tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post6454343359413364543..comments2023-10-19T21:48:56.560-05:00Comments on meaning in history: Marc Elias: A Remindermark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-70717150962504990092019-01-29T21:31:10.760-06:002019-01-29T21:31:10.760-06:00Re the Big Picture, in The Central Scandal of the ...Re the Big Picture, in <a href="https://meaninginhistory.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-central-scandal-of-russia-hoax-and.html" rel="nofollow">The Central Scandal of the Russia Hoax--and Our Constitutional Crisis</a> I wrote:<br /><br />All the evidence points to a conspiracy to prevent the election of Donald J. Trump as President of the United States. Failing this, the continuing conspiracy sought tomark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-10473352100241104502019-01-29T20:35:08.961-06:002019-01-29T20:35:08.961-06:00To be clear, even a coup is a political act. Just ...To be clear, even a coup is a political act. Just because it breaks the rules of the established order, that doesn't mean that it's outside the realm of politics. As Clausewitz said: War--or a coup--is simply politics by other means.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-57930749194813613312019-01-29T20:31:35.050-06:002019-01-29T20:31:35.050-06:00Unknown, you only responded to one part of my comm...Unknown, you only responded to one part of my comment.<br /><br />Further, the fact that criminal acts are involved doesn't change the fact that this is a political struggle--please refer to the definition of "political".<br /><br />You're arguing in circles and nothing you have said justifies your claim that I'm ignoring the big picture--the cause of it all. In fact, mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-51920539885418214702019-01-29T19:41:38.335-06:002019-01-29T19:41:38.335-06:00Perhaps you could also explain your assertion that...Perhaps you could also explain your assertion that this Russia Hoax is not "simply a political battle".<br /><br />Because a coup is a criminal act and the consequences can be much more onerous than just being evicted from a political office. There are many historical examples in which incarceration, exile, or assassination are the end result. Given the extensiveness and severity of theUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621133960646283334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-47539498453216862542019-01-29T09:57:09.559-06:002019-01-29T09:57:09.559-06:00Unknown, my purpose in blogging on the Russia Hoax...Unknown, my purpose in blogging on the Russia Hoax is to offer the benefit of my experience over a period of 30 years. That means that I focus on things that I know about through experience and education. However ...<br /><br />Perhaps, instead of simply routinely introducing your comments by accusing me of "understating the problem", you could provide <b>specific examples</b> of how I mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-75788926825567233642019-01-29T09:30:58.552-06:002019-01-29T09:30:58.552-06:00Once again, I would argue that you are understatin...Once again, I would argue that you are understating the problem, which amounts to focusing on symptoms rather than root causes. During the Obama Administration, many senior Executive Branch officials were corrupted or compromised into committing serious Class I felonies as part of a covert coup against an elected president. In effect, they converted DOJ/FBI/CIA (and many other agencies) into Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621133960646283334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-86462769436988192442019-01-29T08:42:43.993-06:002019-01-29T08:42:43.993-06:00To those, like Mike and Yancey, whose comments hav...To those, like Mike and Yancey, whose comments have sometimes had to be pasted in after getting deleted or delayed, I think I've figured out that it comes back to problems with the email notifications. I need to rely totally on the comment moderation component of blogger and leave the email notification system alone as far as publishing comments goes.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-57445580198327535462019-01-29T08:40:31.246-06:002019-01-29T08:40:31.246-06:00Steve, that's an interesting argument, and I&#...Steve, that's an interesting argument, and I'll admit I've gone back and forth on that. I have no doubt that there are a LOT of things that the Deep State wants covered up, and to that extent you can say that there's a defensive component to all this. And I believe that something similar was going on with the GOP NeverTrumpers--they went along with the Deep State because they mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-57738711697374176682019-01-29T08:23:33.560-06:002019-01-29T08:23:33.560-06:00One of the fallacies, it seems to me, is that Muel...One of the fallacies, it seems to me, is that Mueller and the Democrats have pursued this investigation in order to cover up their anti-Trump plots before the election. On the contrary, the Dems always believed they could beat Trump down with their many and crazy acts of "resistance," including the Mueller investigation...and that they could either impeach Trump or so weaken him by 2020Hidellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16793769473549088724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-87465249639294431862019-01-29T07:30:28.215-06:002019-01-29T07:30:28.215-06:00Yancey, for me the answer lies in ideology. Team M...Yancey, for me the answer lies in ideology. Team Mueller is populated by ideologues--fanatics. I imagine Mueller fancies himself a balanced man of the law, but his career screams out to me: fanatic. As George Smiley explained to Peter Guillam, it's the lack of balance, the inability to truly see both sides clearly, that does them in.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-63182313963792289052019-01-29T01:07:52.895-06:002019-01-29T01:07:52.895-06:00You know, if I were in Mueller's shoes and I w...You know, if I were in Mueller's shoes and I wanted to take Trump down, I would have made sure that I collected the carcasses of John and Tony Podesta and mounted them on my wall. I would have done the same to Glenn Simpson and Marc Elias, and I would have <i>publicly</i> fired people like Peter Strzok and Lisa Page. You have to have credibility to take Trump down, and that would have Yancey Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16427042729449397357noreply@blogger.com