It’s NOT a “nothing burger,” Ariail! We DON’T KNOW what is in the report – we only know what #45’s hand-picked crony has chosen to tell us, edited down to a mere five pages. If there were nothing, why not release the whole report? Why has McConnell immediately moved to block its release with out a Senate vote despite a 420-0 vote in the House to do so?
That would be Bill Barr behind the counter leaving out what “doesn’t exonerate Trump,” Mueller was only the cook… Come on Barr, give us the meat, we can handle the truth, we’ll bring plenty of napkins…
The outlet is Barrburgers not Mueller’s of the golden arches. Barr is serving veggie burgers and keeping the beef for himself, Mueller gave best beef to the Southern District of New York, home fo Bronx Burger.
Hahaha.. . The conservative toonists are rallying behind their interpretation of Barr’s opinion of a report that doesn’t merit his opinion. The special counsel report will at some point go to the Legislature where it belongs.
“Collusion” is the Capo’s term of choice; “conspiracy” is the legal term that the Capo doesn’t like. Bear in mind that one cannot prove a negative. The fact that Mueller, as thorough as his investigation seems to have been, did not find evidence of a conspiracy does not mean that such a conspiracy didn’t exist. It means merely that, if there were a conspiracy, the conspirators did a damn fine job of hiding it. As a Scottish jury would declare, it’s a verdict of “not proven”—so the less narcissistic crowing, the better. The fat lady has not yet sung.
All we have so far is Barr’s edited summary. Okay, speaking as an INDEPENDENT:
Given the bases of several convictions and confessions there were attempts at collusion (which is itself a crime) by multiple members of the campaign, and at least one (Manafort) was in a situation in which his laundered money and tax scam could be held over him by the Russians and Russian allies who helped him do it (which is why the trial about his finances was held first).
Now some might say that despite multiple attempts at collusion that the campaign would not have done it if the opportunity arose. To that my response is “Huh? Then why so many people spending time trying?”.
The current interesting questions are these:
Is an employer responsible for the actions of his employees that were taken for his campaign, business, mob, drug cartel, whichever-type-of-entity when they were employees with whom he met?
If an employer (or mob boss if someone then uses it as a precedent) is not responsible for the actions of those he employs then is it collusion if he attempts to obstruct them talking about their own crimes, or is it obstruction only if he himself is charged with the crimes that were related to the obstruction attempts no matter how public those attempts were?
We might soon get courts creating some strange precedents which might be expanded in defenses by drug lords, CEOs of companies which endanger employees or pollute badly, and heads of mobs.
Remember, this was an investigation, not a trial in a court of law where you are innocent until proven guilty. To say there was no evidence of collusion without seeing the report is just plain stupid. Even Trump’s lap dog, Barr, didn’t say he was proven innocent of anything. He just took it upon himself to conclude that no illegal obstruction occurred. That was what he was hired to say. Although he DID say that the Mueller Report did NOT exonerate Trump, which of course prompted Trump to say it did.
guyjen2004 Premium Member about 5 years ago
With a side of obstruction fries???
Motivemagus about 5 years ago
It’s NOT a “nothing burger,” Ariail! We DON’T KNOW what is in the report – we only know what #45’s hand-picked crony has chosen to tell us, edited down to a mere five pages. If there were nothing, why not release the whole report? Why has McConnell immediately moved to block its release with out a Senate vote despite a 420-0 vote in the House to do so?
What are they afraid of?
lazysenora about 5 years ago
Wouldn’t that be a nothingberder?
garcalej about 5 years ago
Still more meat than Trump’s proposed ACA replacement.
feverjr Premium Member about 5 years ago
That would be Bill Barr behind the counter leaving out what “doesn’t exonerate Trump,” Mueller was only the cook… Come on Barr, give us the meat, we can handle the truth, we’ll bring plenty of napkins…
Radish the wordsmith about 5 years ago
You cannot trust a word that comes out of Barr’s and Trump’s lying mouths.
If the Mueller report exonerates Trump there should be no problem in releasing it.
squiggle9 about 5 years ago
Mueller is an honest man – he would never make a good Prez.
brwydave Premium Member about 5 years ago
The outlet is Barrburgers not Mueller’s of the golden arches. Barr is serving veggie burgers and keeping the beef for himself, Mueller gave best beef to the Southern District of New York, home fo Bronx Burger.
Stephen Runnels Premium Member about 5 years ago
Hahaha.. . The conservative toonists are rallying behind their interpretation of Barr’s opinion of a report that doesn’t merit his opinion. The special counsel report will at some point go to the Legislature where it belongs.
Physicsfreak about 5 years ago
What we have so far is the Barr Burger, a little bit of nothing. The Muller banquet covers the whole table.
walfishj about 5 years ago
https://www.gocomics.com/laloalcaraz/2019/03/26
Dtroutma about 5 years ago
Still want the whole report, not Barr’’s interpretation for Bonespurs benefit.
rossevrymn about 5 years ago
Funny, the best version of this multiple-done-by-the-conservatoonist
JRMadDog Premium Member about 5 years ago
You can order “opinions.” You cannot order “facts.”
cocavan11 about 5 years ago
“Collusion” is the Capo’s term of choice; “conspiracy” is the legal term that the Capo doesn’t like. Bear in mind that one cannot prove a negative. The fact that Mueller, as thorough as his investigation seems to have been, did not find evidence of a conspiracy does not mean that such a conspiracy didn’t exist. It means merely that, if there were a conspiracy, the conspirators did a damn fine job of hiding it. As a Scottish jury would declare, it’s a verdict of “not proven”—so the less narcissistic crowing, the better. The fat lady has not yet sung.
SukieCrandall Premium Member about 5 years ago
All we have so far is Barr’s edited summary. Okay, speaking as an INDEPENDENT:
Given the bases of several convictions and confessions there were attempts at collusion (which is itself a crime) by multiple members of the campaign, and at least one (Manafort) was in a situation in which his laundered money and tax scam could be held over him by the Russians and Russian allies who helped him do it (which is why the trial about his finances was held first).
Now some might say that despite multiple attempts at collusion that the campaign would not have done it if the opportunity arose. To that my response is “Huh? Then why so many people spending time trying?”.
The current interesting questions are these:
Is an employer responsible for the actions of his employees that were taken for his campaign, business, mob, drug cartel, whichever-type-of-entity when they were employees with whom he met?
If an employer (or mob boss if someone then uses it as a precedent) is not responsible for the actions of those he employs then is it collusion if he attempts to obstruct them talking about their own crimes, or is it obstruction only if he himself is charged with the crimes that were related to the obstruction attempts no matter how public those attempts were?
We might soon get courts creating some strange precedents which might be expanded in defenses by drug lords, CEOs of companies which endanger employees or pollute badly, and heads of mobs.
hwolfe22 about 5 years ago
Remember, this was an investigation, not a trial in a court of law where you are innocent until proven guilty. To say there was no evidence of collusion without seeing the report is just plain stupid. Even Trump’s lap dog, Barr, didn’t say he was proven innocent of anything. He just took it upon himself to conclude that no illegal obstruction occurred. That was what he was hired to say. Although he DID say that the Mueller Report did NOT exonerate Trump, which of course prompted Trump to say it did.