Unmasking 'Obamagate,' 2020's version of birtherism-meets-Hillary's-emails

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(Detroit Metro Times) Michael Flynn is neither the hero nor the victim in this story.

Rather, like so many in President Donald Trump's orbit, he's a means to an end — in this case, the White House's attempt to rewrite its history of failure.

Flynn was Trump's first national security adviser for 24 days before being fired. He later pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with a Russian ambassador. Last year, however, he began claiming that he'd been set up by the deep state, and he found a sympathetic ear in new attorney general and Trump sycophant William Barr.

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Trump wants vindication — and vengeance. It's not just that his election carries the asterisk of Russian interference. It's that Obama has been renting space in his head since his 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner mockery. Try as Trump might to erase his predecessor's legacy and diminish his record, Obama is still the most popular politician in the country.

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But the martyrdom of Michael Flynn is about more than that. It's fuel for the white grievance that Trump believes will animate his base, a way to stoke resentment against the African American president whom he blames for his problems. ........(more)

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