Comey: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly

[H2O Man]

52. I'd like to think

that President Obama is basing his decision -- at least in part -- on his belief that Comey will try to be honest in standing up for real justice.

You know, I am reminded somewhat here on DU of the many very negative reactions when people learned who the federal judge would be in Scooter Libby's trial. And I remember saying that sometimes, there are advantages to having strict, almost rigid, law & order republicans as either prosecutors or judges. Just as long as they are honest, and believe in applying that rule of law fairly.

When I say "strict, almost rigid," I am not intending to imply small-minded or closed-minded. I mean it in the sense that they recognize their duty to uphold the law in an equal manner. That doesn't preclude giving a kid a break, nor imply giving the mayor's kid license to break the law without consequence.

I must say that, in the context of "change we can believe in," I think that Obama has set the bar pretty darned low. (And yes, I know some here will point out it's better than having McCain/Romney burying the dang bar.) I believe that, had the Democratic Base carried on with the enery and organization created in 2008, there was a chance President Obama could have, and would have, done much more. Hence, I'm not "anti-Obama," any more than I'm "anti-grassroots." Yet right is right, wrong is wrong, and half-measures never produce anything good.