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To: puborectalis who wrote (977226)	10/31/2016 11:25:24 PM
From: Bonefish	Respond to of 1574472

This isn't Mr. Comeys fault. It's Mrs. Clintons fault. She knew what she was doing setting up that private server. She knew what she was doing using the state dept. As a concierge to take money from contractors and foreign entities. Did she know if it hit the fan the server had to be bleachable? You figure it out.

To: puborectalis who wrote (977226)	11/1/2016 12:53:23 AM
From: Broken_Clock	1 Recommendation Recommended By locogringo Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574472

Are you and CJ smoking what ever Carville is? === Carville Melts Down: Asserts FBI, GOP, and KGB in Cahoots Democratic strategist calls reopened Clinton probe an 'attack' on American democracy in MSNBC tantrum by Edmund Kozak \| Updated 31 Oct 2016 at 6:49 PM Famed Democratic strategist James Carville may be the first Clinton surrogate to have officially lost his mind over the FBI’s decision to reopen its investigation into Clinton’s private email se In an appearance on MSNBC on Monday, Carville relentlessly — and repeatedly — attacked the FBI’s decision to reopen the investigation, asserting it is part of a conspiracy to subvert American democracy. “The House Republicans and the KGB are trying to influence our democracy.” “This is in effect an attempt to hijack an election,” Carville claimed. “It’s unprecedented … the House Republicans and the KGB are trying to influence our democracy,” he said. Apparently the fact that the Soviet security agency was disbanded in 1991 does not preclude its involvement in this vast, anti-Clinton, FBI-organized conspiracy, according to Carville. Poor Carville was clearly apoplectic at the news of Comey’s announcement, describing it as an assault or attack on American democracy multiple times. He was also adamant about who was responsible. “Comey was acting in concert and coordination with the House Republicans,” Carville said. “We also have the extraordinary case of the KGB being involved in this race and selectively leaking things from the Clinton campaign that they hacked,” he added.

To: puborectalis who wrote (977226)	11/1/2016 12:56:58 AM
From: Broken_Clock	Respond to of 1574472

Meanwhile, not content with letting the Russian "angle" drop, on Monday evening, the master of propaganda, John Podesta himself, whose brother would be in the same trouble as Manafort if not more if the FBI were truly probing pro-Russian/Ukrainian lobbying connections, tweeted that "Donald Trump has a secret email server set up to communicate privately with the Russian Alfa Bank." Donald Trump has a secret email server set up to communicate privately with the Russian Alfa Bank. t.co — John Podesta (@johnpodesta) October 31, 2016 Which is wonderful (granted he may be borrowing a little too heavily from the Hillary Clinton script), the only problem is that at almost exactly the same time, the NYT reported that U .S. Officials Doubt Donald Trump Has Direct Link to Russia. For much of the summer, the F.B.I. pursued a widening investigation into a Russian role in the American presidential campaign. Agents scrutinized advisers close to Donald J. Trump, looked for financial connections with Russian financial figures, searched for those involved in hacking the computers of Democrats, and even chased a lead — which they ultimately came to doubt — about a possible secret channel of email communication from the Trump Organization to a Russian bank. Law enforcement officials say that none of the investigations so far have found any link between Mr. Trump and the Russian government. And even the hacking into Democratic emails, F.B.I. and intelligence officials now believe, was aimed at disrupting the presidential election rather than electing Mr. Trump. In other words, the FBI itself is telling the Democrat establishment to move on and find a different attack on Putin because the "Putin agent" is getting old. Alas, that means either more tax stories or more allegations of rape, both of which the public appears to no longer care as much about.

To: puborectalis who wrote (977226)

11/1/2016 1:01:54 AM

From: koan

Respond to of 1574472

That was a really good post.

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Which brings us back to Mr. Comey. It seemed obvious from the start that Mrs. Clinton’s decision to follow Colin Powell’s advice and bypass State Department email was a mistake, but nothing remotely approaching a crime. But Mr. Comey was subjected to a constant barrage of demands that he prosecute her for … something. He should simply have said no. Instead, even while announcing back in July that no charges would be filed, he editorialized about her conduct — a wholly inappropriate thing to do, but probably an attempt to appease the right.

It didn’t work, of course. They just demanded more. And it looks as if he tried to buy them off by throwing them a bone just a few days before the election. Whether it will matter politically remains to be seen, but one thing is clear: he destroyed his own reputation.

The moral of the story is that appeasing the modern American right is a losing proposition. Nothing you do convinces them that you’re being fair, because fairness has nothing to do with it. The right long ago ran out of good ideas that can be sold on their own merits, so the goal now is to remove merit from the picture.

Or to put it another way, they’re trying to create bias, not end it, and weakness — the kind of weakness Mr. Comey has so spectacularly displayed — only encourages them to do more.

To: puborectalis who wrote (977226)	11/1/2016 6:43:42 AM
From: longnshort	3 Recommendations Recommended By FJB James Seagrove locogringo Respond to of 1574472

oh poor baby time for your safe place

To: puborectalis who wrote (977226)	11/1/2016 6:46:27 AM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB James Seagrove Respond to of 1574472

New State Department Documents Reveal More Clinton-Abedin Email Exchanges of Classified Information on Unsecure Server 8 judicial