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kpete

(71,986 posts)
Sat Mar 23, 2019, 09:47 AM Mar 2019

RUDE PUNDIT: How to Survive the Next Few Days Until We Know What's in the Mueller Report

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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RUDE PUNDIT: How to Survive the Next Few Days Until We Know What's in the Mueller Report (Original Post) kpete Mar 2019 OP
Great advice from the Rude One! smirkymonkey Mar 2019 #1
Fuckin' A Right ! Vinnie From Indy Mar 2019 #2
K&R ... Auggie Mar 2019 #3
Question: cilla4progress Mar 2019 #4
see original appointment (PDF) Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2019 #22
Kick and recommend. All Hail the Rude Pundit! bronxiteforever Mar 2019 #5
Don't cry, fear or boo; VOTE and get out the fuckin VOTE! SayItLoud Mar 2019 #6
It doesn't help... dajoki Mar 2019 #7
+1 Kurt V. Mar 2019 #24
I was never expecting anything "yuge" to come from the report yaesu Mar 2019 #8
Kick dalton99a Mar 2019 #9
Read Seth Abramson's twitter feed. Grasswire2 Mar 2019 #10
Rude Louise Pundit! Aristus Mar 2019 #11
K&R ismnotwasm Mar 2019 #12
Brilliant Advice, Rude! Cha Mar 2019 #13
Thanks, Rude One NastyRiffraff Mar 2019 #14
I'm kinda glad I don't have access to cable news right now AwakeAtLast Mar 2019 #15
Wait, I'm the only one coping with booze and stress eating? Arazi Mar 2019 #16
Sound advice malaise Mar 2019 #17
I wish ludes were still a thing. I hear they zone you out pretty good. I need a break. Pepsidog Mar 2019 #18
We're watching Bruce Springsteen on Broadway stopwastingmymoney Mar 2019 #19
Old adage . . . Aussie105 Mar 2019 #20
Good Advice. Zoonart Mar 2019 #26
Maybe but, it bothers me that Perseus Mar 2019 #21
I've been renovating my bathroom. Usually I listen to MSNBC while working but have been listening Luciferous Mar 2019 #23
I'm Recommending this for the title alone. Farmer-Rick Mar 2019 #25

cilla4progress

(24,728 posts)
4. Question:
Sat Mar 23, 2019, 11:12 AM
Mar 2019

what does he mean indictment weren't Mueller's job? Who indicted Stone, Manafort, Cohen, Gates?

yaesu

(8,020 posts)
8. I was never expecting anything "yuge" to come from the report
Sat Mar 23, 2019, 12:37 PM
Mar 2019

after all, we are talking about American justice here, where the rich & powerful are never held accountable. So, no just expecting pfffft.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
14. Thanks, Rude One
Sat Mar 23, 2019, 06:09 PM
Mar 2019

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)
15. I'm kinda glad I don't have access to cable news right now
Sat Mar 23, 2019, 08:48 PM
Mar 2019

Although I will miss Rachel. I can catch up online though!

malaise

(268,974 posts)
17. Sound advice
Sat Mar 23, 2019, 08:56 PM
Mar 2019

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

Aussie105

(5,388 posts)
20. Old adage . . .
Sun Mar 24, 2019, 01:05 AM
Mar 2019

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)
26. Good Advice.
Sun Mar 24, 2019, 09:14 AM
Mar 2019

"Don't open your mouth until you know the shot."
-Glengarry Glen Ross Quotes by David Mamet -

 

Perseus

(4,341 posts)
21. Maybe but, it bothers me that
Sun Mar 24, 2019, 01:23 AM
Mar 2019

Rick Gates time was extended by six months, Flynn’s was also extended which would make me think that there was a lot still to ask those two. Barr gets confirmed, almost immediately Muller’s Team starts to shrink, and now the report is done,
Two months after Barr is confirmed...let’s see how ‘transparent’ Barr is. I don’t 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)
23. I've been renovating my bathroom. Usually I listen to MSNBC while working but have been listening
Sun Mar 24, 2019, 02:43 AM
Mar 2019

to a swing/jazz station instead.

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