Al Franken is f ing smart

[lutherj]

5. But of course Franken is being generous and presenting the more benign interpretation.

The darker interpretation is that what Franken and Yates perceive to be a profound liability, team Trump saw as a risky asset, something they were willing to take a gamble on in the giddy aftermath of "winning" the election. But Franken is right. If Flynn gets shot down, it pretty much takes down the whole administration with it. Republicans just hate it when Democrats try to steer them right. Because in their minds, anything a Democrat says is ipso facto absolutely one hundred percent 180 degrees to nowhere wrong. Like when the Clinton administration tried to warn Cheney and Bush about Bin Laden and Al Qaeda. What a bunch of stupid wusses, they thought. What a bunch of liberal panty-waists. Good thing the adults are taking charge.