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| Silverfiddle Rant! |
Robert Mueller has concluded there is not enough evidence to charge president Trump with Russian collusion. He also did not have enough information to charge the president with obstruction of justice, or he would have flat out said so in the report.
What he did do was leave the question open:
"The Special Counsel therefore did not draw a conclusion one way or the other as to whether the examined conduct constituted obstruction."
and...
"while this report does not conclude the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him."
Robert Mueller intentionally dangled impeachment bait for the Democrats. This is now a political matter, as it should be according to our Constitution. Mueller could not establish that the actions he documented amounted to criminal activity, but the bar is much lower for impeachment.
Between now and Election Day 2020, I expect to see...
Democrats fighting each other over whether to impeach or not, with the pro-impeachment faction getting all the radio and TV airtime.
Congressional committees will be going full steam, billowing bald-faced propaganda and blaring sanctimonious accusations against the president. This is not "guilty until proven innocent" territory. This is the political and constitutional arena where the House of Representatives decides whether the president's actions rise to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors.
Wiser heads in the Democrat party will stave off impeachment while allowing the wilder elements to stoke the flames and keep the controversy alive as a campaign issue.
Craven Congresspeople will leak classified and confidential material from the Mueller report to disparage the president and bolster their case for impeachment.
The Justice Department will issue a report on how this Trump-Russia hysteria got started, detailing the "missteps" and "failure to follow department guidelines," sometimes naming names, but nobody's going to jail*, so I encourage my non-Democrat friends to do what Democrats cannot: Let. It. Go.
We live in a world of Iron Laws. The rich and powerful rule the world, governments are fertile soil for corruption, and all bureaucracies put self-preservation above all else.
* - VDH disagrees. Read his Rogue’s Gallery of Liars and Leakers
One of the greatest delusions Americans live under is that we're "free," especially when the police state can bypass the formality / necessity of needing a search warrant by outsourcing surveillance to one of its other "eyes."
ReplyDelete...so for me it's not so much whether or not lifelong Democrat and leftwing fundraiser Donald Trump did anything wrong as much as it is what intelligence sources and methods would have to be compromised to put the bastard on trial.
DeleteBingo. And that is the point rabid partisans refuse to see.
Delete...but why break the five eyes political espionage precedent then?
Delete...to take advantage of a politically "weaponized" DOJ/FBI leak to media expose pipeline already in place (Thank you, Watergate).
The paragraph from the last link in the blog post sums up, in a nutshell, what I believe about all this "Mueller Investigation" crap:
ReplyDeleteThe motives of these bad actors are diverse, but they share a common denominator. As Washington politicos and administrative state careerists, all of them believed that Donald Trump was so abhorrent that he should be prevented from winning the 2016 election. After his stunning and shocking victory, they assumed further that either he should not be inaugurated or he should be removed from office as soon as they could arrange it.
In other words, a coup to unseat an elected POTUS.
It was a bi-partisan/non-partisan cabal.
DeleteIt was a bipartisan establishment pro-global capital cabal.
DeleteFlynn had also been reforming/cutting the Intelligence Agencies out of the "analysis" loops so as to allow troops in the field (Iraq/Syria/Afghanistan) to act upon intelligence more quickly. And all the power in "intelligence data gathering" lies in its' "analysis" (aka -"framing"). The big intelligence bureaucracies were being 'automated' out of a job.
The Russia-collusion frame was FIRSTLY directed against Flynn remaining in the Trump Admin.
DeleteErratum - Wrong first link above...
DeleteUp votes for Joe Conservative's comment of 8:54 AM!
DeleteI read the VDH last night.
ReplyDeleteExcellent work.
We live in post-Snowden America, where those of us who never trusted government are confounded by those who fantasized that we ever could.
ReplyDeleteLife is complicated. I try to keep it simple. Persons are innocent until proven guilty. A decision not to prosecute means that whoever is the subject of such an investigation remains innocent of whatever it was he or she was accused of doing. End of story. The Democrats can “impeach” if they want; good luck getting a conviction in the senate. Bottom line to this, more flushing of taxpayer money down the commode. As TC wrote, the US government is not, and never was, worthy of our esteem.
ReplyDelete"while this report does not conclude the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him." It was never Mueller's job to exonerate.
ReplyDeleteThis is why Grand Jury testimony is not released. It was not for Mueller to speculate.. Either charge or remain silent. It is exactly what Comey mucked around in... Mueller's statement was a deliberate effort to offer fodder for the Democrats. For that we should be outraged. But no one is...
The Grand Jury heard all the "Mueller" testimony and didn't vote to indict either...
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DeleteMore on the Mueller Grand Jury (if anyone's interested).
DeleteThersites,
DeleteYou know what? My eyes are glazing over.
Investigation upon investigation -- without end.
Sheesh.
That's what heppens when all the caritas disappears. People assume that all the 'others' actions are done out of the worst of intentions.... and they'll try and "frame" their arguments in the worst possible light ( ala Russian collusion).
Delete...or a. payoff to a blackmailing exlover is a campaign contribution. Who pays blackmailers in campaign cash? Only a biased federal prosecutor could frame the argument thusly.
DeleteSilverfiddle, not a word about L'il Newton Gingrich, the Contract on America and the ginned up impeachment of Clinton?
ReplyDeleteThe Dems have been positively decorous in comparison.
Ducky<
DeleteGingrich isn't the topic of this article. Do you actually read to comprehend?
I've noticed a pattern with you. When you have no rebuttal, you throw diversionary stink bombs. You're losing your touch so bad it's sad to watch.
Your posting the VDH opened the floor to this line of questioning.
DeleteFor the edification of the audience, could you point out his factual errors?
DeleteDucky,
DeleteYour predictable, knee-jerk resort to ad-hominem does not reflect well upon you or your reasoning and argumentation skills.
Regarding Ducky,
DeleteWhen the only tool you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail.
Duck quacked: The Dems have been positively decorous in comparison.
DeleteYeah, Rep. Waters and Rep. Tlaib are so decorous [sarcasm], and those are merely two examples.
"Yeah, Rep. Waters and Rep. Tlaib are so decorous [sarcasm], and those are merely two examples."
Delete"Impeach forty-Fie!"
"Impeach forty-Fie!"
Wasn't Clinton disbarred? I say it's rather telling when even fellow lawyers figure out you can't meet what passes for their ethical standards...
ReplyDeleteTC,
DeleteNo kidding!
But predictable tu quoque...
ReplyDeleteThis is how crazy America has become, post-Obama:
ReplyDeleteIt Is Outrageous that Supporting Trump Is Dangerous!
Check out A TIMELINE OF TREASON: How the DNC and FBI Leadership Tried to Fix a Presidential Election [Updated].
ReplyDeleteQuite a spreadsheet!
That is pretty impressive!
DeleteFJ,
Delete**smile**
I pity the Trump haters. All they can do is act like 2 year olds not getting their way. Their temper tantrums are beyond ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteOn another matter, let me wish a happy belated birthday to one of the commenters here: Happy belated birthday, Quackobyrd! I hope it was over the top with feathers flying all over. 4/01/19.
Why aren't true conservative patriots questioning the myriad mistatements, outright fabrications and lies? What is there REAL motivations? Why is hypocrisy okay for conservatives/republicans but not liberals?
ReplyDeleteWhen the prevalent view is that the end justfifies the means a democratic republics dies.
What is it conservatives and republicans are missing? Or is it just willful ignorance on their part?
Who's mistaking Trump for a conservative?
ReplyDeleteGood point. So, why then do so many conservatives stand behind him. Especially Evangelical conservatives?
ReplyDeleteDesperation.
DeleteWhy did so many Democrats hold their noses and vote for Hellary? Face it, Despite Jerry Garcia's observation, elections are all about the lesser of two evils.
DeleteI'd say evangelical conservatives prefer indifference to their agenda over hostility towards their agenda.
DeleteMany are standing behind Donald Trump because his word is his bond. When he makes a deal, he means it. Neolibs and neocons know they're doomed because their gravy train is getting derailed.
ReplyDelete"Many are standing behind Donald Trump because his word is his bond."
ReplyDeleteTrump's word: "I would build a great wall, and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me, and I’ll build them very inexpensively. I will build a great great wall on our southern border and I’ll have Mexico pay for that wall."
No wall; no Mexico paying for it either.
Trump's word: "I will replace Obamacare with something better and less expensive."
No Obamacare replacement after the GOP's had ten years to come up with a replacement. Trump kicked the replacement can down the road to 2020.
The GOP as a whole doesn't support their POTUS.
DeleteGood! If that be true he loses in 2020. A modicum of honesty and sanity returns.
DeleteAnonymous,
DeleteYou're wrong. There is neither honesty nor sanity in the Democrat anywhere field of POTUS candidates. And the GOP? Sycophants and milk-toasts.
IYO. An opinion not shared by the majority of Americans, In November of 2020 we'll all know whether our democratic republic survives or not.
DeleteDefeat Trump, Save American Democracy!
If they don't vote they don't care. Their loss.
DeleteI don't speak for them.
Why yes, A DEMOCRATC republic. I'm glad you know that.
As if conservatives and libertarians are all about having a strong central government lulz
DeleteThe last word in a word pairing, such as the one above, is always the dominant concept. :)
Deleteie - Democratic Socialism v. Social Democrats.
:P
DeleteSee, your problem is that the more your loony SJWs come out for all kinds of stupid crap the more attention they draw and then people that otherwise wouldn't vote come out to vote against them. Seems they like to work and have money in their pockets.
ReplyDeleteLooks like Donald Trump is going to get 4 more years and you'll just have to virtue signal and scream at the sky some more.
Do you want me to explain what a DEMOCRATIC republic is? Evidently, you don't understand what that means.
In fact I do understand what it means. Thanks for the offer but I'm goid.
Delete"goid"? Is that some new kind of sexual gender classification?
Delete"It's funny how socialists use the term "democratic" when describing their desire to control people and businesses." ---Anonymous commenter---
DeleteIt's all stupid vs. crazy anyway. Vehemently unrepentant far left America-hating communists like Donald Trump can suggest raising taxes on gasoline and other far left wing wet dreams when the equally left-wing stalking horse alternative is proposing the abolition of cars.
DeleteThe Clintons knew what they were doing when they chose Donald Trump to run for President.