What's interesting about Comey's statement is Trump's obsession with the dossier.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

He kept going back to it, insisting there were no hookers, wanting Comey to get the word out that it didn't happen. This strongly suggests to me that it DID happen. Trump is as transparent as a golden shower.

[malaise]

1. Just wrote that on another thread

He knows it happened

[flibbitygiblets]

20. Same here. You have to love the optics of having to repeat "No Russian Hookers" repeatedly

Gee, for all the freaking out every single Republican did about President Obama, there was never even so much as a whiff of ethical scandal whatsoever.

Whereas with a serial misogynist like Donald "Grab Em By the P***y" Trump, we'd only be shocked if there WEREN'T any Russian Hookers hiding in his walk-in skeleton closet.

[malaise]

21. Over and over

It's hilarious

[forgotmylogin]

28. Classic "The Shady Doth Protest Too Much"

(Sorry, Shakespeare!)

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. "Urine for a treat tomorrow, trumpie"

[spanone]

18. ooh

[malaise]

22. Too many clothes

[spanone]

23. BWahahahahaaaa..

[leftstreet]

3. Hehe. No wonder he felt he had a 'cloud' over him

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. More like a warm mist...

[calimary]

13. That's what the smoke looks like.

From the "where there's smoke, there's fire" department.

[XRubicon]

5. His "wife" won't hold his hand

or live with him...

[Major Nikon]

10. GFE costs extra

[JDC]

31. Ha, your Craigslist is showing...

[Major Nikon]

33. ...so I've been told

[barbtries]

37. i'll bite

what's GFE?

[chelsea0011]

6. It is fucked up that he wanted Comey to put to rest him peeing all over a hotel bed.

What a fuck up this guy is. It now must be true. All of it.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. I always assumed it was true; that was just too weird to have been made up.

Yes, I know some people have some unconventional sexual quirks and fetishes, but this wasn't really that. It was symbolic debasement of the Obamas, who had slept in that bed. That's just too perverse not to be true.

[JI7]

8. it wasn't hard to believe because of trumps hatred and resentment of Obama

That was probably what made me believe it more than the sex acts descibed.

[yardwork]

9. I think Trump's obsession with the pee story could mean it isn't true.

Maybe it's the only part of the dossier that isn't true. Trump's behavior reminds me of a two year old who got in trouble and he's having a meltdown about the one little accusation that isn't exactly true. All the rest is true.

Maybe the person who wrote the dossier knew that Trump is so childish, it would really, really bother him so they put this salacious story in it.

[nocalflea]

30. Sadly, we may nevet know.

Maybe the middle ground is the truth.
Prostitutes=yes
Golden showers=no

[YCHDT]

11. Maybe that's "that thing" he's talking about ?!

[AlexSFCA]

12. I've always believed

that the dossier is true. Trump is gaslighting as usual insisting on the opposite. He claims he always assumes he is being recorded - total BS; just think of Billy Bush. He always gets very defensive when the truth is being told.

[spanone]

14. Trump told Comey he was not involved with 'hookers'

http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/336766-trump-told-comey-he-was-not-involved-with-hookers

[sharedvalues]

24. He thinks they weren't hookers because he didn't pay them!

He doesn't know Putin paid them.

[nocalflea]

32. His last two wives are laughing their asses off.

[Major Nikon]

35. They were actually "models"

Granted they had no apparent modeling income despite living a lavish lifestyle and a pimp, er agent that gets them non-modeling dates, er work with rich clients.

[zentrum]

15. Could also be just the opposite

It's the kind of story, that if you knew it wasn't true, you'd really want it brought to an end.

I mean, think about it. If there was a rumor like that going around about you among your friends and family---you'd be very anxious to get it ended.

So his return to it goes both ways. Sorry to say.

Frankly, based on his character, I can't believe it isn't true---but that's another matter.

[unblock]

26. except that i would want an investigation to continue so everyone finds out it didn't happen.

[zentrum]

27. Very true. You're right. nt

[octoberlib]

16. Also , Trump's concern for Flynn. Trump throws everybody under the bus .

The only reason I can think of for Trump's concern is that Flynn knows something.

[nocalflea]

34. Flynn was his handler or enabler.He pushed russian policy wishes to the NSC, arguing on their merits,giving Trump cover.

Not workable when everyone was so blatant about pro-Russian stance. With Flynn gone,Trump loses his cover.Now he's anxious, because part of Flynn's purpose was to keep the Russians at bay.Kompromat. If Flynn had still been around, the Oval Office meeting may have been avoided. The russians could have communicated with Flynn instead. Trump panicked and gave up intel to appease them,because with McMaster in the room, Trump couldn't address the real agenda(that was Flynn's job).

[DK504]

17. "This strongly suggests to me that it DID happen."

You know it happened, he hates President Obama, he is sick enough to do shit like that.

[Raven123]

19. I read the Comey memo and don't expect much from tomorrow

Trump team pouncing on Comey's denial that Trump is a subject of the investigation. Flynn is toast and that is not news. I think today's non-responsive answers by potentially corroborating witnesses needs to be pursued.

[ThoughtCriminal]

25. In Trumps mind

They are not hookers if somebody else is paying.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

29. That is so true VO. Yes, an innocent person would be outraged and deny it ALL - by

his picking it apart it implies guilt, for sure. Think about it - if it was all 100% false - you'd be out there and outraged and denying NONE of it happened.

[JI7]

36. Richard Clarke on Lawrence Odonnells show today said he heard from those he knows

that the stuff in the dossier has mostly been verified.

[jmg257]

38. So if you were trying to get someone in Comey's position to be on your side,

A someone who JUST briefed you on EXACTLY why you would be kompromised, you do not think you would re-iterate that the krompmising part did not happen?

Doesn't seem all that strange to hit the point.