This week Time Magazine had Robert Mueller on its cover, the special prosecutor appointed by the deputy Attorney General of the United States. The word is that President Trump is exploring ways to either remove or neutralize Mueller. Removal would almost certainly send the country into a constitutional crisis, but Trump has reason to be concerned. A special prosecutor has tremendous discretionary authority. Does anyone remember Ken Starr? Starr was appointed as special prosecutor to investigate the Whitewater investment debacle to determine whether President Clinton had abused his authority for financial gain when he was Governor of Arkansas. Starr’s investigation lasted years and after interviewing hundreds of witnesses, spending millions of dollars to review every conceivable phone record, meeting log, financial record, and receipt, Starr’s final report had nothing related to Whitewater and instead focused almost entirely on the Monica Lewinsky affair. We do not know much about Mueller’s investigation yet, but special prosecutors are definitely something that justify fear.
Never in U.S. history have we had two older or less popular candidates running for president of the United States than we do today. We repeatedly hear the question, “How can these two candidates be the best our country has to offer?”.
if you are primarily fearful of living in a society that is racist and discriminatory, you should be very concerned with what is happening with the political far left. If your primary fear is moving our society towards socialism and communism, then you should be mostly fearful of the political far right. That statement may seem counterintuitive, but it is absolutely true.
People on the political right believe that people on the extreme left are the biggest problems in our nation. People on the political left think that people on the extreme right pose the biggest threat. This is one occasion when both sides are correct.