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9th May 2017, 03:17 PM | #41 |
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Comey should be fired because he refused to enforce the law by obstructing the prosecution of Hillary Clinton. He's a Democrat lapdog.
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9th May 2017, 03:20 PM | #43 |
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there is one difference..and a big one..between Cox and Comey.
Cox was a model of interigty and keeping above politics....Comey was not. |
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No, I seriously doubt it. He never gave a **** about throwing Hillary in prison. He was conning morons.
I think it is fully possible that the reasons outlined in the memo I posted above are the real reasons. The Deputy AG And AG told Trump he should fire Comey for those reasons and so he did. |
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In the end , Comey put himself in a bad situation:Neither side really trusted him.
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I hear Flynn is looking for a job...
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I think the real reason Donnie wanted to get rid of Comey is twofold. First, in Senate testimony last Thursday Comey said:
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Second, yesterday former DoJ Acting Attorney General (fired by the Trumpster) spoke to Congress about the Flynn affair.
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What, no medal and fat pension from Trump?
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I don't think there is any real reason to believe that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is some partisan hack that would fabricate reasons for firing Comey when really he's trying to protect Trump from the Russia investigation.
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I can't figure Comey out either.
And I do hope he retaliates with leaks. And that other retaliatory leaks happen after that, and etc. until we actually know what the hell these people are doing. Whether democrat or republican, I just don't care. I want rule of law and accountability. |
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He's scheduled to testify in front of the Senate Intelligence committee Thursday at 10am. That should be interesting to see now.
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Huh, and it's not even a Friday...
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For somebody who is supposed to be so media savvy, Trump does a lot of really stupid things that make him look bad......
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From Brad Heath on 1/12/2017:
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Hillary has got to be pleased that her unceasing attacks on Comey have born fruit. |
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Seriously?
Deep breath in: Think back to all the times Trump praised Comey for his scathing report on Clinton. Deep breath out: You know how close the investigation was getting to the bottom of the Trump/Russia investigation. Sessions is coving for the coverup. Was there any discussion of prosecuting Clinton recently? Nope. Were there many conversations hinting at getting to closer to the truth on the Trump-Russia connection? Yep. It's right there in the letter protesting too loudly that Trump was sure he was not under investigation. Greta VanSustren is giving the devil's advocate POV on MSNBC trying to say reactions to the firing are purely along party lines. Matthews is calling it the Tuesday Night Massacre. I'm going to label this one, bumbling corruption. I'm going to predict the Republican split widens. Those GOP legislators are already in hot water over the ACA repeal. The rats are going to start jumping off the sinking ship as the outrageous corruption that is Trump just gets too blatant for most people. |
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