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2016 Postmortem

cilla4progress

(24,723 posts) Mon Oct 31, 2016, 08:12 PM Oct 2016

Geez. Anyone else nervous about the FBI being distracted?

Internal fighting there. Sounds like an opportune time to take advantage of someone's eye not being on the ball!

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Geez. Anyone else nervous about the FBI being distracted? (Original Post) cilla4progress Oct 2016 OP

Comey on top of everything else, has no control over the FBI agents. There are more leaks that a OnDoutside Oct 2016 #1

Will it be too late, relative to this election? cilla4progress Oct 2016 #2

The pressure on a vain man like him must be colossal OnDoutside Nov 2016 #3

OnDoutside

(19,949 posts)

1. Comey on top of everything else, has no control over the FBI agents. There are more leaks that a

Reply to cilla4progress (Original post)

Mon Oct 31, 2016, 08:17 PM

Oct 2016

sieve. His position is untenable and has to go. He will realise this very soon, if not already.

cilla4progress

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2. Will it be too late, relative to this election?

Reply to OnDoutside (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 31, 2016, 08:19 PM

Oct 2016

He's turned out to be quite a show pony.

OnDoutside

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3. The pressure on a vain man like him must be colossal

Reply to cilla4progress (Reply #2)

Tue Nov 1, 2016, 02:36 AM

Nov 2016

At this point. He might limp through to next week but I honestly think it is only a matter of him realizing that not only do politicians no longer have confidence in him, both sides of the electorate think he is partizan, and above all, his own agents are leaking all over the place. Plus how could he possibly work under a President Clinton after what he has done, not just in the last week but giving his personal opinion of her back in July.

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