As usual, Trump called me a
sleaze. But the audience reaction
to his rant was more upsetting.
Washington Post,
by
James B. Comey
Original Article
Posted By: Pluperfect,
2/8/2020 4:43:23 AM
The most important thing that happened during President Trump’s post-impeachment rant at the White House didn’t happen at the lectern.
Yes, as usual, he called me a sleaze and scum and a dirty cop and said he likely would no longer be president if he hadn’t fired me. Although I still can’t follow the logic of that last bit, it doesn’t matter.
The important thing was what happened in the audience, where there were plenty of intelligent people of deep commitment to religious principle. They laughed and smiled and clapped as a president of the United States lied, bullied, cursed and belittled the faith of other leaders. That was the deeply disturbing
Reply 1 - Posted by:
PChristopher 2/8/2020 5:09:22 AM (No. 311728)
A total lack of self awareness. If a crowd of people agree that you're a sleaze....you're a sleaze. Deal with it.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
watashiyo 2/8/2020 5:20:54 AM (No. 311730)
A pompous, arrogant, sanctimonious baffoon, and a prolific criminal who miserably fell from grace. America's been very kind and generous if a criminal like him could still freely criticize the President and not Ashtray Hillary.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
BillW. 2/8/2020 5:34:24 AM (No. 311737)
Good #1: This fellow’s total lack of self-awareness is mirrored by hateful Democrat pols, the enemedia, and the dwindling ranks of mind-numbed Democrat voters nationwide. God bless you, Mr. President –Vets for Trump 2020
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 2/8/2020 6:02:37 AM (No. 311748)
Uh, Jim, you ARE a sleaze.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
ARKfamily 2/8/2020 6:13:39 AM (No. 311753)
Did it ever occur to you, James Comey, that your party started this infantile debacle starting with the recounts in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin? If Hillary and company would have been gracious losers, this country could have moved in a different direction. Nope, that didn't happen and now you are whining. Maybe you should grow up from this infantile tantrum and move on.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
greggojo 2/8/2020 6:30:43 AM (No. 311764)
I'm weary and doubtful about any full reckoning in what is undeniably the worst Justice Department scandal in American history and I doubt if Comey, much less the (always keeps his own hands clean) Obama will ever be charged for what I suspect is their culpability in the use of the DOJ (as well as other federal agencies, including the CIA) to undermine the campaign and subsequent presidency of Donald J. Trump. Meanwhile, the ever arrogant and pompous Mr. Comey continues his pious and self-righteous condemnation of those who rightly call him out for his misdoings. It would be unkind to wish that Mr. Comey and Mr. Romney be locked in a room together, where they could spend the rest of their lives vying for who is the most noble, so I won't wish it.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Socio 2/8/2020 6:45:40 AM (No. 311770)
He actually believes he is the victim in all of this?
I hate to shatter that alternate reality you are living in Jimmy but you are not only a sleaze you are in dire need of psychiatric counseling.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
PostAway 2/8/2020 6:47:28 AM (No. 311773)
Oh, for heaven’s sake. What a goof galoot. I practically heard Gregorian chants as I read this self-regarding screed.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 2/8/2020 6:48:31 AM (No. 311774)
Hey Sleaze, I hope you see some serious jail time. What a disappointment you are to law enforcement.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Lazyman 2/8/2020 6:53:04 AM (No. 311777)
At 18 my head was shaved and at 19, I was sent to Vietnam. We as kids somehow managed to do what was right although we missed home too. I'm sure this student had it rough but in Nam we had no time to disrespect our brothers. This guy is a sleaze and by his own admission also was as a young lad. How he got to the head of the FBI is amazing but he was no "cop."
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 2/8/2020 7:20:48 AM (No. 311796)
Waterboard him! Do it now!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
EJKrausJr 2/8/2020 7:23:42 AM (No. 311800)
You are sleaze. Worse that J Edgar. Wear that Jim.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
mobyclik 2/8/2020 7:32:14 AM (No. 311807)
This sleaze is so full of himself I'm surprised he doesn't burst. Hey Jimbo, you're one of the top coup-plotters I want to see in orange. Not only ARE you a sleaze, but you're a lying criminal and you belong in prison.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
planetgeo 2/8/2020 7:33:58 AM (No. 311810)
Jim still somehow perceives himself to be an altar boy when the uncovered evidence confirms that he is in fact an "alter boy."
Leaks, lies, and preying together, Jim. Not good.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
udanja99 2/8/2020 7:35:58 AM (No. 311811)
James, didn’t mommy ever warn you that the truth hurts? In case you haven’t noticed, in the last 24 hours two of your coup cohorts have been removed from their posts and sent packing. That’s nothing compared to what PDT is about to bring down on your head. There will be no prayers for you. Only justice.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Krause 2/8/2020 7:42:26 AM (No. 311817)
That guilty look gives you away. Sorry about that.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
NancyD 2/8/2020 8:02:59 AM (No. 311833)
This guy is so deep in the swamp he can't see through the scum that surrounds him.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 2/8/2020 8:09:11 AM (No. 311839)
Comey, sleaze, I sure hope orange is your favorite color. Because that is the color of standard issue prison jumpsuits. Save all of your scholarly behavior and leftist principles for prison. You will have plenty of time to pontificate in front of your cell mate.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Osprey21 2/8/2020 8:11:00 AM (No. 311841)
STFU, Jimmy.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
mizzmac 2/8/2020 8:13:48 AM (No. 311844)
Is he still leaking from the mouth?
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
marbles 2/8/2020 8:16:07 AM (No. 311847)
He's upset that the informed segment of the population ( republicans ) know exactly what he is and they reject him.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
pixelero 2/8/2020 8:23:00 AM (No. 311856)
Why is this guy getting a WP column?
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
franq 2/8/2020 8:35:09 AM (No. 311868)
"...disturbing..." Tom Daschle used that word a lot too. It's a favorite among libs. Usually means they are in the wrong...
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
janjan 2/8/2020 8:41:26 AM (No. 311873)
Trump must have bullseyed on this one for Comey to trip over himself rushing to his laptop to write an article about it. His suggestion that everyone should have left the room when Comey got criticized was really quaint. His entire life is played out in his own head.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
walcb 2/8/2020 8:45:25 AM (No. 311879)
#7, Corey is close enough.
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Comey is one of many on the left who have difficulty in a reality based world. They fantasize about what they want to be real, and for them it becomes real. He is experiencing delusion.
Just as Pharaoh had his heart hardened by God, based on his thought choices, those in the end times will be sent a strong delusion, based on their choices to believe a lie.
"And for this cause God shall send them strong DELUSION, that they should believe a lie." ~ 2 Thessalonians 2:11
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
49 Ford 2/8/2020 8:49:02 AM (No. 311886)
No way I can bring myself to read this self-serving garbage beyond the first graf.
If some audience cheered him, then they don't know [bleep] from apple butter.
Mr. Barr, Mr. Durham...take Comey to the Tall Man's Shop to be fitted for an orange jumpsuit.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 2/8/2020 8:52:12 AM (No. 311890)
Waste of bandwidth.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
Saryden 2/8/2020 9:13:20 AM (No. 311916)
It is due to 'sleaze' like Comey, Clapper, Brennan, Schiff, the Bidens, and Hussein O that we no longer revere our FBI, etc.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
PCMM 2/8/2020 9:21:58 AM (No. 311927)
#15
“It’s not waterboarding if you use diesel” is my favorite t-shirt. People give me the stink-eye when I wear it but that’s OK, I just smile and wish them a good day.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
Jebediah 2/8/2020 9:29:09 AM (No. 311935)
Not accurate: MORe accurate: total narcissist with a Savior complex.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
moebellini3 2/8/2020 9:37:59 AM (No. 311950)
An article by James Comey, a swamp dweller. I read the headline and that was enough for me. Any article written by a pathological liar is a lie. Got it.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
padiva 2/8/2020 9:47:50 AM (No. 311962)
Keep talking, Jimmy. Even though you have not been read your Miranda rights, you should think about them now and then.
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Democrats' Rule no 1: ALWAYS say you are a victim.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
bighambone 2/8/2020 9:58:45 AM (No. 311971)
The holier than thou James Comey is quickly finding out that when he took on President Trump that he was not taking on the usual wimpy Republican career DC politician, but a counterpunching New York City Street fighter in the mode of a junkyard dog. By this time Comey should also be figuring out that he will not be able to fool all the people all of the time.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
dbdiva 2/8/2020 10:04:05 AM (No. 311977)
Wow!!! He was not even a little bit aware that he was describing the left's usual behavior. And as for living in a physically separate annex while in college - well Jimmy, guess what? That same type of living accomodations are in your not so distant future. So..... whine on if it makes you feel better but it will change nothing for you. NOTHING!!
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
guybee 2/8/2020 10:09:11 AM (No. 311979)
OK - his point is it is wrong to go along with a group - he did it to that boy in college. Hmmm. Did he NOT just do it to Trump by going along with Jarret, Obama, Rick, Clapper, Brennan and the rest of the sickos who thought they had the moral authority to destroy the duly elected President of the USA? This is typical hypocrisy - you see in others the very sickness that permeates your own being. Somebody needs to prosecute this airhead.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
DVC 2/8/2020 10:16:26 AM (No. 311986)
Comey is a criminal and a traitor.
I am NOT going to waste my time on his garbage and lies.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
donnaclaire 2/8/2020 10:21:02 AM (No. 311989)
Have seen Comey act like a whimpering, sniveling, whiny, pitiful loser at times, and his stature does nothing to change that. But, his words are threatening, aggressive and tough. Silly man; he 'stinks' to high heaven and it nauseates me to even look at him.
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
starboard 2/8/2020 10:27:12 AM (No. 311995)
The truth hurts!
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 2/8/2020 10:37:44 AM (No. 312006)
All I want is the core nucleus of these sleazy traitors to write their trash and memoirs from jail cells for forty years James Comey is one of them. This tall idiot buffoon sure sounds off much for his participation in the attempted coup. Dirty Cop is appropriate for this total scum and he shouldn't be walking around free as far as I'm concerned.
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
rusino 2/8/2020 10:50:48 AM (No. 312023)
Comey describes the gang of miscreants he belonged to in college..and despite his statement..that was then, this is now...he hasn’t changed at all!
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
NotaBene 2/8/2020 11:07:11 AM (No. 312045)
Comey conspired with Clapper, McCabe, Ohr, Strozk, Pitienka, Archey, James Baker, Mary McCord, Lisa Page, Sally Yates and others to inject a Russian Pee Dossier prepared by CIA spies such as Brennan, Mifsud, Stefan Halper, Perkin Coies, Nellie Ohr, the DNC and other bureaucrats into our political discourse. Coup failed, will be jailed.
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The word used was "sleasebag"; much more descriptive and appropriate.
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
Tianne 2/8/2020 11:18:07 AM (No. 312061)
in this article, Mr. Comey admitted to being a bully in college and causing pain to an innocent young man. College students pull many pranks, perhaps drink a little too much, and do lots of things that make them uncomfortable later in life. But not many of them are bullies. A college student who is capable of bullying another is already manifesting a part of his adult character.
Mr. Comey, and those who answered to him, consistently vilified, slandered, and discredited Donald J. Trump - and they did it secretly, viciously, and without reason.
Once a bully, always a bully.
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
wakeupcall 2/8/2020 11:39:01 AM (No. 312081)
Actually, Comey, You are a Traitor.
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Reply 47 - Posted by:
previouslyon24 2/8/2020 11:39:14 AM (No. 312083)
Picture him with both arms extended up and signaling V for victory, standing atop an airplane ramp, claiming: "I am not a sleaze bag!"
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Reply 48 - Posted by:
wjr 2/8/2020 11:51:15 AM (No. 312091)
There needs to be a reckoning with the FBI, Justice Department and the CIA. These agencies are out of control and need to be brought to heel.
The actions that they have taken over the last several years threaten our Republic.
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Reply 49 - Posted by:
FunOne 2/8/2020 11:57:30 AM (No. 312094)
I hope the day will come when he is no longer called a sleaze or a sleazebag. He will be called something like #463681.
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Reply 50 - Posted by:
WhatMediaBias 2/8/2020 12:28:21 PM (No. 312117)
Woulda thought he'd be grateful that Trump toned it down. He's much worse, acutally. But we'll find out when the report comes out about the treachery surrounding the FISA court and 'RussiaGate' hoax.
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Reply 51 - Posted by:
Philipsonh 2/8/2020 12:29:10 PM (No. 312119)
Calling Comey personal names is quite tame. The man committed sedition, as well as refusing to prosecute others who did the same. In fact, Hillarly committed TREASON and he did not hold her accountable. WHY ? She didn't intend to do so, as per Comey. Well we ALL know she da*n well did intend to do so, a, in any event, that INTENT has no bearing on the matter.
Comney shpuld have been dismissed from his post and disbarred for his treachery.
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Reply 52 - Posted by:
Italiano 2/8/2020 12:33:49 PM (No. 312126)
Putin would have a solution for this traitor.
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Reply 53 - Posted by:
LadyVet 2/8/2020 12:48:51 PM (No. 312146)
To follow up on #1:
If one person says you are a horse's rear, that may be just a point of view. But if the whole room says so, go get a saddle.
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Reply 54 - Posted by:
Roark 2/8/2020 1:00:19 PM (No. 312155)
Okay, I believe we've established Comey is a reprobate. And we're pretty much preaching to the choir here.
My biggest concern is how such an (historically) esteemed institution could continue to promote such an individual to it's upper ranks and how many more are in high-level leadership rolls right now? Comey is a symptom and unless the cause is rooted out and addressed nothing will change institutionally. Director Wray is unsuited for job as he, too, is a symptom.
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I heard the democrats say that Trump is treating the Presidency like a reality show. Well, I agree. We finally have a President who deals with reality and does not live on the fantasy island that the democrats want us to inhabit. The island where communism is a good thing and socialists are our saviors. The place where Venezuela is a land of milk and honey rather than the hideous pit of starvation that it has become. Comey is about as low a being as we can in fact encounter on this planet. He and his cohorts are treasonous and dangerous. I certainly hope that Barr and Durham are going to bring the trio of Comey, Brennan and Clapper to the justice that they deserve and prove that our justice system still exists.
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Reply 56 - Posted by:
Harlowe 2/8/2020 2:29:28 PM (No. 312230)
When Leftists are unable to defend the indefensible, they blame others, especially people of faith. Mr. Comey asserts that President Trump “lied, bullied, cursed, and belittled the faith of other leaders.” President Trump most assuredly did not lie, and he did not bully--he told the truth. Truth-telling makes Leftists uncomfortable because they do not want to acknowledge the truth. The expletive used by President Trump is possibly one used by Mr. Comey and other Leftists on occasion and pales in comparison to the absolute vulgarity of a particular “f” word that has become commonplace in the language of Leftists. As for “the faith of other leaders,” it is not unusual for politicians to use “faith” as political cover as evidenced by Nancy Pelosi and Mitt Romney this past week. Such cover, however, falls short of reality when compared to their actual behavior, their words and deeds, which are unbecoming and revulsive to people of faith.
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Reply 57 - Posted by:
Red Ghost 2/8/2020 3:12:47 PM (No. 312271)
Yo Jim! When you set up Michael Flynn in the White House, sending in Lisa's lover, Peter Struck Stroke, that was disgusting and you knew very well an improper and corrupt use of your power as FBI chief. And how about you stoking that liberal sycophant crowd at the 92nd Street Y in NYC who "laughed and smiled and clapped" when you described how you set up General Michael Flynn and how that would not have worked in a more seasoned White House. As you gleefully described how you ruined a man's career and family and drove him into bankruptcy your audience whooped and hollered in giddy admiration. And now you whine at the well deserved reaction of Trump and that audience to your corruption? Every good FBI agent must be sickened knowing that you once headed up that once great institution. You are a stain on our national consciousness.
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Reply 58 - Posted by:
vinegrower 2/8/2020 4:04:19 PM (No. 312319)
I am speechless. What an unbelievable rant. Sleazebag is the perfect description of this sanctimonious creep
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Reply 59 - Posted by:
Harlowe 2/8/2020 4:34:46 PM (No. 312342)
It is beyond comprehension how some people, not just Nancy Pelosi, Mitt Romney and James Comey can think or project themselves as pious individuals, yet do what they do as elucidated by #63 and other fact-based Lotters.
It is baffling to understand how they can harbor such irrational hatred for President Trump, especially, since Scripture makes clear that God selects heads of nations (Haggai 2:20-23; 1 Chronicles 14:2; Daniel 2:21, 4:17; Romans 13:1-2; Revelation 1:4-5). Do they not realize they are attempting to destroy someone God has chosen to lead this country at this point in time? Do they not fear coming before God for final judgment and possibly be asked to account for their wicked efforts to destroy President Trump? For the suffering to which his family has been subjected? To innocent people ensnared to project an aura of corruption by President Trump?
Raising these questions is by no means an attempt to judge anyone because that is for God to do; however, Scripture’s teachings have been written for mankind to live accordingly. Oftentimes the behavior of public figures is baffling and exasperating. Thankfully, people of faith have heartfelt compassion for the victims of such cunning behavior.
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Reply 60 - Posted by:
RuckusTom 2/8/2020 4:41:39 PM (No. 312346)
Waaaaaaa!
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Reply 61 - Posted by:
inspectorudy 2/8/2020 7:45:56 PM (No. 312461)
Maybe someone should tell Comey that when the audience doesn't agree with something or if they don't like they boo. When they clap and laugh it means they agree with the matter being discussed. They all agreed that you were sleaze! They laughed and clapped to show how happy they were with that monicker!
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Reply 62 - Posted by:
whyyeseyec 2/8/2020 8:15:59 PM (No. 312494)
Comey is everything that is wrong with govt. He is arrogant, indifferent and willing to sacrifice the freedom of the innocent for a failed ideology. I hope he is indicted and does real prison time, not some soft core federal boys camp.
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Reply 63 - Posted by:
SALady 2/9/2020 1:31:52 AM (No. 312628)
Little Jimmy, did your mean old president, Donald Trump, hurt your little feelings again with his mean old words?!?!?!?!?
Man, grow a pair, you useless pile of excrement!!!!!
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Reply 64 - Posted by:
pensom2 2/9/2020 1:43:26 AM (No. 312629)
I read only the posted words commencing the rant. Comey may well be trying to influence a future jury and/or, more likely, signal McCabe, Brennan, and Clapper that he (Comey) has no intention of copping a plea to a lesser charge in return for cooperating with Durham in ratting out Brennan, Clapper, and numerous others.
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Reply 65 - Posted by:
Laotzu 2/9/2020 11:51:29 AM (No. 313020)
Any serious, academic study of political science really does need a grounding in psychological dysfunction to be fully equipped to analyze modern politics.
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