Theo is on the train heading
from Rockville, Maryland to the White House for work. Today is a big day as Inspector General
Michael Horowitz is set to release his report about if the FBI properly
predicated the investigation of Donald Trump.
Although Theo has already gotten indication that it won’t be damning and
will disappoint those who support his boss, he is a little dejected. He already knows the Republican response,
‘Well, just wait for the Durham criminal investigation.’ Theo, however, has
lost all hope. The DOJ is a mob for
Hillary Clinton and it was hard enough to prosecute the mob when they didn’t
control the government. Now that they
do, it seems pretty much impossible. The
one caveat is that everyone said that it was impossible for Donald Trump to
beat Hillary Clinton but that happened.
Maybe President Trump can pull off the impossible again; though Theo
doubted it.
Early in the afternoon, the IG
report does come out and the mood in the White House is sour as all their fears
were realized. The IG report even denies
that the FBI was investigating before opening the case on July 30, 2016. This is categorically false since FBI agents
were travelling to London to meet with Christopher Steele as early as March
2016. Although Theo wishes that who
appointed you is irrelevant, Horowitz was appointed by Barack Obama and sadly,
with the polarization of the parties now, this is actually significant and
leads an air of skepticism to his report.
After work, Theo heads to a bar
near George Mason University. Although
it would have been better if he read the report, he really had no time. Maybe next week when he’s had a chance to
read it, he’ll be better equipped for these debates but then again, debating
brainwashed impressionable college students doesn’t take much preparation. When Theo enters the bar, he orders a drink
and sits down. As he does, a group of
students are talking about Nadler’s impeachment hearings. Theo, already in a bad mood, turns to them
and asks, “Are you serious? You care
more about another fake impeachment hearing than the IG report?”
“Only two presidents have ever
been impeached! This is history” decried one male
“What was Clinton impeached
for?”
“Lying under oath about having
sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky”
“That happened before you were
even born and you know about it. Now,
what do they want to impeach Trump for?”
“Colluding with Ukraine.”
“Specifically.”
“A quid pro quo, well no because
he didn’t really say that. It was
implied.”
A girl in the group interrupted,
“No, it was about Russia collusion”
“No, that was Mueller. That’s over now.”
Theo declared, “See, they change
their story so many times, it’s hard to keep track.”
“No, they’re on Ukraine now.”
“Really? Because here’s Nadler
on Chuck Todd’s show yesterday” Theo fires back and hands them his phone. They plug in headphones and listen to Nadler
talking about how if Trump isn’t impeached, he’s going to tamper with the 2020
election.”
The students look confused,
“Wait, it’s about election tampering? I thought it was about asking Ukraine to
investigate Biden.”
“See, they can’t keep their
story straight.”
“Maybe, it’s that there’s so
many scandals that there’s got to be something to it.”
“Every single one has had no evidence. That logic is faulty but that’s what they are
doing. First it was the Russians, then
it was the Ukrainians, they are planting a seed in your head to ask, ‘Who else
did he ask for help?”
“I’d say it’s working.”
“Just so you can impress your
friends, Turkey is next.”
“Why Turkey?”
“Because our withdrawing from
Syria helps Turkey since they’re the most powerful country in that region.”
“Yea, but we don’t really like
wars in the Middle East.”
“That was the narrative when
Bush was president. You’re behind.”
“I don’t know; that seems
weird. I haven’t heard any hint of
that.”
“Just wait, in a couple months,
you’re going to be fully on board just like you are with Ukraine and just like
she is with Russia.”
“Well, our elections need to be
protected. We can’t have foreigners
meddling in our elections.”
“They always try and the
Democrats want you not to have to give an ID to vote. You don’t think that makes it easier for
foreigners to vote?”
“Well, it discriminates against
minorities”
“Why? Because minorities don’t know how to go to
the DMV? They don’t know how to get an
ID?”
“There’s a language barrier.”
“And there isn’t one for
European immigrants? Sounds like you
just want illegal immigrants to vote.”
“Undocumented”
“No, they’re in the country
illegally, they’re illegal immigrants.”
“You ‘re just blinded by white
privilege”
Theo couldn’t help but notice
that the people he was speaking to were white.
He smiled and called out to a black person, “Hey buddy, I got a question
for you”
The student gave a shocked
expression. The black guy came over and
Theo asked, “Do you know how to get an ID?”
The guy looked at him like he
was crazy, “Umm, yea, I even have one.
That’s why I’m in a bar right now.”
“I was just having a discussion
with my friends over here” pointing to the two students who looked horrified,
“they suggested that requiring ID’s is racist because minorities don’t know how
to get one. Would you agree with that?”
“That sounds pretty fucking
retarded actually” He replied staring at the students.
The student put out his hands,
“Wait, I don’t mean any disrespect. I
mean, we’re in a bar so it’s a little skewed.
We’re somewhere that needs an ID so obviously everyone, regardless of
race, knows how to get one in here.”
Theo responded, “Do you think
the bar is racist because they require you to show ID to enter?”
“Well, no, because you have to
prove your 21”
“Proving your age is okay but
not that you’re legally able to get an ID in this country to vote?”
The black guy smiled and patted
the student on the shoulder, “I would suggest you not walk outside and start
telling minorities they’re too dumb to know how to get an ID. You may not like their response.”
The black guy walked away and
Theo gave the students a condescending smile.
“All, I’m saying is that we need to make sure our elections are fair.”
“They are. Barack Obama even said that Democracy depends
on it, which is why it’s almost impossible to rig because they’re run by state
and local officials. Since there are 50
of them, some are run by Republicans others by Democrats so getting to all of
them is difficult. Obama even said that
it’s unprecedented to question the results of an election before a vote has
been cast. Democracy is dependents on
the loser congratulating the winner and moving on.”
“When did he say that?”
Theo shows them a speech Obama
gave in the Rose Garden saying all those
things and then ending with if you’re going to whine and complain when things
don’t go your way and blame someone else, then you don’t have what it takes to
do this job.”
Even though Theo couldn’t hear,
he knew what was said so when the video ended, he looked up, “If you whine and
complain and blame someone else. Kind of
like what Hillary Clinton, Nadler and Schiff are doing by blaming the election
results on Russians and Ukrainians and, coming soon, Turkey.”
After an awkward silence, the
guy states, “Look it was nice talking to you, have a good night man.”
Theo chuckled. The girl stomps over, “Why don’t you go on
RT”
“Like Adam Schiff?”
“What are you talking
about? RT is a Russian Propaganda TV
channel”
“Research Adam Schiff in 2013 on
RT, it’s fascinating what he says.”
The girl takes her phone out and
furiously types on it. Theo was a little
impressed how quickly her fingers worked and wished he could use his phone that
quickly but that’s why he suggests others to research it because they can do it
quicker. Theo doesn’t really think that
she’ll be able to find it but sure enough she does. She listens to Schiff talk about how the FISA
court needs to be more transparent and her jaw drops. She starts stuttering and then puts her head
down. She turns to her friend and looks
back at Theo. Her mind has mixed
emotions because on one hand, she’s offended that she’s talking to a Trump
supporter but on the other, women, more so than men, enjoy talking to a smarter
person than themselves. “Do you think
that mainstream media is fake news?”
“Yes”
“But, like, maybe some, but like
Chuck Todd is okay.”
“He’s like the worst example of
it. Maybe Brian Stelter will give him a
run for his money but I think Chuck Todd get owned more.”
“But, he has conservatives on.”
“CNN, NBC, CBS and all the other
fake news outlets don’t hire conservatives.
They hire fake ones and since most people don’t know what a conservative
is, they’re easily fooled.”
“What’s a conservative?” She
poses combatively not expecting an answer
“Four tenants; traditional
values, low taxes, limited government, and strong national defense”
“What about Ted Cruz?” She asks
shyly as she was reeling by such a coherent response.
“He’s a conservative”
This emboldened her and her
voice was sterner “Chuck Todd had Ted Cruz on.”
“And Cruz smoked him. Todd thought that Ukraine’s only interference
was an op-ed in the hill”
“Which he called like pick
pocketing vs. Madoff with Trump.”
“He also got tongue tied and
Politico published a piece about how the Ukrainians tried to sabotage Trump.”
“By the op-ed piece?”
“No, by DNC member Alexandra
Chalupa going to the Ukrainian embassy to arrange a meeting with, then,
Ukrainian president Porochenko and Lutsenko, who Biden replaced the inspector
general he got fired with. The
Ukrainians gave her a black ledger highlighting Manafort’s malfeasance in
Ukraine, which they knew about because Hillary and Soros were heavily involved
in Ukraine supporting the opposing candidate that Manafort supported. Their Ukraine rivalry made its way across the
pond to our election. “
The girl frowns, “Sounds a
little more involved than a simple op-ed piece.”
“I’d agree”
“Cruz brought up the op-ed
piece.”
“Yea, and he used the platform
more to attack the media for trying to cover it up but never really got into
what ‘it’ is. He did reference article
after article about Ukrainian interference, which is true. The Politico piece I mentioned was just one
of them. He could have listed them or
said something specific like I just did but I still think Cruz owned Todd on
his own show.”
“I think I saw a different
interview. You must admit you’re a
little biased since you’re a conservative.”
“Just like you’re biased because
you’re a liberal”
“I’d agree.”
The girl takes the small victory
as her cue to leave. The black guy walks
back and introduces himself, “Hi, I’m Tyheem.”
“Theo”
“We’re both T’s”
Theo laughed, “Yes, I guess we
are.”
“You into politics?”
“Yes”
“I know it just came out, but
what do you think of the IG report.”
“I think that it only tells part
of the story.”
“Yea, Carter Page said the same
thing.”
“Well, he really wants the FBI
to go down for what they did. He was the
target of their FISA warrant. I do think
it interesting that he was never charged unlike the other people they
targeted.”
“Yea, I wish he elaborated a
little bit.”
“I can for him if you want”
“Oh yea” Tyheem said skeptically
“Michael Horowitz is not the
inspector general for the intelligence community. That means he’s not really looking into if
the FBI was misled by other intelligence organization; specifically the CIA. Sure, they had information to open the
investigation but was the information a hoax and a trick by the CIA?”
“That is how conspiracies are
founded. You question everything. It’s like a little kid constantly asking
‘why?’ eventually you get stuck.”
“I’ll give you that but I do
have a specific question for Horowitz”
“What would that be?”
“Does he have the EC?”
“I’m not familiar with the EC”
“It’s an Electronic
Communications that FBI uses to open an investigation. Thus far, it’s been classified.”
“We don’t know if he did?”
“Nope and if you don’t have that
then how can you determine if it was opened properly?”
“Well, we know that it was
opened when Papadopoulos got drunk and talked to Downer (Australian Diplomat).”
“That’s not what the FISA says”
“Well, the FISA was based on the
Steele dossier.”
“Why would one be based on the
dossier and the other be on a conversation with Papadopoulos and Downer? Both deny they were drunk by the way.”
“I’m just going by what they
said.”
“I understand but let’s go to
the FISA.”
“Alright”
“Is there a paper trail of them
verifying or failing to verify Steele’s information or the dossier?”
“I would think so.”
“There’s a very specific
procedure they need to go through to verify.
It’s called the ‘Woods procedure.’ They need to send it to the
intelligence agencies of Britain, Australia, Canada and New Zealand or the five
eyes.”
“Okay”
“There are rumors out there that
they didn’t do that.”
“Well, the dossier wasn’t the
only thing they used to get the FISA”
“That’s not what the Deputy
Director of the FBI, Andy McCabe said.
He said that without the Steele dossier, there would be no FISA.”
“Well, I guess we’ll see. It seems like every time an investigation is
over, it never goes the way the people who support the investigators wanted to
so they just want a do over.”
“This is the first one for us!
All the other ones were Democrats”
“Yea, but making the same
mistake they do is still a mistake.”
“Well, I hope we don’t give up
because you know the Democrats won’t”
“It’s really bad for our
country.”
“So are liberals”
“You’re drink is getting a
little light”
“What are you drinking? You were actually able to have a civilized
discussion. Let me buy you a drink.”
“Alright.”
Tyheem takes his drink and walks
away. An Asian man comes over, “I was
eavesdropping on your conversation.”
“Seems like a lot of people have
been tonight.”
The Asian man smiled, “I’m Su
Kwon”
“I’m Theo, nice to meet you.”
They shake hands. “I want to thank you for explaining why Barr
attached a letter to the IG report saying he disagreed with his key findings.”
“I hope he’s ready for what’s to
come.”
“What do you mean?”
“With that act, the liberal mob
is going to attack him with everything they got. It’s going to get personal. There is nothing too low or too depraved
because, as they say, there’s no tolerance for the intolerant’ and they look at
anyone who disagrees with them as intolerant.”
“Not thinking someone had enough
information to conclude the information to open the investigation was accurate
because he didn’t know what it was doesn’t seem too controversial or intolerant
a point.”
“You watch. That won’t stop them.”
“I guess we’ll wait and see.”
“Hell, even the Pravda-like
Washington Post admits Barr has more information than Horowitz.”
“Maybe they’re not as fake news
as you think.”
Theo bursts out laughing, “Are
you kidding? Just look at their headlines. Cruz is Putin’s stooge, McConnell is a
Russian asset, 18 reasons why Trump is a Russian asset, and then just because
it takes too long to do it individually, the Republican Party is a Russian
asset. All of these are real Washington
Post headlines.”
“That doesn’t make sense. The Republicans have always been the party
that fought communism and attacked Russia.
They engaged us in so many unnecessary wars to stop the spread of
communism.”
“All true but now that we disagree with the Democrat’s
hoax, we’re Russian stooges all of a sudden. T his is what Democrats do, they
project their sins on us because historically, we’re always on the right side.”
“Yea, Democrats always ran interference for the
communists and Russia. They even talked
about how they had been to Russia and it’s the future. Even now, Democrats want socialism. That just seems absurd.”
“Yet, I bet a majority of people in this bar believe it.”
“You don’t have much confidence in college student’s
intelligence I see.”
“Not at all. You
got your first sense of freedom, which makes you impressionable. Professors, who are almost all liberal,
exploit that to indoctrinate you. You
don’t bother to think for yourselves because you’re constantly told, ‘who are
you to say that.’ And it beats you into ideological submission.”
“Well, we’re also poor and Democrats are about helping
the poor.”
“No, they’re not. They
want to keep the poor poor. That’s not helping them, that’s stepping on their
heads. Republicans give much more to
charity than Democrats despite the richest people being Democrats.”
“Trump is the one that changed food stamp
qualifications. Adam Schiff and AOC had
a field day about how they’re kicking children and families off food stamps in
the millions.”
“Like I said, you college kids don’t bother to look at
the bill yourself.”
“If I did, what would I find?”
“it’s only able bodied people that are not allowed to
apply anymore. The bill is very specific
that it doesn’t include families so the parents and children argument is
destroyed already. It doesn’t even count people who are looking for work.”
“Disability?”
“The disabled are also exempt from the new bill. Hell, it even considers being older than 50 a
disability”
“Then what the fuck?
If you are physically able to work and you’re under 50 and have no kids
then what the fuck are you bitching about?”
“That would be President Trump’s point.”
Su Kwon smiled and nodded his head, “Guess that’s what
you mean by ‘fake news’”
“After all the retarded things Adam Schiff and AOC have
said and done, how can you possibly think they’re credible anymore?”
“That’s a good point.”
Theo finishes his drink and closes his tab, “I’m going to
get going but it was nice talking to you.
I told the bar tender to put your next drink on my tab.”
“Thanks man” Su Kwon says as he
shakes his hand.
“No problem”
Theo leaves the bar and gets on
the train to head back home. Theo takes
out his phone and doesn’t realize that his white house credential also comes
out of his pocket and is now hanging at his side. Theo keeps it clipped but stuffs it in his
pocket at bars. Someone on the train
notices and inquires, “Do you think your boss will win in 2020?”
Theo looks down and sees the
pass and smirks, “Who knows? A lot can
happen by the election but if things continue the way they are now, then yes.”
“How do you mean? He’s been attacked incessantly by these
ridiculous hearings.”
“You said it yourself; they’re
ridiculous. You’re not in the minority
either as polls in the main swing states, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan,
have all swung in Trumps direction because they are frustrated with these
hearings being all about nothing.”
“Florida and Ohio are always the
two big ones.”
“His lead is pretty significant
in those states. It’s even big in Iowa,
which is traditionally Democrat”
“Well, nobody is going to
remember these hearings in a year”
“Yea, but we just added 266,000
jobs in November. They were estimating
like 175,000 so we destroyed expectations.
Obviously there are a lot of nuances in elections but taken at 30,000
feet, there’s really two. Either you run
on that things are great and you are responsible so let’s keep it going or you
say things suck and it’s time for a change.”
“Yea, the stock market has
skyrocketed the last three years and keeps hitting new highs.”
“And people’s 401ks have gone up
as a result, they are making more money, lower income people have had six
percent growth, which is twice as high as the richest. Everyone had more money
and despite not having to pay more in taxes, people got higher tax returns.”
“How is that even possible?”
“When you make more money, you
move into a higher tax bracket. When you
move into a higher income bracket, the lower percentage has a total amount
higher than the higher percentage at the lower income.”
“Oh, yea, that makes sense. Wow, wages were that much higher that the
numbers show that?”
“Yes”
“One more year to stave off the
recession. Good luck”
“Thanks”
Theo takes the train back to his
house and goes to sleep. The next few
days and weeks will see a desperate attack on Barr and panic by the Democrats
and liberals.
