If these are our "elite," what does that say about us?

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has dropped the charges against General Michael Flynn.  It's about time.  Indeed, they should have never been brought in the first place.  The fact that they were is owing to the profound corruption at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) the various intelligence agencies, and the DOJ under Obama.  And now, in an article by Mollie Hemingway over at The Federalist entitled Obama, Binden, Oval Office Meeting On January 5 Was Key To Entire Anti-Trump Operation we learn that, just as suspected, the entire operations proceeded from orders from the top.  Hemingway writes:

A clearer picture is emerging of the drastic steps that were taken to accomplish Obama’s goal in the following weeks and months. Shortly thereafter, high-level operatives began intensely leaking selective information supporting a supposed Russia-Trump conspiracy theory, the incoming National Security Advisor was ambushed, and the incoming Attorney General was forced to recuse himself from oversight of investigations of President Trump. At each major point in the operation, explosive media leaks were a key strategy in the operation to take down Trump.

Not only was information on Russia not fully shared with the incoming Trump team, as Obama directs, the leaks and ambushes made the transition chaotic, scared quality individuals away from working in the administration, made effective governance almost impossible, and materially damaged national security. When Comey was finally fired on May 9, in part for his duplicitousness regarding his handling of the Russia collusion theory, he orchestrated the launch of a Special Counsel probe that continued his efforts for another two years. That probe ended with Mueller finding no evidence of any American colluding with Russia to steal the 2016 election, much less Trump or anyone connected to him.

An analysis of the timeline from early 2017 shows a clear pattern of behavior from the federal officials running the collusion operation against the Trump campaign. It also shows how essential media leaks were to their strategy to sideline key law enforcement and intelligence officials and cripple the ability of the incoming Trump administration to run the country.

She goes on to share a timeline of events that clearly show Comey, McCabe, Strzok, Page, and others acting in concert to entrap Flynn, as well as to 'create" evidence for a Russia conspiracy hoax. Of course, as always, gentle readers should read Hemingway's work at the link provided. But it may be helpful to understand why Flynn in particular was targeted. First, McCabe held a personal grudge against Flynn, that he should have put aside when performing his professional duties. The fact that he did not only shows that Flynn was right. However, the real reason is that as National Security Advisor, Flynn would have had to have been briefed on the Russia Conspiracy fraud, and would surely have led to mass firings of people involved. Flynn had to be "got."

We move on now to Derek Hunter's article today at Townhall.com entitled Simply The Worst Types of People. Hunter refers to reporting by Hemingway, both husband and wife, and others to make the point here:

We’ve known all along that his henchmen were, but it turns out Barack Obama, the “scandal-free president,” was also neck-deep in the Russia hoax and the framing of Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn. There’s a bitter irony in a man who spent his life serving our country being smeared by one who spent theirs attempting to break it down.

Of course, audio of a call between Obama and former staffer “leaked” where the ex-president proclaimed outrage over his plan coming to its ultimate and just end. Movies aren’t as scripted as that call and its release.

Its release was an attempt to do what Democrats attempt to do: to lie to the American people; to fool us. If there’s one thing a progressive can’t stand it’s accountability. Barack Obama and his minions don’t want any for their illegal surveillance of the Trump campaign, Democrats in Congress don’t want it for their enabling of that illegal activity, and Democrats in the media don’t want it for anything. But make no mistake, they are all the worst kinds of people, and the future of the country is dependent upon all of them being held accountable for the things they’ve done.

They manufactured a scandal, violated the civil rights of their fellow Americans, ruined lives, and won the House of Representatives for their troubles. From there, they launched an impeachment of a duly elected president of the United States over the same scam.

The entire affair is a sad, sad case. I am not sure the conspirators have any idea of the magnanimity of what they have done. First, the attempted to overthrow a duly elected President of the United States. This is no small thing, and a first in our history. This is the stuff of banana republics, not the United States. Then, the attempted to use the color of law to undermine and eventually to prosecute an innocent man whose only crime was serving the incoming President. The lies, misdirection, manufactured evidence, hiding of exculpating evidence, threats even to his defense attorneys is breathtaking. These people should all be disbarred at least, and probably should serve some prison time as well.

But, of course, the real problem may not be the people who perpetrated this destructive hoax on the American people, but may well be the American people themselves.  If these are our "elite," what does that say about us?