Wow, "Rosenstein" is trending at #9, and not even *one* tweeter is defending him, not a one

[Leghorn21]

Reading for anyone who doubts Rod Rosenstein was complicit
in the Trump administration's abuses of power. I suspect he's
one of those guys who believes the line between right and
wrong is wherever he stands, though it slipped long ago over
the horizon in his rear view mirror.

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So basically Rosenstein is claiming he had to release because
he knew Nunes & friends would have them up on twitter out of
context. But that's exactly what happened anyway and Rosenstein
stayed silent about it.

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You could have just said, “Rosenstein is the Lindsey Graham
of the Justice Department...”.

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That act lead TRUMP to fake an orgasm between two American
citizens at a rally nationally televised. Hell yes Rosenstein is a
monster who should be held liable. Who does that shit to colleagues?
They were having an affair, not deceiving the American people
like Rosenstein.

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[spooky3]

1. What a good little toady RR is. Nt

[PJMcK]

2. Yeah, Rod's the guy who would "land the plane"

It's hard to believe, in retrospect, that there were people that we on the Left thought were the "grown ups in the room." People like Mueller, Rosenstein even Mattis and Tillerson.

I feel naive.

Rosenstein turned out to be as corrupt as the rest of the Republicans in Trump's mal-administration.

[Bettie]

3. I think it was more hope that

the rot wasn't through the whole party. Turns out, it is.

[OnDoutside]

4. I don't think he is corrupt in the sense you probably mean. As Asha Rangappa said

"He is simply a weak character whose moral compass is outweighed by his instinct for self-preservation and need for belonging, and he's therefore susceptible to stronger forces around him in service of those goals"

[patphil]

8. I agree.

He's like Sue Collins and Jim Comey. He gives the impression of integrity, but his actions say otherwise.
The timing of this was designed to give Trump a boost prior to the formal start of the impeachment trial on Tuesday.

Patrick Phillips

[yellowcanine]

5. His excuse is laughable. "I leaked because someone else might leak."

Where have we heard that before? Oh yeah, that Comey guy.

[BigmanPigman]

6. He stood by and allowed Barr to mislead the US about Mueller's report.

He is not a man of weak character, he has no character. I read last week that he has a new job and no regrets over how he handled his last one. Fuck him!

[Duppers]

7. Exactly! Thank you!

You nailed him.

[Takket]

9. he knew exactly what he was doing.

No one ever thinks "i'll drop this political bombshell to the media to PROTECT my people." Contrast his treachery with the Ukraine whistleblower doing EVERYTHING right. going through all the appropriate channels and not overstepping their position or place in the chain of command.

Rosenstein is a DISGRACE and should be imprisoned.

[LiberalLovinLug]

10. Maybe that's partly because Trump has confused his own base

By continually going 180 on his appointments.

First Comey was great for "reopening" the email investigation.
Now he's a turd.

About Rosenstein when he hired him:
"He's highly respected -- very good guy, very smart guy. The Democrats like him. The Republicans like him."

Then

"FBI Director Andrew McCabe. He was fired for lying, and now his story gets even more deranged. He and Rod Rosenstein, who was hired by Jeff Sessions (another beauty), look like they were planning a very illegal act, and got caught."


Included in that quote was of course yet another 180 he did on Sessions.

I think some of his not so bright deplorabes are confused as to who they are supposed to hate today.

[RVN VET71]

11. Jim Comey said something similar, didn't he?

Comey, a Republican, evidently didn't not like Trump enough to allow the election to tilt towards Hillary Clinton. His claim that he went public about a re-opening of an investigation on Mrs. Clinton -- an investigation that was re-closed, you'll remember, within a week -- to prevent the media from finding out about and misrepresenting it was specious at best. But it sure as hell sealed the deal for Trump's election. And now Rosenstein claims it was necessary for him to reveal all of the private messages between Strzok and Page to protect them from damage to their reputations caused by slow leaks?

Both Comey and Rosenstein are like the little boy, caught with a bag of rocks, who said he broke the schoolhouse windows to prevent other little boys from breaking the windows even worse.