Posted on 12/19/2017 5:13:44 AM PST by EBH
But the contradictions or shaky grasp of the law or facts has not mattered. As every loopy new theory has been debunked, a new one has emerged to take its place. They have all supported the continuing narrative in conservative media that the FBI is run by biased liberals carrying out an extralegal coup against Trump. It is working precisely as intended. The delegitimization of the FBI is “starting to win over mainstream conservatives,” a source close to the White House tells Mike Allen.
Trump’s fury is mounting palpably. But its course is as unpredictable as a tornado’s. On the one hand, he appears to believe, at least some of the time, that Mueller’s investigation is headed toward a rapid and satisfactory conclusion. Trump’s lawyer Ty Cobb has reportedly fed the president this happy talk for months, in the face of all evidence — and even though Cobb’s predicted deadline for the end of the investigation keeps slipping, from Thanksgiving to the end of the year to, now, “January or so.”
Multiple reports have depicted the president in the grips of delusional optimism. “Trump is boasting to friends and advisers that he expects Mueller to clear him of wrongdoing in the coming weeks, according to sources familiar with the conversations,” reports CNN. “The President seems so convinced of his impending exoneration that he is telling associates Mueller will soon write a letter clearing him that Trump can brandish to Washington and the world in a bid to finally emerge from the cloud of suspicion that has loomed over the first chapter of his presidency, the sources said.” Yet his advisers expect the manic Trump inevitably to give way to the depressive Trump, whose “friends and advisers [are] worried the deadline could come and go, leaving Trump frustrated and...
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If one can stand reading this editorial, it is a jaw dropping read. Describing President Trump as essentially a manic-depressive. First of all I cannot even imagine the stress level he is under between trying to manage the country and this 'witch hunt" happening in the background.
So they didn't get the 'bite' they were looking for with the Mueller firing meme, so now it is Rosenstein? They are really grasping at straws these days. But it is editorials like this, stating the concerns are 'loopy' and we're the ones de-legitimatizing the FBI?
Some things are better left unobserved and deserve complete disregard. Which also seems to be the trend of New Yorker Magazine.
I tend to agree with the thesis that entrenched self interest in government has unleashed witch hunts on Donald.
To them, every tweet is a wicked cackle of a liar.
Projection, man. Projection.
Trump has lined up spiritual support and he knows it’s not just him. As it is said, there are no atheists in foxholes.
Maybe there should be an enemedia department here.
Bait and switch. Pretty smart. I still say fire Muller after the tax bill gets signed.
Spot on. Thank you.
This isn't projection. It was a philosophy and modus operandi brought in with the Clintons, Stephanopoulos, Podesta and that crowd. It was all about the "spin cycle" getting your "talking points" out in front of the news cycle. There was never any substance in it. Trump tweets, we must get in our counterspin. It's just automatic. It's what these folks do. It's all they know how to do. A leaky faucet or broken light switch is beyond these folks ken, but spin, boy they are on it.
I love how liberals label anything that interrupts their version of reality as being “debunked.” Ignoring something is not debunking it. This is akin to labeling the IRS scandal as “debunked” and “phony” only to find it was far from it.
I also love how the term “right wing media” is expandable beyond FOX, talk radio and the blogosphere as needed to discredit inconvenient facts. During the election the NeverTrump Wall Street Journal was a credible lion of journalism. Today, it’s “right wing.”
What truly is being “debunked” is the entire Trump-Russia collusion scam. The fact that the IG is investigating top FBI officials and that these officials have, at the very least, written e-mails that are inappropriate, at the most evidence that the FBI has become a political tool, just passes by this author.
Liberalism truly is a mental disorder. The only sane liberal left is Dershowitz.
I mean to say, projection is how they are able to keep it up.
Get a mean mind then accuse everyone else of being mean.
two more accusations appeared. First, the Department of Justice set off a a frenzy by showing reporters snippets of texts between two FBI agents who talked about politics and often criticized Trump. (The agents’ texts also criticized Clinton and other Democrats.) Next, they accused Mueller of violating their privacy by obtaining emails Trump staffers sent on official accounts during the transition.
This is how the spin-cycle is managed. You restate the facts, shift them slightly, and minimize their importance.
Of course, 1. these folks were removed by Mueller for their actions and, 2. Trump staffers were not Trump staffers, but transition team members and their emails were private -per the statute that creates the transition team affirmed by an opinion letter of the then general counsel for GSA.
Nails it......this article sounds a lot like Obama/valerie/Hillary/Podesta/Holder colluding getting their anti-Trump bile out to the media.
Looks like Jonathan Chait is “in the grips of delusional optimism.” If you repeat “Mueller, a symbol of rectitude” often enough you might come to believe it.
Ain’t no fire here, please ignore all the smoke :-)
NSA leaks tape of Mueller and Obama phone call:
OBAMA: “It’s taking too long to take Trump down. What’s the holdup?”
MUELLER: “I cant help it if all the Democrats’ wrongdoing comes up everywhere I dig.”
OBAMA: “Don’t you understand? Trump will unseal my records. I’ll never get rich quick off my foundations like the Clintons. And besides Michelle will kill me.”
MUELLER: What are you complaining about? I’m looking like the biggest incompetent in L/E trying to help you guys out.”
OBAMA: “You’ve got to do more. There’s stuff in my records that’ll finish me. Those SOB American patriots would love to get their hands on my background.”
MUELLER: “Cripes, you sound like you were a Kenyan male escort before you got into politics.”
OBAMA “Aint no money in dick-licking. The real money is in politics.”
A symbol of rectum maybe. Pooping on Donald. The real problem with Donald? He crossed the good ole boys.
Firing Rosenstein is actually a good move. Since Sessions refuses to perform his duties, or leave his appointment gracefully, taking out the trash he chooses is the next best thing.
quote “Multiple reports have depicted the president in the grips of delusional optimism”
um..
ask yourself this..
if YOU (yes you reading this) were being investigated for collaboration with extraterrestrials from another galaxy ... would you be optimistic about the outcome?
that’s exactly how Trump feels.
I agree that we also have a Kulturkampf here.
I wrote a song some months back intended to express the more spiritual side of the Trump aspirations. Would he actually use it? The gospel second verse would give that spinning crowd apoplexy. Argh! Impeach, impeach! For milder things than what Abe Lincoln said.
https://soundcloud.com/daniel-levy-6/lets-maga
I was in DC when the Clinton’s arrived and saw how they operate. It was a deliberate propaganda technique to gain and hold power. One shudders to think that Hillary was actually as student of Goebbels but ...
Let me fix that: Multiple liberal media outlets are gripped in delusional behavior. President Trump is having a good laugh while simultaneously dismantling Obama’s legacy and bringing conservative solutions to make America great. Again.
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