POLL SHOWS AMERICANS WANT MUELLER TO CONTINUE INVESTIGATION

…Robert Mueller, the quiet special counsel that carries a big, legal stick

Fox New's loud-mouthed Trump supporters slander the special counsel

Well, the president isn’t the only one that is showing how desperate they are in the nation’s capital.

As the president continues to criticize our democratic system, he also has to watch as his national security adviser, a former campaign chairman, a foreign policy adviser and another high-ranking campaign official face criminal charges. 

In addition, the president is feeling his loss of a hold on his presidency as his long-time personal “fixer” attorney’s home, office and hotel room are legally raided by the FBI. 

As usual, the president responded to his “fixer’s raid” by trashing the law-enforcement officers, undermining the rule-of-law, and slandering a Vietnam War hero (Robert Mueller) who has committed his adult life to the service of America.

Then the president promoted his favorite TV show, Fox News, show via Twitter, that starred a steady stream of Trump dedicated, loud-mouthed supporters who continued to slander the special counsel Mueller.

To understand the patriotic background of the special counselor, Mueller had led a Marine rifle platoon in Vietnam, was awarded a Bronze Star, two Navy commendations, a Purple Heart and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. After he had been shot through the leg and this young Princeton grad continued leading his troops in battle. Later he would continue his service in Vietnam even after he was given the opportunity to go home.

This kind of patriotic bravery and dedication to the United States could never have been shown on the battlefield by the miserable crew who lined up to attack the special counsel.

Despite playing tennis, golf and football during his college days, Trump took five deferments, four for college and one for bone spurs in his feet. On the day Trump graduated from college, 40 Americans soldiers were killed in Vietnam.

Newt Gingrich, who went on Fox News and compared “the American FBI” to Joseph Stalin and Nazis, also did not serve in the military. And Joe DiGenova, who now spends his days sliming law-enforcement officers who investigate crimes in Washington, he took multiple student deferments.  He even had the gall to say in 2003 that anyone who did the same should seriously consider never seeking public office, “when you didn’t serve, when you had a chance to.”

But even with all this,  DiGenova, Gingrich and Sean Hannity, all the beneficiaries of the president’s Twitter news, seem all too comfortable in attacking an American war hero who has spent his life honorably serving this country.

In fact, Mueller’s record has been so spotless that none other than Gingrich himself had tweeted months ago, “Robert Mueller is superb choice to be special counsel. His reputation is impeccable for honesty and integrity. Media should now calm down.”

My, my, how the worm has turned.  What a difference a year and an involved investigation makes.

Gingrich has since joined the chorus of the slime-collaborators attacking Mueller.

But most Republicans on Capitol Hill agree with Gingrich’s earlier assessment of Mueller’s exemplary character.  This makes one wonders how GOP senators and conservative representatives will respond to these latest desperate and disgusting attacks by Trump and company.

Republican politicians have good reasons to continue the stream of those that have decided to not run for re-election in November.  These politicians know that Trump and his stooges have good reasons to be rattled.  An ABC News-Washington Post poll shows that almost 7 in 10 Americans want Mueller to continue his investigation into possible Russian collusion with the Trump campaign. Sixty-four percent support the special counsel’s investigation into Trump’s past business dealings. And nearly 6 in 10 Americans believe that the special counsel must continue investigating Trump’s payoff to women for the purpose of keeping them quiet during the 2016 election.

Regardless how Mueller’s investigation ends, Trump will one day leave Washington.

When that occurs, hopefully the steady stream of attacks on Justice Department professionals, FBI agents and the honorable Americans who daily defend Americans against enemies foreign and domestic will then stop. 

In addition I am hoping that it will also forever stain the reputations of Trump’s most shameless apologists.

All of this is for a man who has spent the last decades showing loyalty to little else but himself, and his absolute pursuit of money and fame while having total contempt for America’s rule-of-law.

Copyright G.Ater 2018