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still_one

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5. No doubt it was a major factor. Hillary was leading in every poll prior to letter to the
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 12:06 AM
Sep 2017

republicans in Congress 11 days before the election, and that they would be re-examining emails from a laptop they had for at least a month. The first thing, the MEDIA did was say that the email investigation was being reopened. THAT WAS A LIE.

MSNBC reported that, then paraded every republican politician across their screen to propagate that LIE for the next two hours. Soon other networks and newspapers were spewing the same bullshit LIE, and in the next several days the lead that Hillary had was completely erased. There is no such thing as coincidences. This was cause and effect.

All this time Comey remained UNAVAILABLE for comment, and allowed this bullshit to spin out of control.

As things started to quiet down, Bret Baer from fox news reported "from HIS sources in the FBI, they told him an indictment against the Clinton Foundation was imminent. That was also a LIE, but that didn't stop other news outlets from reporting it. A few days later Bret Baer came out and apologized for his reports, saying he was mistaken, but the damage was pretty much already done then, and the social media had already spread the LIE like wild fire.

It was disappointing to see Rachel Maddow praising Bret Baer for admitting "the mistake", which most probably wasn't a mistake.

By the time the end of the week rolled around, late Friday, Comey came out and reported that there was nothing new in those emails, and that the investigation would NOT be reopened. Of course the damage had already been done, and while the media reported it, they didn't give it that much attention.

Comey is no hero, and the media distorted the facts again. They characterized the Democrats as double faced because they first bashed Comey for when he released letter to the republicans in Congress, and then praised him when he went after trump. That of course is a complete distortion of what happened. They were rightful upset with Comey when he violated the Hatch Act by interfering in an election 11 days before, but they weren't praising him when he revealed the obstruction that trump was involved in. They simply trying to get at the truth. The two events were mutually exclusive, and they never praised Comey.


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I voted for Bernie in my state's primary and Hillary in the general election. enough Sep 2017 #1
+TRILLION democratisphere Sep 2017 #2
I heard the losing team in the last superbowl had more time of possession with the ball... Baconator Sep 2017 #3
That's so effin smart (not). Name one campaign ever that didn't have flaws. brush Sep 2017 #10
lots of these posts are not worth replying to clu Sep 2017 #12
The pundit class wants their catch-phrase back. emulatorloo Sep 2017 #16
Point stands... Baconator Sep 2017 #18
Nah, brush pretty much demolished the tired "most-terrible-awful-campaign-ever" talking point. emulatorloo Sep 2017 #19
No one is suggesting "most-terrible-awful-campaign-ever" except... Baconator Sep 2017 #22
I think Trump was a more formidable opponent than some here think. emulatorloo Sep 2017 #26
And Clinton was saddled with Bettie Sep 2017 #41
The Patriots had the ball almost twice as long as the Falcons - 40 minutes to 23 minutes. Who won? George II Sep 2017 #42
Always Heard Pigs Are Smart Me. Sep 2017 #4
No doubt it was a major factor. Hillary was leading in every poll prior to letter to the still_one Sep 2017 #5
Should have been. No doubt. Glimmer of Hope Sep 2017 #6
If she hadn't decided to use a private email server, there wouldn't have been a Comey announcement mythology Sep 2017 #7
E-mail story was blown all out of proportion. Sham investigation. oasis Sep 2017 #8
She did nothing wrong. On the contrary. ucrdem Sep 2017 #11
thanks for the link clu Sep 2017 #13
Lots of red meat was tossed in that direction but I've found no evidence ucrdem Sep 2017 #17
if they're using NSA spy tools clu Sep 2017 #40
BUT HER FUCKING EMAILS!!1111!!$! MrsCoffee Sep 2017 #46
Comey, more ignorant white wing racists voted than expected, and a big enough Hoyt Sep 2017 #9
Could we PLEASE quit rehashing the last election? Stonepounder Sep 2017 #14
No. MrsCoffee Sep 2017 #45
How long is our mourning period over the 2016 election? jalan48 Sep 2017 #15
Probably until Trump's out of the White House n/t emulatorloo Sep 2017 #21
Stock up on facial tissues. jalan48 Sep 2017 #24
Hey just gave you my take on why this is ongoing emulatorloo Sep 2017 #29
No problem. I quit morning for Hillary months ago. jalan48 Sep 2017 #33
Yeah the mourning doesn't really change anything. emulatorloo Sep 2017 #35
True. Hopefully we can take back part of our government in 2018. That's where my energy is directed. jalan48 Sep 2017 #36
The EC must GO! CloudsInMyCoffee Sep 2017 #20
Russia and Trump's collusion with Russia are the reasons Trump is President. And she did do wrong. Honeycombe8 Sep 2017 #23
it's a good thing reality winner told us about russian election hacking clu Sep 2017 #25
"Our govt will never tell us..." IKR? dchill Sep 2017 #27
What does IKR mean? nt Honeycombe8 Sep 2017 #28
"I know, right?" dchill Sep 2017 #30
This message was self-deleted by its author emulatorloo Sep 2017 #34
Wow. No one has said this before. L. Coyote Sep 2017 #31
According to Steele's dossier, Eyeball_Kid Sep 2017 #32
Yes. Comparison done by CIA officer analyzing Steele dossier sharedvalues Sep 2017 #39
It was more that Comey... Expecting Rain Sep 2017 #37
Comey. Russians. Bannon/'Clinton cash". Media coverage of emails sharedvalues Sep 2017 #38
Was Comey working with Trump and the Russians?, is Mueller investigating Comey? Not Ruth Sep 2017 #43
Thank you! And still, there are TOTAL ASSHOLES who try to silence Hillary and... NurseJackie Sep 2017 #44
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