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| The Insufferable James Comey |
| 2018-12-22 |
| [NR] Comey is a bigger political figure than ever before but has revealed himself to be exactly what critics always said. Never before has a former FBI director boasted about taking advantage of an administration’s disorganization for his own ends. But never before has a former FBI director been as self-satisfied as James Brien Comey Jr. In an interview at the 92nd Street Y in New York City, Comey delighted his Upper East Side audience with his tale of how he exploited the Trump White House’s disarray in its initial days to send two FBI agents to talk to then-national security adviser Michael Flynn without honoring the usual processes (e.g., working through the White House counsel’s office). Comey said that in a different administration, it was "something I probably wouldn’t have done or maybe gotten away with." He apparently didn’t consider how that might sound to anyone not already inclined to enjoy the wit and wisdom of James Comey, or old enough to remember when an FBI director pushing to "get away" with things wasn’t so amusing. A lot of people have been diminished by the Trump years, Comey among them. He’s a bigger political figure than ever before but has revealed himself to be exactly what critics always said ‐ a politically savvy operator who matches his bureaucratic skills with an impregnable sense of self-righteousness. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #4 We saw the same behavior with John Koskinen in the IRS scandal. They are smug and insufferable because they know they will get away with it. And with their pensions intact. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2018-12-22 10:35 |
| #3 He belongs in jail. If we had an AG with any balls, he'd be there. Trumps biggest mistake was appointing Sessions and then letting the swamp rat stay so long after he showed just how bad he was. |
| Posted by: Injun Bucket8891 2018-12-22 09:19 |
| #2 He will have to live to the end of his days knowing that this country would have been better off if his mother had consulted planned parenthood just before he came into existence. |
| Posted by: Daniel 2018-12-22 04:12 |
#1 He’s a bigger political figure than ever before but has revealedhow self-importance is a vice. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-12-22 00:47 |