Possibly an unpopular opinion, but I think that the Mueller Hearing of yesterday was a success. It seemed pretty clear to me from the first couple Democrat speakers that they didn't intend to cover any new ground, since they were just asking after what was in the report. What I think the Democrats were trying to do was to bring visibility to the report that was released back in March.
Let's be honest, most people only read tomes the size of Mueller's report for college classes (sometimes, not even then). The Report is massive. I did my best to read through it, but only got a pathetic 36 pages in before I lost my gusto. The Mueller report to us is like what the Bible was to all those medieval peasants before Martin Luther. Most of us don't actually know what's in the Mueller Report, only what we've been told what's in it.
This hearing was a chance to get out to the common American what actually is in the report and have the man who wrote it confirm publicly what was read from it. It would be like having God himself come down and sit next to Pope Francis while he asks, "Did you really say this to Adam?" I think this was made especially apparent when one of the lady Democrats asked Mueller about what he said in several of his passages, but quickly moved on to the next passages when Mueller asked for what section that was read from. Visibility.
I know a lot of people are saying that the hearing was a failure for Democrats, that it was a win for Republicans, and so on and so forth, but I don't think they truly realize what the point of the hearing was. Sure, there were no huge bomb drops to blow President Trump and the Republicans out of the water. All of those were dropped when the report was first released. Most people just didn't end up reading what was in the report.
I also tend to think that the Democrats' strategy wasn't to make huge waves, especially since they turned down a chance for one huge wave when a vote to impeach President Trump failed to pass the house. (95 to 332, if you're curious.) I think the current goal of Democrats to to be the opposite of the President: quiet, mild-mannered, and effective. This was certainly evident in the hearing, where all the Republicans yelled at Mueller about his report, attempted to besmirch his character, and to distract from what was actually in the report. The Democrats, however, politely thanked Mueller for his military and federal service, then asked specifically about what was in the report.
I think that thanking Mueller for his service each time was to humanize Mueller to the Conservative audience members, since generally Conservatives support the military and our troops. Honestly, it saddens me to see how all this is being treated, how Mueller is being treated, and how the Republican Party treat their own for doing their job well.
This hearing probably won't result in an impeachment, which is disappointing, but probably wasn't the point to begin with.
But that's just what I think.
Let's be honest, most people only read tomes the size of Mueller's report for college classes (sometimes, not even then). The Report is massive. I did my best to read through it, but only got a pathetic 36 pages in before I lost my gusto. The Mueller report to us is like what the Bible was to all those medieval peasants before Martin Luther. Most of us don't actually know what's in the Mueller Report, only what we've been told what's in it.
This hearing was a chance to get out to the common American what actually is in the report and have the man who wrote it confirm publicly what was read from it. It would be like having God himself come down and sit next to Pope Francis while he asks, "Did you really say this to Adam?" I think this was made especially apparent when one of the lady Democrats asked Mueller about what he said in several of his passages, but quickly moved on to the next passages when Mueller asked for what section that was read from. Visibility.
I know a lot of people are saying that the hearing was a failure for Democrats, that it was a win for Republicans, and so on and so forth, but I don't think they truly realize what the point of the hearing was. Sure, there were no huge bomb drops to blow President Trump and the Republicans out of the water. All of those were dropped when the report was first released. Most people just didn't end up reading what was in the report.
I also tend to think that the Democrats' strategy wasn't to make huge waves, especially since they turned down a chance for one huge wave when a vote to impeach President Trump failed to pass the house. (95 to 332, if you're curious.) I think the current goal of Democrats to to be the opposite of the President: quiet, mild-mannered, and effective. This was certainly evident in the hearing, where all the Republicans yelled at Mueller about his report, attempted to besmirch his character, and to distract from what was actually in the report. The Democrats, however, politely thanked Mueller for his military and federal service, then asked specifically about what was in the report.
I think that thanking Mueller for his service each time was to humanize Mueller to the Conservative audience members, since generally Conservatives support the military and our troops. Honestly, it saddens me to see how all this is being treated, how Mueller is being treated, and how the Republican Party treat their own for doing their job well.
This hearing probably won't result in an impeachment, which is disappointing, but probably wasn't the point to begin with.
But that's just what I think.
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