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Again agreed.

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 03:38:00 +0000

Again agreed. More discussion of Rosenstein's role is needed - he largely fell under the radar, when he seems to have been a prime CYA puppeteer. With McConnell it's figuring out how to sideline a master arsonist, and I assume he'll only get replaced with worse - success breeds success.

The comment did include

moat — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 02:41:44 +0000

In reply to You're right, but again i

The comment did include noticing how he left out the most powerful person in the room.

Comey is navigating his code of loyalty and sense of outrage under his terms and I agree there is no reason to listen to him as an oracle of some kind.

The man says he get played on a number of levels and wants someone to pay for that. I think that part is real. His experience is more interesting than his explanations.

You're right, but again i

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 02:13:00 +0000

In reply to It is interesting that he

You're right, but again i contend Comey's a douchebag who"s displayed really shitty horse sense multiple times, especially saying now Trump shouldn't be prosecuted, so I object to even taking his mutterings as serious food for thought just because he's trying to hawk a book. Lots of smart people are around to analyze what should happen to the Republican Party. Comey as a supposedly non-partisan before is back trying to put his thumb on the scale? Why wasn't he more forceful in denouncing Barr when it made a difference? Why didn't he out Rudy's band of disgruntled current FBI agents when he was still head? Why doesn't he help us figure out why Mueller's other case references spun off to other FBI branches got squelched? (yes, Mueller should testify about that too). Why not interview Michael Avenatti in jail? I bet that'd be more useful insight.

It is interesting that he

moat — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 23:26:27 +0000

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It is interesting that he thinks there will be something left after the bonfire.

I have argued before that Gingrich was a particular turning point. If Comey really wants to play, he has to include McConnell, the best student Gingrich ever had.

Thanks. Still oddly naive.

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 19:16:36 +0000

In reply to go to the embedded link to

Thanks. Still oddly naive.
Like the FBI should be so easily snowed by Trump just because Trump's president?
His whole personality was an open book for decades.
I dunno - he just doesn't seem to evolve much considering all the reports over 4 years.

go to the embedded link to

artappraiser — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 19:03:52 +0000

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go to the embedded link to Jan. 19 The Guardian article, I just realized it was there now, lotsa other stuff including the pee tape, Clinton emails, speaks more frankly than previously

‘The Capitol riot was our Chernobyl’: James Comey on Trump, the ‘pee tape’ and Clinton’s emails

devil's advocate inquiring

artappraiser — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 18:36:48 +0000

In reply to Comey: 'Republican Party has to be burned to the ground'

devil's advocate inquiring minds want to know: isn't that the language of incitement?

edit to add: note he speaks of a decline since the influence of the Tea Party types, names Gingrich and Palin.

Coney's such a freak - "Biden

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 18:29:52 +0000

In reply to Comey: 'Republican Party has to be burned to the ground'

Coney's such a freak - "Biden should think about pardoning Trump"? Comey couldn't even let go of Hillary *twice* when they found nothing worth prosecuting, and he let Trump roll him the first month in office, however clever he thought he was.

and in case you were

artappraiser — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 18:01:43 +0000

In reply to Comey: 'Republican Party has to be burned to the ground'

and in case you were wondering:

Joe Biden intends to keep FBI Director Christopher Wray in his post. https://t.co/AXTWbaG6cJ
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 21, 2021