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Alhena

(3,076 posts) Sun Oct 30, 2016, 11:30 AM Oct 2016

The Comey letter is the FBI's Bush v. Gore [View all]

Except we get to react to it BEFORE the election. We have no one to blame but ourselves if we don't.

I'd like to see protesters outside the FBI's offices every day until the election. The Dem-friendly members of the media need to keep hammering them. The FBI is now a tarnished agency, just like the Scalia Supreme Court was after Bush v. Gore. The whole Wiener sexting investigation was probably just a fishing expedition on Hillary all along.

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The Comey letter is the FBI's Bush v. Gore [View all] Alhena Oct 2016 OP

ABSOLUTELY! Raster Oct 2016 #1

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. dalton99 Oct 2016 #2

No, it is a pass from the one yard line with no receivers on the field. Coyotl Oct 2016 #3

You got it, Coyotl. Nice sports analogy. Succinct. ColemanMaskell Oct 2016 #5

What effect do you expect from tarnishing the FBI further? Does that win any elections? ColemanMaskell Oct 2016 #4

This is a direct abuse of power and politicizing of the FBI. It is also very probably a violation still_one Oct 2016 #6

This isn't Swift Boating. In fact, it has helped Hillary slightly in new polls: ColemanMaskell Oct 2016 #7

Which part of "the FBI has reopened Hillary's email investigation" isn't swift boating. The still_one Oct 2016 #8

I'd call it the FBI's version of Al Capone's vault. duffyduff Oct 2016 #9