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Having debated whether to boycott Bill Barr's press conference on the Mueller Report, the press decided instead to boycott reality. Many in the media now portray the report as worse than an indictment.
They want to salvage something because they bet the farm on his indictment and wound up as losers.
The Washington Post declared, "Mueller's report paints a damning portrait of Trump's presidency."
Gee, 17 Democrat lawyers are forced to admit they have nothing on him, and so they shoved a lot of unsubstantiated (and insignificant) gossip to pad their report.
The Associated Press also toed the party spin in "Mueller paints a damning portrait of the president."
Ladies and gentlemen, I think John Podesta decided today's secret words are "paints a damning portrait" because a wooden duck just came down from the ceiling and gave the Post and the AP $50 each.
In Paragraph 6 of its report, the AP finally admitted the reality.
It reported, "Trump and his advisers can herald the fact that two years of investigation ended without criminal charges for the president, not only on obstruction but also on criminal conspiracy with Russia to help him win the 2016 election. Though numerous people with ties to Trump — including former national security adviser Michael Flynn and ex-campaign chairman Paul Manafort — did plead guilty to crimes, no Americans were indicted for colluding with Moscow."
But the purpose of this stupid is to salvage some smidgen of dignity after the media and the Democrat Party attempted to overthrow the government based on one yuge lie.
Mueller was sent to find a crime. Instead he found an innocent man, who objected. Democrats and the media now say those objections are obstruction of justice.
The Post posted a story, "Mueller report findings: Mueller rejects argument that Trump is shielded from obstruction laws," which forwarded that tyrannical idea.
There are also stories of how staff members "saved" President Trump from firing Mueller, et cetera.
It is all gossip meant to destroy him, but if true (unlikely) the stories prove that Donald John Trump makes a lousy authoritarian because I cannot imagine anyone ever disagreeing with Stalin and living to tell.
CNN dragged out John Dean, 80, to say it was more damning than Watergate. I guess he got tired of saying a Republican president did something worse than Watergate.
Rather than wallow in the filth of a piggy press that poops where it dines, I shall share with readers some good commentary.
Glenn Greenwald, a liberal who still believes in the Bill of Rights, wrote, "Robert Mueller Did Not Merely Reject the Trump-Russia Conspiracy Theories. He Obliterated Them."
Along the way he skewered John Brennan, Rachel Maddow, and a host of other liars who pushed this Russian conspiracy nonsense.
Democrats meanwhile are slinking away from this.
Politico reported, "Robert Mueller’s report reveals a stunning array of new allegations against President Donald Trump. But one thing remains the same: House Democrats are ducking any talk of impeachment.
"After interviews with 15 lawmakers Thursday, it’s clear Democrats think the report is severely damaging to the president, with substantial evidence that he attempted to derail the Russia probe. But it’s still not enough to pull the trigger on the most consequential — and politically risky — action Democrats could take in their new majority: trying to forcibly eject Trump from office."
And columnist Matt Bai at Yahoo News posted a nice sour grapes column, "Why Mueller's report won't matter much in 2020."
He ended it, "What all of this means is that the Mueller report and whatever comes of it will likely remain a subtext of the 2020 race, and as the polls inevitably shift, what will matter more is who’s got a vision for the next American chapter.
"Democrats won’t be chanting 'Lock him up!' when they face off against Trump a second time. All they’re really asking is to send him home."
Ah just what is that vision for the next American chapter?
Make America Great Again has already been taken.
HT:LindyBill |
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