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Actually, Robert Mueller Was Awesome
The Politico ^ | July 25, 2019 | Renato Mariotti

Posted on 07/27/2019 7:13:42 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Former special counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony Wednesday has been described as “excruciatingly awkward,” “confused,” “struggling” and “a stammering, stuttering mess.”

I saw something completely different. From my perspective, after six hours of testimony, it was the 74-year-old career prosecutor and law enforcement officer who won the day. It wasn’t that close.

Tasked with overseeing the most high-profile investigation of our time, Mueller managed to complete the investigation without appearing to have a partisan agenda, with both sides embracing him at times. Even Trump said he acted “honorably”—before he turned on Mueller as “conflicted” and partisan—and touted “total exoneration” soon after Mueller concluded his work. Mueller’s down-the-middle, leak-free handling of the high-stakes investigation was an object lesson in professionalism.

And Wednesday’s performance was no different.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


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To: Bob434

Politico is a Washington Post operation.


41 posted on 07/27/2019 8:41:14 AM PDT by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Wow...which brings to mind the question.

Which profession requires better shameless liars, law or journalism?

42 posted on 07/27/2019 8:41:46 AM PDT by gogeo (The left prides themselves on being tolerant, but they can't even be civil.)
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To: jjotto

didn’t it used to be conservative owned?


43 posted on 07/27/2019 8:46:03 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Jim Noble
"It seems to me that the People of the United States and their government at Washington must have some redress over the “we did not exonerate” report."

The only way we will get redress if if citizens start picking up coup plotters off the streets and hanging them. We are still waiting for indictments of principal conspirators and, I suspect, we will never see such indictments.

44 posted on 07/27/2019 8:48:47 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

A classic example of why you shouldn’t HIT THE PIPE BEFORE WORK!!!


45 posted on 07/27/2019 8:50:21 AM PDT by eyeamok
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To: Da Coyote

“...It’s sad to observe just how far from reality is the world of liberals.
I am afraid that the separation has become too distant to resolve....”

Liberal insanity is a chronic, no-cure mental disease. As the disease progresses, the crazier the patient becomes to the point of having to contain them from hurting themselves and others. In the past, they were kept locked up in state institutions and asylum. They tried everything to cure em: Labodies, shock treatments, etc. all to no avail. The LAST thing a sane society needs is to have any of these insane half-wits in any type of government position. Instead, they need to be in a padded cell.


46 posted on 07/27/2019 8:51:12 AM PDT by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
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All you have to do is read the comments at the source. Liberals are convinced they have Trump by the balls now. They are convinced that Mueller PROVED beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump obstructed justice exactly 10 times. And that, once his term of President is over, that he can and will be indicted.

The left also is doubling down on the ‘non-exoneration’ aspect of this mess. They just are not stopping, in fact, despite us laughing at them, they are feeling their oats and are more confident than ever that Trump is toast.

There is one train of though right now, that the left is completely behind, that Trump is now afforded a ‘presumption of innocence’ because that only applies to a trial in a court of law. Their argument is that this was a ‘criminal investigation’ not a trial by jury, so presumption of innocence doesn’t apply. IANAL, but that sounds so wrong and un-American, but here we are, with %50 of the population buying into that argument.

This isn’t stopping anytime soon, and if Trump is going to strategically wait to drop the bomb on these fools, he might end up waiting so long that he’s not the President anymore. He better do something and quick. November 2020 isn’t very far away.


47 posted on 07/27/2019 8:55:34 AM PDT by KobraKai
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To: Bob434

Robert Allbritton’s father Joseph was a player in Republican circles. That has caused some to think son Robert is Republican. Politico speaks for itself, and isn’t the worst, but it’s not conservative by FR standards, or by mine.


48 posted on 07/27/2019 8:58:49 AM PDT by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Renato Mariotti, world class turd polisher.


49 posted on 07/27/2019 9:02:36 AM PDT by jospehm20
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Just what one would expect from Obama's Assistant US Attorney for Chicago and Northern Illinois.

The guy ran for Illinois Attorney General and didn't make it out of the Democrat primary. He came in sixth out of eight, with 4% of the vote.

-PJ

50 posted on 07/27/2019 9:09:48 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Mueller hands the dems lemons so politico tries to make lemonade with sour grapes.
Being a liberal is tough.
So much being as bendy as silly putty.


51 posted on 07/27/2019 9:11:01 AM PDT by oldvirginian (Winning isn't everything, it's the ONLY thing. TRUMP 2020!!)
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To: McGavin999

https://heavy.com/news/2019/07/who-is-sitting-behind-robert-mueller/


52 posted on 07/27/2019 9:11:30 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I have a friend who believes that a fresh, steaming dog turd is a thing of beauty.


53 posted on 07/27/2019 9:17:39 AM PDT by layman (Card Carrying Infidel)
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To: Bob434
What happened to you politico? You used to be an ok site-

When was that? I've called them Propagandico since their inception.

54 posted on 07/27/2019 9:17:45 AM PDT by Lazamataz (We can be called a racist and we'll just smile. Because we don't care.)
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To: jjotto

what i meant was, wasn’t it conservative many years ago? or at least semi conservative? or was it always a liberal rag- It seems to me i remember reading them because they had conservative leanings, but maybe I’m thinking about some other publication- I thought it was them though?


55 posted on 07/27/2019 9:19:04 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Bob434

I believe they supported GW Bush, if that’s what you mean.


56 posted on 07/27/2019 9:22:52 AM PDT by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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To: jjotto

honestly I don’t remember- perhaps it was restate I’m thinking of- i dunno-


57 posted on 07/27/2019 9:26:48 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: tiki

He faked it.

Deliberately to run down the clock. All damn day.


58 posted on 07/27/2019 9:34:40 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Bob434

Politico’s only been around since 2007, and staffers have come from WaPo and NY Times. It’s not bad - for a MSM outlet.


59 posted on 07/27/2019 9:35:07 AM PDT by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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To: oldvirginian
..and Mueller's still driving. ....some states require physicians to notify the DMV

of any patient diagnosed with dementia......


60 posted on 07/27/2019 9:36:00 AM PDT by caww
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