Former Republican Federal Prosecutors Speak Out Against Obstruction of Justice

Capt Gregory Prickett - OK.... The meme used the wrong word, but the message is the same. Typical liberal grasping at straws to muddy the waters and try to detract from the truth...

The Mueller witch hunt (aka, “insurance policy”) failed the identify any crimes committed by President Trump, much to the chagrin of the Democrats, hence the pandering to them by Mueller’s “cannot exonerate him” comment in the report. In our country, it is the prosecutor’s job to prove someone guilty. One is not required to prove his/her innocence.

Capt Gregory Prickett - Corrected, just for you. Happy now?

COL Jean (John) F. B. - no, because that was still outside of his charter. He was supposed to refer criminal charges for prosecution or other action, which he did. He did not fail to identify crimes committed by Trump, and outlined those in Vol. II.

Capt Gregory Prickett - If he had identified any crimes, he would have so stated, which he did not.

He said he could not exonerate him. As you stated, he was “supposed to refer charges for prosecution or other action”. He did not, except to pander to the Democrats with his waffling. Barr started it was not the job of DOJ/the Special Counsel to refer anything to Congress.

Go home, Charlie, the Great Pumpkin is not coming.

1SG (Join to see) - try to keep up Jerry. There are 34 seats that are subject to election in 2020. Of those, 22 seats are held by Republicans, and only 12 by Democrats. If 4 seats change hands, the Dems will be the majority party in the Senate. That's helped by the fact that Roy Moore is the leading GOP candidate in Alabama. Arizona, the home of John McCain, has McSally (who lost to a Dem already) trying to defend her appointed seat. Colorado and Maine could flip, easily. Other potential changes are in Iowa, Georgia, and North Carolina.

Capt Gregory Prickett - Ok high speed, now you try and keep up. I literally went state by state above. I don't think there is much chance Iowa flips, and I think McSally probably holds serve in AZ. As I said above, I think there won't be any net gain for either party, as the two states most likely to flip (CO, AL) will cancel each other out.
I can do math.
Just like I know how many Dems are in the House, and the only reason they don't vote to Impeach is because the Dem Leadership team in the House can count votes too and know they aren't there. And I don't care what math gymnastics that you do, there is not 67 votes in the Senate for anything, much less this.

1SG (Join to see) - didn't you also say that the House wasn't going to flip in the last election?

Capt Gregory Prickett - I think I had a lot to say on the subject, and my prediction evolved as the election approached. What I recall saying was that it will be close in the House, and that the GOP would gain seats in the Senate.
It was less close in the House than I figured, and the GOP did not get a couple seats I figured they would. But they did gain seats.
I think what we are seeing this cycle is a converse of 2018. A favorable map - as you allude to above - where many more seats are up for election in one party than the other, and strong political headwinds for that same party.
The Dems will have to campaign against a strong economy and low unemployment, and on the wrong side of an emergent issue on the border. They are putting forth a policy that they can't possible enact into law - the Green New Deal - and aside from that, don't have a signature policy to campaign on.
As I have said several times before in our threads, if the Dems only have Impeachment and GND as issues, they will lose and lose in a landslide. Biden seems to be playing it smarter than his opponents so far, so there is some hope for them. But Bernie and Warren and the ash and trash hanging around 1% in the polls? They don't have a ghost of a chance, and will drag the whole ticket down with them.
Biden is a gaffe machine who seems to be avoiding public appearances to keep from having additional fodder for his long list of questionable quotes.
We shall see what happens.
Maybe we should bottle this thread and reconvene after the election.