j4remi wrote:Clyde_Style wrote:I thought nothing could surprise me when it comes to Trump, but when he said in NC to vote twice I realized the situation is already completely unhinged. I suppose the argument that the more foolish and incompetent their efforts at sabotage becomes the less likely he'll accomplish his goal is the most rational conclusion at this point. I've maintained that they will try to sandbag the results, but they will fail. The more outlandish their efforts become the more certain I become they will fail, though that certitude is accompanied by body shakes and chills when I think about what we're about to go through.
Yeah, I feel you on that. I think it's logical to assume that the more outward and ridiculous the behavior gets, the easier it will be to shut down the crap...but then I think about the Brooks Brother riot and the slew of abuses of power Trump's already gotten away with and I am sincerely worried.
William Barr's only significant success so far was shutting down Mueller, but now we know it was really Rosenstein who muzzled Mueller from the beginning and that Mueller was not the eager beaver we had hoped he was so he folded.
Barr has tried to usurp the SDNY and failed. Get Flynn off and failed. Get Stone off and failed (leading to the commutation which might still fail down the road). Tried to block Bolton's book and failed. Tried to lock Cohen back up to block his book and failed.
Since it is pretty clear guys like Barr will be going to jail if they don't re-elect Trump I do expect lots more stupid hail mary schemes, but see little evidence the court system is buying into it. Which pretty much reduces them to depending on DeJoy and lone wolf operatives within state GOP infrastructures to mess with the vote totals.
DeJoy really came off as a steaming pile of sleaze in their congressional testimony, but I still think the mail will arrive for one simple reason: Jail time. Think about the Post Office for a second. DeJoy literally has hundreds of thousands of very pissed off vested employees watching everything and ready to rain down on him the kind of testimony that would put him away for life. So he'll stall, but he can't afford to actually steal mail unless he is willing to go to prison for Trump. I think there will be no honor amongst these thieves and few will be willing to go that far.
Barr, however, is already screwed, so he's going to continue his crime spree along with Kushner. Both are going down, so they literally will just keep doing their thing until the final bell.
