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Nationally syndicated columnist Cal Thomas has this to say about the collusion delusion.



Cal Thomas By Cal Thomas, Tribune Content Agency
They've only just begun
Apr 23, 2019
Objectivity, like Elvis, long ago left the building in Washington and so the report by Special Counsel Robert Mueller is being read and interpreted through mostly biased eyes.

Democrats, who had counted on Mueller to prove that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia, were initially as crestfallen as they were on e******n night 2016. Still, they are undeterred in the pursuit of their ultimate goal: evicting the president from the White House in a political c**p unprecedented in American history.

The special counsel was established to investigate collusion, though not by Trump's political opponents during the 2016 p**********l race, who allegedly funded the infamous Steele dossier, which purported to describe Trump cavorting with prostitutes and other sick behavior during a visit to Moscow. After more than two years of investigations, subpoenas, witness testimony and millions of dollars wasted, Mueller's report concluded, "The investigation did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its e******n i**********e activities." As for obstruction of justice, how does one obstruct something that is not a crime?

Predictably, Democrats are not satisfied. Out of desperation and exasperation, some are alleging a cover-up by Attorney General William Barr. Others want to immediately begin impeachment proceedings. For which high crime and misdemeanor?

More experienced Democrats, such as Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) are rightly cautious. They remember the e*******l damage to Republicans when members of that party impeached Bill Clinton. Which wing of their party will prevail?

Politico represents the fallback position for some on the left: "Forget collusion with Russia and obstruction of justice." Say what? "The most concrete takeaway from the 448-page Mueller report is its damning portrait of the Trump White House as a place of chaos, intrigue and deception, where aides routinely disregard the wishes of a president with little regard for the traditional boundaries of his office..." Maybe so, but bad behavior and disobeyed p**********l orders are not impeachable offenses. Let v**ers decide.

Imagine how President Trump must have felt. Not only the establishment, which includes Democrats and Republicans, but the major media were constantly assaulting him starting before the e******n and ever since. Some critics have accused him of paranoia, but as the saying goes, "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you." And out to get Trump they are.

Wall Street Journal columnist Kimberly Strassel writes: "President Trump has every right to feel liberated. What the (Mueller) report shows is that he endured a special counsel probe that was relentlessly, at times, farcically obsessed with taking him out."

Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said: "It is increasingly clear that the only scandal here is the Obama administration's repeated failure to act against Russian cyber meddling, and instead, how they prioritized spying on a political opponent -- the Trump campaign -- and used a phony DNC-funded dossier as justification."

When President Obama was asked about Trump's charge that the 2016 e******n might be r****d against him, Obama responded: "No serious person out there ... would suggest somehow that you could even rig America's e******ns."

Add this "witch hunt" to the long list of reasons many Americans h**e Washington. None of this political show affects average citizens, who are benefitting from a booming economy, job growth, lowest unemployment in half a century (including minority unemployment) and fewer people receiving food assistance. What does this have to do with more important issues, including i*****l i*********n and foreign policy?

The left doesn't want Americans to focus on the administration's successes, because they are incapable of doing better. They can only repeat their familiar scenario of higher taxes, bigger and more controlling government and "free stuff" for all.

The president and his allies have threatened a counterattack to expose corruption at the Justice Department, which created this fiasco. They should begin immediately.

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Carol Kelly

Should have already begun. The t***h is out there.

Mikeyavelli

Love Cal Thomas and Derek H****r and especially Kurt Schlister. They tell it like I see it.
The big takeaway for me in the Mueller report was the acceptance of the Russian hacking of the DNC computer of John Pederesta. Even Giuliani accepts that the Russians did it. That could be Mueller's deal with his phony investigation. I'll quit, but you all have to accept the Russian hacking lie.
That in effect exonerates Hillary for the Seth Rich murder in exchange for a less than scathing pack of lies comprising the Mueller report.
So Mueller succeeded in thwarting any Seth Rich murder investigation, but he disappointed the kommiecrats while throwing them a bone of their own to chew on and remove Trump themselves.

padremike Loc: Phenix City, Al

Cal laid it out clearly when he said:

"The left doesn't want Americans to focus on the administration's successes, because they are incapable of doing better."

That's all folks! Short, sweet and to the point!