Cool Hand Bob
The comparisons are irresistible: on the one hand we have Team Mueller - noses to the grindstone, determined and dedicated, steely-eyed and serious professionals. On the other hand there are Donald Trump and Paul Manafort - stumbling about with one foot in the grave and the other foot on a banana peel. For every clever legal "maneuver" they seem to be digging themselves deeper. It goes without saying that the two of these clowns have met their match in Bob Mueller, and it sure is an amusing to behold. With the passing of each day - of each hour - this scandal gets more and more intriguing.
Somewhere beyond that mysterious and unknowable void, I am one-hundred percent certain that Richard Nixon is laughing his ass off. By comparison to this, Nixon's press secretary, Ron Ziegler, was correct when he dismissed the Watergate break-in as "a third rate burglary". Trying to obtain intelligence on the "loyal opposition" in the course of a domestic, political campaign is one thing - this is something else entirely.
Did Robert Mueller ever seriously play poker? It would not surprise me to find out that this is the case. The guy has got the steadiest poker face I've ever seen on anyone. I've never played the game in my life, but I can tell you that I wouldn't want to find him staring me down from behind a deck of cards on the other side of any table. I've said from the beginning that when this thing is over and done, the biggest hero to emerge out of the whole mess will be a Republican. I'm banking on Bob Mueller. I can't wait until he shows his hand.
Tom Degan
Goshen, NY
tomdegan@frontiernet.net
SUGGESTED READING:
One More Time
A Collection of Columns by Mike Royko
Royko was as good as they get. No more needs to be said. It's not up for debate so don't even bother.
I met him once, in 1985 - in Chicago, of course. It was one of the high marks of my life.
Tom Degan
Goshen, NY
tomdegan@frontiernet.net
SUGGESTED READING:
One More Time
A Collection of Columns by Mike Royko
Royko was as good as they get. No more needs to be said. It's not up for debate so don't even bother.
I met him once, in 1985 - in Chicago, of course. It was one of the high marks of my life.
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posted by Tom Degan @ 1:15 PM
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17 Comments:
So pleased you're still on the scene. The whole affair has too many twists and turns even for Nixon to follow, let alone an old fart like me. But I know every time I read your take I'll come out refreshed of facts and laughing. Or at least grinning.
"Did Robert Mueller ever seriously play poker?...I've never played the game in my life, but I can tell you that I wouldn't want to find him staring me down from behind a deck of cards on the other side of any table." ~~ Tom Degan
Trump's the guy left at the table - along with Junior, Stone and Corsi. The latter three are crying and whimpering, desperately reading the rulebook and not having a clue.
The former is sweating bullets and contemplating turning the table on end. He's losing his shirt and is down to only a few chips.
He excuses himself frequently to run to the bathroom, yet he can't shake the poker-face of Robert Mueller. It follows him everywhere. Even Argentina, he's thinking, isn't far enough away.
He's eventually going to lose everything, and knows even if he folds it's too late now.
This is the most exciting poker tournament ever, yet we're on the board of the chess game next door knowing we're still just the pawns.
CNN host Jake Tapper expressed skepticism that Michael Cohen’s Thursday guilty plea necessarily amounted to “any evidence” of a conspiracy between the Trump team and the Russian government to interfere in the 2016 election.
“Look, this is clearly not welcome news for the president,” said Tapper. “I don’t want to pretend that it is but once again I look at these documents and I don’t see any evidence of conspiracy between members of the Trump team and the Russian government to interfere in the election.”
R.I.P. 41.
Thank you, Joanne! That was a sweet thing to wake up to.
JTF knows that the FBI, CIA, and NSA all know of Russian interference in our election. Trump admits it occasionally. JTF also knows Cohen's guilty plea has nothing to to do with the interference, but confirms Trump's LIES about dealings with Russia.
Does JTF know what the Ninth Commandment says? IOKIYAR?
Hitler and Trump are both liars, bigots and admitted nationalists too. I bet JTF knows this too. He's one of them.
Timmy, of course you realize that Jake Tapper is not leading the official government investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election, right?
It really doesn't matter what Mr. Tapper thinks, right? You do understand this, correct?
The s#*t is about to hit the fan. ;-) The conspiracy is coming to light.
JTF,
41 stood for decency and voted for Hillary.
Jeffy,
you are so funny.
Funny how Dave loves to quote Hitler then say he's liar.
Now we have Dave claiming Hillary stands for decency.
Yeah, Timmy's a known white supremacist. His family lineage is KKKrazy full of 'em. ;-)
He's one of 'em, alright...to the core.
What will President Trump’s opponents do if Mueller finds nothing at all about hard "collusion" and the 2016 campaign? Vanity Fair published an excellent piece by T.A. Frank on Monday posing that as a very possible outcome, even a likely one.
“Those who hope that Mueller reveals a shambolic operation with a lot of rascals engaged in sleazy and embarrassing behavior will be happy with the fruits of his labors,” wrote Frank. “But those who hope for an unveiling of indictments linking Putin and Trump in a grand conspiracy have no more reason to celebrate than they did a week or a month ago.”
Hit a nerve, did I? ;-)
I'm right, aren't I Vern? Your Trueblood lineage is strong in Indiana, a known hotbed of KKK activity. Check out any "phonebook" of the area. It's full of Truebloods.
So, Vern, when did your family Klan move south to Missouri and Texas? Did you, personally, name the street where you reside - "White Settlement" - or was it your daddy or granddaddy?
Timmy, you do realize that T.A. Frank, and Vanity Fair, is not involved in the official U.S. government investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election, right?
It really doesn't matter what T.A. Frank thinks or writes about the investigation, since he (or she) does not have access to all the evidence as Robert Mueller does.
T.A. Frank's opinion of this investigation is based upon...well, only that, opinion. That's all.
Mr. Mueller knows all the intricate and dirty details, and then some. ;-)
But you already knew that.
"Striking when you put the news together:
FRIDAY: DOJ prosecutors in SDNY say Trump directed the commission of very serious felonies
SATURDAY: President's Chief of Staff announces departure from WH
SUNDAY: Vice President's Chief of Staff announces departure from WH
MONDAY: ???
~~ Neal Katyall, Twitter, December 9, 2018
Yes, Mr. Katyall, very "striking" indeed -- like rats from a sinking ship.
Who's the next to jump?
An excerpt from a piece from Politico, based upon an op-ed in The Washington Post:
"A bipartisan group of nearly four dozen [44] former senators warned current and future members of the Senate on Monday that the United States is 'entering a dangerous period,' and urged them to defend America’s democracy by serving national interests rather than political ideologies." ~~ Quint Forgey, Politico, December 10, 2018
We're entering very dark and dangerous times. Hope for the best; prepare for the worst.
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