Comey interview was outstanding!

[mobeau69]

Dotard can't be happy tonight.

Good job, sir.

[Funtatlaguy]

1. Highlights?

[mobeau69]

3. I wouldn't know where to start. The entire hour was a highlight!

It will rerun late tonight after Don Lemon.

[Big Blue Marble]

2. It was so well done.

The best I have ever seen from Comey.

[Totally Tunsie]

4. Didn't watch because I'm still peeved at him.

Based on these recs, however, I'll catch it on the re-run.

Thanks for the heads up.

[mobeau69]

5. He went into that tonight.

I think he got stuck between a rock and a hard place just like Obama did.

[Totally Tunsie]

9. Unfortunately, we got "stuck" with the doturd with the help of his actions.

We, as a nation, are paying dearly for his mistake.

[TreasonousBastard]

20. Didn't completely buy his answer, but he insists it convinced his...

Hillary supporting wife.

[JI7]

26. he is always hiding behind his wife and daughters

[SunSeeker]

41. Ug, he really is a while male Republican, after all.

If only he was repentant for what he did to this country in installing Trump with his fucking October 28. 2016 letter.

[Skittles]

49. I call BS on that, for BOTH of them

their decisions were CATASTROPHIC

[lunamagica]

53. yet he didn't have a problem keeping what he kew about trump secret

[mobeau69]

55. Obama knew and kept it secret too.

A bipartisan group met in the Oval Office. Obama and others wanted to write a bipartisan letter to the American people about it and Comey volunteered to write it but GOP leadership wouldn't sign off.

[lunamagica]

58. What's whith the wataboutism? Did Obama try to sabotagte Hillary 11 days before the election?

[Haggis for Breakfast]

62. That's because Bitch McConnell

told him he would wage all out war on him. Look what he did to the Merrick Garland appointment.

[czarjak]

73. Imagine him declaring a Constitutional crisis...

That would have gone over with a bang.

[uponit7771]

99. Half truth

[uponit7771]

6. ... same.

[a kennedy]

13. Me too, and how can he be a darling here now???

What am I missing?? He destroyed Hillary’s chance of being our PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW. I don’t understand, I just don’t understand. Please explain to me, I guess i’m so burned out on all of this........

[lame54]

21. Because we need all hands on deck...

Though he did screw up big before the election

[mobeau69]

22. He talked about being hated by both Hillary supporters and Dotard supporters.

He hates Dotard so that's a big positive to me.

[a kennedy]

24. Thanks.....I might tape the repeat........

[moonscape]

34. When is the repeat? Tivo lineup shows it at 5 PM here but no repeats n/t

[a kennedy]

36. Damn, really?? No repeats?? Shoot.

maybe on the weekend? I should see it.

[lunamagica]

65. Too bad he hated Hillary more

[emulatorloo]

29. Because we believe in redemption

[mobeau69]

35. You must be a parent!

[lunamagica]

63. I'm sorry, it's hard for me to believe in redemtion when I see babies in cages, when I think of

children who will never see their parents again. Also, for redemption to happen, doesn't full remorse needs to be felt and shown? Did he admit his role in Hillary's loss and ask for forgiveness? First he needs to openly and sincerely repent before talking about redemption

[emulatorloo]

93. Comey's not talking about redemption. I am. Comey's seen the error of his ways and is now an

outspoken critic of Trump and Trump’s blatant criminality.

He’s a voice who will be listened to by the voters who aren’t Trump cultists.

So to repeat: Comey is not talking about Redemption, so perhaps your anger is over a misunderstanding because of poor writing on my part.

My post was stating that I and others believe in Redemption.

To put it in religious terms, every sinner can be redeemed if they work hard for that. Comey imho is walking the road of redemption.

It is Totally your prerogative to believe all sinners deserve hell. But I believe we’re all sinners and and redemption is in our grasp if we change our way and work for good.

Take care and have a great weekend!

[lunamagica]

95. Did you read what I wrote that in order to redemtion to happen, there must be remorse?

I don't see that from Comey. He is moralizing and pointing fingers, while not taking responsibility for his role in this mess.

The day Comey shows true remorse and asks for forgiveness from Hillary, her voters, babies in cages and their parents, America and the world, that will be the day to talk about redemption.

[emulatorloo]

98. Yes I read it. We disagree.

[Skittles]

50. he can fuck himself

I will NEVER understand why he did that, KNOWING TRUMP WAS COZY WITH RUSSIA

[lunamagica]

60. I know, I'm baffled

[lunamagica]

68. The only explanation I can think of is that those people haven't been directly

affected by having trump in the WH. Millions of lives have been shattered by comey's actions but it hasn't affected them. After all, it's not their children who are living in cages.

[BigmanPigman]

44. I will never forgive him for giving us the fucking moron.

[locks]

7. Watch Comey's interview

and you will see why so many of us loved his book and hope we can elect a president like this man.

[mobeau69]

8. He sounded like Mayor Pete when he was talking about how values should be paramount.

He hit Barr pretty good too: "Acted less than honorable".

[wryter2000]

84. I'm not sure I'd go that far

Howard Dean's impression of the issue of Comey's huge blunder was incompetence.

I first remember Comey from his testimony to Congress about helping Ashcroft withstand an illegal order from Bush. Comey worked in the Justice Department at the time.

I think he's horrified that he got Trump elected. I think he's basically a good guy. He has good insights into how Trump operates. He's a good person to have on our side.

But I doubt he'd make a good President.

[elfin]

10. Saw much of it BUT was waiting for Anderson

to ask him why he didn't tell that Trump and his campaign were under investigation along with Hillary. Especially that second time so close to the election.

I generally like and respect Comey..... until all of a sudden I don't.

Nevertheless, a good interview.

[dem4decades]

11. I especially liked his answer refering to the giant beast of middle America.

The beast that was awakened when young black girls were bombed at church that led to the Civil Rights legislation and he hopes that the beast would be awakened again because nazis are marching in Charlottesville and children are being separated at the border.
The beast when awakened leads the nation to do what's right.

[mobeau69]

23. Yes, that was powerful.

[lunamagica]

70. Oh, sounds like a bro, or Susan Sarandon

[dem4decades]

88. When Comey was speaking i thought of neither of those two.

Why would you say that?

[lunamagica]

89. Why? Because they talked similarly about how electing trump would bring so much horror it would

spark *the revolution*. Of course, the bros, Sarandon and Comey have nothing to fear. Other's life is shattered, so to them, the sacrifice is worth it

[DURHAM D]

12. Unless he came right out and said that

I didn't want Hillary to be President because I am a sexist pig, I don't give a shit what he said.

[MrsCoffee]

16. + a billion

[a kennedy]

18. Oh thank you.......DURHAM D

you saying this just lifted my heart. Thank you. He’s a pig in my book and don’t understand why he’s a gawd now here in some DU circles.

[JI7]

27. agree with the 2nd part but not the first. he thought she would win but he wanted to be on

record as having scolded her .

[marlakay]

32. Basically he wanted his cake and eat it to

But didn’t work out that way. I think he knew immediately he screwed up, because if his wife and daughter were Hillary fans he got it in the face every day the last two years as it gets worse.

[uponit7771]

67. WOW !!! Cause some wingnuts would've thought bad of him !?!?!

[lunamagica]

56. + 1 BILLION!!!!

[sprinkleeninow]

61. His action fixed us real good.

Still aggrieved by what he pulled.

No forgiveness from me.

[dixiegrrrrl]

14. what channel/show pls.

You tube will have it, if I know what to search for.

[greatauntoftriplets]

19. CNN.

[dixiegrrrrl]

91. thank you....

[Amaryllis]

25. Not up yet. Just finding excerpts.

[TreasonousBastard]

15. Yes. Went much better than I thought it would...

Don't know if he was fed the questions, but if he wasn't he was incredible with his quick answers.

Didja catch his comments about Mattis?

[greatauntoftriplets]

17. I really wanted to see what he would say and was not disappointed.

Enjoyed his response when asked about running for office.

[CentralMass]

28. Did he nention fior what party ?

He ux an interesting character but he tanked a presidentual election and he us profiting from it.

[mobeau69]

30. Said he will never run for office, there are other ways to serve,

Tthinking about teaching, quit the GOP.

[greatauntoftriplets]

37. He has no desire to run for office.

Teaching is an option, though.

[empedocles]

31. Comey reminds me of an exceptional athlete on a poor team - so he can never get the credit he

deserves.

Actually, his situation is worse than that. He doesn't have a team to support him. He is an individual, in which the republicon team is trying to beat him up, as is the Dem team also trying to beat him up.

[StevieM]

48. Democrats haven't tried to beat him up nearly hard enough.

His actions in 2016 were totally illegitimate. He changed the course of history.

[lunamagica]

72. THIS

[ecstatic]

33. Did he finally take FULL responsibility for his role in muddying

the waters and providing cover for trump to steal the election? If so, I'll watch.

[Maru Kitteh]

39. He did express regret, said his own WIFE wanted Hillary, but still engaged in justification, that

being said . . . .

He still had many relevant points to make. I harbor no illusions about his role in 2016 and our current state of affairs, but t was worth watching.

[lunamagica]

54. He has always said that about his wife...SO WHAT?!

[Maru Kitteh]

77. I cannot consider myself an informed person by listening to only those

with whom I agree, and with everything they say and do.

[lunamagica]

80. What does this even mean? So you listen to trump, pence, Mcturtle and the rest of them?

[Maru Kitteh]

85. Listen

Listen ≠ believe.

[Totally Tunsie]

38. AC 360 is repeated every night at midnight on CNN...

EXCEPT tonight because I now want to watch it! Go figure.

Perhaps it's fate, and I'm just not meant to like him again.

[mobeau69]

40. This has the very end cut off.

[Totally Tunsie]

42. Thanks, mobeau69!

I'll watch this instead of Cuomo. Much appreciated.

[mobeau69]

43. I was surprised. It actually ran past the hour. Ala BBC!

I think it ended about 9:08 ET

[SunSeeker]

71. Thanks. I still get mad when I think about what he did to Hillary.

And in that interview he says he did that press conference and sent that Oct. 28, 2016 letter to protect that FBI from potential criticism for not prosecuting Hillary. So in essence he did it because he's afraid of Republicans. Gah!

Otherwise, a good performance, particularly his repeatedly pointing out that Trump constantly lies, and we can't have that in a leader.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

45. Fuck that scab.

[mobeau69]

47. Red Don Agrees!

Link to tweet

[watoos]

46. I liked when he said,

that we have an amoral president who is everything that America doesn't stand for, that Americans must not accept Trump with vocal support or silent support and we must soundly defeat him at the ballot box.

[lunamagica]

66. THat's rich when he helped him to get there

[John Fante]

51. Think he'd be so vehemently anti-Trump if the jerkoff

hadn't fired him? I don't. Comey would be another stooge, like the others.

[Honeycombe8]

74. Yes, he would be. Proof is that he was investigating before he was fired...

wherever the evidence took him. And it took him to secret communications between the Trump team and Russia.

Anyone who is not a Trumper can see Trump for what he is, read and hear the constant lies, the meetings and calls with Putin, etc. Comey is a straight arrow and not a Trumper.

Comey doesn't lie, that I know of.

[lunamagica]

52. Did he apologize to Hillary, those who voted for her, the babies in cages and their parents

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America and the world? unless he did, I'm not interested

[uponit7771]

69. +1, AND THEY'RE STILL KIDNAPPING PEOPLES KIDS FROM THEIR PARENTS AT THE BORDER !!!!

[Honeycombe8]

75. How is he responsible for what Trump has done while President?

You mean you think he is responsible for Trump winning? He's not.

There's no evidence at all that his October surprise stopped her from winning. The polls before the Comey news thing and right before the election showed no effect, for the most part, and her numbers actually went up in a couple of polls.

He made a stupid mistake. I understand his reasoning, but it was against DOJ policy, is my understanding. But it didn't interfere with the election. I think the reason for that may have been that people were sick of hearing about the emails, and let's face it, millions of people don't follow the news and never even saw him do his October surprise.

Russia hacked some districts. That's how Trump knew he'd win PA even though he was behind in the polls. Some Governors and Secretaries of State and local officials also pulled some illegal acts, I'm sure.

Thing is, let's face it...if the race weren't close, he wouldn't have won. It's easy to blame Comey, but he's not to blame.

[lunamagica]

78. He IS to blame! he interfered in a way he shouldn't have both in June and in October

And you know tat giving the kind of press conference he gave 11 DAYS before the election? That is not done. It is against all protocol.

To claim hos actions didn't affect the outcome is truly disingenuous

[Honeycombe8]

86. No. There is no evidence of it.

Things aren't so just because you think they must be. There is either some indication or there's not. There isn't, that I've ever seen.

I researched this and did a document looking at the polls leading up to the election. The polls did not indicate that Clinton took any hit at all after the October surprise, and in fact, she increased in a couple of the polls.

One poll that DID show a switch from Clinton leading to Trump leading by 4: One with Jill Stein in the mix. With Jill Stein in the mix, Clinton was behind in the poll. Same poll, with Stein removed, Clinton was in the lead.

Stein took votes from her. Stein was connected to Russia. And of course Russia was trying to hack election systems (fact) and had 10,000 or more agents/trolls working the internet with fake accounts and such.

I understand why people think so. I did, too, at first. Until I really looked at it. Evidence shows that he didn't cause her to lose.

If you remember, the LAST polls before election night showed Clinton in the lead in almost all of 13 polls. Small leads, for sure. But leading. I don't recall any election where a candidate was leading to that extent, and lost. It was rigged, all right. And Stein was put in, to siphon off votes, courtesy of Russia.

[lunamagica]

87. So you don't see any problem with him meddling withe the election

[Honeycombe8]

92. He didn't, IMO.

He has explained thoroughly the reasons for the two press announcements. I think they were mistakes, but in any case, I accept his explanation as doing what he thought was right at the time. He doesn't have a history of lying or doing anything unethical.

There is no evidence that the October statement affected the results. None. There IS evidence that Russia affected the results, and Jill Stein siphoned off much needed Clinton votes. And of course, some people didn't show up to vote at all, which baffles me.

He reminded people that the ordinary rules the FBI followed did not apply, since what they were trying to handle was a 500 year tsunami. He thought it was important to keep the public apprised of what was going on. Now, I think that was a mistake, but I don't think it was intentional or even an error from the FBI's viewpoint. In any case, I didn't find any evidence that it affected the polls. Like I said, a couple of the polls even went up for Hillary by election time.

That's just my opinion. Everyone has his own opinion about different things.

[SHRED]

82. Thanks

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[spanone]

57. K&R...

[George II]

59. He has already tweeted about it!

[lunamagica]

64. Sir? I prefer to call him traitor

[oldtime dfl_er]

76. It's worth watching

even if you can't forgive him for what he did. His dismissiveness of Rod Rosenstein was quite beautiful.

[misanthrope]

79. That Josh Kutner kid, the president of the GWU Young Republicans

-- about 15:50 mark -- set off my creep alert as soon as the camera trained on him and before he was identified. Though it's completely superficial, there's something about him that struck me as potentially dangerous.

[SHRED]

81. He can go straight to hell

Fuck Comey.
He was a key player that brought us Trump.

[emulatorloo]

94. He's a key player fighting Trump now. In the court of public opinion

And a credible one too.

I said upthread I believe in Redemption. It’s fine if you disagree with me on that.

Take care, you are one of my favorite posters

[chillfactor]

83. I watched the interview....

and I enjoyed it immensely. Too bad so many of you are still so affected by hate you can't see the forest for the trees.

[kentuck]

90. I was mesmerized...

...by the intelligent questions and answers.

[kentuck]

96. Also, his view on Hillary's emails were interesting.

He thought it was a very serious violation by Hillary Clinton but not serious enough to convict. He did not think it was a trivial matter.

One thing that was not addressed was about how much was he influenced by the Republicans on the Oversight Committee? It seemed like he gave them too much time and too much credibility, in my opinion.

[Totally Tunsie]

97. Looked to me like Comey was trying to rewrite history

a bit, with making himself look bewildered over his part in the path to the election. I'm not back in his fan club yet...a long way from it.

And, what's with the Valley Girl uptick in his speaking? He sounded like a California teenager.