as a lust for power is just absurd.
Where do you see Barr actually applying DOJ resources to impose a vision? To use the power? He's using it hold the DOJ accountable to it's actual mission - to enforce the laws (passed by Congress and signed by the President) as they were written by Congress. This is not an abstract group of dead people, but rather a living body with full and the sole authority to change those laws.
Barr can't see that he essentially wants to use power for the same reason as the 'Left', the difference being what Utopia looks like.
He can't see it because that's literally a false statement. The left is using the DOJ to punish it's enemies and to recreate the law in it's desired image. They use the prosecutor's office to skip the entire law making process, and neuter Congress though interpretation that can completely reverse the law.
That's autocratic behavior through and through. Throwing the book at a small gathering of Republican protestors while refusing to prosecute anyone arresting at a riot that supports your political beliefs is the opposite of justice.
All true and neither right or wrong. It would be foolish to hold beliefs that one didn't work towards.
Yep, and if your belief is justice and the rule of law you work towards that by applying the laws and seeking justice. Exactly what Barr's doing. You vote for the politicians you believe will make the best laws but you're honor bound to enforce the laws passed by the other side too.
That's the opposite of today's DNC. They view any power, whether it be in Congress, in the prosecutors office, in the courts or in the office of a governor or the Presidency as legitimate to use to create laws they support, and illegitimate when used by the other side even it a legally elected President Trump is acting solely within his exclusive executive discretion. That's why you see lawless DNC cities - doesn't matter who the police arrest or how many times, the DNC prosecutors have re-written the application of the law to exempt their allies to the maximum extent that can be tolerated. That's why you have DNC governors issuing arbitrary and capricious COVID restrictions that discriminate illegally between favored groups and non-favored groups, so you have religious ceremonies of more than 10 people banned by the same person that attends a maskless rally of thousands. That's why Obama can rewrite immigration law illegally without Congress and the "crime" is Trump legally trying to undo it. Heck that's why Hunter Biden can take bribes and payola based on family connections, in the full knowledge of his father, and the DNC House can impeach the President for investigating it (even without any actual evidence of Presidential involvement). That's why using Russian propaganda from a Russian spy filtered through a British spy and paid for by the DNC is apparently a non-issue, but defending against Russian collusion is a four year process of proving a negative - and still has morons refusing to accept reality.
The foolish part is the demonization of the other because they don't hold the same view of 'Utipia' or how to get thier
It's not that they have a different view of Utopia, it's that the left rejects justice. I can't understand how anyone wants a part of the misapplication of justice, but that is truly destructive to the country.
Again, Barr would be a good choice if Biden has a desire to support equal justice and the rule of law. He doesn't, and maybe that's because he knows Hunter committed a crime, but I think it's more than that. The DNC is not playing for a fair future, they're playing for a ruling party and ruling class future.
All true you say because everyone on the Left views power the same way even though you would use power in the same ways as your enemies
All true I say because it's an accurate statement of the views that have been openly and repeatedly stated by the those on the left and the politicians they elect. Can't count how many versions of this stuff has been stated. Sure, not every member of the party is saying the same thing, but an enormous number of its motivated partisans - and particularly the young ones - are saying this stuff and even worse.
I mean, I've read a dozen different authors just in the last week demanding some form of no compromise, no mercy in regards to almost literally half the country just because Biden won. I sure don't remember the wide spread Republican sponsored purges of the last four years, what exactly is this "revenge" for?
I really don't get how anyone can purport not to see some of this.