The Question For Democrats After Mueller’s Testimony
Mueller seemed overly cautious and a bit uncertain….He appeared to be impaired and challenged, perhaps due to age and/or illness….He wasn’t the blockbuster superstar Congressional Democrats wanted….He was a reluctant witness…
There is a single question left for the Democrats to answer:
Now what?
07/25/2019 @ 8:04 am
I’m curious. If you only had a transcript with the information, no television images, and no commentary, how would you feel about the information that Mueller delivered?
07/25/2019 @ 9:10 am
The classic Nixon/Kennedy question
07/25/2019 @ 9:54 am
True…But they must answer the question nevertheless….
07/25/2019 @ 9:53 am
Mueller often sounded like he didn’t know what he was talking about , or even why he was there to begin with….
07/25/2019 @ 10:13 am
He didn’t know why he was there. He said what he had to say in the report. His attitude was that if you have any sense, you can extrapolate the truth from what’s there. Of course, having the AG draw the wrong conclusions in public didn’t help.
07/25/2019 @ 11:44 am
One thing that everyone in this comment thread struggles with is that we live in post literate America. You people are several degrees of separation away from the average voter, and the average American. Not only do Americans not read to get information, they tend to not even follow public concerns in the news.
Donald Trump is a sexual predator, by his own account, a business failure by public record, and a person of very limited intellect, by his consistent demonstration.
Donald Trump inhabits a demographic/phenotype which is the sole variety that will allow un-facts to transcend facts. Trump’s particular variety is not superior in numbers, but it is large. In addition to its size, it is distributed in such a way that allows it to be evaluated as superior to the those which outnumber it. (Electoral College). Change any variable about Trump’s particular variety, and he lacks the coalition to get him close enough to be successful…without actual facts and reasoning. Crowd sourcing defeated Trump’s candidacy. Distribution made it successful.
A literate society would not consider how Mueller sounded because it need not be a performance. The principles in the law exist on paper. They are written more to be followed and understood than performed. Mueller lacks an appealing performance, but can deliver solid substance. Trump lacks all substance, but delivers a spellbinding performance. The degree to which we value the performance over the substance of law is the angle of decline of the civilization.
07/25/2019 @ 12:46 pm
Well said!
07/26/2019 @ 11:52 am
To me, the analysis here by Bitey nails down what’s nearly impossible to over-come ; nobody can be forced to read or understand what’s happening. Applauding right after the person next to you applauds seems to be all that many need to assure there own self that they are on the right track. Mueller was not required to perform in an entertaining manner, so an assessment that muses on his “impairment” or “age” is counter productive, and more in-line with a person that claps second.
07/25/2019 @ 9:18 am
That he said investigations of T and others are ongoing was interesting; that’s it.
07/25/2019 @ 9:51 am
Democrats blew the opportunity to nail it by not asking the questions that would give rise to the righteous indignation of the average citizen….
07/25/2019 @ 9:55 am
…such as…?
07/25/2019 @ 10:34 am
The obvious question:
” If anyone other than Trump had committed the acts outlined in the report would he/she be subjected to indictment, prosecution, trial, and imprisonment?”
The Dems kept saying that , but they never gave Mueller the chance to answer/respond to that as a direct question.
07/25/2019 @ 10:25 am
“Now what?”
Well, if we had Democratic leadership, that was worth a crap, they would immediately start impeachment proceedings (based upon Mueller’s report and his sworn testimony). If Trump can’t be prosecuted as a sitting President (which is total BS, BTW, because it is based upon a political “decision” not any case or Constitutional law), then you unseat his ass and THEN prosecute him!
We DON’T have that, however. Instead, Pelosi, Schumer, Hoyer, Clyburn, et al, want to make excuses for why they are not performing their Constitutional duties. As far as I’m concerned they all are now “accessories after the fact” and should get their corrupt asses thrown out too!
07/25/2019 @ 10:58 am
The problem with impeachment is the Senate Republicans won’t vote to convict….
07/25/2019 @ 11:02 am
Doing your sworn duty is never dependent upon what others might say or do. If the Senate Republicans refuses to convict that is on them. That doesn’t absolve the Democratic leadership’s obligations.
07/25/2019 @ 11:18 am
Agreed!
07/25/2019 @ 11:39 am
Correct. It’s the job of the impeachmnt trial prosecutors to make the case in the Senate.
07/25/2019 @ 11:38 am
Must be something in the GatorAde over here at this new site as I find myself agreeing w Amy more than ever.