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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
The important thing to keep in mind with Comey is to not let opinions turn partisan. He's not a Good Guy or a Bad Guy. That he refused to cow to Trump's agenda does not erase the fact that he violated the Hatch Act. That he violated the Hatch Act does not erase the fact that he refused to cow to Trump's agenda.
He's not on "our side", nor is he on "their side". He's a dude who has successfully managed to piss off both sides with distinctly separate actions that he has taken.
edited 18th Apr '18 11:52:28 AM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.That wasn't direct at you. There's just been a lot of discussion of Comey in recent weeks months since 2016.
My stance on Comey is similar. We have a common enemy, but if we didn't, then he'd be invited to kiss my ass. I have a lot of disdain for Comey, but I loathe Trump and the modern GOP more.
edited 18th Apr '18 11:56:21 AM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.I was willing to be more forgiving of Comey as a guy who got put in an impossible situation and ended up making a bad call based on faulty assumptions. Doesn't change the fact that he screwed up, but at least it was understandable.
The book tour interviews he's been doing, though... He doesn't admit that he screwed up. He doesn't admit that he handed the election to Trump. He doesn't admit that he caved to internal pressure from pro-Trump FBI employees. He doesn't admit anything, he just wrings his hands about "well, I think I did the best thing and I hope it didn't affect the election but we'll never really know" while ignoring the fact that we know for a fact that it wasn't the best thing and it did affect the election.
He's so convinced that he's the only good guy left in Washington that he's unable to admit that he was wrong about anything. So fuck him for that.
Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.Comey didn't make a mistake. He knowingly, deliberately, consciously made the decision that he made in 2016. He's been very clear about that repeatedly, and his tune has never changed.
Even in Colbert's interview, he outright stated that, knowing what he does now about the consequences of his decision in 2016, he still would have done it exactly the same way as he did then. He regrets nothing, he would change nothing. He'll go to his grave insisting that his actions were right, even knowing that their consequences were horrible.
There is something to admire in his conviction to stick to his guns and refuse to give out a fake apology for a decision that he fully believed in. But that decision was, is, and will always be awful and a betrayal of everything the FBI Director's supposed to represent. The country can burn around him as long as he feels like he never crossed a moral boundary, as defined by himself.
So. Yeah. Your average conservative prior to the Cult of Trump revolution.
edited 18th Apr '18 12:20:48 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.At least one reporter is convinced that when Trump fires Mueller, Fox News will keep him in office.
Yes, that's when, not if, especially now that Hannity is directly linked to Cohen. Full article text Sorry, lemme emphasize that last line one more time: In the Fox News era, the nation that turned against Nixon’s corrupt rejection of the rule of law maydoes not even exist anymore.
"Whoops, I spilled my drink on myself" is an accident. "Man, I shouldn't have had that fourth burrito" is a mistake. Comey's handling of the Clinton investigation was not an accident, but was a mistake.
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How the universe works, mostly. It's technically impossible to quantifiably prove it, which is exactly the argument Comey's making.
But given how close the race was, and how many factors were involved, if you don't think the head of the FBI (of a Democratic administration) saying "hold up, the rumors about Clinton might be true" immediately before the election would sway people, then you would be completely divorced from reality.
Which maybe Comey is. Which Trump definitely is.
edited 18th Apr '18 12:51:36 PM by Larkmarn
Found a Youtube Channel with political stances you want to share? Hop on over to this page and add them.Here's 538's article on the subject
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So... Have we discussed the poll showing Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke within 3% of Sen. Ted Cruz
for the November election?
edited 18th Apr '18 1:16:04 PM by megaeliz

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