Ministry of Truth?

[hollodero]

Sorry to throw myself into a debate that does fine without me, I just want to make one point. I don't know about Americans, but for me the whole Russia affair did not just circle around the question whether Trump did something illegal. It was way more about whether he did morally reprehensible things. And that he absolutely did, the Mueller report alone is full of it. Having a campaign manager that passes on information to a Russian he owes money to, having someone contact Assange for leaking the Hillary emails, all kinds of attempts to break the law that were only prohibited by others, eg McGann saying the president wants him to do crazy shit, the constant lieing to the public about Russian interference, the Helsinki embarrassment (ok not in Mueller, but still) and so on and so forth. If there would have been an indictment without the special AG policy is unknown, but that policy hindered it in principle, even if Barr lied about that initially. And Garland might be well advised to not pick up an issue that is 50/50 no matter the facts. But how important is that in the greater light of things, eg. of a president that clearly shows how little regard he has for the law or for any sort of honorable principles.

How so many believed this ended up being a win for him is uncomprehensible to me.

--- Sorry. Carry on.