Opinion: Both Republicans and Democrats could use some serious post-Mueller introspection, asymmetricinfo writes
By Megan McArdle Megan McArdle Columnist Bio Follow Columnist April 19 at 2:33 PM The Mueller report in sum: President Trump is awful but not quite awful enough to indict, so you voters are going to have to sort it out.
The lack of a smoking gun allows Republicans to shrug and say So what? We knew it all along. But when you see it all together like that, you have to think Republicans should have known better than to get in bed with this amoral goofball . . . and they should certainly know enough to get out. In return, you get . . . a man who has made it clear that he will exploit you and your party for his own aggrandizement, and probably in the stupidest possible way. One who would never dream of reciprocating your loyalty but will sell you out on a moment’s notice if he sees some evanescent advantage in doing so. Democrats made that bargain with the Clintons, and it cost them far more than they ever gained.
For Trump to be removed from office, or even suffer enough political damage to render the 2020 election a foregone conclusion, the Mueller report needed to provide conclusive proof of something close to treason. It didn’t. Insisting that it did, if only we could read the redacted bits . . . or that it at least proves obstruction of justice . . . or that you can see the true message if you read it in tandem with this 16-color flow chart showing Trump’s Russian ties . . .
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