Steyn on the Collusion Investigation
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Mark Steyn writes at length on the recently-ended investigation of the 2016 presidential election, and concludes that the affair was a worrisome domestic attempt to subvert said election. After reading his case, I am inclined to agree. He concludes as follows:
I have seen other calls to "investigate the investigators," including Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. I am inclined to agree that this needs doing.[T]his is a story not of foreign subversion of the election, but of domestic subversion of the election, by powerful figures able to reach out and entrap its marks at Cambridge conferences and London wine bars. In old-school banana republics, the coup happens quickly: "The rebels have seized control of the radio station," as the BBC's Africa bureaus used to announce every fortnight through the Sixties, and next thing you know this week's president-for-life is being carried out by the handles. But in America everything's more protracted and expensive. That, however, should not blind us to what happened: a cabal of Deep State bigwigs reverse-engineered a foreign cover for their own interference in self-government by the people. Show me the man and I'll show you the crime, boasted Beria. America's Berias aren't quite that good yet, but they're getting there...
What did he know, and when did he know it? (Image via Wikipedia, public domain.)
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Trump Tweeted his way out of the Deep State's grip. I doubt any other Republican president would have proved so wily: It's not difficult to imagine President Jeb deciding to do the right thing and resign for the good of the country -- without ever being able to figure what it was he'd done wrong. We have witnessed an extraordinary sustained attempted coup in which senior officials of the "justice" department shoot the breeze about wearing a wire to get the goods on the elected chief executive. If there are no consequences to that, it will happen again. [bold and link added]
-- CAV
5 comments:
Steyn has a habit of saying something smart and following it up with something not so well considered. Trump didn’t Tweet his way out of anything. I’m pretty sure the Trump Tweet storms had no effect on the investigation one way or the other. Wily? Trump didn’t even fight back. He waited it out as his party told him too like a good little boy. I’m pretty sure Jeb would have done the same – Maybe not Ted Cruz. He might be made of tougher stuff (I’m not sure) but whatever he is, Donald Trump is no bastion of strength. If he was and truly believes the investigation was illegal, he would have fired Mueller and ordered an investigation into the investigation months (or even years) ago and fiat justitia.
Despite his manifest inadequacies, Trump is the duly elected president. This entire fiasco shows how far we’ve fallen. Steyn is right about that. There should be consequences for the illegal coup. If there aren’t, then we are truly further down the road to serfdom than I thought.
On the good side, my son pointed out that the Trump phenomenon provide an excellent example of a personality cult matched to an equal and opposite anti-personality cult.
Steve,
I should have cut out the part about Trump tweeting his way out, and your further point about his not really not fighting back is well taken. And this means there likely will be none of the consequences there need to be.
Gus
The problem with Steyn's analysis is, it misses the fact that this entire mess, is kinda Trump's own fault.
If he had appointed a competent head of the DoJ, instead of a religious, nationalist, kook, like Sessions, this may never have happened.
If his appointee had the brains to re-open the Hillary investigation, increasing the scope to include Comey, Lynch, et al, this would never have happened.
Heck, failing all that, he could've ORDERED the above to happen and there wouldn't have been any "Russia collusion" investigations.
Also, no one seems to have had the idea to advise him accordingly.
The reality is, conservatives are not only completely out of ideas, but they are also just BAD at politics.
This is what Steyn is completely missing with his worries about conspiracies.
But it's hard to take it seriously when Trump runs the government investigating Trump. It's just a circus, not a conspiracy.
Peter,
True, and if he didn't do this before, he is unlikely to do it now.
Gus
'If he had appointed a competent head of the DoJ, instead of a religious, nationalist, kook, like Sessions, this may never have happened.
If his appointee had the brains to re-open the Hillary investigation, increasing the scope to include Comey, Lynch, et al, this would never have happened.
Heck, failing all that, he could've ORDERED the above to happen and there wouldn't have been any "Russia collusion" investigations.'
I agree. This is what fighting back looks like, not just tweeting the first dumb thing that comes to mind (which is the cowards way out).
'The reality is, conservatives are not only completely out of ideas, but they are also just BAD at politics.'
! i.e. Pragmatists who are bad at pragmatism. LOL
'if he didn't do this before, he is unlikely to do it now.'
If he does, I will give him credit where credit is due. OTOH, I truly hope someone takes this on, if not DJT. If there are no consequences, things will get worse much more quickly.
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