A Fundamental Right

The issue of Mueller coming out and speaking about his 2 year, $35M investigation that found no collusion between the Russians (or as we used to call them in the Cold War, those Communist Bastards) and Trump campaign and no definitive obstruction of justice on the part of Trump has been all over the news so I've restrained from comment.  This whole sordid chapter in our history has been difficult to watch.  It has been and is such an obvious setup that didn't work that it boggles the mind.  These guys are like keystone cops.  They can't get out of their own way.  So now the media is all lathered up about Congress impeaching Trump even though there are no charges.  And the reality is that there are only about 40 or so Dems in the House calling for it so it's going nowhere.  But the gaggle of Presidential candidates are trying to score points with it and the media is stirring the pot.  So it will continue to be a dog's breakfast and we'll have to suffer through it.  So get used to it.

But there is one thing that stands out for me as an incredible and shameful injustice that is even worse than all the other bullshit we've had to put up with.  I'm talking about the presumption of innocence.  Of all the rights we have in this country, presumption of innocence is right up there at the top, if not very near it.  That we are all innocent until proven guilty is fundamental.  It is a supreme law of the land.  And it is rather unique.  In many countries and throughout history the presumption of guilt has been the standard.  But not here.  The burden of proof is on the accuser.  And I believe the vast, vast majority of Americans believe that's how it should be.  That it is a right not to be trifled with.  But trifle with it Mueller and his band of crack Democratic operatives did.  For him to come out and declare that "if they thought he was innocent, they would have said so" is outrageous.  Mueller hid behind the Justice Department Office of Legal Council opinion that the President can't be charged.  But that in no way should have prohibited or inhibited his findings.  But he punted, to put it politely.  In reality he's a coward and an obvious Trump hater.  What he did proved beyond a doubt his contempt for Trump and that he should have had nothing to do with the investigation.  And the people who are saying it was a setup from the beginning have gained a whole lot of credibility!