Comey shit canned

[Angels#1Fan]

No matter how this will get spun it looks bad, very bad.

[tennischmp]

3 minutes ago, Jason said:

Breaking news!!  Elected officials have a different set of rules than us peasants 

Nah even those don't fire unbiased ones only so they could appoint a biased one

[Jason]

Question, is it in the realm of possibility  he was just a lousy director?

[Make Angels Great Again]

Both sides disliked him for one reason or another. Getting Republicans and Democrats to agree on something in the end is a tall order.

[RallyMo]

2 hours ago, Jason said:

Last year Facebook righties were lining up to polish his balls, now they are happy to see him fired and see no impropriety here.

Equally true. Well stated, Captain Balance.

[tennischmp]

6 minutes ago, Make Angels Great Again said:

Both sides disliked him for one reason or another. Getting Republicans and Democrats to agree on something in the end is a tall order.

Pretty sure if he was fired at the start of Trump's presidency everyone would have been pleased. But Trump wouldn't do that since he was happy with the job Comey did in helping him win the election. Now that Comey is getting close to busting Trump and his ties with Russia, he's gotta go. 

[InsideThePark]

11 minutes ago, Jason said:

Question, is it in the realm of possibility  he was just a lousy director?

Why wait till May to fire him over how he handled the email investigation? Even if that's the real reason, it just doesn't look good right now. Maybe you could see the other side if you weren't concerned over how Facebook Lefties took the news. The hyper-partisanship on both sides is a joke.

[Jason]

13 minutes ago, RallyMo said:

Equally true. Well stated, Captain Balance.

I didn't get the sense they liked him but were happy it was hurting Hillary.  People on the right became strangely in love with WikiLeaks 

[InsideThePark]

6 minutes ago, tennischmp said:

Pretty sure if he was fired at the start of Trump's presidency everyone would have been pleased. But Trump wouldn't do that since he was happy with the job Comey did in helping him win the election. Now that Comey is getting close to busting Trump and his ties with Russia, he's gotta go. 

As I was saying, the hyper-partisanship on both sides is a joke lol

It looks bad but we don't know this to be true.

[Jason]

3 minutes ago, InsideThePark said:

Why wait till May to fire him over how he handled the email investigation? Even if that's the real reason, it just doesn't look good right now. Maybe you could see the other side if you weren't concerned over how Facebook Lefties took the news. The hyper-partisanship on both sides is a joke.

I'm not saying this is business as usual. I stated above that there has to be an independent investigation now for this to have any credibility 

[Jason]

8 minutes ago, tennischmp said:

Pretty sure if he was fired at the start of Trump's presidency everyone would have been pleased. But Trump wouldn't do that since he was happy with the job Comey did in helping him win the election. Now that Comey is getting close to busting Trump and his ties with Russia, he's gotta go. 

Democrats pleased with anything Trump does? Not likely 

[Blarg]

51 minutes ago, Jason said:

My point is there are other people in the FBI that would have intel or anything related to investigations. Firing him doesn't bury all the investigative evidence.  I never said he doesn't do any of the investigative footwork

The head of the FBI doesn't do any investigative footwork, that is not the role of an executive. It's like saying the CEO Ford is responsible for installation of headlights. 

 

[tennischmp]

1 minute ago, Jason said:

Democrats pleased with anything Trump does? Not likely 

Considering that in their eyes, Comey was one of the main reasons Clinton lost, I think they would be pleased. 

[Jason]

Just now, Blarg said:

The head of the FBI doesn't do any investigative footwork, that is not the role of an executive. It's like saying the CEO Ford is responsible for installation of headlights. 

 

That was my original point but the conspiracies are flowing

[tennischmp]

7 minutes ago, InsideThePark said:

As I was saying, the hyper-partisanship on both sides is a joke lol

It looks bad but we don't know this to be true.

ok so what is the real reason of firing him now 

[Blarg]

1 minute ago, tennischmp said:

Considering that in their eyes, Comey was one of the main reasons Clinton lost, I think they would be pleased. 

Maybe you didn't read the New York Times article that showed Clinton's support eroded before the Comey letter and actually gained after. If anything Comey's letter brought voters back to the Clinton campaign.

[RallyMo]

1 minute ago, Blarg said:

Maybe you didn't read the New York Times article that showed Clinton's support eroded before the Comey letter and actually gained after. If anything Comey's letter brought voters back to the Clinton campaign.

The New York Times is good today, guys!

[Jason]

1 minute ago, tennischmp said:

ok so what is the real reason of firing him now 

1. It is an attempt to cover shit up

2. He was not good at his job

we don't know and may never find out

[Blarg]

2 minutes ago, tennischmp said:

ok so what is the real reason of firing him now 

It's taco Tuesday. What better reason?

[Jason]

One thing is for sure that his firing is going to make for some entertaining drama that "The Apprentice" never was successful at. 

[tennischmp]

1 minute ago, Jason said:

1. It is an attempt to cover shit up

2. He was not good at his job

we don't know and may never find out

Was he good at his job 3 months ago but bad now?

[Jason]

2 minutes ago, tennischmp said:

Was he good at his job 3 months ago but bad now?

I'm pretty sure he wasn't liked by either party. The Dems felt he helped Trump win and the Reps were pissed he didn't charge Hillary after his press conference last July. It was pretty stupid of him to make a statement about what a prosecutor should do. That isn't his job. 

[UndertheHalo]

The optics are horrible on this no matter what anyone says.  His firing on its own is of course not evidence of anything going on with regard to Russia.  There's no way that this investigation can be handled by the FBI now though.  It should have been with independent investigators immediately after the Nunes business.  There is no reason to have any faith in any investigation headed up by people connected to Trump in anyway.  That includes his allies in Congress. 

Edited May 10, 2017 by UndertheHalo

[tennischmp]

1 minute ago, Jason said:

I'm pretty sure he wasn't liked by either party. The Dems felt he helped Trump win and the Reps were pissed he didn't charge Hillary after his press conference last July. It was pretty stupid of him to make a statement about what a prosecutor should do. That isn't his job. 

Perfect so fire him then

[Jason]

2 minutes ago, tennischmp said:

Perfect so fire him then

I'm not going to argue about the timing because it does look bad