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Showing Original Post only (View all)So, No Oscar for Mueller? By Connie Schultz [View all]
https://www.creators.com/read/connie-schultz?fbclid=IwAR0Tcz2ZyinWWNASJlE0NlZcuZ51UzQN8VuVXM-9MVrsM9Hz1GST7DgWsPoSo, No Oscar for Mueller?
By Connie Schultz
July 25, 2019 6 min read
Minutes after Robert Mueller III had completed his first round of Wednesday's congressional testimony, journalists and pundits started weighing in on his acting abilities.
Mueller was "boring" and "phlegmatic."
His performance was "a disaster," "painful" and "deeply unsatisfying."
Some compared his testimony to the bombastic pathology of Donald Trump and even the conversational theatrics of former FBI Director James Comey and found him wanting.
Mueller had expressed not one partisan viewpoint. He refused to be political. He even stumbled at times, failing to remember every reference in the 448 pages of his published report.
In this time of crisis in our country, with the most dangerous president in the United States history, they wanted former special counsel Robert Mueller to be entertaining.
Look at what we've become.
Better yet, look at what Mueller did say during his seven hours of testimony.
Let's start with the Judiciary Committee, and Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler's questioning:
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If any word of this strikes us as boring, we have our own question to answer: When did we give up on America?
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The problem for a lot of people is that Mueller's responses come across as saying, "RTFM!"*
tblue37
Jul 2019
#28
Probably word from the exec suites. Since the words were damning, create a diversion
justhanginon
Jul 2019
#9
You are correct. My 22 year old college educated son is a Trumper. I told him last night his views
Pepsidog
Jul 2019
#30
It would have been nice had Mueller come off as giving a * about what's in his report
Johonny
Jul 2019
#36
Mueller could have been more articulate and animated. After 2 years he owed us a better performance.
Pepsidog
Jul 2019
#46
Someone needs to remind the mainstream news media that Congress is not a reality show
tymorial
Jul 2019
#51
Last evening's NPR analyst roundtable was appalling. "Democrat Party" was blamed
CottonBear
Jul 2019
#61