Saturday, December 1, 2018

Shelf Life Expired


This is it, all laid out, plain and simple.  The shelf life for Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller’s political misadventure has expired.  If you really care about the truth; if you want to judge this sad episode on the facts; if you want to be non-partisan and objective…simply read the three articles linked below and listen to the following podcast. 

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Mueller was appointed in May of 2017 by Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein due to the fact that AG Jeff Sessions had recused himself from the subject based on his involvement in the Trump for President Campaign.  Also, keep in mind that the firing of FBI Director Comey was basically the spark that ignited this entire dumpster fire.  How does Comey look today and after having his role, and the behavior of his subordinates, in this event only partially examined?


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Now that you have read the language surrounding the original appointment of Mueller and what it was about…think about the entirety of this whole Trump/Russia Collusion nonsense.  The absurdity is this: Trump is being pursued by the Special Prosecutor for, according to his accusers, attempting to obtain derogatory information on his political opponent (Hillary Clinton) from foreign sources.  Understand…this is not a crime.  Also, he was being investigated for obstruction of justice because, supposedly, he fired Comey to protect Mike Flynn; Flynn, who by the way was being investigated for simply conducting routine diplomatic business with the Kremlin in advance of the incoming Trump Administration…after the election was over.  Please note also that there is absolutely no dispute that one, the FBI Director is a political appointee serving at the pleasure of the President and two, literally months prior to  his dismissal, Democratic leaders were unified in called for Comey’s departure due to the bungled Hillary email investigation.  We now stand at a point, as effectively illustrated by Andy McCarthy in the following podcast, where Trump is being investigated for attempting to do something that Hillary Clinton, with the direct support and involvement of the Democratic National Committee, mainstream media, and the Obama Justice Department, actually did.  I am talking about the Steele Dossier.  Read it for yourself…


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In May of 2018, President Trump ranted about the cost to the taxpayers of the Mueller investigation; claiming that it would soon be over $20 million dollars.  He was ridiculed for this statement by the NY Times, the Washington Post, CNN, MSNBC, and all their fellow Resist Fraternity members who used creative accounting principles to convey the message that…well, yes, it has cost about that much.  As the following article states, its cost was over $17 million as of May, 2018.  Does anyone in their right mind doubt that it has now far exceeded the $20 million figure in November of 2018?  The tragic comedy in this sad episode is that the entire clown show is not the investigation of a crime, but rather an investigation in search of a crime.  Additionally, it is a job that should have been executed by the standard oversight provisions of the Legislative Branch and the auspices of the Department of Justice.


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And finally, to tie it all up in a pathetically neat little package, I give you Andrew McCarthy….


The time wasted, the money spent, the rancor and venom created between our national leaders, the damage done to the dignity and credibility of all the parties involved and the offices they represent…the Legislative, the Executive, and the Judiciary…not to mention the Fourth Estate, the press/media…is beyond calculation.  We will never know what might have come from the last two years of a Trump Presidency without this leaden albatross having been draped around its neck.  What history will undoubtedly show is that it was not the finest hour for any of the parties associated with it.  It will also show that the grandstanding efforts of Senators Flake and Coons aside, the Special Prosecutor provisions have long ago outlived their usefulness, they should never again be resurrected, and they are the best civic illustration of the old saying…power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.  Mr. Mueller…go into that good night.  Go gently if you will; just go.

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