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The Quest for Collusion Is Over: And the Democrats Desperate Shrieks for Impeachment Begin
Washington Post ^ | December 5 at 1:56 PM | By Ed Rogers

Posted on 12/05/2017 2:47:44 PM PST by drewh

The quest for collusion is over. Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s Russia investigation has not — either through leaks or announced indictments — revealed any collusion, and Democrats and their allies in the liberal mainstream media know that it never will. This reality is setting in among the president’s clearer-thinking foes, and they are transitioning to an obstruction of justice claim in an effort to sustain the fight with President Trump.

Mueller’s investigation has been looking into Russian meddling in the 2016 election since May. His team has made a number of consequential findings, but none of them establish collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. We would know by now if anyone close to Trump had actually colluded with Russia to impact the 2016 campaign. The only thing we know for certain is that Paul Manafort, Rick Gates, George Papadopoulos and Michael Flynn have been indicted for or admitted to things that fall short of collusion and have nothing to do with the president.

The Democrats know their faux-outrage over collusion is hollow and spent. Given that Mueller’s investigation hasn’t found the holy grail or produced anything that rises to the level of criminality on the part of Trump, liberals in Congress and in the media are now transitioning to an obstruction of justice story-line. Mueller is not talking, so the president’s critics are creating a new line of attack based on the notion that the firing of former FBI director James B. Comey was somehow a criminal act.

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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: desperatedems; mueller; russia; specialcounsel; trumprussia; witchhunt
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1 posted on 12/05/2017 2:47:44 PM PST by drewh
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When this BS Russia Investigation is OVER, the 1st thing TRUMP needs to do is FIRE Rod Rosenstein or send him to Antartica for his new job!!!
2 posted on 12/05/2017 2:51:30 PM PST by KavMan
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To: drewh
Wow! This actually got published in the Washington ComPost? I do realize that it is a token op-ed, but still . . .
3 posted on 12/05/2017 2:54:08 PM PST by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: drewh

Bear in mind that this is an opinion piece, not the actual position of the Post.


4 posted on 12/05/2017 2:55:30 PM PST by Coronal
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To: drewh

WaPoo?.....................


5 posted on 12/05/2017 2:55:53 PM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: KavMan

From WAPO? WOW.


6 posted on 12/05/2017 2:56:41 PM PST by umgud
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To: drewh
And now, a definition of the efforts of the MSM, the DNC, and their tools Robert Mueller and company:


7 posted on 12/05/2017 3:01:52 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: drewh
The only thing we know for certain is that Paul Manafort, Rick Gates, George Papadopoulos and Michael Flynn have been indicted for or admitted to things that fall short of collusion and have nothing to do with the president. Making WAPO great again? HA! 8O)
8 posted on 12/05/2017 3:03:35 PM PST by heterosupremacist (Domine Iesu Christe, Filius Dei, miserere me peccatorem!)
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To: drewh

It is surprising this was printed in WaPoop. Maybe they are trying to work on their fake news reputation.

If only the GOPe had worked so hard to impeach obummer while was in office.

These freaks in congress and their owners are going to start a civil war in this country and they will be the first to be taken out if that happens. They may have money and power but they are as dumb as a box of burnt hair and smell about the same. Stupid is as stupid does.


9 posted on 12/05/2017 3:04:21 PM PST by Boomer (TisOK2BWhite)
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To: umgud

I want to know WHAT was in Strozk’s emails. I want to know just how he was able to acquit Hillary and her staff without swearing them in and without notes for their interviews. I want to know how he was able to read thousands of emails in a few days from Weiner’s server and clear Clinton of wrongdoing through Comey three days before the election. I want to know why Cheryl Mills and Huma Abedin were not placed under oath when they gave their account to Strozk. I want to know why Strozk was able to degrade the evaluation of Clinton’s conduct from “grossly negligent” to “careless”. I want to know why Strozk’s wife was appointed to a $ 225,000 job at the SEC in late October 2016 while he was reviewing Hillary’s emails on Weiner’s server. I want to know why Strozk ended up interviewing Flynn for the questions for which Flynn has been indicted, where his notes are of that interview and whether they conform to the accounts of his fellow FBI agent who was present for the FBI interview of Flynn. I want to know WHY Strozk was fired by Mueller. I want to know why Mueller ignored the congressional subpoena for information on Strozk for three months, still hasn’t responded to it and yet has time to tell the press what he wants about it last Friday nite. I want to know why Strozk is still on the FBI payroll. I want to know why his wife, if she is a political employee, still holds her position. I want to know why Lisa Page, who supposedly was involved with Strozk, was on Mueller’s staff of 12 lunatic Hillary supporters, why she was transferred and why she is still employed by the FBI as an attorney.


10 posted on 12/05/2017 3:08:22 PM PST by laconic
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Poor Matt Lauer. He won’t be able to do any shrieking on air! Well, you can still shriek at home, Lauer.


11 posted on 12/05/2017 3:16:02 PM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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“This reality is setting in among the president’s clearer-thinking foes”

Both of them. The remaining 58,000,000+ are still shrieking like retarded children


12 posted on 12/05/2017 3:16:39 PM PST by Smedley (It's a sad day for American capitalism when a man can't fly a midget on a kite over Central Park)
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To: drewh
The liberals want to take us into a mind-numbing legal netherworld where the president committed a legal act with a corrupt mind-set and should therefore be impeached.

While Shrillary the Screech committed illegal acts with an incorruptible mind set and should be left alone.

13 posted on 12/05/2017 3:16:55 PM PST by Eagles6
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To: Vigilanteman

I take it as a signal to everyone to transition now from the collusion meme to the obstruction of justice meme. Just trying to get everyone on the same page...


14 posted on 12/05/2017 3:17:25 PM PST by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: drewh
This reality is setting in among the president’s clearer-thinking foes, and they are transitioning to an obstruction of justice claim in an effort to sustain the fight with President Trump.


If there was no collusion, then there was no justice being obstructed. No case, sorry.
15 posted on 12/05/2017 3:31:56 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie
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To: drewh

I think this all about to blow over. The alliance of democrats, the deep state, and their media/entertainment propaganda complex have given it their best shot...

...and its a Nothingburger.

They’ll all still whine and complain, but they have completely discredited themselves.


16 posted on 12/05/2017 3:32:23 PM PST by henkster
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Well, you can still shriek at home, Lauer.

I wonder if he has one of those door-lock things on the house, too.

17 posted on 12/05/2017 3:33:35 PM PST by henkster
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To: drewh
The liberals want to take us into a mind-numbing legal netherworld where the president committed a legal act with a corrupt mind-set and should therefore be impeached.

While Shrillary the Screech committed illegal acts with an incorruptible mind set and should be left alone.

18 posted on 12/05/2017 3:34:02 PM PST by Eagles6
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To: drewh
The liberals want to take us into a mind-numbing legal netherworld where the president committed a legal act with a corrupt mind-set and should therefore be impeached.

While Shrillary the Screech committed illegal acts with an incorruptible mind set and should be left alone.

19 posted on 12/05/2017 3:36:40 PM PST by Eagles6
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To: drewh

Bttt.

5.56mm


20 posted on 12/05/2017 3:42:06 PM PST by M Kehoe
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