Flynn’s sentencing hearing should be a wake-up call to the right

The conjecture from Trump’s base was that Robert Mueller would finally get his comeuppance. That’s not what happened.

Those of us old enough to remember the controversies of the George W. Bush administration just might remember a particular word – a word that symbolized the excitement of the Netroots Left for the moment that would finally reveal the true corruption of the Bush administration. That word was “Fitzmas,” the day when special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald would “frog-march” the likes of Karl Rove and even Dick Cheney out of the White House in handcuffs.

Except Fitzmas never really came. Yes, Fitzgerald prosecuted Scooter Libby for perjury and obstruction of justice, but that was small potatoes. The gap between expectations and reality was vast. It turns out that it’s very possible for a political movement to get lost in its own spin.