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kentuck

(110,950 posts)
Tue May 9, 2017, 06:34 PM May 2017

Trump fired Comey for the benefit of Donald Trump.

Put your money on that.

Something was about to happen. Perhaps indictments were about to fall? Perhaps the other shoe was about to fall? Perhaps Comey was getting ready to make his move?

The Congress, the NSA, the CIA, none of them have the power of the FBI.

This is the stuff of dictatorships.

This has frozen the FBI investigation in place and the future nominees will be so controversial that Mr Trump will have have bought himself a year or two to continue his assault upon our democracy.

As much as we may dislike James Comey, this is not a good day for Democrats or America.

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Trump fired Comey for the benefit of Donald Trump. (Original Post) kentuck May 2017 OP
Hell yeah, that's why he did GaYellowDawg May 2017 #1
in other news RegexReader May 2017 #5
Fake news. GaYellowDawg May 2017 #8
Could they draw any more attention to themselves?! BigmanPigman May 2017 #2
Yep. Everything Trump does is for the benefit of Donald Trump. octoberlib May 2017 #3
Yeah, too close for comfort. dalton99a May 2017 #4
does that mean he wins?... lame54 May 2017 #6
Yup.. but Comey provided the rope that Trump and Sessions used to hang him. SaschaHM May 2017 #7
Comey has been skating on thin ice and he knew it. kentuck May 2017 #9
Same with Sally Yates malaise May 2017 #10
The FBI Director doesn't file the indictments Blue_Roses May 2017 #11

GaYellowDawg

(4,443 posts)
8. Fake news.
Tue May 9, 2017, 06:45 PM
May 2017

Upon the advice of my attorney general, I proclaim that water isn't wet because water is what wets things and makes them wet. Steve Bannon and the Discovery Institute say that cause and effect collapse when you say water is wet! Wrong! You have completely yugely mischaracterized the nature of water. Fake news!

BigmanPigman

(51,430 posts)
2. Could they draw any more attention to themselves?!
Tue May 9, 2017, 06:37 PM
May 2017

My dog is smarter than all of them put together (sorry Spike, no offense intended).

SaschaHM

(2,897 posts)
7. Yup.. but Comey provided the rope that Trump and Sessions used to hang him.
Tue May 9, 2017, 06:42 PM
May 2017

Comey fucked up, but given that Trump was kissing him months ago, clearly Trump didn't have a problem with his actions then.

kentuck

(110,950 posts)
9. Comey has been skating on thin ice and he knew it.
Tue May 9, 2017, 06:45 PM
May 2017

One harsh word against Trump and he knew he was gone. Trump had him by the testicles.

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