Merged Trump Fires Comey....

[AlaskaBushPilot]

Hillary has got to be pleased that her unceasing attacks on Comey have born fruit.

I'm afraid there's more to this than comedic value.

Trump is showing way too much neocon under the gills and they sure hate Comey. She was their Standard-Bearer.

So much we don't know...

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

I don't think there is any real reason to believe that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is some partisan hack that would fabricate reasons for firing Comey when really he's trying to protect Trump from the Russia investigation.

Colin Powell was manipulated by Bush et al to support the WMD charge. Do we know Rosenstein wasn't similarly manipulated.

 

[Giordano]

Honestly, as much as I hate Trump it is actually possible that Comey's firing has nothing to do with the Russia investigation and is actually about how he handled Hillary's email investigation.

Tony- are you feeling well? Just kidding, but your willingness to be generous in considering Trump's motivations in this regard cuts him much more slack than I would.

Yes, it is possible and I agree that Corney's handling of the Clinton email investigation was dreadful from procedural, political, and timing aspects. I honestly feel that it was the major wound during the campaign from which Clinton never recovered. And he should have been removed just for that reason, not to mention he very recent mis-statements on these issues during his Congressional testimony.

Or is it alternatively that the firing is because Corney did not file charges against Clinton, as one letter claims, and that now Trump wants to file charges??

But it is very difficult for me to see an unfair handling of Clinton's problems either way as motivating Trump. Just look at the nasty things Trump has said about Clinton and his lack of interest in legalities when Trump accused Clinton of criminal acts during his campaign. I see it as Corney's investigation of Trump's campaign contacts with Russia as being the primary motivation for Trump firing the guy, and Trump just using the Clinton investigation as an excuse.

We will have to see how much heat Trump gets for this.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

Schumer spoke the coverup word. I can hear the reverberations beginning.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

It's not like the dismissal letter falsely states three times that Trump isn't under investigation.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

White House immediately hands out talking points memo quoting all the criticisms Schumer had about Comey earlier.

These guys were prepared for this coverup. But I don't think they read their Watergate history, or at least didn't see how it applied to them. Trump never thinks it applies to him.

 

[Crucible]

I now feel it is very unfair to compare Trump with Erdogan and Kim Jong-un. He should be compared to Henry VIII

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

Using the Clinton excuse is being called cynical by a pundit on MSNBC.

 

[I Am The Scum]

If this were an administration that punished incompetence, I would understand.

 

[William Parcher]

I predict that this event will cause Trump to play golf.

 

[Mumbles]

In the end , Comey put himself in a bad situation:Neither side really trusted him.

I wouldn't trust Toupee Fiasco as far as I can spit, but it is true that he pretty brazenly interfered in the presidential election, and it's recently come to light that his claim that Aderdin was forwarding "hundreds and thousands" of emails to Weiner was flat-out false. It's basically impossible to defend him at this point, and honestly, it's *possible* that he was fired simply because he had become a public embarrassment to Cheeto Benito, much like Flynn had. We know how pissy Trump gets about the actual voter count after all.

Getting to pick a new FBI director may simply be a bonus for him.

 

[PhantomWolf]

Apparently the answer was 50 days...

Can I have my Million Dollars now?

 

[Brainster]

A healthy dose of skepticism strikes me as in order here, but there is far too much cynicism on display. Yes, my BS alarm goes off when it is claimed that the reason for Comey's firing is that he was unfair to Clinton. Is it possible? Yeah, I think Comey got too far out on a weak branch when he tried to satisfy both sides with his "Hillary was reckless but not negligent," formulation on the email server prosecution.

But to jump from that to "this is all about the Russia investigation," is not skepticism, but cynicism. The Russia investigation is going nowhere, for the simple reason that it's a ridiculous attempt at a Hail Mary after time has expired. Functionally it's nothing more than 9-11 Truth or Obama Birtherism was: a desperate attempt to deny the otherwise obvious legitimacy of the current president.

 

[ChristianProgressive]

Long overdue. Now if only he can find a way to dissolve Congress and vacate the courts.

Words cannot describe the depth of my contempt for that statement and for anyone who believes that way.

The Usurper is now in complete control. The last vestige of legitimate governance is gone.

 

[ChristianProgressive]

Hate to defend Trump, but the FBI head serves at the pleasure of the President, and the President can fire him for any reason, good or bad.
He needs to be confirmed by Congress, but the POTUS retains the right of Dimissal.

Not when the man himself and his regime are under investigation. This BS woulden't fly in any lesser level of government. Comey should refuse to leave and dare Trump to force him out, which would prove once and for all that 2016 was a coup, not an election.

 

[varwoche]

A healthy dose of skepticism strikes me as in order here, but there is far too much cynicism on display. Yes, my BS alarm goes off when it is claimed that the reason for Comey's firing is that he was unfair to Clinton. Is it possible? Yeah, I think Comey got too far out on a weak branch when he tried to satisfy both sides with his "Hillary was reckless but not negligent," formulation on the email server prosecution.

But to jump from that to "this is all about the Russia investigation," is not skepticism, but cynicism. The Russia investigation is going nowhere, for the simple reason that it's a ridiculous attempt at a Hail Mary after time has expired. Functionally it's nothing more than 9-11 Truth or Obama Birtherism was: a desperate attempt to deny the otherwise obvious legitimacy of the current president.

Nonsense of a truly staggering order.

Nixon also had his defenders when he fired Cox.

 

[ChristianProgressive]

Notice how the letter points out Comey confirmed Trump wasn't under investigation which I don't believe Comey ever said in those words.

The pathological, continuous repetitions of his innocence are a sure sign of his guilt.

It's like Bart Simpson's "I didn't do it. Nobody saw me it. You can't prove I did it..."

 

[Beelzebuddy]

Words cannot describe the depth of my contempt for that statement and for anyone who believes that way.

The Usurper is now in complete control. The last vestige of legitimate governance is gone.

Protip: run everything Cain says through a high-gain sarcasm filter.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

A healthy dose of skepticism strikes me as in order here, but there is far too much cynicism on display. Yes, my BS alarm goes off when it is claimed that the reason for Comey's firing is that he was unfair to Clinton. Is it possible? Yeah, I think Comey got too far out on a weak branch when he tried to satisfy both sides with his "Hillary was reckless but not negligent," formulation on the email server prosecution.

But to jump from that to "this is all about the Russia investigation," is not skepticism, but cynicism. The Russia investigation is going nowhere, for the simple reason that it's a ridiculous attempt at a Hail Mary after time has expired. Functionally it's nothing more than 9-11 Truth or Obama Birtherism was: an attempt to deny the otherwise obvious legitimacy of the current president.

Pray tell, can you find even the slightest sliver of evidence that Trump would do this over Clinton and not over the Russia investigation?

If Trump did this months ago and appointed someone to pursue a Clinton prosecution, that would have made sense. He missed that window and not many people in his base were hammering for a Clinton prosecution.

Suddenly the Senate investigation of Trump/Russia shenanigans isn't going away like the House investigation did. And Comey makes one misspeak about how many emails were on Weiner's laptop, seriously, you think that actually mattered to all-about-me Trump?

Another of my predictions. Trump appoints an FBI director with the goal of quashing the Russia investigation. The FBI rank and file revolt and we start seeing a slew of whistle blowing leaks.

 

[Hercules56]

Special Prosecutor time, especially if Trump nominates a Yes Man for next FBI Director.

This will NOT get better, it will get worse.

Trump will not say or do anything to restore our faith or give us calm, he will say and do things to make things WORSE.