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In reply to the discussion: Comey: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly [View all]dreamnightwind
(4,775 posts)I appreciate you giving us all some background on Comey, it was well-written and gave me more of an idea of who he is.
My quarrel with your post is that, after taking such care to use reasoned analysis throughout your lengthy post, you negated all of that in the end, by throwing up your hands in resignation and saying we could get no better, without any such reasoned analysis to support that leap.
"Because of the limited options -- not to mention that people like you and I have no say whatsoever in this -- I think that Jim Comey is probably the very best choice that President Obama could make."
You may be correct in that statement. I think you are not, and I expect better of a Democratic president. If Obama cannot get anyone better, he should at least make every attempt to do so, explaining his position to get someone better, making the case, and moving the discussion towards the light in doing so.
To my knowledge he has not done this, which leads me to believe this is who Obama wants. It's certainly not who I want, and no, I won't play the game of "well, who do you want", that's not my job, it's Obama's, but there's no reason I have to like who he picks, in fact I think this choice royally sucks.