Yeah I am annoyed with Comey, but I am also annoyed with Democrats for nominating him

[La Lioness Priyanka]

and I am annoyed that Democrats often nominate Republicans in national security positions (defense secretaries etc.), fueling the notion that Dems cannot protect the country.

Just sayin'. Maybe next time, appoint qualified Democrats.

But yeah, Comey's move was extremely careless and the FBI putting a thumb on the scale of democracy is complete BULLSHIT.

[katsy]

1. HRC's 1st order if business

Dump him

[La Lioness Priyanka]

2. dont know if she can dump him. he has a ten year term, no?

and if she did it would seem vindictive. if he goes he has to go before she comes in power

[katsy]

3. My bad 🙈

Up for new appt 11/23 & Dems should never appoint another gop ever. They can't be trusted

[Demsrule86]

17. He has a complaint filed against him...if he is found to be guilty of electioneering he can be fired

or forced to resign.

[jehop61]

4. WHAT?

We're supposed to not be vindictive after how the Repubs have treated our candidate and President. pleeeezzzeeee!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

5. do you want that in first 100 days, or legitimate policy work?

anyway, his term is till 2023

[Salviati]

6. They can be impeached by congress (as if that would happen) or fired by the president with cause

Seems like violating FBI procedure twice and acting alone, going against the directives of the justice department would seem like adequate cause.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2002/06/how_do_you_dump_the_fbi_director.html

[Peaches999]

32. There will be no comparisons to Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre

None at all.

[msongs]

7. "democrats" did not nominate him Obama did nt

[molova]

9. Zero Democrats in Congress voted against Comey's appointment

He was confirmed 93 - 1.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

10. yes, but it's a democratic tendency to do this. no FBI director has been a DEM.

[Dem2]

8. Here we go again with the self-immolation

I mean come on this guy has been around for a long f****** time, and suddenly ... come on come on! Geez, are you people serious? come on! this is ridiculous!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

11. i literally dont understand your post.

[Dem2]

12. People freak out and want heads on a platter, people to blame when something happens

Nobody was calling for his head 2 days ago. This is silly. The guy is a jerk, but blaming Obama/Dems and whatever freakouts people are doing now it SO not useful and distracts from what we NEED to be doing 10 days out from the most important election of our lives...

[La Lioness Priyanka]

19. He's meddling in an election, the ire is warranted

[Dem2]

21. Backbiting is the opposite of what we should be doing now

In my opinion. I want to win the election, not get more angry and depressed.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

22. No one is asking you to back bite or get depressed

Democrats should not assume that other democrats cannot take on national security

[Dem2]

23. ?

I dunno what you mean, just tired of people who are quick to toss their own under the bus when shite happens - and shite ALWAYS happens!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

24. I'm not tossing anyone under any bus

Unless you are defending comey who deserves tossing

[Dem2]

25. "unless you're defending comey"

Wow!! That's the most ridiculous form of logical fallacy I've heard in years here.

But you got to kick your thread, so kudos!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

29. As I have stated before I do not understand who you think you are defending.

if it's not comey, then who are you defending?

Democrats nominating republican IMO is stupidity. That being said, I love Obama and most democrats and am not tossing anyone under any bus.

And I didn't do this to kick my thread. when i create threads that I believe deserve more attention, i kick them by using the actual word 'kick".

[pangaia]

26. It's just an on line 'message board.'

Nobody else pays attention, except us.

[Dem2]

28. DU a refuge from the MSM

I'M being negatively affected by this negativity, and I'm looked at for confidence during these times from friends and family.

[pangaia]

41. Bravo !!

[anamandujano]

30. I agree with you. There is no upside to criticizing Obama now.

This can wait until Nov. 9th.

[toddwv]

13. I agree.

However, he took over in 2013. There's like no chance a Democrat would've made it past a Senate blockade.

[TeamPooka]

15. Then the job remains empty and we tell the citizens why.

[toddwv]

16. Most of the citizens don't care.

The GOP has been running on an agenda to shut the federal government down for decades. Well, except for the part of the government that writes checks for their military-industrial buddies.

I'd say that Obama should have appointed a Democrat. By that time, he should've known that the GOP wasn't interested in working with him.

However, Comey isn't an elected official. I couldn't find any reason why he can't be fired by the next President.

[TeamPooka]

14. I'm done with bi-partisanship. If the GOP nominates people like Trump why should we give them

any voice in Democratic administrations?
Plus they're just going to obstruct everything again anyway.
NO to any and all Republican Cabinet/judicial/official Appointments!
Enough!!

[democrattotheend]

18. I'm annoyed with Bill Clinton too

For having that stupid tarmac meeting with Loretta Lynch shortly before the FBI announced its decision not to charge Hillary. I think it's pretty obvious that the FBI was going to clear her anyway and that if Bill were trying to influence it he would have been a lot more discreet, but he should have had better judgment. Because it became a controversy, Lynch had to remove herself from the decision and cede the power to Comey, and that may be why she was unable or unwilling to stop Comey from sending that letter. What on earth was Bill Clinton thinking going to meet with her inside the plane in July, outside the ear of reporters but with them standing right outside?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

20. Agreed

[BeyondGeography]

27. +1

Some people have a gift for self-inflicted wounds.

[Nay]

31. Agreed. Democrats, STOP putting Republicans in charge of stuff, fer christ's sake!

They sure as hell don't appoint any of our guys to positions when they are in power!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

33. yeah, its not like we get interior, environment, housing positions.

[BigDemVoter]

34. EXACTLY.

We NEVER saw a single Dem in ANY Repuke administration. Just think of GWB who LOST the election and then acted as if he had won it in a landslide.

I am fucking SICK of Dems thinking they ALWAYS have to be bipartisan. I don't want to see ANY kowtowing to the Repukes this time around.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

35. i'm ok with bipartisan policy, less ok with bipartisan leadership of important governmental orgs

that don't reflect popular will of the people. if people wanted cabinet level positions and other leadership positions to go the GOP they would have elected a Gop president.

[Chathamization]

36. There are also a lot of Dems that go out of their way to support - even vote for - Repubs who are

only halfway crazy. I see this particularly in local races. Matt Yglesias endorsed a Republican who was a Norquist signatory over better progressive candidates. Because, you know, you don't want to look like a partisan.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

37. HRC (the org not hillary) endorsed Mark Kirk

nauseating.

[rurallib]

38. Thank you so much foir saying this!

been saying it for years.

There are DEMOCRATS that know about defense, policing and ESPECIALLY finance. For gawd's sake put them in charge and quit perpetuating the myth that Dems are weak in these areas.

It just crushes me when I see a Dem president nominate even a so-called moderate right for the SCOTUS. There are Democrats, people that believe in humanity, who can fill every position in the federal government.

[Montauk6]

39. But we have to reach across the aisle, DON'T we?

(Yeah, I promise my fingers are all smirking as I typed that)

[FBDB1998]

40. Never try to be a friend to a dangerous snake,

Being a friend to a republican will come back later like a dangerous snake that will bite you. That's what Obama gets for appointing Comey.