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onenote

(42,778 posts)
Sun Mar 24, 2019, 04:30 PM Mar 2019

A great disservice was done by all those supposed experts

who claimed to know exactly what evidence Mueller had and what it meant legally. All those folks who claimed to have "good sources." And all of those folks that spread around statements by folks like Louise Mensch or even Seth Abramson.

And by the way, why didn't Mensch tell us this was coming if she had such great sources (and where are those dozens of sealed indictments she claims were handed down nearly 2 years ago).

We weren't played for suckers by Mueller. We were played for suckers by folks who told us what we wanted to hear.

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A great disservice was done by all those supposed experts (Original Post) onenote Mar 2019 OP
Yup! Thekaspervote Mar 2019 #1
The suckering is Mueller would do the "difficult" think and he decided not to. VERY DISAPPOINTED in uponit7771 Mar 2019 #2
Agreed. LincolnRossiter Mar 2019 #3
People believed the experts because they wanted to. The experts will be off Hoyt Mar 2019 #4
Yup. Not all of the commentary was wrong, but a lot of it was irresponsible nt Azathoth Mar 2019 #5
I call them #resistance grifters. aidbo Mar 2019 #6

uponit7771

(90,367 posts)
2. The suckering is Mueller would do the "difficult" think and he decided not to. VERY DISAPPOINTED in
Sun Mar 24, 2019, 04:34 PM
Mar 2019

... him relative to what we were told about him.

LincolnRossiter

(560 posts)
3. Agreed.
Sun Mar 24, 2019, 04:36 PM
Mar 2019

I still think what was/is pretty widely known and divulged to the public is clearly indicative of unusual and questionable contacts with Russian entities and efforts to hide or obscure those contacts, but maybe we were oversold on what the Special Counsel was able to establish in the way of criminal intent.

Maybe the full report will paint a damning enough picture, but I doubt it at this point.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
4. People believed the experts because they wanted to. The experts will be off
Sun Mar 24, 2019, 04:44 PM
Mar 2019

TV in a few weeks. Some will write a book.

It’s time to focus on the election.

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