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In reply to the discussion: Bottom line: This is a disaster for Democrats. [View all]Bloviating Ignoramus
(2 posts)I respectfully beg to differ.
First of all we don't yet really know what Mueller found or didn't find. We just have Barr's cherry picked cliff notes. And we know that Barr believes the president is above the law. That especially applies to the obstruction part. So no I don't think Democrats are overplaying at all. They are demanding the complete report from Mueller himself. Not the bastardized version of a partisan hack.
As for Mueller himself being above reproach, it's like so many things in life, he is, until he isn't. I would seriously question why he didn't subpoena Trump and capitulated to Rudy Giuliani and accepted Giuliani's terms of obstruction off the table.
And what of all the co-operating witnesses who copped lenient sentences? What were they co-operating on? And all the court filings with page after page redacted, suggesting ongoing investigtions. I'm not convinced that Mueller was not told to wrap it up or it will be wrapped up for him.
Collusion is and always was just the tip of the iceberg. The real question always was and still is ... why did Putin want Donald Trump to be president so badly? Bannon raised the issue of money laundering and that has yet to scratch the surface. Anyone who sees that as a witch hunt in all likelihood was saying that from the outset. And anyone that would vote for a twice admitted scammer who does not take the presidency seriously and believes the country serves him and not the other way around, just to teach Democrats a lesson is a blithering idiot
So yeah by all means concentrate on constructive issues, healthcare, income inequality, climate change. Don't go all in on impeachment, but a simple "nothing is off the table" would have sufficed from Pelosi.