I am sure Comey wasn't chosen until an exhaustive search failed to turn up anyone more qualified.

[Stinky The Clown]

Right?

I should be sure he's the best guy.

And the search was exhaustive, right? I was right about that, wasn't i? Exhaustive, right?

[Sanity Claws]

1. haha

Of course, that's the virtue of private enterprise.

[forestpath]

2. Of course it was exhaustive - Obama had to look at a lot of Republicans before he

found the perfect pro-torture one.

[JDPriestly]

3. We are getting so cynical. It's very sad.

[stlsaxman]

4. Comey said "no" to BushCo about its warrantless wiretapping, right?

[HardTimes99]

6. And he almost resigned. Almost, but not quite. At the same time, though, he

didn't bother to resign over Gonzalez' torture regime and in fact signed off on it.

Oh well.

[Tx4obama]

20. See links in Comment #19 n/t

[morningfog]

32. Well, by all means, he must be a real gem! A regular dem in puke clothes, that Comey.

[HardTimes99]

5. With this appointment, Obama has hit the (infernal) Trifecta: Brennan at

CIA (former Bush flunky and deputy to George Tenet), Alexander at NSA (former RummyDummy flunky at the Pentagon) and now Comey at the FBI (former Bush torture-enabler at Justice).

But it's all good b/c Comey supported McInsane in 2008 and RMoney in 2012.

I was told yesterday I had emerged from the Alex Jones\Glen Beck swamp for mentioning these unpleasant facts.

I swear, you cannot make this shit up!

[sabrina 1]

25. Don't forget Clapper, old Bush Guy, Conservative Republican now Director of Intelligence.

And then there's Hagel, and Gates and I've lost count of all the Republicans in this administration.

[HardTimes99]

27. Thanks a lot for blowing my metaphor! :) Damned

pesky facts!

BTW, your posts totally rule. Been meaning to salute you.

[Autumn]

7. Well see, there were no qualified Democrats.

[HardTimes99]

9. I've honestly begun to wonder whether these guys (Comey, Brennan and Alexander)

somehow uncovered some damaging info on Obama in 2005-06 through wiretapping and other skulduggery and are holding it over Obama's head.

That explanation makes as much sense as any other I've heard.

[Autumn]

15. You make a damn good point there. n/t

[dreamnightwind]

33. Here it is

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3064540

Former Intelligence Analyst: Obama Was Wiretapped By NSA In 2004
By: DSWright * Friday, June 21, 2013 5:56 am

Does the NSA have something on President Barack Obama? Maybe, according to former intelligence analyst and whistler-blower Russell Tice. In a radio interview Tice alleged that the NSA ordered a wiretap on Barack Obama in 2004.

Russ Tice, a former intelligence analyst who in 2005 blew the whistle on what he alleged was massive unconstitutional domestic spying across multiple agencies, claimed Wednesday that the NSA had ordered wiretaps on phones connected to then-Senate candidate Barack Obama in 2004…

“Here’s the big one … this was in summer of 2004, one of the papers that I held in my hand was to wiretap a bunch of numbers associated with a 40-something-year-old wannabe senator for Illinois,” he said. “You wouldn’t happen to know where that guy lives right now would you? It’s a big white house in Washington, D.C. That’s who they went after, and that’s the president of the United States now.”

What did the NSA find out? All Obama’s phone calls and emails were scooped up – was there anything damaging? Such an action would be a great way to gain leverage over a politician and make sure they don’t cancel your program – Tice alleges it was also done to a wide variety of politicians and officials.

“I was worried that the intelligence community now has sway over what is going on,” Tice said.

http://news.firedoglake.com/2013/06/21/former-intelligence-analyst-obama-was-wiretapped-by-nsa-in-2004/

[HardTimes99]

39. Thank you for posting. I am speechless and unable to process this tonight. So,

I'll simply say, 'thanks' again for now.

[SoCalDem]

8. The last democrat who dared to appoint democrats, was.... Jimmy Carter?

Johnson had NO problem staffing with dems..

Clinton started the "French-kiss-a-republican" trend because he feared them.. and he had every right to fear them. He felt as if he could placate them by giving them whatever they wanted, nbut nothing was ever enough because he had that "D" next to his name.

Republicans truly feel that republicanism is the DEFAULT setting for the USA. Any time a democrat does make it to the white house (in modern times) they are viewed as a chew toy to be tortured/tormented/defamed/dishonored until the republicans can once again take their rightful place.

This is why the SCOTUS is so damned screwed up.. Republicans always appoint very right wing justices and dems (bowing to republicans) appoint reasonable/compliant dems.

[HardTimes99]

10. Of all the things Obama has done (or not done), his SCOTUS appointments

please me the most: Kagan will grow and become a fearsome rival to Roberts down the years and Sotomayer is already proving exemplary.

[SoCalDem]

11. I hope so.. It irked me when one of them kept recusing herself

A republicans would NEVER recuse himself..

[HardTimes99]

13. I totally understand. Isn't it a terrible state of affairs when we get mad at

our side for behaving honorably?

Someone a couple days ago called this SCOTUS the 'Nader Court' and that has been resonating with me ever since.

[Octafish]

29. Kagan sent Don Siegelman back to the slammer.

Just like Karl Rove wanted.

Hope you're correct about the better future.

[dreamnightwind]

34. Sotomayor is not a Dem

She said so on the Colbert show. Wouldn't say what she is, but not a Dem. Maybe she's on our side, maybe not.

[suffragette]

17. "Nothing was ever enough."

Exactly so.
And I agree with most of what else you said here.


Though I do think Sotomayor was a good choice.
I wrote this when news articles were harping on about her empathy and Obama valuing that quality (which I think was really their code for not wanting a woman as a Supreme Court Judge).

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5733426

[CincyDem]

26. Monica was a Republican ????? n/t

[Iggo]

12. Right!

[GeorgeGist]

14. There aren't a lot of moderate Republicans ...

outside the WhiteHouse.

[treestar]

16. How does anyone know?

On what basis do you claim it was not?

[Stinky The Clown]

18. You're going to debate a sarcastic, hyperbolic verbal hand grenade?

Hahahahahahahaha

[treestar]

22. I didn't get the job

But I'll admit to not being qualified.

People can do the job they were hired to do. there are all sorts of protocols, things that are institutional. If i got the job, I'd have to respect that too. People can't put their politics on those jobs without it being noticed.

[Tx4obama]

19. A few links to DU threads with additional info on Comey

FBI nominee Comey: The man who told Bush his eavesdropping was illegal

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022925543

Comey: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022924526

7 Really Awesome Reasons to be Happy about Comey's Appt.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022920529

In March 2004, Comey, Mueller, and several Bush DoJ appointees almost resigned over metadata!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023025949

[sabrina 1]

24. The only relevant question, to those of us who threw Republicans out. Is he a DEMOCRAT??

The answer is 'no', the next question, why has this administration had such a difficult time finding DEMOCRATS to put into key positions in its cabinet??

Is that we have no DEMOCRATS qualified for these positions? Only Republicans are qualified??? Why didn't someone tell us and we could have just gone and voted for REPUBLICANS??

[rhett o rick]

36. I think we need to look at it a little different. Those in power are not Democrats.

Pres Obama is a Democrat but he is a figurehead. If you notice those running the government are the same as they were for the last figurehead. They stay the same, and only the president changes.

Pres Obama found out that the economic system and the intelligence systems were firmly entrenched and that if he messed with them, things might get a lot worse.

[sabrina 1]

37. You may be right, but if so, then people need to stop defending these wrong policies. They need to

stop whether you are right or not. But IF this is the case then the only way to 'rescue' these politicians is for the people to take back control of their government. But so long as we have these blind partisans on both sides, who are willing to struggle to excuse anything, no matter how wrong, it will only get worse.

[Catherina]

21. Exhaustively. Exclusively. She sniffed and sniffed and sniffed again

Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello... Rahim right?

Our man be cheating. Sniff and sniff and sniff again. I was listening to this song when you posted. Somehow it just fits.

[sabrina 1]

23. Yes of course, they must have made sure there were no DEMOCRATS available for the job.

Seems there is a terrible shortage of DEMOCRATS for key positions in this DEMOCRATIC administration.

[HooptieWagon]

28. I'm sure it was an exhaustive search.

Obama sucked on a tailpipe until he concluded an exBushie was the best man for the job.

Its the only possible explanation.

[progressoid]

30. DU has a humor forum for this kind of post.

[Rex]

31. Wells Fargo

left to plunder unknown victims - so there was an opening.

[tech3149]

35. You forgot your sarcasm smilie n/t

[sabrina 1]

38. Why do you say that? Why was a Republican chosen for this position? Why are there so many

Republicans in this administration?? Gates, Clapper, Hagel, Comey, I've lost count, there are more, and others who turned down the offer. Are there no Democrats that are qualified for these positions? That's what my Republican friends are telling me. 'He has to choose Republicans because Democrats are not good at defense and intelligence and economics. Do you know how that makes those of us who worked to throw them out look?? You may not mind electing Dems only to have them put Republicans back in power, but if you don't mind, I don't support Dems so Republicans can sneak in the back door again. Maybe this is why Obama has so much trouble getting anything done. He is listening to Republicans right there in his cabinet, instead of surrounding himself with members of his own party.

Sickening, all that work so we get Republicans in all these powerful positions.

[tech3149]

40. Yea, I know

I love when I talk to my so called Republican friends. They think because I supported Obama that I could never question anything he does or any of his policies. Back when he was first running for national office I spent quite a bit of time researching who he was. It was pretty clear from his writings he was extremely corporate and Wall St. friendly. Pretty much all of his staff appointments support that viewpoint.
I understand that he's trying to work within a system that is severely screwed up and fighting forces that are so entrenched they could be considered by most to be insurmountable. But he often seems to be playing for the same team as the corporatist s.