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pangaia

(24,324 posts)
Thu Jun 7, 2018, 08:27 PM Jun 2018

Rudy is stupid but he ain't stupid.

Who speaks for Robert Mueller? Rudy Giuliani is trying to

Associated Press JONATHAN LEMIRE,Associated Press
June 7/2018

Politics


NEW YORK (AP) — A series of seemingly authoritative assertions in recent weeks about the shape and scope of special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian election interference has helped define it in the public eye, generating countless headlines and cable chyrons about the ongoing saga that has shadowed President Donald Trump's White House.

But none of those pronouncements about Mueller's probe were made by Mueller.

They were made by Rudy Giuliani, the president's attorney, who has used a media blitz to frequently set — and later move — the goalposts of the investigation, making public declarations about the probe to color its perception among voters and lawmakers, all while confident that Mueller will never speak up to correct him.

"Our strategy is: When we weren't talking, we were losing," Giuliani told The Associated Press on Thursday from Israel. "Normally in a criminal or civil investigation, the audience would not be the public. But in this one, it is."

Some of Giuliani's statements have been outlandish, and some have arguably been damaging to the president's cause. But nearly all have been intended to set the public discourse, whether to defend Trump or discredit those investigating him. Giuliani argued that, as much as the White House was trying to preserve Trump's presidency by fighting on legal terms, the public relations battleground was just as vital.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/speaks-robert-mueller-giuliani-trying-211519932--politics.html
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Rudy is stupid but he ain't stupid. (Original Post) pangaia Jun 2018 OP
Rudy imagines saidsimplesimon Jun 2018 #1
He is simply a sick, deranged emotionally and intellectually undeveloped human being. pangaia Jun 2018 #2
Your list is clean. saidsimplesimon Jun 2018 #6
LOL.. Thanks.. pangaia Jun 2018 #8
Love it when the enemy admits their strategy LakeArenal Jun 2018 #3
But not the right folks. pangaia Jun 2018 #5
It's a pre-emptive move with the base Windy City Charlie Jun 2018 #4
Agreed 100%. And it works. pangaia Jun 2018 #7

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
1. Rudy imagines
Thu Jun 7, 2018, 08:35 PM
Jun 2018

himself in his former glory as a hawker running a three ring circus. I have a list of reasons why I dislike the man.

LakeArenal

(28,820 posts)
3. Love it when the enemy admits their strategy
Thu Jun 7, 2018, 08:38 PM
Jun 2018

At least some folks might realize that there is no substance, just strategy.

Windy City Charlie

(1,178 posts)
4. It's a pre-emptive move with the base
Thu Jun 7, 2018, 08:40 PM
Jun 2018

Rudy is trying to set it up for when Mueller goes public with his findings, Rudy can turn around say that's not what Mueller told him, and they can imply due to that that Mueller has no credibility. At this point, they know Mueller is going to come back with bad news for Trump and there's nothing Rudy and Team Trump can do to stop it, and it's about doing all they can to discredit the investigation.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
7. Agreed 100%. And it works.
Thu Jun 7, 2018, 08:43 PM
Jun 2018


I think 'we' need to have our own 'team' to reach the public, but honestly and with provable facts.. Hit them in the gut where they can understand.They have no brains to process anything.
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