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In reply to the discussion: F.B.I. Director Comey Is Fired by Trump. [View all]RegexReader
(428 posts)127. Sounds better than the beer runs
I made after Nov 8th.
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Comey should be lucky that, for now, being fired doesn't end in a pit with anti-aircraft gunnery.
TheBlackAdder
May 2017
#22
OMG! He's going to fire ANYONE and EVERYONE involved in the investigation and is unbiased.
Honeycombe8
May 2017
#3
Oh, dear God, I hope not. I'd hate for her and the Dems to have to go thru that again.
Honeycombe8
May 2017
#126
Hard to buy that line of reasoning though after the way Comey bent over backwards to rush to assist
cstanleytech
May 2017
#28
John Schindler, considered by some to be a significant political insider, is stunned.
calimary
May 2017
#8
Alot of people including myself were already having a hard time trusting the FBI because
cstanleytech
May 2017
#12
But it would only be a temporary reprieve for anyone involved with the Russians as there
cstanleytech
May 2017
#44
That would be spectacular. He would become a cleaner man, in the process! n/t
Judi Lynn
May 2017
#111
Big difference is though you probably could have gotten enough Repugnants on board back then to
cstanleytech
May 2017
#52
When they shift against tRump (and they will) it will be swift and massive.
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2017
#59
I doubt enough will shift to make a difference especially the leadership who seem ok to go along
cstanleytech
May 2017
#69
McCONnell won't shift. He's involved & his wife was paid off with a cushy cabinet appointment.
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2017
#75
Both (republican controlled) Houses of Congress do not seem very enthused about investigating.
keithbvadu2
May 2017
#73
Holy crap. Biggest moment in last 100 years, along with Cuban Missile Crisis and Pearl Harbor
sharedvalues
May 2017
#21
Key. Hardly that big though. Ranks up with the Watergate Saturday Night Massacre though. . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2017
#34
Comey's replacement could be son-in-law Jared who will sell some visas to Russian lawyers to 'invest
keithbvadu2
May 2017
#81
Sessions recused himself from the investigation. Sessions dismissing Comey is not proper
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2017
#31
There's nothing in the article about Sessions. OP might be wrong about that. (n/t)
thesquanderer
May 2017
#76
tRump is so stupid he refers to himself and "under investigation" in the same sentence.
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2017
#86
I lived in Miami during the seventies & eighties. As the cocaine dealers got more and more paranoid,
NBachers
May 2017
#32
When Nixon tried to fire his special prosecutor (Archibald Cox), he faced backlash
MrPurple
May 2017
#43
Comey thought he could protect FBI & his job Oct. 2016 with the disgusting Hillary letter.
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2017
#51
In the tradition of J. Edgar Hoover, of course Comey has files on Trump and family and company.
no_hypocrisy
May 2017
#58
No tears shed from. Of course the bad news is he is going to put one of his cronies who will try to
still_one
May 2017
#63
Maybe they will say Comey lied to Hillary about the Weiner laptop email nonsense.
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2017
#68
Firing the person investigating Russiagate makes Trump look even more guilty. nt
WePurrsevere
May 2017
#78
especially without addressing the public...especially without apparent reason. If he had good
wiggs
May 2017
#88
All of Trump's reasons for firing Comey existed at the time he asked Comey to stay on.
SunSeeker
May 2017
#90
Light up the phones! Call EVERYONE and demand a special independant prosecuter!!!
mtngirl47
May 2017
#104
So Sessions (who has recused himself) recommended that Comey (who leads the investigation) be fired
funkybutt
May 2017
#106
Sally Yates, Preet Bharara, and now Comey. Three strikes, he should be out. Might be.
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2017
#117
This is a move to kill/bury the investigations. Not a fan of Comey but lying can't possibly be the r
underpants
May 2017
#119