Cue up Dandy Don Meredith. As he used to croon during a Monday Night Football blowout, “The party’s o-ver!”
Or, as Gertrude Stein said of Oakland California, there is no “there” there.
The Mueller report is definitive as in “case closed” — there was no collusion with Russia. That verdict demolishes the faith-based belief that Trump somehow stole the election from the Hildabeast with the able assistance of his fellow autocrat, Vladimir Putin.
“We now know definitively … that Robert Mueller, the special counsel, and a team of very accomplished, mostly Clinton-supporting, prosecutors were unable to find evidence of a conspiracy that had been taken as an article of faith by Trump haters,” writes the one true conservative columnist for the New York Times, Christopher Buskirk.
Rachel Maddow, Anderson Cooper, Adam Schiff et al are rolling little iron balls in their hands. But … but … but … what about the attempted cover-up? Obstruction of justice! Obstruction of justice! What’s behind those Magic Marker blot-outs? Tax returns! Tax returns!
Yes, Trump told White House counsel Don McGahn to ask assistant A.G. Rod Rosenstein to fire Robert Mueller. Did McGahn do so? No, he did not. What justice was obstructed? Presumably, the President could have replaced McGahn with a more complaisant A.G. or badgered Rosenstein himself. After all, Nixon did replace Elliott Richardson with someone who did fire the Watergate special prosecutor.
A big nothing burger
“Obstruction of Nothing,” is how the Wall Street Journal headlines this morning’s (04-19-19) lead editorial.
Mr. Mueller essentially reveals a President behaving in predictable Trumpian fashion at being investigated for a crime he didn’t believe he committed—and which even Mr. Mueller now concedes he didn’t commit. There was no underlying crime, and the investigation continued with full White House cooperation. Mr. Mueller knows about these Trumpian eruptions because the White House turned over mountains of documents and allowed him to interview anyone he wanted except the President.
Nothing in the end was obstructed. The FBI probe continued after Mr. Comey was fired, and Mr. Mueller wasn’t interfered with. Mr. Mueller prosecuted those he could find enough evidence to try to turn for state’s evidence, but there was no coverup because there was no collusion with Russia to cover up.
Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler can investigate all they want. Mitch McConnell and Lindsay Graham should remind them that the U.S. Senate can also investigate. Why, for instance, did federal investigatory agencies take the Hillary campaign-funded Fusion Report and run with it as if it were a signed and witnessed deposition?
Former Nebraska senator Bob Kerrey, a Democrat writes “Rather than investigating the President further, Congress needs to investigate how the Department of Justice got this one so wrong. If the President of the United States is vulnerable to prosecutorial abuse, then God help all the rest of us.”
Off with … somebody’s head!
Like those French Revolutionists who decapitated the statues adorning Notre Dame cathedral because they they mistook them for French kings, Trump Haters demand cargo for their tumbrels. New York magazine’s Jonathan Chait argues that Attorney General Robert Barr’s behavior is grounds for impeachment — of the attorney general!
David Leonhardt of the New York Times points out that the Washington Post’s Harry Litman has Barr’s deputy, Rod Rosenstein, in his sights.
MSNBC’s Morning Joe is reduced this morning to feeding on crumbs even the pigeons won’t touch. “Mueller report reveals Sarah Sanders lied to press in 2017.”
A press secretary, bending the truth?! Say it ain’t so, Joe!
The American people are fair-minded. The law of diminishing returns has already kicked in. Stock in the Russian Collusion market is plummeting to the baseline. At some point, even Don Lemon, Chris Hayes, Michelle Goldberg will move on to fresher game.
Blaska Policy Werkes 
38 responses to “The party’s over for the Trump-crazed Left”
The investigation and report show a hostile foreign power undertook a massive and systemic effort to affect the outcome of our presidential election. But that’s not illegal. The campaign and the Russians attempted numerous times to work together, yet couldn’t quite manage it, largely thru ineptitude. But that’s not illegal. Trump lied repeatedly about Russia and continues to do so. But that’s not illegal. You see this report as vindication? Only in a “stand up in court” kinda way. Don’t the ten redactions due to ongoing criminal investigations make you curious? Somehow I don’t think you’d be saying “let it go” if the parties were reversed.
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The butthurt is strong with you A-Bob and Trump will be President for 6 more years if you and the Dems refuse to “let it go”
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The Goobers On Parade had a fit over Obama wearing a gray suit. Something like this would send Hannity to the ICU.
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Well, well, well, well; if it ain’t old “My Prediction—Kavanaugh Withdraws” @AnonyBob pluckin’ that denuded end-stage/chronic/acute Trump Derangement Syndrome afflicted chicken for one last pinfeather…ANY PINFEATHER!
Poor @AnonyBob, sad @AnonyBob, eminently ButtHurt @AnonyBob; time for an intervention?
Anywho, this is just one more in a loooooooong line of Lefty pipe-dreams that showed SOOOOOOOO much promise (granted, to easily herded, gullible Lefty imbeciles [pardon the redundancy]) where the juice juuuuust wasn’t worth the squeeze.
What’s that you say? Turning Pint…Bomb Shell…BEGINNING OF THE END???
Secure a crate…better make it a pallet…of tissues before you click on the hilarious youtube where talking heads of similar monumentally misguided-n-delusional persuasion allowing their lack of critical thinking skills to dictate their thoughts and actions.
It’s almost too painful to watch.
Almost…!
The Gotch
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what’s a “turning pint”?
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The unequivocal, hands down most illiterate commenter on this blog pOinting out a typo.
Priceless!!
The Gotch
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I thought you would be flattered that I took the time to slog through your usual word salad of BS. Proves that I do read the gotch comic strip that appears here hourly.
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@richard lesaik;
“I thought you would be flattered that I took the time to slog…”
Slo…slo…slo…SLOG??
The Gotch’s selflessly humble efforts, designed to create a welcome (if back-handed) diversion to distract Lefty from what must be an exceedingly execrable, irredeemably irritating, and disappointingly deflating ordeal which (to salt open wounds) is yet ANOTHER in a LONG, seemingly ENDLESS sequence of similarly crushing setbacks, require slogging?
Oy gevalt; the humanity!
The Gotch
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“Only in a ‘stand up in court’ kinda way.” Wow! Do you mean “only in a ‘basis of our justice system’ kinda way”? If you were on trial and the jury found you not guilty–in a ‘stand up in court’ kinda way–would you demand that they resume their deliberations until they find you innocent beyond the shadow of a doubt, or would you heave a sigh of relief and accept their verdict?
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Civil, criminal, or the court of public opinion; standards of guilt are all different, as you well know, perfessor.
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Two of those are real courts, one is a metaphor. I assume your original remark referred to a real court. The Mueller investigation was conducted by a legion of lawyers who were skilled in applying the standards of American justice, not those of the court of “public opinion.” That’s the one presided over by the liberal media.
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From Mark Penn at the Hill: (who, by the way, served as pollster and adviser to President Clinton from 1995 to 2000, including during Clinton’s impeachment.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/439691-mueller-done-dems-should-be-too-trump-is-no-nixon
“And so, the screaming partisan antics of Democrats in the House (and at the Blaska Policy Werkes) are likely to set the Democratic Party back a decade if they do not get a grip on themselves. In partisan unison, with scripted talking points, they keep calling everyone else “partisan.” It simply does not pass the laugh test at this point.”
Get a hold of yourselves A Bob and Lesiak, the Wisconsin recall is repeating itself and we know that Walker was governor for 6 more years after that.
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Impeachment will be determined by the court of public opinion and Pelosi and the Dem leadership is right; the public isn’t there yet. I wouldn’t count on Trump not screwing up bigly and the spinoffs of Mueller may yet bear criminal fruit. The congressional oversight and committee investigations should continue; the public will eventually just get tired of the constant examples of Trump’s corruption and chaos, the destruction of our institutions, and the slide to fascism. But I agree the Dems should move on from Mueller and get back to things the GOP and Trump have no answer for, like healthcare and climate change.
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I do love the leftie hysterics over foreign interference in our elections. This while they work to import millions of illegals and buy their votes with citizenship.
Did Russia work to defeat Hillary? I’m sure they did. Being good little globalists, the Democrats were spoiling for a fight with Russia long before the elections. Hell, it was her insane babbling about creating a no-fly zone in Syria that got me off the sidelines in that election.
Did it effect the outcome of the elections? Maybe? Probably the most damaging to the Democrats were the DNC emails that revealed they were back-stabbing Bernie, and the Podesta phishing hack that had transcripts of Hillary doing her best Tiajuana prostitute impersonation for Wall Street banks.
The remainder was a big whatever. The social media trolling coouldn’t hold a candle to the organic free-range leftie fruitcakes. The leaked campaign information didn’t cause Hillary to simultaneously ignore and crap on flyover country. Hillary was a bad candidate with a bad strategy, end of story.
The most interesting thing to me about 2016 was the contrast between the Republicans and Democrats. The Democrat establishment sabotaged their outsider candidate, the base went along with it, and they lost. The Republican establishment tried the same thing, got curb stomped by the base and the outsider won. If the Democrats weren’t so stupid and corrupt, they’d most like have had president Bernie.
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“… while they work to import millions of illegals and buy their votes with citizenship.” And while they try to eliminate the electoral college, the only bulwark against their dream of establishing nation-wide the out-of-control nanny state that’s worked so well for California.
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“…import millions of illegals and buy their votes with citizenship.”
Loosen the tin foil and offer even the slightest shred of evidence for such a fantasy statement, boys. I dare you. Hannity, Levin and InfoWars don’t count.
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The left helps Trump every day.
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Only true insofar as Putin gave $148M to Hillary, $500K to Bill and some $77K to buy some FakeBook ads.
Putin believed Trump’s chances to be president unimaginable, like you ABob and the entire Media/ Democrat Industrial Complex.
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McGahn refused and then cleaned out his desk. Curious. R.M. sent 14 cases to various DOJ districts. Those may be very interesting to learn about. A Russian zillionaire is investing 200 million in the turtles home state because of his actions during the election. Even more curious.
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HEH!
The Gotch
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Not only is THIS party over, so is the one scheduled for November of 2020. So far, the three frontrunners in the oh-so-diverse pack of Dems aspiring to the presidency are white males–two geriatric, one adolescent. At least it will be interesting to see how far left–i.e., well into the realm of absurdity & irrelevance–they push one another by this time next year.
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Yeah, there’s only a bazillion Democrats, and Bernie, running because no one thinks Trump is beatable. Just like Walker.
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@AnonyBob/Dr. Beeper: I thought you’d be the man to beat this year.
The Donald/Ty Webb: I guess you’ll just have to keep beating yourself.
The Gotch
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2020 is going to be more like the Recall….remember 1 million signatures ABob??? ooooh…we got him now!!! Trump has 6 more years just like Walker did and if the Dem party keeps going over the deep end with AOC as Graham Zielinski, it may not be even be close and all those states saying their electoral votes go to the vote-getter will rethink passing those laws.
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Wisconsin doesn’t have an electoral college (alas). If it did, Walker would still be governor. One of the most delicious features of Trump’s re-election will be to–once again–relegate NY, CA, MA, and other Democrat fiefdoms to their rightful place: outside looking in.
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The Party’s Over For The Trump-Crazed Left
Not exactly.
Seems they’re still able to gather together, unify if you prefer, pool their laughably paltry efforts, and act in a manner that benefits EVERYONE!
The Gotch
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Dear ABob, you are doing far more to re elect President Trump than I ever could. The irony is that you can’t not.
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“Trump’s corruption and chaos, the destruction of our institutions, and the slide to fascism.”
You obviously do not understand the meaning of the word fascism bobo.
Too often you are nothing more than a belching talking-point when not blatantly trolling.
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You can substitute authoritarianism for fascism, if you’re more comfortable with that.
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No. Authoritarian dictates that I must buy a government product or be prosecuted. Authoritarian is I must pay for someone’s abortion. Authoritarian is I must allow a man that knows the magic words to be in the ladies room. Authoritarian is that Washington DC says what I can do with my land and water.
Se e the difference?
Don’t tread on me.
It does not turn out well for fascists, socialists (but I repeat myself) or authoritarians.
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“Don’t tread on me.” This is the problem with libertarians. They’ll refuse to see the authoritarian in the room while clinging to their selfish, imagined “freedoms.” They don’t believe in representative democracy and the social contract, and are willing to give wannabe strongmen a pass. Which one do you think actually threatens your liberties?
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@Batman;
“You obviously do not understand the meaning of the word fascism bobo.”
Perhaps you’re being too harsh? @AnonyBob & @richard lesiak are ALL IN on Fascism, at least with Lefty’s version: Socialistaism.
C’mon, give a listen to their Flavor-Of-The-Month fave Alexandria OCRAZYo-Cortez doing what she does best; like, you know, communicating.
Joe Lieberman: “(If OCRAZYo-Cortez Is) The New Face of The Democratic Party (The Party Doesn’t Have) A Bright Future”!
The Gotch
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The coal miners are learning to like her.
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Who do I think threatens my liberties? You, ABob. You and the Progs tell your selves that something is for the greater good and maybe it is…. at first. I’m for a fair degree of commonwealth, common defense etc. I’ve volunteered to serve my country and I do my share of charity near and far.
Here’s the point: I choose to do so. You don’t. Obama don’t and here is my belief: President Trump won’t.
Obama added over 50,000 pages of new regs every year of his benighted administration. Trump is rolling them back, bigly.
The Progs never miss a chance to channel their inner Totalitarian. The less confident and capable they are to run their own lives, the more their will to power over the rest of us.
Don’t tread on us.
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Splat, I’m not following you here; you choose to do what, that I don’t? Like Obama don’t? Trump won’t? What? You shouldn’t comment before your morning coffee. FYI, I have taken a public oath to uphold the constitution. I believed it then, I still believe in it now. I don’t have much patience for the facile “don’t tread on me” crowd ready to die for what they imagine the constitution says (as The Onion once noted). The totalitarian threat comes from the right.
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1. Defend my individual, God given rights you yearn to abridge then usurp.
2nd question.See #1.
You are lying to someone in your assertion of upholding the Constitution. Certainly yourself at least. You entirely endorsed unconstitutional lawfare against Scott Walker and President Trump.
Dude, you have met the totalitarian…. and he is you.
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Lefties (most, not all) endure extreme difficulty when democratic processes intrude upon, and compromise, their doctrinaire cant.
The Gotch
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“…import millions of illegals and buy their votes with citizenship.”
Loosen the tin foil and offer even the slightest shred of evidence for such a fantasy statement, boys. I dare you. Hannity, Levin and InfoWars don’t count.
bobo, do you know how second, third, etc. generation immigrants vote where the 2nd generation are the offspring of illegals?
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