Tuesday Afternoon Massacre

[rushmc 23]

SkyDekker

Rush, why do you think Comey was fired?

Because he kept breaking the rules.

Hell, the Dems all wanted him fired not too long ago.

That presser he did about Hilary was a joke.

He compromised himself.

Trump did the right thing and it has nothing to do with Russia.

And there is no there, there, in this whole Russia thing.

Still no evidence. Nothing, zero, nada. You all are being led around by the media who has become your nose ring.

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[tkhayes 348]

ahh, the delusion that Trump is not under investigation......

[SkyDekker 1,465]

Why would Trump have said he was going to fire Comey regardless of any recommendation?

I believe the reason Trump gave was that he was showboating and he had lost the trust of the FBI rank and file.

However, that second part has been contracdicted by the acting director of the FBI himself. The same person who has stated that the investigation is significant.

And I should add, that you yourself defended Comey for breaking the rules when he publicly spoke about new emails that had been found.

So, your argument is that he was fired for breaking the rules and you agree that was the right thing, after you applauded him for breaking the rules?

[Phil1111 1,149]

tkhayes

And with all the talk about what a shitty disorganized mess the FBI is (NBC interview yesterday), as Trump seems to claim, I expect that the insiders and lifers at the FBI will be more than happy to further investigate Trump, and quite possibly leak some more damning evidence.

payback is a bitch

Agree. Its the same as the WH and all the leaks that flood out of it like water down the Mississippi river. But its not as much payback as people that want to ensure that obstacles...obstruction of justice don't impede the truth.

For certain this week Attorney General Jeff Sessions was disclosed to be a pandering, puppet of trump. Liar as well, but thats part of the protocol.

[SkyDekker 1,465]

I should add that I find it extremelyodd Trump himself would indicate that "this Russia thing" was on his mind while deciding to fire Comey.

That comes extremely close to admitting to obstruction of justice.

[ryoder 1,590]

SkyDekker

I believe the reason Trump gave was that he was showboating and he had lost the trust of the FBI rank and file.

When Trump says someone was showboating, we need to listen to him.
This is one of his very few areas of expertise!

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[kallend 2,027]

FIND the LIAR.


In an interview with NBC's Lester Holt Thursday night, the President directly contradicted the reasoning his staff -- as well as Vice President Mike Pence -- had laid out for his decision to fire FBI Director James Comey.
"I was going to fire Comey -- my decision," Trump told Holt. "There is no good time to do it, by the way. I was going to fire regardless of recommendation."

That assertion came fewer than 18 hours after Pence was on Capitol Hill telling a totally different story. "The President took strong and decisive leadership here to put the safety and the security of the American people first by accepting the recommendation of the deputy attorney general to remove Director Comey as the head of the FBI," Pence said Wednesday.

And he was far from the only one singing from that songbook -- which Trump promptly ripped up in his interview with Holt.

"The President was presented with a pretty clear and direct and very strong recommendation by deputy Attorney General (Rod Rosenstein)," said White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. "The deputy made the recommendation, the president made a swift and decisive action and let Comey go."
Then there was this from White House counselor Kellyanne Conway:

"He acted decisively today, he took the recommendation of his Deputy Attorney General.... I would really ask everyone tonight to read Mr. Rosenstein's memo. This is what he presented to the Attorney General, he presented to the President and the President took decisive action."

...

The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[Phil1111 1,149]

tkhayes

ahh, the delusion that Trump is not under investigation......

New F.B.I.-Director Job Application
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/new-f-b-i-director-job-application

[SkyDekker 1,465]

Now trump is on Twitter threatening Comey, threatening to cancel all White House Briefings and that his staff cannot be expected to be accurate.

Seriously, Rush how do you continue to defend this guy?

[rushmc 23]

SkyDekker

Now trump is on Twitter threatening Comey, threatening to cancel all White House Briefings and that his staff cannot be expected to be accurate.

Seriously, Rush how do you continue to defend this guy?

you guys are delusional at best.

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[SkyDekker 1,465]

rushmc

***Now trump is on Twitter threatening Comey, threatening to cancel all White House Briefings and that his staff cannot be expected to be accurate.

Seriously, Rush how do you continue to defend this guy?

you guys are delusional at best.

Repeating Trump's tweets makes us delusional?

If that is the case, what does unquestioningly following him make you?

[tkhayes 348]

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-05-12/trump-escalates-fbi-fight-with-comey-attack-the-fbi-fights-back

And he tweets a cloaked threat this morning, which does raise the question "When does it actually become obstruction of justice" given that Comey is most certainly a witness.....

[ryoder 1,590]

SkyDekker

Now trump is on Twitter threatening Comey, threatening to cancel all White House Briefings and that his staff cannot be expected to be accurate.

18 US Code 1512:
(b) Whoever knowingly uses intimidation, threatens, or corruptly persuades another person, or attempts to do so, or engages in misleading conduct toward another person, with intent to—
(1) influence, delay, or prevent the testimony of any person in an official proceeding;

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[Phil1111 1,149]

WASHINGTON — Only seven days after Donald J. Trump was sworn in as president, James B. Comey has told associates, the F.B.I. director was summoned to the White House for a one-on-one dinner with the new commander in chief.

The conversation that night in January, Mr. Comey now believes, was a harbinger of his downfall this week as head of the F.B.I., according to two people who have heard his account of the dinner.

As they ate, the president and Mr. Comey made small talk about the election and the crowd sizes at Mr. Trump’s rallies. The president then turned the conversation to whether Mr. Comey would pledge his loyalty to him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/us/politics/trump-comey-firing.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

Mr. Comey declined to make that pledge. Instead, Mr. Comey has recounted to others, he told Mr. Trump that he would always be honest with him, but that he was not “reliable” in the conventional political sense.

[SkyDekker 1,465]

ryoder

***Now trump is on Twitter threatening Comey, threatening to cancel all White House Briefings and that his staff cannot be expected to be accurate.

18 US Code 1512:
(b) Whoever knowingly uses intimidation, threatens, or corruptly persuades another person, or attempts to do so, or engages in misleading conduct toward another person, with intent to—
(1) influence, delay, or prevent the testimony of any person in an official proceeding;

Never mind that the guy who accused his predecessor of illegally wiretapping him, is now implying he illegally wiretapped the Director of the FBI.

[billvon 2,991]

>Now trump is on Twitter threatening Comey

With secret tapes.

Yep, nothing like Nixon at all.

[billvon 2,991]

>Trump did the right thing and it has nothing to do with Russia.

Trump yesterday, proving you wrong:

"Regardless of recommendation I was going to fire Comey. Knowing, there was no good time to do it. And in fact when I decided to just do it, I said to myself, I said you know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made up story."

How does it feel to have your own savior being the one proving you wrong?

[JerryBaumchen 1,363]

Hi Phil,

Quote

The president then turned the conversation to whether Mr. Comey would pledge his loyalty to him.

Right out of the playbook for the Third Reich.

Kristallnacht anyone?

Jerry Baumchen

[DJL 235]

rushmc

***
Rush, why do you think Comey was fired?

Because he kept breaking the rules.

Hell, the Dems all wanted him fired not too long ago.

That presser he did about Hilary was a joke.

He compromised himself.

Trump did the right thing and it has nothing to do with Russia.

And there is no there, there, in this whole Russia thing.

Still no evidence. Nothing, zero, nada. You all are being led around by the media who has become your nose ring.

Now Trump says that it DOES have to do with this whole Russia thing. He even calls is a "thing"

"Trump told NBC's Lester Holt: "And in fact when I decided to just do it, I said to myself, I said 'you know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story, it's an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that they should have won'." "

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/12/politics/trump-comey-russia-thing/

You should at least wait a few days for Trump's statements to solidify before speaking on his behalf.

"I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

[rushmc 23]

billvon

>Trump did the right thing and it has nothing to do with Russia.

Trump yesterday, proving you wrong:

"Regardless of recommendation I was going to fire Comey. Knowing, there was no good time to do it. And in fact when I decided to just do it, I said to myself, I said you know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made up story."

How does it feel to have your own savior being the one proving you wrong?

Huh?

It is a made up story.

The media is your new nose ring when it comes to Trump.

and

My savior?

Wow Bill. This is really getting to you it seems.

And all because Hilary was a sucky candidate.

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[rushmc 23]

Of course it is a thing!

It is a made up thing the media beats daily.

And the Dems all follow in lock step.

Crazy to watch ....

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[DJL 235]

SkyDekker

******Now trump is on Twitter threatening Comey, threatening to cancel all White House Briefings and that his staff cannot be expected to be accurate.

18 US Code 1512:
(b) Whoever knowingly uses intimidation, threatens, or corruptly persuades another person, or attempts to do so, or engages in misleading conduct toward another person, with intent to—
(1) influence, delay, or prevent the testimony of any person in an official proceeding;

Never mind that the guy who accused his predecessor of illegally wiretapping him, is now implying he illegally wiretapped the Director of the FBI.

I foresee those tapes coming under subpoena very soon, especially since it's becoming obvious that Trump wishes Comey to declare fealty to him as if he was his personal employee and not a Federal Officer serving the interests of the citizens of the United States. These threats don't help out his cause.

"I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

[DJL 235]

rushmc

Of course it is a thing!

It is a made up thing the media beats daily.

And the Dems all follow in lock step.

Crazy to watch ....

Looks like a Republican led House and Senate recommending this "not a thing" to move forward and it looks like the media is reporting on news that the FBI has provided to them.

Are we still having trouble with that definition of "fake news"?

"I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

[Phil1111 1,149]

tkhayes

And with all the talk about what a shitty disorganized mess the FBI is (NBC interview yesterday), as Trump seems to claim, I expect that the insiders and lifers at the FBI will be more than happy to further investigate Trump, and quite possibly leak some more damning evidence.

payback is a bitch

President Trump is besieged by internal leaks as he tries to weather the fallout from his firing of FBI Director James Comey.

Media reports about the run-up to Trump’s decision paint him as isolated and consumed by anger and paranoia, prompting questions from Trump allies about whose interests these government officials had in mind when they spoke to the press....

The conflict with Comey appears to have launched a new round of leaks from the Justice Department and the FBI. Citing sources close to Comey or lawmakers in touch with the FBI and DOJ, media outlets ran with stories about how Comey was fired because the administration felt the noose tightening on the Russia investigation....

“It’s image-making on the inside and people trying to protect themselves. There is a deep streak of paranoia among staff. The communications team shit the bed on the Comey firing and now the war with the FBI has them all scared and throwing each other under the bus.

"Thank God I don’t work there. If I did, I’d be dialing up my attorney.”

The behind-the-scenes stories that gripped Washington on Thursday were relayed to the press in the publications and news outlets Trump loves to hate — the New York Times and Washington Post.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/333031-trumps-comey-firing-sets-off-new-round-of-leaks

[billvon 2,991]

>It is a made up story.

So Trump's own words are "a made up story?"

At least you have realized that Trump is fundamentally dishonest.