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DontBooVote

(901 posts) Mon Apr 1, 2019, 02:30 PM Apr 2019

James Comey either just announced his candidacy for president, or he's pulling an April Fool's joke [View all]

Text of Tweet: "I’m in. We need someone in the middle. #2020" and includes a pic of Comey (from the back) looking down a two-lane highway with a farmstead on one side and corn on the right in into the distance...

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James Comey either just announced his candidacy for president, or he's pulling an April Fool's joke [View all] DontBooVote Apr 2019 OP

I don't think so, James. nt tblue37 Apr 2019 #1

Whose middle? watoos Apr 2019 #2

Oh my gawd . . . Iliyah Apr 2019 #3

Comey would make a good running mate with Joe Biden. democratisphere Apr 2019 #4

its an april fools joke, Im sure Tiggeroshii Apr 2019 #5

I hope he spends lots of time on that yellow line. lagomorph777 Apr 2019 #6

So who's gonna be your 'James Comey' and torpedo your opponent's campaign? Wounded Bear Apr 2019 #7

Study the photo... brooklynite Apr 2019 #8

Is he in Lebanon, KS? DontBooVote Apr 2019 #9

I thought of Kansas too. CentralMass Apr 2019 #23

Corn! Iowa! Oh shit! DontBooVote Apr 2019 #13

Looks to have been taken in the fall. Tipperary Apr 2019 #25

The tweet, however, was only 4 mins old when I posted it here. DontBooVote Apr 2019 #33

Yes, obviously he tweeted an old pic. I have done that. Tipperary Apr 2019 #34

Are you absolutely, positively, for reals sure? DontBooVote Apr 2019 #35

OK with me if he primaries Trump vlyons Apr 2019 #10

It's got to be a joke FakeNoose Apr 2019 #11

He is smart enough to know that he has few fans on either side salin Apr 2019 #16

Caitlyn Jenner could be his running mate? Pope George Ringo II Apr 2019 #27

That is an inspired thought! The Jim and Chelsea show comradebillyboy Apr 2019 #32

"There's nothing in the middle of the road but a yellow stripe and dead armadillos. " htuttle Apr 2019 #12

There's corn off the right shoulder.... DontBooVote Apr 2019 #14

Suicide? Sanity Claws Apr 2019 #15

That happened to me once. But it wasn't James Comey, it was a full-growed moose. DontBooVote Apr 2019 #17

you survived and lived to tell the tale! Sanity Claws Apr 2019 #18

Scared the crap out of me! He was as tall at the shoulder as James Comey! Scared the crap out of the DontBooVote Apr 2019 #19

He can see them before they get to the bottom of the hill treestar Apr 2019 #21

I don't expect that they get much traffic in those parts. CentralMass Apr 2019 #24

Tractors, but he should be able to duck them easy enough. nt Blue_true Apr 2019 #36

fuck him JI7 Apr 2019 #20

He stands no chance against Trump in a primary. NT WeekiWater Apr 2019 #22

I remember when he posted this. Is was a long time ago. mahina Apr 2019 #26

It is obviously during fall judging from the tree colors and the height of the corn. Tipperary Apr 2019 #29

He had big balls joking after what he did to America. dem4decades Apr 2019 #28

Not funny. After all he put us through he is going to giggle because it's April Fool's Day? FM123 Apr 2019 #30

One has to wonder why this photo was taken in the first place. Totally Tunsie Apr 2019 #31