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| The Irrational, Unshakable Faith of the Collusion Conspiracists |
| 2017-12-04 |
| [Townhall] It is amazing the degree to which seemingly intelligent people hold an unshakable belief the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to win the election. Blind to the trumped up narrative unraveling all around them, oblivious to the absence of any evidence or even a substantive allegation of a deal between Trump and Russians, unmoved by every error and scandal the media stumbles into trying to push the story, they simply know it’s true. They smugly sneer and disdain anyone who points out the holes in collusion conspiracy. Last week’s guilty plea by Trump’s short lived national security advisor Michael Flynn is a prime exhibit of the critics’ unshakable faith in The Narrative. Michael Flynn pled guilty to a single count of lying to the FBI. Instantly the Trump impeachment mob was high fiving and laying bets how soon the trail would lead to Trump and force his exit. ABC’s Brian Ross added to the frenzy when he breathlessly blurted that Flynn was cooperating with Muller, and would testify that, during the campaign, Candidate Trump had directed him to contact the Russians. The mob went wild. Smoking gun! Collusion! Treason! By the next day, Ross and ABC had to backpedal in disgrace: The direction to Flynn came after the election, not before. That is, it was about transitional diplomacy on behalf of an incoming administration, not about hacking emails or rigging the vote for a candidate in an upcoming election. The supposed bombshell turns out to be little more than a distracting sparkler. ABC suspended Ross without pay for four weeks. The information released by Muller the next day was clear: Flynn was directed to engage the Russians about improved relations, about considering opposing a UN resolution against Israel, and about cooperating to fight ISIS in the Middle East. There was simply nothing untoward about those contacts. Why Flynn would have lied to FBI investigators about having them is something of a mystery. But he pled to lying about things that were right and proper, not wrong and collusive. They were completely unrelated to the campaign and voting. In a sane world, the details of the Flynn plea would have been seen as strong indication there is nothing to the collusion conspiracy. We don’t live in that world. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #4 The donk's plan from the start was to get a special prosecutor appointed who would dig and dig until something was found, obstruction of justice being the likely target. Of course, if Muller never asked, justice couldn't have been obstructed so the whole thing is a sham from top to bottom. The big question for me is why did AG Sessions go along with the donk's plan? Dick Morris (lunchtime alerts on YouTube) had been warning about this for weeks before AG Sessions appointed Muller. I wonder what the swamp has over AG Sessions? If AG Sessions is damaged goods then he should resign or be replaced. |
| Posted by: K. Grumble3384 2017-12-04 20:24 |
| #3 The left only operates in fantasy. There is nothing there except for what is in their tiny little minds. |
| Posted by: newc 2017-12-04 16:25 |
| #2 The crime was defeating the Uniparty in the election. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2017-12-04 15:54 |
| #1 Collusion, by itself, is not a Federal crime. What is the crime that supposedly was committed? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-12-04 15:21 |