(03-31-2019 06:49 PM)Rice93 Wrote: (03-31-2019 06:26 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote: (03-31-2019 06:23 PM)tanqtonic Wrote: (03-31-2019 05:55 PM)Rice93 Wrote: (03-31-2019 09:54 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote: Why do the Democrats cling so bitterly to the myth of Russian collusion? The Mueller report does not satisfy them. Despite the efforts of a well-funds and well-equipped two year investigation by an unbiased team, they cannot accept the results. They hold on to the thought that Mueller must have missed something, something so plain and readily apparent that it will be instantly obvious if only they allow Schiff and Nader to look.
UFO’S anybody? Illuminati?
The Republicans may not be the party of health care. The Democrats are definitely the party of conspiracy theory.
In October of 2016, the big question the Democrats had was “could Trump and the Republicans accept defeat”? Now we know the Democrats are ones who can dish it out but take it.
It is an article of faith to them that there MUST have been cheating, how else could they lose? So if it cannot be found, then think they just need to look harder.
What a bunch of dolts.
I was pretty certain that the results of the Mueller report were going to be less-than-exciting for those Democrats who thought that it would bring the administration to its knees.
That said... what's in the Mueller report? Does anybody know? The majority of Democrats that I have seen in the news are angry about not seeing the report rather than not being accepting of its findings.
And *why* do you think they are angry about 'not seeing it'?
This is still Kubler-Ross cycle stuff here.
I doubt very seriously they would be maddy-poo or even 'antsy' if the report detailed explicit and ongoing collusive activities and/or explicit findings of obstruction, and the AG reported as such. Funny that.
I think the 'not seeing it' is explicitly tied to the 'not being accepting' of what is an MSNBC-theism on the culpability. CNN and MSNBC hyped continuously and vigorously *all* of: a) the obviousness of Russian collusion; b) the obviousness of obstruction; *and* c) the superhero and infallibility of Mueller.
Now, it seems, there is a schism amongst the three credos above which seems to be creating a serious cognitive dissonance.
They cannot find the witch. This is upsetting for witch hunters.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_c...80%932019)
Funny...... reading that big ol' long list...... can you point me to the ones that dealt with 'collusion'?
Here is the scorecard you so bravely point to --
Papadapolous -- 1 count -- 1 process crimes -- no counts related to Russia
Gates -- 25 counts -- 2 process crimes -- all the rest of the 23 related to 5 actions, none Russia
Manafort -- 20 counts -- 3 process crimes -- no counts related Russia
So the current count is 3 defendants, 46 counts, 6 process crimes, 0 (as in zilch, nada) related to Russia.
And continuing --
Flynn -- 1 count -- 1 process crime -- ZERO related to Russia
Pinedo -- 1 count -- 0 process crimes (a FIRST!!!!) -- again zero related to Russia
Van Der Zwaan -- 1 count -- 1 process crime -- and...... ANOTHER ZERO related to Russia.
Count to this point: 6 defendants, 49 counts, 8 process crimes, and STILL a big fat fing zero related to Russia....
February 16 Indictments -- 15 defendants, 17 counts, 2 process crimes, 3 counts actually related to Russian and 2016 election (and there is great rejoicing.....) (finally......)
So after the *big* batch -- 21 defendants, 66 counts, 10 process crimes, and 3! (yes, 3!) whole fing counts related to related to Russia and the 2016 election.
July 18 indictments -- 13 defendants, 22 counts, and another 3! (DOUBLE THE TOTAL) counts related to Russia/2016 Election.
Running total -- 44 defendants, 88 counts, 10 process crimes, and a whole whopping 6! counts related to Russian interference
Cohen -- 1 count, 1 process crime, ZERO related to Russia
Stone -- 7 counts, 6 process crimes
GRAND TOTAL FOR THE NON-WITCH HUNT that you slam down in victory as a GRAND retort ---
46 defendants
96 counts
18 process crimes
and........
(drum roll.....)
SIX, count em SIX counts related to Russian interference, and a grand whopping total of ZERO counts related to any collusion.
Yeah, *that* link will *really* shut the pie hole of the 'witch hunt' crowd'. Good job!