Once the initial outrage wears off, this could very possibly be seen as a fortuitous event.
Several things are jumping out at me about the whole deal.
I have mentioned before...
Hilldabeest will be easier for Trump to beat than Bernie, a lot of his voters will transition to Trump. Some in protest, some because they are swayed by his non-politician status.
If she gets charged now, the presidential pardon will be out within minutes of her getting papers. It will be harder to get things to stick later. She really will walk.
Todays events.
This gave Trump YUUUUUUUUGE opportunity.
If she were to have been indicted today, it would have zero effect on her base. In fact it would probably have given them a whole new round of talking points about how crooked the republicans are and gobs of other things for them to rally behind...yada-yada...you know the drill.
What has actually happened is, the country has seen just how corrupt the present regime is. Hilldabeast suffers in the polls from "low trustworthiness" numbers, today's events just exacerbated that perception in a large way. I would guess that even uninformed, ambivalent citizens are taking note now.
It has also served to galvanize and energize Trumps supporters, the pisstivity level is off the scale tonight.
Comey's presser.
Remember, he answers to zero... first and foremost. There is no doubt in my mind that he was given instructions on how to play this, or more accurately...what the official outcome would be. The decision to not indict was a political hot-potato, nobody wanted to be the one to officially make that call. Comey was the one left standing when the music stopped. He was BLATANTLY sacrificed (as evidenced by the incoming he is catching tonight) to save that hippo Lynch's career.
Now...look at how he did the presser.
He spelled out everything that hilldabeest did wrong, spelled it out like a prosecutor would have, then in the last two minutes threw in the retraction. He played it as well as he could with a gun to his head, IMHO.
It reminds me of the pilot during the Vietnam war who was forced to do a televised "confession". The whole time, he was waving his hands around with his fingers crossed.
I really think that when the dust settles and smoke clears, this whole event will be to Trump's advantage...I hope he plays it right.
So far he has seized most opportunities and run with them.
Several things are jumping out at me about the whole deal.
I have mentioned before...
Hilldabeest will be easier for Trump to beat than Bernie, a lot of his voters will transition to Trump. Some in protest, some because they are swayed by his non-politician status.
If she gets charged now, the presidential pardon will be out within minutes of her getting papers. It will be harder to get things to stick later. She really will walk.
Todays events.
This gave Trump YUUUUUUUUGE opportunity.
If she were to have been indicted today, it would have zero effect on her base. In fact it would probably have given them a whole new round of talking points about how crooked the republicans are and gobs of other things for them to rally behind...yada-yada...you know the drill.
What has actually happened is, the country has seen just how corrupt the present regime is. Hilldabeast suffers in the polls from "low trustworthiness" numbers, today's events just exacerbated that perception in a large way. I would guess that even uninformed, ambivalent citizens are taking note now.
It has also served to galvanize and energize Trumps supporters, the pisstivity level is off the scale tonight.
Comey's presser.
Remember, he answers to zero... first and foremost. There is no doubt in my mind that he was given instructions on how to play this, or more accurately...what the official outcome would be. The decision to not indict was a political hot-potato, nobody wanted to be the one to officially make that call. Comey was the one left standing when the music stopped. He was BLATANTLY sacrificed (as evidenced by the incoming he is catching tonight) to save that hippo Lynch's career.
Now...look at how he did the presser.
He spelled out everything that hilldabeest did wrong, spelled it out like a prosecutor would have, then in the last two minutes threw in the retraction. He played it as well as he could with a gun to his head, IMHO.
It reminds me of the pilot during the Vietnam war who was forced to do a televised "confession". The whole time, he was waving his hands around with his fingers crossed.
I really think that when the dust settles and smoke clears, this whole event will be to Trump's advantage...I hope he plays it right.
So far he has seized most opportunities and run with them.