2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBreaking: James Comey reports to his new job.
Al Giordano @AlGiordano
Breaking: James Comey reports to his new job.
6:43 PM - 28 Oct 2016
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https://twitter.com/AlGiordano/status/792225248200523778/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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Cha
(297,187 posts)kind of appropriate!
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)I was surprised by the degree of criticism, given how Trump bots troll everything. Top News:
... The old, sensible FBI rule book apparently has been thrown on the trash heap this year. While undoubtedly attempting to be open and "transparent," to protect the reputation of the FBI, the FBI director has tossed a Molotov cocktail into the presidential race. .....
If we don't hear more from Comey, we just have to conclude that he was trying to swing election. And *that* should be the story.
James Comey tried to use influence and implication to upend an election today, with no evidence. He should not have his job.
Cha
(297,187 posts)Paul Krugman @paulkrugman 12 hours ago
If we don't hear more from Comey, we just have to conclude that he was trying to swing election. And *that* should be the story.
And, the link! I'm kind of surprised and really happy @ all this, too!
Kath1
(4,309 posts)LMFAO!
Cha
(297,187 posts)Mahlao, Kath!
Kath1
(4,309 posts)Comey is making an ass of himself.
Cha
(297,187 posts)Yes, he is, Kath.. history is not going to be kind to him.. he's ruining what legacy he every had.
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A former director of the Justice Departments office of public affairs said Friday that FBI Director James Comeys letter to Congress announcing the review of more evidence in the investigation of Hillary Clintons private email server constituted such an inappropriate disclosure.
Matthew Miller, who served at the Department of Justice under Attorney General Eric Holder, blasted Comey's move in a 14-post spree on Twitter Friday afternoon, ripping the FBI director for his practices throughout the entire Clinton investigation. Miller said Comey flagrantly violated DOJ rules by holding a press conference in July to announce that he was recommending against charges for the former secretary of state, a decision the FBI director said at the time that he made in the interest of transparency.
But today's disclosure might be worst abuse yet," Miller tweeted, adding that in his experience, the Justice Department goes out of its way to avoid publicly discussing investigations when elections are close.
Miller said those precautions are not just limited to public statements, writing that the department often avoids sending subpoenas or taking other steps that might become public until an election is over.
MOre..
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/ex-doj-spokesman-blast-james-comey-230459
Kath1
(4,309 posts)Comey refused to even tell Congress if FBI was investigating Trump camp for Russia hack, but regular updates on Clinton are apparently A-ok,
TrishaJ
(798 posts)we need a Democratic President who is willing to turn the table on these clowns and kick some serious BUTT.
And I can't wait to vote for her!
TrishaJ
(798 posts)FIRST order of business is to invoke the nuclear option and seat a Supreme Court Justice. The declaration of intent from GOP that they will not seat Clinton appointees is enough in itself to trigger it.
Kath1
(4,309 posts)Agree 100%
Cha
(297,187 posts)does hit just the right note there!
Cha
(297,187 posts)BlueMTexpat
(15,368 posts)Spot on as usual, Cha!
The reek of misogyny everywhere! Not only is it Hillary's "fault" that Bill strayed; she is now also being blamed for Weiner's perversions. Comey should be laughed out of office - along with all the GOPers and their M$M sycophants who raise this as a new HRC-related scandal.
Oh, the power of that woman!
Cha
(297,187 posts)Hillary Clinton in 1999.Credit Edward Keating/The New York Times Photo
Hillary Clinton
✔ @HillaryClinton
Let's do this. #DebateNight
2:51 PM - 26 Sep 2016
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Before the first debate!
http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/09/27/the-power-of-hillary-clintons-throwback-photos/?_r=0
Sarah Reese Jones @PoliticusSarah
The Democrats got rid of Anthony Weiner; Republicans ran theirs for president. And that sums 2016 up in a nutshell, so to speak.
11:52 AM - 28 Oct 2016 · Indiana, PA, United States
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https://twitter.com/PoliticusSarah?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Mahalo, BlueMT! How goes over there yonder?
BlueMTexpat
(15,368 posts)happy - and quite confident, even though we still get VERY irked about trumped-up "scandals" like this. And if it is true that Trump "pressured" Comey as one DIL says, then this faux scandal was indeed "Trumped-up."
This year Republicans Overseas whom I know are primarily voting for the Democratic candidate, so Hillary has truly brought people together already. The problem for the US Republican party is that the majority of sane Republicans seem to live overseas. If anything, they are fleeing the Republican "label" as fast as they can.
There certainly do not seem to be any sane GOPers running for - or in - office in the US.
Cha
(297,187 posts)boast about.
Just more proof that it's political and draws even more Fiery Blowback on Comey.. 'course her being a trump of sorts she'd be too vacant to know that or care 'cause it's his problem.
BlueMTexpat
(15,368 posts)Apparently she hinted that some sort of anti-Hillary "October Surprise" was in the works some days ago. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3866934/We-ve-got-stuff-sleeve-Donald-Trump-s-daughter-law-hints-Republican-nominee-October-surprise-drop-Hillary-Clinton.html
Kath1
(4,309 posts)ffr
(22,669 posts)Cha
(297,187 posts)Mahalo, ffr~
Crash2Parties
(6,017 posts)Cha
(297,187 posts)Thanks Crash2Parties
oasis
(49,380 posts)no chance of a minimum wage increase with Trump as Prez. No union and no OSHA to protect his stupid ass from a hazardous job environment. Trump hates those pesky federal regulations.
Tom Rivers
(459 posts)paul blart was an honest man who stood up for what was right, defended those he loved, and proved to be a hero of the film.
i've seen no such characteristics from james comey.
SOUTHERNYANKEE75
(26 posts)He won't be able to get a job that good!!!
dalton99
(781 posts)Cha
(297,187 posts)Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)Cha
(297,187 posts)I would love it if there were actually a law he broke and he was held accountable.
Mahalo, Madam45!
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)Cha
(297,187 posts)That is chock full of good information and I absolutely trust the Daily Bin.
"Considering that this is far more egregious than anything Richard Nixon did during Watergate, and that he had to be pardoned to avoid going to prison for it, the relevant question is now whether Comey ends up in prison or whether President Hillary Clinton pardons him so hell simply go away."
http://www.dailynewsbin.com/news/james-comey-for-prison-fbi-directors-election-tampering-is-more-egregious-than-watergate/26424/
I was so pissed this morning when I read on here that after Hillary's Presser Erin Burnett said "she looked angry".. well I would have been pissed anyway but I saw it and she looked serious and she even laughed @ one point but not angry. That's the US media for ya.. trying to drive the narrative..