Most democrats, of even limited intellect, are confronting the reality that there was no collusion between President Trump and the evil Russian government. The allegation that Putin conspired with a bunch of Americans, that included a sitting US senator, to concoct an unholy alliance to manipulate an election, is looking more and more like a fiction. Although Putin does revel in making a mockery of democracy, he could not risk getting caught. Making alliances with Americans is a tad too risky. This beckons the question: What will CNN do when they are left standing naked with their false accusations?
CNN and the democrats have limited options:
(1) They can pretend the stories they’ve been pushing for the past six months were about Russia interfering in the election and not about Trump colluding with the Kremlin.
(2) They can say there wasn’t evidence of collusion but steadfastly imply that the Trump campaign was an ally of Russia.
(3) They can move on to new conspiracies involving conflicts of interest or discuss Trump’s tax returns.
A more in-depth look into the three options:
(1) Option one: There has been a litany of stories lasting one news cycle then dying, centered on the Trump-Russia narrative: The Trump computer server, Trump golf courses and Russian money, Kushner meetings with Russians, the secret dossier, the unknown derogatory information, Flynn taking money from RT, Carter Page, Jeff Sessions’ undisclosed meetings, possible back channel communications, and so on, and so on. One Russia story after the other has surfaced without any follow-up. The media devoted thousands of hours to possible Trump wrongdoings, but the entire narrative will be swept under he rug as they announce: see we told you the Russians tried to interfere in the election and pretend the Trump angle never existed.
(2) The second option is a more difficult magicians trick to pull off. At its core, it is simply double talk. The cable news networks will basically blather on about innocuous nothings, and banal coincidences as they simultaneously imply collusion. In the video below you can see how a typical CNN pundit demonstrates the maneuver.
Even Hillary Clinton knows how to feed this drivel to a salivating public.
“So within one hour, one hour of the Access Hollywood tapes being leaked, within one hour, the Russians — let’s say WikiLeaks, something — dumped the John Podesta emails”
Above she implies that after the infamous Trump video emerged, Donald called on Russia to create a distraction. No evidence needed when you own the minds of the media.
(3) The third and final option is the scenario I consider most likely. This option requires a belief that the vast public consists of morons. A belief widely adhered to by the brass and anchors at CNN. These people feel no obligation to back up or apologize for endless time wasted on the Trump-Russia shenanigans and will instead move on to new nonsense. Trump is a rich man with global business associates and international ties. The Trump empire is three degrees of separation away from everyone. It is the business version of Kevin Bacon. Conflict of Interest stories require no investigation to manufacture daily, and they can all culminate with the democrats rallying cry; “we want your tax returns.”
Are you ready to rumble?
