Is it a bombshell or is it a "dud"?

[kentuck]

In my opinion, it's not going to make a large impact on this election, in either case.

It appears that pressure from some right-wingers in Congress persuaded him to drop this story at this time. Comey himself, stated that there may be nothing "significant" in the emails.

If there is nothing significant, Comey has committed a great disservice to our electoral process.

He needs to explain himself and he needs to do it quickly.

Instead of investigating the possible Russian hacking, he is investigating Anthony Weiner's sex tweets.

The country should demand more from its FBI Director.

[ailsagirl]

1. DUD

[apcalc]

2. DUD, and so is Comey

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. ......

[Hokie]

5. Great graphic! NT

[Buckeye_Democrat]

21. Where's the beef?! n/t

[jonno99]

4. I would like to know what the president is doing about this. Comey needs a kick in the

ass - he needs to sh!t or get off the pot.

[Divine Discontent]

16. ding ding ding! what I was thinking reading the OP...

[saltpoint]

6. Comey seems to me to be someone

who just does not care who thinks what about what happens, so he acts with impunity.

Who is in control of the Wiener investigation? Apparently no one, if information is careening around the room like a drunk sailor. Investigate the case, act in correspondence with the findings, and make certain loose accusations are not leaked out to the whore media.

That means most of the mainstream media, but especially you, Joe Scarborough.

Comey needs to hold a lengthy press conference, and if this is as big a fuckup by his department as it looks right now, he should draft a hefty apology to read at the outset.

[COLGATE4]

7. Gigantic fucking DUD. A stupid attempt by Comey

to CYA with his Rethuglican masters (and with the added bonus of screwing Hillary one more time). O whole big piece of nothing, but one which will be all over the news cycle until Monday. He timed it perfectly.

[underpants]

8. I think our best hope is that a lot of people have already decided

and about 9% have already voted.

I'm sorry but DU seems to forget that most people don't have instant access to accurate info and analysis that we have here. AND most people are only going to hear/see the headline. This could be a bombshell. We weathered "the stumble" very well but this is close to the possible negative impact.

[smirkymonkey]

18. Honestly, does anyone think that this is really going to make anyone in Hillary's camp cross over

and vote for Trump? Because I don't. At least I don't think it will have any major impact. It just makes me sick to see him on television crowing like he like he has scored some major triumph. God, that man absolutely repulses me!

[spanone]

9. bombshell for the media, for sure.

[Catherine Vincent]

10. Not surprised with the media's behavior

"The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses."-- Malcolm X

[tonyt53]

11. Big 'ol DUD

[malaise]

12. A dud

Can't believe the panic here.

[Mme. Defarge]

13. Dud

https://m.

[Warren DeMontague]

14. the media's having an orgasm, but that proves nothing.

[Gabi Hayes]

15. what the american people should demand of him is his

resignation

[Johonny]

17. bomb shell if you're voting for Trump...mild shock if voting for Clinton

likely Trump does something stupid this weekend and by Monday people don't care about Anthony Weiner again because they stopped caring on the left a long time ago.

[jpak]

19. DUD

The GOP has some splainin' to do

[MattBaggins]

22. Should be demanding his resignation

[Warren DeMontague]

23. I think the Friday News Dump angle along with the deliberate lack of real information

means he's trying to make something out of nothing.