Timothy Birdnow

More proof that many good conservatives still don't get it.

This piece in American Thinker by Raymond and Howard Richman displayes the naivete' that has been the bane of our side for as long as I have been alive.

From the article:

"Rob Rosenstein, Trump's new deputy attorney general, did the Trump agenda a huge favor on Wednesday when he appointed former FBI director Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate the Trump-Russia connection.

His action has already taken the wind out of the Democrat media's sails. They were running story after story in an attempt to keep the pretend scandal on the front pages. Now they must await the outcome of the investigation. Congressional investigations will also be put on hold, so as to avoid interfering with the special counselor's investigation.

The press will be forced to cover Trump's groundbreaking trip to the Middle East. They will be forced to report the new job-creating trade deal with Saudi Arabia and the new alliance that Trump is shepherding among Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and the Gulf Arabs against Iran and ISIS. Trump will come home from the Middle East a hero.

Our prediction of a positive outcome runs counter to the opinion of knowledgeable Trump supporters Dick Morris and Pat Buchanan. Both predict a negative outcome based upon their past experiences with independent prosecutors. Some Trump underling could even find himself falsely convicted of perjury (as was Scooter Libby, by the last special prosecutor)."

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You may now scrape the contents of your cranium back in.

The Richmans cannot possibly believe that this will "take the wind out of the Democrat Media sails." Why should it? This has been a content-free attack from the get-go, and appointing a special counsel is not going to change that. They aren't going to wait for a report, because they knew all along that there is no there there. There are going to be leaks, and even if there are no leaks from the investigation itself that will not stop the media from making their own. This is only going to force them to redouble their efforts.

It will also only lead to mission creep for Mueller, a man who did not displease the Demo-props at aall. See my blogpost here to understand why I do not trust the Mueller investigation. Even if Mueller does a truly good job he will likely keep having things piled on as the media, now free from the drudgery of daily assaults in this particular field, can open new cans of worms. In modern America you are either advancing or rretreating, and if you are not on the offensive you are going to be destroyed. The Republicans have allowed themselves to be forced into retreat.

That is the sad reality; if you give an inch they will be a ruler, and one must never, ever acquiesce to the demands of the Democrats or the Media. Ever. It's like making a pact with Satan; you are going to lose no matter how clever you believe you are being. There is only one way out of such a pact, and that is to renounce it altogether. The GOP is still unwilling to accept this reality, that they cannot hope to even survive withoout standing their ground. It's why Trump was elected in the first place.

Republicans like the Richmans are still stuck in the 1950's model. Tlhey don't understand this is war, not a gentleman's disagreement. And they ignore history here, as they themselves freely admit.

"Our prediction of a positive outcome runs counter to the opinion of knowledgeable Trump supporters Dick Morris and Pat Buchanan. Both predict a negative outcome based upon their past experiences with independent prosecutors. Some Trump underling could even find himself falsely convicted of perjury (as was Scooter Libby, by the last special prosecutor).

But the difference here is that the 72-year-old Mueller is close to retirement, so he does not need to take scalps to further his career. Furthermore, no crime has been committed (except by Trump opponents who leaked and published classified data)."

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Balderdash; John Glenn rolled over for the Donkeys when he was an old man in order to get one last moment of glory. In 1996 he ran interference on the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations to block any probe into Chinese illegal campaign donations to the Clinton campaign, and was dutifully rewarded with one last space mission, when the man was 77. Look, people simply don't want to go away from Washington. They love the glory and the power and the money and prestige. Why is Mueller, a man who has been tethered to Washington all his life, any different?

The Richmans also believe the media, having been denied the daily drumbeat, will be forced to cover real successes by Trump. What have they been smoking? They will only be freed up to seek other scandals, or to find ways to belittle and deman Trump and his Administration.

If you are not advancing you are retreating.

The Richmans predict Trump will be exonerated and within six months. I doubt that; it will take six months for Mueller to even get his organization built and running. And exonerated? Half of the GOP want this guy taken down. Meanwhile there will be attacks on subordinates who are effective, and while Mueller may not charge Trump he very may well go after many of Trump's people for process crimes. This will only add to the media frenzy, as it will be"proof" of Trump's "corruption".

That's how they did it with Nixon, how they tried to do it with Reagan, and Bush Jr.

As I say, one never makes a pact with the Devil but, as the Good Book says, one must resist the Devil and he will flee from you. The stupid GOP had better realize that they are going down - all the way down - with Trump, like it or not. And the only way out of this is through the fire with him.

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