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3/22/2019
How to Survive the Next Few Days Until We Know What's in the Mueller Report
I know. I know you're sitting there with "It's Mueller Time" memes popping up all over your Twinstaface feeds. You're watching Rachel parse every word in Attorney General William Barr's memo informing us that he's received Robert Mueller's report on his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and other assorted matters. You're listening to every panelist from every administration since Nixon tell you what might be in there, what might get released, what Congress might get to see, what the White House might try to stop, and on. And on. And on.
And you're wondering, "How in the fucking fuck am I going to survive waiting until something definite is released or leaked?"
Lemme give you some tips.
1. Turn off the fuckin' news networks. Or turn it to the Weather Channel, where you can get news on the catastrophic floods in the Upper Midwest. Or watch BBC News, where you can realize that even people with posh accents can bumblefuck around like brain-damaged gibbons when it comes to Brexit.
2. But, no, seriously, turn off CNN and MSNBC (and if you're hate-watching Fox "news," the fuck is wrong with you? And if you're seriously watching Fox, fuck you). Most of the pundits and analysts are reading tea leaves in the dark, whether they say the report exonerates Trump or condemns Trump. They have a couple of vague ideas of what's in there (like explanations of the indictments Mueller has gotten, which mostly include lying to investigators for Mueller). But otherwise? They don't know a goddamn thing, and those channels have got 24 hours to fill with walking around while wearing blindfolds. It'll drive you nutzoid to stay tuned in.
3. Turn your hopes down for the report. It might be explosive. It might be disappointing. It might be frustratingly opaque. It might be brutally definitive. But if you've been fantasizing about Mueller arresting Trump and frog-marching him out of the White House, well, you're gonna need to pull that back a bit because he didn't. In fact, there won't be any more indictments coming because that wasn't Mueller's job. That's for others to decide based on the report. And there is every chance in the world that we might not learn everything that's in the report.
4. Concentrate on the shit we do know that we didn't even need Mueller for. Every day, Trump is doing something impeachable or demonstrating that he's unfit for office. Democrats need to talk about the shady business deals (which, yes, do cross over with Russia matters) and witness intimidation and erratic policy decisions and self-enriching and refusal to condemn white nationalism and hush money and more, far more than enough to impeach any president. If we put too much into the Mueller report (as too many Democrats have), then we lose the chance to convince people on the other shit.
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smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Vinnie From Indy
(10,820 posts)Love the Rude Pundit!
Spot on.
cilla4progress
(24,728 posts)what does he mean indictment weren't Mueller's job? Who indicted Stone, Manafort, Cohen, Gates?
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,342 posts)bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)SayItLoud
(1,702 posts)Thanks RudeOne!
dajoki
(10,678 posts)Impeach the MF already!!
yaesu
(8,020 posts)after all, we are talking about American justice here, where the rich & powerful are never held accountable. So, no just expecting pfffft.
Grasswire2
(13,569 posts)You will feel much calmer and better. Seriously.
Aristus
(66,328 posts)You nailed it again!
ismnotwasm
(41,976 posts)Cha
(297,196 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Advice is hard to follow, but I keep telling myself that the pundits don't know a single thing more than I do. Which is nothing.
AwakeAtLast
(14,124 posts)Although I will miss Rachel. I can catch up online though!
Arazi
(6,829 posts)malaise
(268,974 posts)I shut them down yesterday and will stay away most of the time until we actually know what's in the report - Iron Chef is fun and so is the tennis in Miami
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)stopwastingmymoney
(2,041 posts)Its on Netflix, recommended
Aussie105
(5,388 posts)Don't say anything until you know what you are talking about.
The media though . . . they need to keep themselves inflated with hot air and words by the truckload.
If they didn't, they might suddenly give viewers the impression they aren't really all that relevant?
Zoonart
(11,860 posts)"Don't open your mouth until you know the shot."
-Glengarry Glen Ross Quotes by David Mamet -
Perseus
(4,341 posts)Rick Gates time was extended by six months, Flynns was also extended which would make me think that there was a lot still to ask those two. Barr gets confirmed, almost immediately Mullers Team starts to shrink, and now the report is done,
Two months after Barr is confirmed...lets see how transparent Barr is. I dont want to be negative about this but, it sure is food for thought that Barr comes in, and shortly there after the Muller report is done. I hope I am wrong.
Luciferous
(6,078 posts)to a swing/jazz station instead.