If only we had heard from Robert Mueller before William Barr's spin

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If only....

Sigh!!



usatoday.com
If only we had heard from Robert Mueller before William Barr's spin


https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/05/29/robert-muellers-statement-clarifies-report-president-donald-trumps-wrongdoing-column/1276016001/


Joyce White Vance, Opinion contributor


Published 4:35 p.m. ET May 29, 2019 | Updated 5:53 p.m. ET May 29, 2019


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Robert Mueller's statement clarified the implications of his report, shifting the conversation back to President Donald Trump's criminal actions

Just two months ago, brand new Attorney General William Barr took to the podium at the Justice Department to share his “principal conclusions” about the Mueller report with the public. He told us there would be no further charges brought by the Special Counsel’s Office, that Robert Mueller had concluded he should not charge President Donald Trump with collusion or obstruction.

Subsequently a letter from Mueller to Barr — complaining that Barr’s comments did not “fully capture the context, nature and substance” of the Russia investigation — surfaced. Now we know that letter was more than just the snit from members of Mueller’s team that Barr tried to dismiss it as. Wednesday morning, Mueller made his own statement.

His remarks sounded like the comments Mueller wanted Barr to make when the report was first released.
Mueller's statement reframes the conversation

If Mueller’s statement Wednesday had been the public’s introduction to his report, the conversation about it would have been framed in a very different light, far more damaging to Trump than Barr’s were...........................................

[Cary]

1. Please...

This just handwringing.

Nothing is going to stop this fucker other than the slow, steady march of WE, THE PEOPLE, walking over him. It takes time. It takes perseverance. It takes discipline.

It takes trust in our leaders and unrelenting support.

[Bradshaw3]

2. It also takes messaging

It's not handwringing, it's called a narrative and many of those things you talk about don't happen on a large scale without that narrative.

[Cary]

4. Here's your message:

VOTE DEMOCRATIC!

[Bradshaw3]

5. Well it requires more than that

As should be obvious.

[Cary]

6. We outnumber them

If we vote, we win.

Nothing is more obvious than that.

[Bradshaw3]

7. We don't outnumber them without a message

People don't vote without good messaging. Historical fact. Nothing is more obvious than that.

[Cary]

8. Except we do outnumber them

That's a fact, and your logic fails because you ignore the well documented negative effects of negativity.

[Bradshaw3]

9. Outnumbering them hasn't led to winning

Repubs control the senate and the presidency, as well as all of state government in a large number of states. There is no logic or documentation in your bumper sticker platitudes.

And, "Well documented negative effects of negativity."?

[Cary]

10. Yes, well documented effects of negativity

As in discouraging people from voting. It works. That's why the Kochs and Russians spend billions of dollars on negative campaigns. It's also why the radical left thinks it can weasel its way into power by deploying scorched earth tactics.

It's all a big joke to you?

[CentralMass]

3. We just heard from him and he said jack.