Friday, June 15, 2018

tRump's Comeyover

In the aftermath of the 2016 election, many people, myself included attributed Cheeto Jesus' victory over Hillary Clinton to racism, misogyny and James Comey; not necessarily in that order.  While there is not much you can do about our fellow countrymen's moral and ethical failings, Comey is another story entirely.   As made clear in the FBI Inspector General's report, at every juncture in the investigation into Hillary Clinton's decision to use a private e-mail server instead of the government's Comey erred on the side of excessive criticism of the Democratic nominee for president.  Calling a press conference to announce no charges would be filed, he proceeded to drag Hillary through the mud for "extremely careless" behavior.  Then, when he had Anthony Weiner's laptop for over a month before the election, he chose to announce the renewal of the Clinton investigation less than 10 days before the election.  Clinton lost the election in that moment.  The IG report basically accuses Comey of acting out of fear of the backlash he felt sure to incur from congressional republicans and the press.   So, despite the ravings of the Faux News lunatics, James Comey and the FBI are probably the biggest reasons The Donald is now in the White House.  May the Flying Spaghetti Monster forgive them!

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