Maureen Dowd: How the egomaniac in the Oval was ‘exonerated’

The Irish Times ^ | 22 Apr 19 | Mo "I'm not bitter...really!" Dowd

[seanmerc]

When it comes to presidential obstruction, at least Watergate started with a crime. A stupid crime, but a crime.

After 675 days, more than 2,800 subpoenas, nearly 500 search warrants, $30 million spent, endless jaw-jaw on cable and countless whiny Trump tweets, we have come down to one fundamental truth.

And it’s the same truth that has been terrorising us all along: Donald Trump’s dirtbag machinations are driven by insane vanity.

The First Narcissist’s all-consuming blend of braggadocio and insecurity has turned Washington and its rickety institutions into a dystopian outpost of his id.

President Trump obstructed on nearly every page of Volume II of the Mueller report, even though Robert Mueller was too lost in legalese to throw the book at him. The report counts as the Worst Exoneration Ever, replete with incrimination.

[hal ogen]

This LIB hag is a freak on many levels. Other than fellow lunatics, who gives a rat’s a** what she thinks about anything?

[Kid Shelleen]

>> He did not want people to think that the Russians were responsible for his election and that he was an illegitimate president. <<

Wow.. What mad man! He wanted Americans to know the truth. And all along I thought the journalists who were lying about collusion and Watergate for 2 years were the ego maniacs.

[VeniVidiVici]

I think Dowd was one of the prostitutes Trump hired to pee on the bed Obama slept in.

[jmacusa]

Guilty as all get out.

[jmacusa]

Not only merely not guilty but most sincerly not guilty.

[simpson96]

She’s still alive/around?

[seanmerc]

Regretfully, I cannot take credit for that picture. I was certain that someone else would prevent a major rules infraction, and sure enough, they did.