There's no getting around that there are certain optics to 0-2 for Durham. The takeaway, it could be argued, is that this whole Durham thing is a big nothingburger.
I don't think it's fair or accurate to call everything out as dooming. Kash Patel flat out said the Sussman conviction was in the bag on X22. Then when it wasn't, well it doesn't matter and/or that was what we wanted to happen. That's just a fact. I don't know in the long run what it will mean. Maybe it really doesn't matter. Maybe acting like it matters was part of the plan. And maybe Patel was "acting strong when he was weak and weak when he was strong" whatever. But this place isn't supposed to be a total echo chamber with unison cheerleading for whatever the fuck happens.
There's no getting around that there are certain optics to 0-2 for Durham. The takeaway, it could be argued, is that this whole Durham thing is a big nothingburger.
I don't think it's fair or accurate to call everything out as dooming. Kash Patel flat out said the Sussman conviction was in the bag on X22. Then when it wasn't, well it doesn't matter and/or that was what we wanted to happen. That's just a fact. I don't know in the long run what it will mean. Maybe it really doesn't matter. Maybe acting like it matters was part of the plan. And maybe Patel was "acting strong when he was weak and weak when he was strong" whatever. But this place isn't supposed to be a total echo chamber with unison cheerleading for whatever the fuck happens.