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D_Master81

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14. I've always thought

Reply to StrictlyRockers (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2018, 11:26 PM

Jun 2018

that Comey made a mistake but that it was a CYA move cause he really thought Hillary was going to win and his name would be drug through the mud by the RW media for years. There might even be Benghazi-style investigations/hearings into why he didnt say anything about it by the GOP in Congress. Was he in the tank for Hillary? Was there a conspiracy to elect Hillary?

In the end we'll never know how much it hurt her/helped Trump, but it certainly played into the Trump narrative.

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Right-wing outrage machine bullies FBI director into making biased statements that swing election. [View all] StrictlyRockers Jun 2018 OP

You tell 'em, Rachel! lunamagica Jun 2018 #1

DoJ IG report lesson: Republican bullying of law enforcement works StrictlyRockers Jun 2018 #17

I don't think they had to bully him too much. It came out today that he knew about Weiner's... brush Jun 2018 #2

The best you can say about him thucythucy Jun 2018 #3

That's what he gets. He should've stayed out of it and fired the insubordinate NY office FBI... brush Jun 2018 #4

He had a ten-year appointment, and if he'd done his job Hortensis Jun 2018 #22

Wait, it was Chaffee that leaked Comey's statement then quit likw a coward OhNo-Really Jun 2018 #9

That was just what Comey knew would happen. Remember, he was no Washington rookie. brush Jun 2018 #12

How do you know Comey "knew" Chaffetz would leak? Source? emulatorloo Jun 2018 #21

How do I know Comey knew it would come out? brush Jun 2018 #23

This.👍 n/t sprinkleeninow Jun 2018 #19

"The right-wing outrage machine" mitch96 Jun 2018 #5

It's their favorite deflection strategy FakeNoose Jun 2018 #18

They learn that in church FiveGoodMen Jun 2018 #25

Appeasement. moondust Jun 2018 #6

Working the refs works. More good takes from public figures here. EndGOPPropaganda Jun 2018 #7

Welcome to DU. Image illustrating 2016 election propaganda pumped by media, apropos your user name Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #10

Yup. We can help by following truth-seeking media EndGOPPropaganda Jun 2018 #11

Yup. Incl NY FBI rogue agents under Giuliani wing who threatened to release the "evidence". . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2018 #8

It's really obscene how Comey used his position to influence the election. StrictlyRockers Jun 2018 #13

That's such a perfect word to describe it. Obscene lunamagica Jun 2018 #20

That good guy, aw shucks stuff is not fooling anybody. He was a... brush Jun 2018 #24

I've always thought D_Master81 Jun 2018 #14

The IG report substantiated my long held NoMoreRepugs Jun 2018 #15

I love Rachel blue-wave Jun 2018 #16