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StevieM

(10,499 posts)
Wed May 10, 2017, 03:04 PM May 2017

Seriously? John McCain just called James Comey "probably the most respected person in America."

It may have been wrong for Trump to fire him, but let's not turn Comey into a hero. He destroyed the FBI.

And he is 100 percent responsible for electing Trump. He intervened to harm the Democratic candidate over and over again.

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Seriously? John McCain just called James Comey "probably the most respected person in America." (Original Post) StevieM May 2017 OP
senile old fart! putitinD May 2017 #1
You are both exaggerating. yodermon May 2017 #2
Exactly! Cattledog May 2017 #4
+1 Freethinker65 May 2017 #6
Yup. I wish people would get their damn facts straight. Sculpin Beauregard May 2017 #8
Not close, but at this point McCain's opinion of him is not my priority. nt Tommy_Carcetti May 2017 #3
Comey is a piece of shit. NCTraveler May 2017 #5
You think a Cheeto installed FBI dir. isn't going to scuttle the investigation. Naive. Sculpin Beauregard May 2017 #9
You are very polite when you make assumptions. nt. NCTraveler May 2017 #10
Even though he messed up before the election, Eyeball_Kid May 2017 #12
I just can't get to your point of "faith". NCTraveler May 2017 #14
The writers behind the scenes claim a lot of things. onenote May 2017 #17
McCain talks a lot Lotusflower70 May 2017 #7
McCain flaps his jaw, but he has no teeth. Eyeball_Kid May 2017 #13
McCain had some nice things to say about Sarah Palin, too, I recall. (n/t) Iggo May 2017 #11
Whatever it takes to nail Trump...who was counting on us Demsrule86 May 2017 #15
Ding! A-Schwarzenegger May 2017 #16
Yeah, and let's give immunity to Oliver North and John Poindexter!! StevieM May 2017 #18

yodermon

(6,143 posts)
2. You are both exaggerating.
Wed May 10, 2017, 03:07 PM
May 2017

Comey did not destroy the FBI, nor is he "probably the most respected person in America."

And Guiliani and the corrupt NY FBI Field office were going to leak about the Weiner laptop even if Comey didn't send his letter.

Eyeball_Kid

(7,410 posts)
12. Even though he messed up before the election,
Wed May 10, 2017, 04:57 PM
May 2017

I nonetheless had faith that, in THIS investigation, he was towing the line. He DID oversee the forming of 2-3 grand juries. The writers behind the scenes on this issue insist that the FBI has ALL of the information it needs to prosecute at least two dozen people, including Trumpy. Comey got the ball rolling, and now it has its own momentum. Subpoenas have already been issued, and between 6 and 21 people will be getting indicted. Soon.

And in the unlikely event that the evidence gets "lost", foreign intelligence services have archived their OWN evidence of Trumpy's collusion with Putin, which they will likely release if the situation warrants it. Foreign (European) intelligence services do NOT feel comfortable with Trumpy because they know that Trumpy is aligned with Europe's enemy, Putin.

onenote

(42,383 posts)
17. The writers behind the scenes claim a lot of things.
Wed May 10, 2017, 05:42 PM
May 2017

Some may have a basis in fact, but there is a lot of "some people say" and 'unnamed sources' being relied on by those writers behind the scenes.

Two days ago there were many here screaming about Comey's misrepresenting the Clinton investigation to Congress, calling a Trumpbot, and wishing they could have his head on a platter.

Now his firing is viewed by some as the end of civilization as we know it.


Reality lies somewhere between the extremes.

Demsrule86

(68,352 posts)
15. Whatever it takes to nail Trump...who was counting on us
Wed May 10, 2017, 05:38 PM
May 2017

ganging up on Comey and not caring...let's not fall for it.

StevieM

(10,499 posts)
18. Yeah, and let's give immunity to Oliver North and John Poindexter!!
Wed May 10, 2017, 06:55 PM
May 2017

I can't believe that so many people don't understand the enormity of what Comey did.

Maybe Trump fired him for the wrong reasons yesterday. But Obama should have fired him as a lame duck after the election.

Then again, Obama never should have appointed him. It was the biggest mistake of his presidency.

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