"A Very Stable Genius" by Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig is a very unstable book. Robert Mueller is not "The Mueller Report", but "The Mueller Report" is Robert Mueller.
I just finished reading "A Very Stable Genius". I strongly recommend it, even if it blows itself up at the end, which I think it does.
The book is about people's first hand experiences with Donald Trump. It's written well and gives you a clear and terrifying picture of Donny. He's clearly insane.
The people around him are well aware of this. Yet, they do nothing. They cover for him and protect him. They sit back while he destroys our country and our alliances.
This is all told in an easy to follow chronological order. The book is all about Trump. Trump is always the focus of everything.
The book is about Trump until it isn't. In the final chapter the book is suddenly, mysteriously about Robert Mueller.
And then, the focus isn't the only thing on Mueller. The blame for Trump is on Mueller as well.
"If Mueller believed Congress ought to pursue impeachment, he almost did nothing to help achieve that outcome.
By refusing to answer questions about his findings until his July 24 House testimony, by offering up a 448-page report and expecting the public or even members of Congress would have the attention span to absorb its lawyerly analysis, Mueller fumbled the moment."
This incredible statement is found in the second paragraph on pg. 409.
On pages 405 and 406 we learned that Trump's own legal team was "stuck on the fourth page".
My copy of "The Mueller Report" was 498 pages, but hey, what's 50 pages more or less.
The one person I know who absolutely didn't fumble was Robert Mueller. We're all in his debt. He completed his report under constant fire. It was a thorough report. He even testified while he was ill.
I have so much trouble with this. It would normally be a deal breaker for me. However "A Very Stable Genius" gives the clearest picture of Donald Trump and his administration to date and that's important.
The people who "fumbled the moment" are first and foremost the House Democrats who steadfastly refused to launch an Impeachment hearing. Imagine expecting them to "absorb its lawyerly analysis" or, for that matter, even read it. I mean they're just lawmakers with large legal staffs.
Next comes the press. The press should have reported on this and educated us on it while holding House member's feet to the fire for not starting the Impeachment process.
Of course the House Republicans and the entire Senate share in all this, but the only people authorized under our Constitution to investigate and Impeach a President are the members of the House.
"The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment." United States Constitution, Article 1, Section 2, Clause 5
In summation I think I'll quote Terry Southern, "Fuckashitpiss! Fuckashitpiss! Rubadub, rubadub!".
Holy Moly!
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