Sean Davis: Comey Has a Long History as a Sneaky Political Operator More Loyal to Chuck Schumer Than the AG and President He Served During the Bush Administration

Remember when John Ashcroft had taken ill and James Comey kinda-sorta just decided that he was now the AG? As a background to this, Comey had "ruled" that the Bush Administration's "Stellar Wind" program to detect terrorist threats was illegal, and... well, I guess Comey did not want his "ruling," made as a subordinate several steps down the actual command chain, to be "overruled" by his mere legal, constitutional superiors.

"[I] told my security detail that I needed to get to George Washington Hospital immediately. They turned on the emergency equipment and drove very quickly to the hospital," Comey testified. "I got out of the car and ran up -- literally ran up the stairs with my security detail."
"I was concerned that, given how ill I knew the attorney general was, that there might be an effort to ask him to overrule me when he was in no condition to do that," Comey said.

Comey's use of the phrase "overrule me" is especially noteworthy, given that the authority he referenced belongs not to the deputy attorney general, but to the attorney general himself. However, unbeknownst to anyone at the White House on that day, Comey had assumed for himself the authorities attendant to Ashcroft's position. Rather than personally informing anyone at the White House, including the president, the vice president, the White House chief of staff, or the White House counsel, the Department of Justice sent a mere fax to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue noting the change in power. For some reason, the newly designated acting attorney general didn't feel compelled to personally inform any of his superiors that he was now a cabinet official.

Davis then turns to Comey's own narration of this event, which reads like a lurid retelling of the Arthur Legend, with a death-stricken Uther Pendragon nodding to James Comey and saying "You the man now, Dog."

"And Attorney General Ashcroft then stunned me. He lifted his head off the pillow and in very strong terms expressed his view of the matter, rich in both substance and fact, which stunned me 00 drawn from the hour-long meeting we’d had a week earlier 00 and in very strong terms expressed himself, and then laid his head back down on the pillow, seemed spent, and said to them, 'But that doesn’t matter, because I'm not the attorney general.'

The land is Wounded and without a King, Arthur. Now you must Heal the Land.

[…]
And as he laid back down, he said, 'But that doesn’t matter, because I’m not the attorney general. There is the attorney general,' and he pointed to me, and I was just to his left. The two men did not acknowledge me. They turned and walked from the room. And within just a few moments after that, Director Mueller arrived. I told him quickly what had happened. He had a brief -- a memorable brief exchange with the attorney general and then we went outside in the hallway.

Comey's testimony was designed to smear Alberto Gonzales as unfit to continue serving as AG (apparently John Ashcroft's You The Man Now Dog crowning of Comey was not entirely permanent). His testimony was dropped as a bombshell, without warning -- arranged by Chuck Schumer's top aide Preet Bharara, you know, the guy who's been protecting Governor Andrew Cuomo forever and then suggested that it wasn't legal for Trump to fire him as a US Attorney.

"It felt to me that Jim's loyalty was more to his friend Preet Bharara and to Chuck Schumer," Gonzales later wrote in a memoir.

Meanwhile, Trey Gowdy hints at... something, I legitimately have no idea what, regarding Comey being compelled, for some reason, to exonerate Hillary Clinton-- I don't get this because the suggestion is that this has to do with Bill Clinton's tarmac meeting with Loretta Lynch. Why this compels him to exonerate Hillary, I have no idea.

Actually, Gowdy seems to be talking about why Comey arrogated to himself the powers of the AG to make the decision, not why he exonerated Clinton.

Hm -- Comey arrogating the powers of the AG to himself without any legal basis for doing so. Seems like a common move for him.

By the way, Comey was an important figure in the investigation of Bill Clinton's 11th-hour pardons of major campaign donor Marc Rich. Comey found that while "proper procedures" for the pardons were not followed, there was no evidence of a quid pro quo.

Sound familiar? No intent, you mean?

Comey and his friends seem to have a long history of White Knighting for Clintons.

Posted by: Ace at 03:21 PM

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1 Maybe we should waterboard Comey... what a piece of filth.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 17, 2017 03:14 PM (g6Mg0)

2 Which is why he's the WaPo's hearthrob

Posted by: Les Kinetic at May 17, 2017 03:14 PM (U6f54)

3 They left out the part where Comey was caught holding a My Pillow(TM) over Ashcroft's face.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 17, 2017 03:14 PM (PY9jH)

4 St

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 17, 2017 03:14 PM (kTF2Z)

5 Dang

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 17, 2017 03:15 PM (kTF2Z)

6 Well spotted. How far down does this go, the loss of the US Government from Constitutional and citizen control?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 17, 2017 03:15 PM (u82oZ)

7 Is anyone as bored of Comey as I am?

How long is this drama going to play out?

Can't we go back to fighting about how Republicans keep going back on campaign promises? At least with that topic we can have some hope with a new election that *this time* it'll be different.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2017 03:16 PM (/prE6)

8 Comey broke stellar wind.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 17, 2017 03:17 PM (IqV8l)

9 Fuckit, Dude, lets go bowling.

Posted by: Chupacabra at May 17, 2017 03:17 PM (7R92G)

10 I think Comey should move to Venezuela and run for president.

Posted by: wth at May 17, 2017 03:18 PM (HgMAr)

11 This Comey guy seems quite the self-important drama queen.

Karl Rove said something to that effect about a week ago.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 17, 2017 03:18 PM (PY9jH)

12 Comey the cum stain.

Posted by: steevy at May 17, 2017 03:18 PM (rmVvL)

13 I'm pretty sure Comey's picture is in the dictionary next to "shitbird".

Posted by: rickl at May 17, 2017 03:18 PM (xjiRE)

14 Saw, noted and commented on that weird WZ/Gowdy thing in last night's ONT, ace.

As you say, even based on fragmentary descriptions, the logic on that is hard to see.

In any case, there are quite a few people who have regarded Comey as a lightweight arrogant jackass with serious personality problems and no clue as to his duties or public service since he first came on the scene.

I recall the snickers and contempt from people - far more experienced and expert in the substance of the topic than Comey - from his first headline thing, the bedside idiocy with Ashcroft.

As I've noted elsewhere the last few days, Comey's fairly typical for Clinton/90s-era appointments - not very fit or able, and with bizarre notions of his own abilities and apparently no awareness of his actual duties and responsibilities.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 17, 2017 03:18 PM (QDnY+)

15 He keeps his sekrit memos in the bags under his eyes.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 17, 2017 03:19 PM (PY9jH)

16
"It felt to me that Jim's loyalty was more to his friend Preet Bharara "

===

Who?

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 17, 2017 03:19 PM (C52a9)

17 11 This Comey guy seems quite the self-important drama queen.

Karl Rove said something to that effect about a week ago.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 17, 2017 03:18 PM (PY9jH)

=============

Well, if Karl Rove said it, then it must be untrue!

*struggling with preconceived notions of designated enemies*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2017 03:19 PM (/prE6)

18 When you've lost Karl Rove...

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 17, 2017 03:19 PM (IqV8l)

19 >>>They left out the part where Comey was caught holding a My Pillow(TM) over Ashcroft's face.

IT'S THE BEST PILLOW YOU'LL EVER BUY!!

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 17, 2017 03:19 PM (9H8W1)

20 Remember, John Ashcroft was supposed to be unfit to be the AG because the Dems thought he wouldn't enforce 1 law, the abortion mill access bill.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 17, 2017 03:19 PM (1JnAL)

21 I think the middle school media and their fourteen-year-old-mean-girl-journalists are going to regret spreading those rumors about Donny.

****

Seriously, the media charges right ahead into these things, certain they have Trump now, and never taking the time to scout around the story for the loose ends. This started last week, turned into the Russian Connection this week, and is already falling to pieces today. By Monday it should be good and done.*

*Predictions, I know, are notorious for being unpredictable.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet presents Ace and the Scream Machine at the County Fairgrounds at May 17, 2017 03:19 PM (hLRSq)

22 Actually, being such a bloody drama queen I am not surprised this piece of shit keeps a diary. Like some menstruating teenage girl.

Posted by: IC at May 17, 2017 03:19 PM (a0IVu)

23 Comey's a courtier, just like the rest. And I'm pretty sick of the non-stop palace intrigues.

But this crap is news, and we kinda have to know it. But I don't like it.

Posted by: Chupacabra at May 17, 2017 03:20 PM (7R92G)

24 *passes around rolls and butter to my fellow cult members*

I was going to say it's dirty pool for Gowdy to make such insinuations but I forgot for a second there that anonymous sources are now to be believed whole cloth.

*dons ashes and sobs penitently*

Am I doing this cult thing right?

Posted by: alexthechick - now with extra sand! at May 17, 2017 03:20 PM (mf5HN)

25 Once a cock blocker always a cock blocker. And whats this guys name...Cummy??

Posted by: Shep Smith at May 17, 2017 03:20 PM (WLK0w)

26 It's almost like liberals and the msm don't think that people can do their own research on this $hit.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at May 17, 2017 03:20 PM (le7jz)

27 Anna Puma,

I have the definitive answer you wanted on the loss of HMS Arc Royal. Short answer, the Med U-Boat Enigma net was still dark to the British. U-Boat inchoppers to the Med from the Atlantic were listened to (but not in real time) while in the Bay of Biscay. Once in the Med the Brits were clueless without a Huff Duff signal. And no signal from the U-boat before the attack, since it was so close to the CHOP line.

HMS Arc Royal was adequately screened before the torpedo hit, and the U-Boat was given a pounding by the escorts (ISTR 130+ depth charges).

The DC failure was a bigger problem.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 17, 2017 03:21 PM (u82oZ)

28 Can we have a banana republic dictator with a funny hat now? It's the only way these asshats will ever get to spend time in the happy fun camps.

Posted by: Lurking Moron at May 17, 2017 03:21 PM (1L9V9)

29 Why didn't W fire him after the events of that day?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 17, 2017 03:21 PM (kTF2Z)

30 *passes around rolls and butter to my fellow cult members*

I was going to say it's dirty pool for Gowdy to make such
insinuations but I forgot for a second there that anonymous sources are
now to be believed whole cloth.

*dons ashes and sobs penitently*

Am I doing this cult thing right?

Posted by: alexthechick - now with extra sand! at May 17, 2017 03:20 PM (mf5HN)

You left out the Koolaid shooters.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 17, 2017 03:21 PM (PY9jH)

31 Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 17, 2017 03:19 PM (C52a9)

Preet Bahara is the US Attorney in NY that Trump fired that the Left got all jumpy about.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet presents Ace and the Scream Machine at the County Fairgrounds at May 17, 2017 03:22 PM (hLRSq)

32 James Comey pees sitting down.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 17, 2017 03:22 PM (KUaJL)

33 After Comey testifies, can he get a bunk in Scooter Libby's old cell?

Posted by: Roy at May 17, 2017 03:22 PM (7n4KQ)

34 Comey gave the Clintons a pass, but gave Martha Stewart hard jail time for deleting but then undeleting an e-mail and for doing a "humana, humana" when FBI agents braced her.

I knew something wasn't right about Comey back then.

Before becoming FBI Director, and after being a prosecutor, Comey did eight years in the private sector as the head lawyer at Lockheed and Bridgewater, and was on the board at HSBC. His background didn't fit any of these positions. I'd say he was hired and paid to help fend off investigations because of his federal prosecutorial contacts.

Bridgewater is the biggest hedge fund of all. I'm speculating they had issues like what hit SAC Capital and Stevie Cohen, which was the inspiration for the TV show Billions.

Just sayin'

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 17, 2017 03:22 PM (SIY7D)

35 "Am I doing this cult thing right?"

Don't forget the rending of clothing.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 17, 2017 03:22 PM (J+eG2)

36 Comey is the boss that schedules a meeting with you at 4:30 on a friday.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 17, 2017 03:23 PM (KUaJL)

37 Well, Trump MUST be impeached, because Justin Amash. So sez MSLSD.

McCain is comparing Memogate to Watergate. *types* *deletes*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 17, 2017 03:23 PM (PY9jH)

38 Mr. Comey, I missed that part of Constitutional Law where the Constitution empowers cabinet members to appoint their own successor.

And not the President.

And EVEN IF ASHCROFT COULD, when a cabinet member has lost the capacity to fulfill his duties, he has also lost the capacity to appoint a successor.

This Comey is a nut job.

Reasonable prosecutor standard.

Appointment of successors by cabinet members.

What a loon.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 17, 2017 03:23 PM (4AVeu)

39 But this happened in 2002 and not 1996 so it doesn't count!!1!!!11!!

Posted by: andycanuck at May 17, 2017 03:23 PM (nlbfN)

40 They left out the part where Comey was caught holding a My Pillow(TM) over Ashcroft's face.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 17, 2017 03:14 PM (PY9jH)
........

then he started humping me.

Posted by: Comey's My Pillow at May 17, 2017 03:23 PM (HgMAr)

41 Am I doing this cult thing right?

Posted by: alexthechick - now with extra sand! at May 17, 2017 03:20 PM (mf5HN)

There is the obligatory keg stand to the ritual chant of "Chug, chug, chug, chug..."

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet presents Ace and the Scream Machine at the County Fairgrounds at May 17, 2017 03:23 PM (hLRSq)

42 Comey was complicit in Lynch's hamstringing the Hillary investigation, from the start.

Important point: He would never have held that press conference if Lynch hadn't been caught with Bill on the tarmac.

That made Lynch set up Comey "to make the decision." Comey didn't have the balls to go against Lynch and Obama, but he did need to cover his own ass for posterity and to maintain his image, hence the press conference.

So Comey was forced into doing something publicly on Hillary and chose a course that he thought we best for himself.

Am I wrong?

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 17, 2017 03:24 PM (SIY7D)

43 NaCly Dog, why was Enigma bound for Med U-boats not readable - was that in general, all the time, for the entire war - what? As you know Enigma would become unreadable intermittently, when the settings were changed and the Brits hadn't managed to swipe a monthly book (I think that's what they were called). But was the Med a special case?

Posted by: rhomboid at May 17, 2017 03:24 PM (QDnY+)

44 Comey replies all to every email. Even the automated ones sent to groups.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 17, 2017 03:25 PM (KUaJL)

45 Sally Yates [x]

Preet Bharara [x]

Jim Comey [x]

One by one they were terminated and then immediately made public fools of themselves, proving the swampy depth of their political hackery.

One at a time.

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 17, 2017 03:26 PM (C52a9)

46 42 Comey was complicit in Lynch's hamstringing the Hillary investigation, from the start.

Important point: He would never have held that press conference if Lynch hadn't been caught with Bill on the tarmac.

That made Lynch set up Comey "to make the decision." Comey didn't have the balls to go against Lynch and Obama, but he did need to cover his own ass for posterity and to maintain his image, hence the press conference.

So Comey was forced into doing something publicly on Hillary and chose a course that he thought we best for himself.

Am I wrong?
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 17, 2017 03:24 PM (SIY7D)

==============

Add in a dash of, "Republicans think I'm an honest broker so I can't just let her off the hook without some noise," and I think you're there.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2017 03:26 PM (/prE6)

47 "rending of clothing"

*refers to AoSHQ Style Guide*
Pics or it didn't happen.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 17, 2017 03:26 PM (g6Mg0)

48 I am pretty sure that John Ashcroft did not assume the powers of the President/Senate, and so could not name Comey anything/confirm him anything, when Comey assumed himself to be a Cabinet member.

I mean assuming that story isn't the utter aggrandizing bullshit it appears to be.

Posted by: redbanzai at May 17, 2017 03:26 PM (f5uaD)

49

Let the floodgates open.

I bet we ain't seen nothin' yet.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 17, 2017 03:27 PM (fceHP)

50 Comey marks every email he sends as high priority.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 17, 2017 03:27 PM (KUaJL)

51 Ignoramus, your exposition makes sense, so you're not "wrong" in that sense.

The "wrong" part - and it's not you that's in question - was Comey choosing to do his ludicrous press event, with his hilariously absurd pre-indictment acquittal of Hillary and Co. based on his own re-writing of the relevant statute. Instead of resigning - which he should have done when the "investigation" was pre-cooked to fail with the bizarre immunity-granting and permission to destroy evidence, anyway.

So - resign and sing when the investigation was blocked from the start, or resign when the farcical investigation was completed - those were the obvious, honorable, and lawful choices.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 17, 2017 03:27 PM (QDnY+)

52 *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet presents Ace and the Scream Machine at the County Fairgrounds
===

Yerf, Mikey.

I's just funnin.

Wonder how ole Preet's doin at NYU?

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 17, 2017 03:27 PM (C52a9)

53 "Davis then turns to Comey's own narration of this event, which reads like a lurid retelling of the Arthur Legend, with a death-stricken Uther Pendragon nodding to James Comey and saying "You the man now, Dog."

And to think they called Tennyson a poet - now *this* is artistry!

Posted by: broseidon, news sleuth and provisional komodo dragon at May 17, 2017 03:27 PM (oZ6kz)

54 Comey is the boss that schedules a meeting with you at 4:30 on a friday.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 17, 2017 03:23 PM (KUaJL)
**
Or worse 8:00AM Monday morning. Then bus drives you because inventory counts are off and over budget.
C-suckers you know who you are!!

Posted by: dananjcon at May 17, 2017 03:28 PM (WLK0w)

55 50 Comey marks every email he sends as high priority.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 17, 2017 03:27 PM (KUaJL)

------------

He also puts a read receipt on them.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 17, 2017 03:28 PM (kTF2Z)

56 Comey eats cereal with a fork.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 17, 2017 03:29 PM (KUaJL)

57 Good thing Trump didn't fire Comey on day one.

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 17, 2017 03:29 PM (+YMDZ)

58 Salty Dwag, two cans is hardly adequate but then again the Brits were short of assets.

As for the black hole called the Med, again no Huff-Duff is telling. Only places for the Brits to have radio stations to even intercept that stuff would be Gibraltar, Malta, and Alexandria. Not very good coverage whilst the Germans and Italians had the rest of Mare Nostrum locked up.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 17, 2017 03:29 PM (g6Mg0)

59 >>>>Sally Yates [x]

Preet Bharara [x]

Jim Comey [x]

One
by one they were terminated and then immediately made public fools of
themselves, proving the swampy depth of their political hackery.

One at a time.
.
.
.And so far everything the said about Trump has turned out to be fake news.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at May 17, 2017 03:29 PM (le7jz)

60 trump shoulda fired everyone. drain the swamp?

please.

Posted by: Joe Inaugurating 45 in DC at May 17, 2017 03:29 PM (g9A94)

61 The Romanovs had better flunkies than these.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at May 17, 2017 03:29 PM (7ZVPa)

62 I want to see the whole diary. odds are they are writing it now.

Posted by: Lord Sir x at May 17, 2017 03:29 PM (nFwvY)

63 ... the boss that schedules a meeting with you at 4:30 on a friday.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously
===

This is so very painfully full of truth.

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 17, 2017 03:30 PM (C52a9)

64 Repeat offender.

http://tinyurl.com/ly7nwsf

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and You're Not at May 17, 2017 03:30 PM (Nwg0u)

65 The former head of the FBI sure is a Slimy Little Shit isn't he?

Posted by: Bruce at May 17, 2017 03:30 PM (8ikIW)

66 >>>They left out the part where Comey was caught holding a My Pillow(TM) over Ashcroft's face.

Those aren't pillows!!!

Posted by: josephistan at May 17, 2017 03:30 PM (7HtZB)

67 Comey writes on a whiteboard in sharpie.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 17, 2017 03:30 PM (KUaJL)

68
Ace:

I better now put down in pixels what I'm thinking. But I'm getting very VERY angry.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 17, 2017 03:30 PM (mbhDw)

69 51
So - resign and sing when the investigation was blocked from the start, or resign when the farcical investigation was completed - those were the obvious, honorable, and lawful choices.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 17, 2017 03:27 PM (QDnY+)

=============

Assuming that he's honorable.

If he were honorable but knew that the investigation was going to die no matter what the FBI found and he decided to present the evidence to the world, then he should have forcefully said that he was recommending prosecution because intent isn't necessary for it while also threatening to resign if DOJ passed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2017 03:30 PM (/prE6)

70 I just was in the car, listening to Sean by happenchance.

He read a breaking story from American Spectator that said the WH has sent surveillance tapes of one of Comey's meetings with Trump in which Trump excuses himself for a few minutes to take a call from Melania and while he is gone, Comey walks over and blows his nose on one of the Oval offices' drapes. WH security has sent it to the DOJ to see if charges of destroying govt property could be leveled.

Whoever the gal is with Sean started laughing and said, "those are the tapes Trump was talking about!"

https://spectator.org/

Posted by: Jen the original at May 17, 2017 03:30 PM (62eBc)

71 O/T:

Reports coming out that Sheriff David Clark will be nominated to be assistant Secretary of DHS.

Posted by: WisRich at May 17, 2017 03:31 PM (hdpay)

72 The law for the left is nothing more then a weapon on offensive and a shield on defense. Any other time it is to be ignored.

Posted by: Tentotwo at May 17, 2017 03:31 PM (EgGV0)

73 Comey pisses at the urinal with his hands on his hips, whistling.

Posted by: broseidon, news sleuth and provisional komodo dragon at May 17, 2017 03:31 PM (oZ6kz)

74 So he's even more of a turd than we initially thought.

Posted by: Insomniac, Lord Hurlingbone, Earl of Melancholy at May 17, 2017 03:31 PM (0mRoj)

75 Sheriff David Clarke just announced as Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security. Maybe he can get to the bottom of these leaks

Posted by: Pete Seria at May 17, 2017 03:31 PM (bnYnd)

76 66 >>>They left out the part where Comey was caught holding a My Pillow(TM) over Ashcroft's face.

Those aren't pillows!!!
Posted by: josephistan at May 17, 2017 03:30 PM (7HtZB)

Michael Corleone's body guard, "dying" Hyman Roth in Cuban hotel bed.

Some assembly required.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 17, 2017 03:31 PM (mbhDw)

77 Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 17, 2017 03:27 PM (C52a9)

Ach.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet presents Ace and the Scream Machine at the County Fairgrounds at May 17, 2017 03:31 PM (hLRSq)

78
Comey Comey Comey Comey Comey Chameleon

He come and goes.

He comes and go-o-o-o-oes.

Posted by: fixerupper at May 17, 2017 03:32 PM (8XRCm)

79 One at a time.

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 17, 2017 03:26 PM (C52a9)
........

Next up:

[ ] Koskinen

[ ] McCabe

...and so on and so forth.

Posted by: wth at May 17, 2017 03:32 PM (HgMAr)

80 Comey answers phone calls during a movie.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 17, 2017 03:32 PM (KUaJL)

81 offense...auto incorrect.

Posted by: Tentotwo at May 17, 2017 03:32 PM (EgGV0)

82 Oh Snap!!!! Seeing an unconfirmed report on twitter that Sheriff Clarke will be appointed Deputy Director of DHS.

Pretty sure it is B$ though.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at May 17, 2017 03:32 PM (le7jz)

83 you better get Trump if you come at him Comey.

Posted by: Lord Sir x at May 17, 2017 03:32 PM (nFwvY)

84 *passes around rolls and butter to my fellow cult members*

I was going to say it's dirty pool for Gowdy to make such insinuations but I forgot for a second there that anonymous sources are now to be believed whole cloth.

*dons ashes and sobs penitently*

Am I doing this cult thing right?
Posted by: alexthechick - now with extra sand! at May 17, 2017 03:20 PM
--

Lord no.

Tell me leader (DNC, CNN, NYT, WAPO) what should I think?

Also, do I like butter on my bread?

Do I like bread?

Posted by: shibumi at May 17, 2017 03:32 PM (BPeNq)

85 Reports coming out that Sheriff David Clark will be nominated to be assistant Secretary of DHS.
====

!!!

*fapfapfapfapfapfapfapfapfapfapfapfapfapfapfapfap*

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 17, 2017 03:33 PM (C52a9)

86 rhomboid

Med and Atlantic boats had different Enigman nets, with different settings. The Germans did not sent U-boats into the Med for quite a long time. So no traffic to break. In the end, it was a disaster for the German U-Boats, because they could not maintain or repair the boats, and ASW got serious in the Med.

Before the Med net was broken, due to increased traffic and ISTR a dive in '42 on a sunken U-Boat for intel, the Med U-Boats had a lot of success. (HMS Barham and HMS Arc Royal for starters.)

At the time the Brits were fully into the Italian signals, allowing them to target Rommel's supply convoys and shipping.

In late 42-44 the Bruits made a specialty of nabbing weather boats in the North Atlantic to get the Atlantic code books. This is before that time.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 17, 2017 03:33 PM (u82oZ)

87 When going to a potluck, Comey shows up with napkins and a 2-liter of Coke Zero.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 17, 2017 03:33 PM (KUaJL)

88 All of this is verrrrry interesting and explains a lot of Trump's "erratic" behavior.

Could it be our old friend Comey was leaking to his buddy Preet to leak to his buddy Chuck? Could it be Trump's demands of loyalty are kind of legitimate under this backdrop, and may be to gauge Comey's reaction?

Posted by: Jollyroger at May 17, 2017 03:33 PM (t06LC)

89 Clarke story is true. Just heard him announce it himself on W I SN radio. Vickie McKenna show.

Posted by: Pete Seria at May 17, 2017 03:33 PM (bnYnd)

90 From WZ, House Oversight to call Comey to testify at hearing May 24, topic: possible interference with FBI probes.

Ha.

This might actually become entertaining (though the backdrop of the collapse of our institutions, the disappearance of integrity, the insanity and perniciousness of the Dems and press, and the despicable uselessness of the GOP kinda put a damper on the mirth).

BTW, what is the US Code cite for "interference with an FBI investigation" - and how does it address off-hand comments and wishes - not orders - expressed by the FBI director's superior?

Posted by: rhomboid at May 17, 2017 03:33 PM (QDnY+)

91 The Romanovs had better flunkies than these.
And if someone killed one of my clients during a stickup, they would have taken the f#cking watch and chain!

Posted by: zombie peter carl faberge at May 17, 2017 03:33 PM (nlbfN)

92 Yeah, we're going to need to see Ashcroft's memo on that, Comey.

Posted by: Blue Oyster Culture Club at May 17, 2017 03:34 PM (fD1ST)

93 https://carm.org/what-is-truth

Posted by: Hampton Rhodes at May 17, 2017 03:34 PM (Ssyrx)

94 Trump excuses himself for a few minutes to take a call from Melania and while he is gone, Comey walks over and blows his nose on one of the Oval offices' drapes.

-----

Da Fuq?

Posted by: fixerupper at May 17, 2017 03:34 PM (8XRCm)

95 I have a meeting at 8 AM on Mondays. It's with my pillow.

Posted by: broseidon, news sleuth and provisional komodo dragon at May 17, 2017 03:34 PM (oZ6kz)

96
When going to a potluck, Comey shows up with napkins and a 2-liter of Coke Zero.

Posted by: joe

And takes that home plus a pan of leftover chicken

Posted by: Bruce at May 17, 2017 03:34 PM (8ikIW)

97
The salient point to remember here is that while this entire meme of Donald Trump committing impeachable high crimes and misdemeanors is obviously complete bullshit, the GOP is at best doing NOTHING to defend him from this smear and at worst, calling for his impeachment.

THIS. WILL. NOT. END. WELL.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 17, 2017 03:34 PM (mbhDw)

98
So what does Ashcroft have to say about this latest fuckuppery?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 17, 2017 03:34 PM (XWkhW)

99 I'm so disgusted by our government. To allow this to go on so long is absurd. The corruption and waste is almost beyond repair.

Posted by: NC Ref at May 17, 2017 03:34 PM (SpeiC)

100 Looks like Sheriff Clark may have a new job

http://via.fox6now.com/UO21W

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 17, 2017 03:35 PM (J+eG2)

101 As always, the Left screams "TRY AND STOP US! WE DARE YOU!".

And nobody bothers to try.

Posted by: Hikaru at May 17, 2017 03:35 PM (luj3F)

102 89 Clarke story is true. Just heard him announce it himself on W I SN radio. Vickie McKenna show.
Posted by: Pete Seria at May 17, 2017 03:33 PM (bnYnd)

Does this position involve Senate confirmation?

Posted by: WisRich at May 17, 2017 03:35 PM (hdpay)

103 Reports coming out that Sheriff David Clark will be nominated to be assistant Secretary of DHS.

Posted by: WisRich at May 17, 2017 03:31 PM (hdpay)
=========================

Oh my. Whoa.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 17, 2017 03:35 PM (lwiT4)

104 >>>>Med and Atlantic boats had different Enigman nets, with different
settings. The Germans did not sent U-boats into the Med for quite a long
time. So no traffic to break. In the end, it was a disaster for the
German U-Boats, because they could not maintain or repair the boats, and
ASW got serious in the Med.

Before the Med net was broken, due to increased traffic and ISTR a
dive in '42 on a sunken U-Boat for intel, the Med U-Boats had a lot of
success. (HMS Barham and HMS Arc Royal for starters.)

At the time the Brits were fully into the Italian signals, allowing them to target Rommel's supply convoys and shipping.

In late 42-44 the Bruits made a specialty of nabbing weather boats
in the North Atlantic to get the Atlantic code books. This is before
that time.
.
.
.
.Sorry but my OCD compels me to point out it was the Ark Royal...not the Arc Royal.

Back to your regularly programmed thread........

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at May 17, 2017 03:35 PM (le7jz)

105 House Oversight to call Comey to testify at hearing May 24, topic: possible interference with FBI probes
===

HA HA

He is going to backpedal like a Broncos cornerback covering Julio Jones.

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 17, 2017 03:35 PM (C52a9)

106 Comey's favorite color is beige.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 17, 2017 03:36 PM (KUaJL)

107 comey is a political animal and therefore an lying asshole...Just because he might have carried a gun, that does not make him immune from swamp fever. Fuck him.

This is War and you are either with us or again us

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 17, 2017 03:36 PM (SjImc)

108 No Senate confirmation required of Deputy DHS position. FU Dems. Rejoice, everyone else.

Posted by: Pete Seria at May 17, 2017 03:36 PM (bnYnd)

109 101 As always, the Left screams "TRY AND STOP US! WE DARE YOU!".

And nobody bothers to try.
Posted by: Hikaru at May 17, 2017 03:35 PM (luj3F)

See me at 97. We control both the House and Senate and the Oval Office and yet the agenda has been derailed and we might have dozens of ongoing witch hunts.

What the actual fuck?!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 17, 2017 03:36 PM (mbhDw)

110 Anna Puma ISTR 7 destroyers in the screen, which included a BB, a CA, and CLs. Neither ASW dawn patrol, nor black sky ASW however.

I'd love to talk more, but back to work.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 17, 2017 03:36 PM (u82oZ)

111
The turf was torn apart when rival gang leader "Donnie Two Scoops Trump" went to war with "Jimmy Booger Sheets Comey" for control of the heart of the gang.

Posted by: fixerupper at May 17, 2017 03:36 PM (8XRCm)

112 Clarke story is true. Just heard him announce it himself on W I SN radio. Vickie McKenna show.

Posted by: Pete Seria at May 17, 2017 03:33 PM (bnYnd)
------------------------------

Good scoop for Vickie.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 17, 2017 03:36 PM (lwiT4)

113 When going to a potluck, Comey shows up with napkins and a 2-liter of Coke Zero.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 17, 2017 03:33 PM (KUaJL)
...........

Then loses his car keys and spends all afternoon searching for them.

Posted by: wth at May 17, 2017 03:37 PM (HgMAr)

114 There seems to be a formula here:

(1) Trump does something - fires somebody, meets with someone - whatever.
(2) Media jumps around with wild "anonymous" allegations about Trump's actions.
(3) Dems and NeverTrumps got squawking about how Trump has crossed the line, needs to be impeached - whatever.
(4) Trump deploys The Rest Of The Story, leaving 2 and 3 looking like Wile E. Coyote on a bad day.
*****
Next week the cycle begins again with:
(1) Trump does something - fires somebody, meets with someone - whatever.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet presents Ace and the Scream Machine at the County Fairgrounds at May 17, 2017 03:37 PM (hLRSq)

115 Sheriff Clarke. Niiice.

And Donny Two-Scoops waves his dick.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 17, 2017 03:37 PM (ul9CR)

116 70
I just was in the car, listening to Sean by happenchance.

He read a breaking story from American Spectator that said the WH
has sent surveillance tapes of one of Comey's meetings with Trump in
which Trump excuses himself for a few minutes to take a call from
Melania and while he is gone, Comey walks over and blows his nose on one
of the Oval offices' drapes. WH security has sent it to the DOJ to see
if charges of destroying govt property could be leveled.

Whoever the gal is with Sean started laughing and said, "those are the tapes Trump was talking about!"

https://spectator.org/

Posted by: Jen the original at May 17, 2017 03:30 PM (62eBc)

WTF? There wasn't a box of tissues somewhere???

Posted by: IC at May 17, 2017 03:37 PM (a0IVu)

117 NaCly Dog, thanks! At one point years ago I knew everything that was publicly known about Enigma, but the info and scholarship really exploded on it just as I was turning to other things. So I have many gaps now - one of which you just ID'd and partially filled.

I was wondering about the Afrika Korps convoys, which I knew were savaged - Italian codes being broken explains that.

Which reminds me, somewhat related, what a catastrophe it was for Japan for their merchant fleet to use an easily-read low-level code ..... when our primary target shifted to precisely that fleet, especially tankers. One of the biggest mistakes by any power in the war.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 17, 2017 03:37 PM (QDnY+)

118 Salty Dawg, weather ships. Probably thinking of U-570/HMS Graph

http://uboat.net/boats/u570.htm

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 17, 2017 03:37 PM (g6Mg0)

119

This isn't a swamp.

This is a sewer.

I have respect for swamps.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 17, 2017 03:38 PM (fceHP)

120 McConnel: We could do with a little less drama out of the WH

Ryan: We need to get all the facts.

Paula, Mitchy, wherever you are. Fuck you too!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 17, 2017 03:38 PM (kTF2Z)

121 Grammie, seems like WISN is the only place left on the radio dial that supports Trump. How sad

Posted by: Pete Seria at May 17, 2017 03:38 PM (bnYnd)

122 Next week the cycle begins again with:
(1) Trump does something - fires somebody, meets with someone - whatever.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet presents Ace and the Scream Machine at the County Fairgrounds at May 17, 2017 03:37 PM (hLRSq)

Eats ice cream.

Posted by: alexthechick - now with extra sand! at May 17, 2017 03:38 PM (mf5HN)

123 106 Comey's favorite color is beige.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 17, 2017 03:36 PM (KUaJL)

===============

"Sir, the ship is headed on a suicide path straight for the capitol!"

"Tell my wife I said, 'Hello.'"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2017 03:38 PM (/prE6)

124 Jeez, even we deplorables don't blow our noses on the drapes.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 17, 2017 03:39 PM (ul9CR)

125 Comey puts an entire conference call on hold rather than muting himself.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 17, 2017 03:39 PM (KUaJL)

126
WTF? There wasn't a box of tissues somewhere???
Posted by: IC at May 17, 2017 03:37 PM (a0IVu)

White House guests get one tissue/napkin. Trump gets a box of two-ply aloe.

Posted by: josephistan at May 17, 2017 03:39 PM (7HtZB)

127
66 >>>They left out the part where Comey was caught holding a My Pillow(TM) over Ashcroft's face.

Those aren't pillows!!!

Posted by: josephistan at May 17, 2017 03:30 PM (7HtZB)

Yokozuna!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 17, 2017 03:39 PM (XWkhW)

128 More like, "he's only a little rabbit. Now go lop his head off".

Posted by: Marcus T, Evil Wall Street Dude at May 17, 2017 03:39 PM (T4Y2q)

129 ...Comey walks over and blows his nose on one of the Oval offices' drapes....

Heh heh. That's where I blew MY nose too!!

Posted by: Slow Joe at May 17, 2017 03:39 PM (8ikIW)

130 Comey parks his Subaru in front of your mailbox.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 17, 2017 03:39 PM (KUaJL)

131 Just because he might have carried a gun, that does not make him immune from swamp fever.
==

I don't think he ever went to the academy or qualified with a pistol. He was always a political shill. He may have been issued a gun but likely he kept it in the office safe if he even had one.

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 17, 2017 03:40 PM (C52a9)

132 The main question from the video clip.
How'd they get all that shiny aluminum centuries before the Hall process?

Posted by: DaveA at May 17, 2017 03:40 PM (FhXTo)

133

THATS SNOT WHAT HAPPENED!!!!

Posted by: Jimmy "the Booger" Comey at May 17, 2017 03:40 PM (8XRCm)

134 White House guests get one tissue/napkin. Trump gets a box of two-ply aloe.
Posted by: josephistan at May 17, 2017 03:39 PM (7HtZB)

You owe me a monitor, O Threadwinner!

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 17, 2017 03:40 PM (ul9CR)

135 42 Comey was complicit in Lynch's hamstringing the Hillary investigation, from the start.

Important point: He would never have held that press conference if Lynch hadn't been caught with Bill on the tarmac.

That made Lynch set up Comey "to make the decision." Comey didn't have the balls to go against Lynch and Obama, but he did need to cover his own ass for posterity and to maintain his image, hence the press conference.

So Comey was forced into doing something publicly on Hillary and chose a course that he thought we best for himself.

Am I wrong?
Posted by: Ignoramus at May 17, 2017 03:24 PM (SIY7D)

Your assessment of the ONLY reason Comey held the press conference it spot on.

Posted by: Ladylibertarian at May 17, 2017 03:40 PM (TdMsT)

136 124 Jeez, even we deplorables don't blow our noses on the drapes.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 17, 2017 03:39 PM (ul9CR)

==============

Are you putting on airs around here?

Who do you think you are?!?!?!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2017 03:40 PM (/prE6)

137
124 Jeez, even we deplorables don't blow our noses on the drapes.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 17, 2017 03:39 PM (ul9CR)

A real gentleman wipes his dick on the drapes after sex.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 17, 2017 03:41 PM (XWkhW)

138 More a fan of Gotterdammerung than Carmina Burana.

https://youtu.be/Mt8Dt9rXl3I

Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 17, 2017 03:41 PM (VdICR)

139 Grammie, seems like WISN is the only place left on the radio dial that supports Trump. How sad

Posted by: Pete Seria at May 17, 2017 03:38 PM (bnYnd)
================================

Yeah, Sykes went off the rails over Trump. Too bad, I listened to him a lot. I've always liked Vickie McKenna. She was Tea Party before there was a Tea Party. Mark Belling is good too, if you can stand 28 seconds of dead air pauses.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 17, 2017 03:41 PM (lwiT4)

140 Comey cried when he saw Avatar.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 17, 2017 03:41 PM (KUaJL)

141 We have nothing to fear from a DHS led by an energetic and smart young officer, with an attitude.

Posted by: Hampton Rhodes at May 17, 2017 03:41 PM (Ssyrx)

142 The salient point to remember here is that while this entire meme of Donald Trump committing impeachable high crimes and misdemeanors is obviously complete bullshit, the GOP is at best doing NOTHING to defend him from this smear and at worst, calling for his impeachment.

THIS. WILL. NOT. END. WELL.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Coming in 2020: Bull Moose II.

If we aren't full live-fire Thunderdome, of course.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at May 17, 2017 03:41 PM (AM1GF)

143 Did anybody ask that asshole Amash what he thinks of this? Maybe wake up McCain from his stupor and ask him?
OK, how about pulling Susan Collins away from her double Martin and asking her?

Posted by: Marcus T, Evil Wall Street Dude at May 17, 2017 03:41 PM (T4Y2q)

144 140 Comey cried when he saw Avatar.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 17, 2017 03:41 PM (KUaJL)

==============

I cried too. But it was mostly for my lost money.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2017 03:41 PM (/prE6)

145 Are you putting on airs around here?

Who do you think you are?!?!?!

Wa'll ev'rybody knows drapes ain't fer nose blowin'. That's what the dadgum CAT is fer.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 17, 2017 03:41 PM (ul9CR)

146 129 ...Comey walks over and blows his nose on one of the Oval offices' drapes....

Heh heh. That's where I blew MY nose too!!
Posted by: Slow Joe at May 17, 2017 03:39 PM (8ikIW)

That's where I blew my... well, not my nose...

Posted by: Bill Clinton at May 17, 2017 03:42 PM (7HtZB)

147 115 Sheriff Clarke. Niiice.

And Donny Two-Scoops waves his dick.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 17, 2017 03:37 PM (ul9CR)

And Juan McCain shakes his fist while gritting his teeth.

Posted by: WisRich at May 17, 2017 03:42 PM (hdpay)

148 You might be conflating there Salty Dawg, HMS Ark Royal was helping escort a Malta convoy. Have to check again, but what you describe sounds like the convoy screen. Then Ark Royal was detached from the escort, she only had two destroyers for protection.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 17, 2017 03:42 PM (g6Mg0)

149 Does he eat his nose boogers too?? Gawds, where the hell do they find such despicable scum and then give them positions of power?

Posted by: IC at May 17, 2017 03:42 PM (a0IVu)

150 I hereby propose Drapey Tuesday.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 17, 2017 03:42 PM (4AVeu)

151 92 Yeah, we're going to need to see Ashcroft's memo on that, Comey.
Posted by: Blue Oyster Culture Club at May 17, 2017 03:34 PM (fD1ST)

Or at least Ashcroft's diary entry.

Posted by: rickl at May 17, 2017 03:42 PM (xjiRE)

152 Comey puts the empty bottle back in the fridge.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 17, 2017 03:43 PM (KUaJL)

153 As always, the Lefty America haters are twisting words, leaving out context and tone and outright lying about Trump. I'm looking at you Comey.

Posted by: Jack Sock at May 17, 2017 03:43 PM (+bKWx)

154 Little Jimmy is a mean sucker of cock... He doesn't work cheap however... Worth every penny. Wouldn't you agree Hillary

Posted by: Chuck Schumer at May 17, 2017 03:43 PM (DpOmP)

155 124 Jeez, even we deplorables don't blow our noses on the drapes.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 17, 2017 03:39 PM (ul9CR)
...........

Really. I always look for the coat rack.

Posted by: wth at May 17, 2017 03:43 PM (HgMAr)

156 I hereby propose Drapey Tuesday.

You owe me a new monitor

Posted by: It's Me donna at May 17, 2017 03:43 PM (O2RFr)

157 Trump excuses himself for a few minutes to take a
call from Melania and while he is gone, Comey walks over and blows his
nose on one of the Oval offices' drapes.

-----

Da Fuq?

Posted by: fixerupper at May 17, 2017 03:34 PM (8XRCm)

If real, that is just... gross. Who does that?

Posted by: redbanzai at May 17, 2017 03:44 PM (f5uaD)

158 "Gawds, where the hell do they find such despicable scum and then give them positions of power?"

In the Ivy League.

Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet presents Ace and the Scream Machine at the County Fairgrounds at May 17, 2017 03:44 PM (hLRSq)

159 So Trump finally hires a Democrat for a top position. The Left will be over the moon, now that we're doing bipartisanship.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 17, 2017 03:44 PM (lwiT4)

160 Comey's favorite Italian restaurant is Olive Garden.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 17, 2017 03:44 PM (KUaJL)

161 Comey leaves the empty toilet paper roll.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 17, 2017 03:44 PM (4AVeu)

162 Coming in 2020: Bull Moose II.

If we aren't full live-fire Thunderdome, of course.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at May 17, 2017 03:41 PM (AM1GF)

Remember Horde ... $75 rebate from DPMS. You too can own a scary black rifle for less than four bills.

Posted by: ScoggDog at May 17, 2017 03:44 PM (+YMDZ)

163 What JJ said. And others have been noting, in their way, for a while now.

It's just incredible that you have a ridiculous, self-parodying parade of non-scandals and press hysteria against a new president, and that president's party just sits there, or, on the margins, joins in.

Ultimately it's the voters, the country, that has produced this. The "swamp" very accurately reflects the civic virtue, awareness, education, and character of a majority of voters, overall. And others might help me out, but I see little prospect of 180+ GOP members of Congress/Senate being primaried and replaced by people with brains and character. Which is what we're talking about, to actually change things.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 17, 2017 03:44 PM (QDnY+)

164 And he was a Republican. Some Republican.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 17, 2017 03:44 PM (vRcUp)

165 We control both the House and Senate and the Oval Office and yet the agenda has been derailed and we might have dozens of ongoing witch hunts.

What the actual fuck?!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 17, 2017 03:36 PM (mbhDw)

That really is the long and the short of it.

It's almost like Trump isn't part of the club.

Posted by: Blue Oyster Culture Club at May 17, 2017 03:44 PM (fD1ST)

166 Well, did Andy McCarthy write another screed yet about how his "good friend" Comey is a man of integrity?

Posted by: Marcus T, Evil Wall Street Dude at May 17, 2017 03:45 PM (T4Y2q)

167 Comey reads Playboy for the articles.

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 17, 2017 03:45 PM (C52a9)

168 We might be better off randomly selecting people from homeless shelters to employ in the DOJ. At least they are housebroken.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at May 17, 2017 03:45 PM (7ZVPa)

169 If the nose blowing episode is true, how does the FBI director not know there are cameras.

Posted by: Jack Sock at May 17, 2017 03:45 PM (+bKWx)

170 Seth Rich getting hit may or not be fake news, but consider the following:

If Rich was just a victim of random DC violence, why did the FBI get involved at all. Should have been a "routine" DC police matter. If the FBI indeed has his lap top, why? Why did they ever have it?

Why didn't the DNC denounce the murder of one of their own, and call for more gun control.

As I asked about before, the source of the FOX news story says that Rich forwarded 44,053 emails and 17,761 attachments, which matches the number that Wikileaks leaked. This could be fabricated by the source, but it'd be quite easy to compare whatever Rich is said to have forwarded to what Wikileaks leaked.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 17, 2017 03:45 PM (SIY7D)

171 It's almost like Trump isn't part of the club.
Posted by: Blue Oyster Culture Club at May 17, 2017 03:44 PM (fD1ST)

Trump should buy the club and throw the rest of them bums out

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 17, 2017 03:45 PM (SjImc)

172 Come says that a tiny sip doesn't make you ghey.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 17, 2017 03:45 PM (J+eG2)

173 159 So Trump finally hires a Democrat for a top position. The Left will be over the moon, now that we're doing bipartisanship.

Who did he hire?

Posted by: It's Me donna at May 17, 2017 03:45 PM (O2RFr)

174 159 So Trump finally hires a Democrat for a top position. The Left will be over the moon, now that we're doing bipartisanship.
Posted by: grammie winger at May 17, 2017 03:44 PM (lwiT4)

Good one Grammie!

Posted by: WisRich at May 17, 2017 03:45 PM (hdpay)

175 It's almost like Trump isn't part of the club.

Posted by: Blue Oyster Culture Club at May 17, 2017 03:44 PM (fD1ST)
----------------------------

Either are we. That's why we elected him.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 17, 2017 03:45 PM (lwiT4)

176 109 101 As always, the Left screams "TRY AND STOP US! WE DARE YOU!".

And nobody bothers to try.
Posted by: Hikaru at May 17, 2017 03:35 PM (luj3F)

See me at 97. We control both the House and Senate and the Oval Office and yet the agenda has been derailed and we might have dozens of ongoing witch hunts.

What the actual fuck?!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 17, 2017 03:36 PM (mbhDw)

The billionaires who line the GOPe's pockets (Adelson, Prince Al-Waleed, hell, some of them even take Soros money) are not happy.

Posted by: Hikaru at May 17, 2017 03:45 PM (luj3F)

177 It's simple. Comey thinks he's Jack Ryan (from the Tom Clancy novels). Only problem - he's not. D.GOOCH

Posted by: Donald Gooch at May 17, 2017 03:45 PM (cxLzw)

178 Comey reads Playboy for the articles.

Posted by: Mortimer

He also thinks the "Dear Penthouse" letters are real

Posted by: Bruce at May 17, 2017 03:45 PM (8ikIW)

179 Comey likes the feel of a Playgirl in Braille.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 17, 2017 03:45 PM (g6Mg0)

180 The Left is walking around like their shit don't smell

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 17, 2017 03:46 PM (SjImc)

181 Comey puts thealmost empty bottle back in the fridge.

----

Any sane person who empties a refrigerated container will dispose of the empty container. That is why you never actually empty the container; always leave a fraction of an ounce so the container is not quite empty. Every fool knows this.

Posted by: Hampton Rhodes at May 17, 2017 03:46 PM (Ssyrx)

182 Remember, Trump said he is a germ- a -phobe. When those tapes were shown to him, I can only imagine how he flipped out.

Those drapes, if I recall, was Trump's few redecorations of the office, LOL. Probably because they went to a cleaner, etc. and he knew they didn't have the funk and dust of Obama and company on them.

And then along comes Comey....

Posted by: Jen the original at May 17, 2017 03:46 PM (62eBc)

183 Who did he hire?

Posted by: It's Me donna at May 17, 2017 03:45 PM (O2RFr)
=========================

Sheriff David Clarke, DHS assistant.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 17, 2017 03:46 PM (lwiT4)

184 Why didn't the DNC denounce the murder of one of their own, and call for more gun control.

I think Hillary did...

Posted by: It's Me donna at May 17, 2017 03:46 PM (O2RFr)

185 Comey thinks Maxine Waters is attractive and intelligent.

Posted by: dantesed at May 17, 2017 03:47 PM (88xKn)

186 Who did he hire?
Posted by: It's Me donna at May 17, 2017 03:45 PM (O2RFr)

Sheriff Clark!

Everyone seems to forget he's a Democrat...or least he's on the ballot as a democrat.

Posted by: WisRich at May 17, 2017 03:47 PM (hdpay)

187 Sheriff David Clarke, DHS assistant.

Now there's a Democrat I can agree with...

Posted by: It's Me donna at May 17, 2017 03:47 PM (O2RFr)

188 169 If the nose blowing episode is true, how does the FBI director not know there are cameras.
Posted by: Jack Sock at May 17, 2017 03:45 PM (+bKWx)[/i

It is satire. A riff on Ace's "if that is how the press it going to play the game - then game on".

Posted by: moon_over_vermont at May 17, 2017 03:47 PM (kUmUV)

189 We have nothing to fear from a DHS led by an energetic and smart young officer, with an attitude.

Posted by: Hampton Rhodes at May 17, 2017 03:41 PM (Ssyrx)

Did you have a brother named Dusty perchance?

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 17, 2017 03:47 PM (JO9+V)

190 183 Who did he hire?

Posted by: It's Me donna at May 17, 2017 03:45 PM (O2RFr)
=========================

Sheriff David Clarke, DHS assistant.
Posted by: grammie winger at May 17, 2017 03:46 PM (lwiT4)

==============

"Team of Rivals! Wait...he's not a REAL rival! Why is there no diversity?!?!?!"
-MSM

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2017 03:47 PM (/prE6)

191 Comey steals the disposable plastic silverware from your cookout.

Posted by: josephistan at May 17, 2017 03:48 PM (7HtZB)

192 If the nose blowing episode is true, how does the FBI director not know there are cameras.
Posted by: Jack Sock at May 17, 2017 03:45 PM (+bKWx)

I assumed it was a joke.

Posted by: alexthechick - now with extra sand! at May 17, 2017 03:48 PM (mf5HN)

193 Though it doesn't fit as well, the immortal characterization of Kasich as the guy who uses the public urinal while standing with both hands on his hips - how about that one?

Gotta say that was the all-time best snark thing on a public figure I can ever recall. Direct hit.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 17, 2017 03:48 PM (QDnY+)

194 I hope Sheriff Clark can still where his hat. He looks like he's always ready to give someone a speeding ticket. He will straighten out alotta assess.

Posted by: dananjcon at May 17, 2017 03:48 PM (WLK0w)

195 Comey left an upper decker in the White House restroom.

Posted by: Marcus T, Evil Wall Street Dude at May 17, 2017 03:48 PM (T4Y2q)

196 Let's not forget Little Jimmy was a deputy assistant special counsel for the Senate Whitewater Committee.

Who recommended him? A Repub or Dem???

Who knows how many documents he stuffed in his socks

Posted by: phreshone at May 17, 2017 03:48 PM (DpOmP)

197 192 If the nose blowing episode is true, how does the FBI director not know there are cameras.
Posted by: Jack Sock at May 17, 2017 03:45 PM (+bKWx)

I assumed it was a joke.
Posted by: alexthechick - now with extra sand! at May 17, 2017 03:48 PM (mf5HN)

==============

I'll believe it's not a joke when I see evidence that it's real. Until then: Joke.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2017 03:48 PM (/prE6)

198 >>>>If the nose blowing episode is true, how does the FBI director not know there are cameras.
.
.
.He knows. There is no way on this planet that the Oval Office is not covered 24/7 in surveillance gadgets.

Pretty sure the President can have them turned off if he wants to but I am certain they are on the rest of the time.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at May 17, 2017 03:48 PM (le7jz)

199 186 Who did he hire?
Posted by: It's Me donna at May 17, 2017 03:45 PM (O2RFr)

Sheriff Clark!

Everyone seems to forget he's a Democrat...or least he's on the ballot as a democrat.
Posted by: WisRich at May 17, 2017 03:47 PM (hdpay)

He's a dem for the same reason my grandparents are still dems: Expediency

Posted by: Jackal at May 17, 2017 03:49 PM (l/2bR)

200 There was a camera? Can I see the tape to see where I put my car keys?

Posted by: Jamie Comey at May 17, 2017 03:49 PM (HgMAr)

201 Whoops. Darned sock.

Posted by: Moron Robbie at May 17, 2017 03:49 PM (fD1ST)

202 Hang 'em, hang 'em high!

Posted by: Roy Bean at May 17, 2017 03:49 PM (Fj4G0)

203 A black sheriff? That will never work.

Posted by: Sgt. Angel at May 17, 2017 03:49 PM (0x/TW)

204 I see little prospect of 180+ GOP members of Congress/Senate being primaried and replaced by people with brains and character. Which is what we're talking about, to actually change things.
==

This is also a good summary of Trump's swamp draining problem. He removes the Asshole in Charge but then Deputy Assistant Super Asshole becomes the acting deep-state plant until he can find someone else to appoint.

Yates served as Acting Attorney General for ten days after Lynch left and look at the media shitstorm she created.

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 17, 2017 03:49 PM (C52a9)

205 To All Liberals,

I want you to know that I think the whole fucking bunch of you are certifiably insane. This code of honor of yours makes me want to beat the shit out of somebody.

And you're a lousy stinking softball player, Comey!

Posted by: LTJG Daniel Kaffee at May 17, 2017 03:49 PM (4AVeu)

206 Yes, Comey is a snake, and a Democrat snake. Trump should have fired himj on day1. And then told Shitty Schumer to eat a BODs. He still should do that.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 17, 2017 03:49 PM (mpXpK)

207 188 169 If the nose blowing episode is true, how does the FBI director not know there are cameras.
Posted by: Jack Sock at May 17, 2017 03:45 PM (+bKWx)[/i

It is satire. A riff on Ace's "if that is how the press it going to play the game - then game on".
Posted by: moon_over_vermont at May 17, 2017 03:47 PM (kUmUV)

You can't tell truth from satire these days. I'd rather attack the Left with truth though right now. Plenty of bad truths that you don't have to make shit up even if satire.

Posted by: Jack Sock at May 17, 2017 03:49 PM (+bKWx)

208 I believe the American Spectator article is satire, although they won't admit it. Because what is good for the goose.......

Posted by: Jen the original at May 17, 2017 03:50 PM (62eBc)

209 203 A black sheriff? That will never work.

____________________________________

The sheriff is near!

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 17, 2017 03:50 PM (4AVeu)

210 I assumed it was a joke.
It's always a joke until someone loses an eye. Or their carpet.

And leftist twitter was going ape yesterday showing Hillary did mention gun control after. (No one mentioned whether she was smirking while she said it however.)

Posted by: andycanuck at May 17, 2017 03:50 PM (nlbfN)

211 I wonder who Milwaukee County will get stuck with now. If someone vacates, is there a special election or can I appoint?

Posted by: grammie winger at May 17, 2017 03:50 PM (lwiT4)

212 A black sheriff? That will never work.

Posted by: Sgt. Angel

That's what we said.

Posted by: Howard Johnson at May 17, 2017 03:50 PM (8ikIW)

213 Comey puts ketchup on his hot dogs.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 17, 2017 03:50 PM (ul9CR)

214
Dusty Rhodes is a stage name.
We're not related.

Posted by: Hampton Rhodes at May 17, 2017 03:51 PM (Ssyrx)

215 No wonder the dems wanted Comey for the head of the FBI. Corrupt whores of a feather...

Posted by: Sgt. Angel at May 17, 2017 03:51 PM (0x/TW)

216 Comey double-dips his snack food.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 17, 2017 03:51 PM (KUaJL)

217 Worse. Comey puts carrots on his hot dogs.

Posted by: Moron Robbie at May 17, 2017 03:51 PM (fD1ST)

218 If Clark is the new sheriff...

Does that make Lena Dunham Lilli von Schtupp?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 17, 2017 03:52 PM (g6Mg0)

219 The libs will call Sheriff Clarke an Uncle Tom in 5... 4... 3...

Posted by: Booker T Washinton at May 17, 2017 03:52 PM (DpOmP)

220 And he spells it "catsup."

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 17, 2017 03:52 PM (ul9CR)

221 Regarding the earlier post about "bullshitter", the left are trying "persuasion", Scott Adams style. They have always done this and for the last eight years they used their biggest mouthpiece, Obama.

As he explained throughout the campaign, persuasion often involves novel language, such as "low energy". Something you never hear in politics. If it's controversial, it also gets the message far and wide.

The Left are desperate to make something "stick" to Trump, which tells you he is more popular than the polling propaganda merchants are letting on.

Last week they tried "cockholster", and this week it's "bullshitter". They need something negative to stick to him because he is virtually teflon (which is how he beat The Hag). Lest you think Obama and Colbert actually have original thoughts. Look for the next piece of persuasion in the next couple of weeks when "bullshitter" doesn't stick.

Posted by: Mega at May 17, 2017 03:52 PM (nmOpX)

222 Comey eats carrot chili with his pineapple pizza.

Posted by: Hikaru at May 17, 2017 03:52 PM (luj3F)

223 Comey goes to a restaurant and pockets the packets of sugar and artificial sweeteners.

And stiffs the waitstaff.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 17, 2017 03:52 PM (PY9jH)

224 203 A black sheriff? That will never work.
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Worked for me!

Posted by: Sheriff Bart, Blazing Saddles at May 17, 2017 03:52 PM (hdpay)

225 11 This Comey guy seems quite the self-important drama queen.
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Well said.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at May 17, 2017 03:52 PM (vg8iE)

226 Comey wears Crocs. Camo Crocs.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 17, 2017 03:52 PM (ul9CR)

227 . . . but we don't want no Irish!

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 17, 2017 03:53 PM (4AVeu)

228
I'll believe it's not a joke when I see evidence that it's real. Until then: Joke.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2017 03:48 PM (/prE6)

Yeah, but it'll be fun to watch him try to deny it on National TV.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 17, 2017 03:53 PM (XWkhW)

229 Comey tips 5%.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 17, 2017 03:53 PM (KUaJL)

230 A black sheriff? That will never work.

Posted by: Sgt. Angel at May 17, 2017 03:49 PM (0x/TW)

Meme mixing, Nice work!

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 17, 2017 03:53 PM (JO9+V)

231 Yeah the Seth Rich thing does have some interesting elements, or appears to.

First, a hit - not a robbery - shot in the back, no valuables taken. Umm, excuse me, but that's quite rare for a street robbery, makes little sense (though there are possible explanations).

Second, the contacts with WikiLeaks. Dunno, but I don't think most people have such direct contacts. It's not "normal". And it appears these contacts were extensive, and confirmed by federal investigators (who shouldn't be talking, but ....).

Anyway, interesting enough to be examined closely. Not crazy conspiracy silliness, on its face, anyway.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 17, 2017 03:53 PM (QDnY+)

232 Comey's the guy who, in college, was always bumming rides in someone else's car, and never offered to pay for gas.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 17, 2017 03:53 PM (PY9jH)

233 the GOP is at best doing NOTHING to defend him from this smear and at worst, calling for his impeachment.

THIS. WILL. NOT. END. WELL.

Repeating myself:

Trump or Death?
Death or Trump?
You have chosen Death,
You shall have Trump.

Posted by: DaveA at May 17, 2017 03:53 PM (FhXTo)

234 Comey takes a bite out of a donut and puts it back in the box.

Posted by: Roland THTG at May 17, 2017 03:53 PM (baYK5)

235 "Worse. Comey puts carrots on his hot dogs."

And catsup on his chili

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 17, 2017 03:53 PM (J+eG2)

236 204 I see little prospect of 180+ GOP members of Congress/Senate being primaried and replaced by people with brains and character. Which is what we're talking about, to actually change things.
==

This is also a good summary of Trump's swamp draining problem. He removes the Asshole in Charge but then Deputy Assistant Super Asshole becomes the acting deep-state plant until he can find someone else to appoint.

Yates served as Acting Attorney General for ten days after Lynch left and look at the media shitstorm she created.
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 17, 2017 03:49 PM (C52a9)

================

If you want this level of change, you need to think over decades and start at the state level.

Knock out the big government Republicans in the Mississippi state house and senate, replacing them with firebrand, smart conservatives who will claw their way to the top of power in the state.

10 years later, they start replacing back bench big government Republicans in the US House and Senate.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2017 03:53 PM (/prE6)

237 Comey never cleans out the lint trap after each use.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 17, 2017 03:54 PM (4AVeu)

238 What did Sherriff Clarke get hired for?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 17, 2017 03:54 PM (qES5k)

239 Nah, Comey only licks the donuts.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 17, 2017 03:54 PM (g6Mg0)

240
*LICK*

Posted by: Ariana Grande at May 17, 2017 03:54 PM (C52a9)

241 I'm in charge here.

Posted by: Alexander Haig at May 17, 2017 03:54 PM (ZO497)

242 I saw that Gowdy/McCallum exchange when it happened, and I had to do that live-TV rewind thing on my DVR box to watch it again and make sure I was not hearing things.

Suffice it to say, I Want To Know More. (all cheesy Veerhoven Starship Troopers movie style)

Posted by: moronhorde minion at May 17, 2017 03:54 PM (88jeI)

243 Sheriff David Clarke just announced as Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security.

That's a good pick! Bad news for Milwaukee though.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 17, 2017 03:54 PM (3J/LN)

244 I hope Sheriff Clark can still where his hat. He looks like he's always ready to give someone a speeding ticket. He will straighten out alotta assess.
Posted by: dananjcon at May 17, 2017 03:48 PM (WLK0w)

No, that was Jackie Gleason as Sheriff Buford T Justice who wore a off white cowboy hat and wanted to handout tickets. LOL.

Heard Clark interviewed a week or so ago and he detailed with not a bit of hesitation, what exactly he thought Chicago should do to curb all the gang violence. He had a laundry list of tactics and change of policy and it all made excellent sense.

Posted by: Jen the original at May 17, 2017 03:54 PM (62eBc)

245 228

Yeah, but it'll be fun to watch him try to deny it on National TV.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 17, 2017 03:53 PM (XWkhW)

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Who will bring it up?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2017 03:54 PM (/prE6)

246 238 What did Sherriff Clarke get hired for?

Secretary of Badassery, I hope.

Something at the DHS. I don't think we have deets yet.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at May 17, 2017 03:54 PM (ul9CR)

247 What did Sherriff Clarke get hired for?

Diversity.

Posted by: Hampton Rhodes at May 17, 2017 03:54 PM (Ssyrx)

248 What did Sherriff Clarke get hired for?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 17, 2017 03:54 PM (qES5k)

Hit man.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 17, 2017 03:54 PM (PY9jH)

249 Last week they tried "cockholster", and this week it's "bullshitter". They need something negative to stick to him because he is virtually teflon (which is how he beat The Hag). Lest you think Obama and Colbert actually have original thoughts. Look for the next piece of persuasion in the next couple of weeks when "bullshitter" doesn't stick.
Posted by: Mega at May 17, 2017 03:52 PM (nmOpX)

Of all the things to try to pin on Donald Trump, they're going with bullshitter?

HE'S A NEW YORK CITY REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER. THAT'S WHAT HE DOES!

*flails about*

Calling him a bullshitter is like intimating that I may occasionally swear a little bit.

Or as Dennis Leary would say about Keith Richards cutting a PSA that intimates that kids shouldn't do drugs, we can't Keith, you did them all!

Posted by: alexthechick - now with extra sand! at May 17, 2017 03:54 PM (mf5HN)

250 A black sheriff? That will never work.

Posted by: Sgt. Angel at May 17, 2017 03:49 PM (0x/TW)

He sounded taller on the radio.

Posted by: Sheriff Buford T. Justice at May 17, 2017 03:55 PM (JO9+V)

251 You can't tell truth from satire these days. I'd rather attack the Left with truth though right now. Plenty of bad truths that you don't have to make shit up even if satire.

First sentence is the logical extension of what happens when the press makes up "news" the way they have been. Second sentence I agree with, but unfortunately the Left seems to be immune to logic, reason and truth.

Posted by: moon_over_vermont at May 17, 2017 03:55 PM (kUmUV)

252 Grammie,

Walker appoints for the rest of the term (18 months).

Posted by: H Badger at May 17, 2017 03:55 PM (n/0Nw)

253 I'd love to see it be Comey facing justice for obstruction for all of his misdeeds.

Posted by: Iblis at May 17, 2017 03:55 PM (9221z)

254 "Worse. Comey puts carrots on his hot dogs."

And catsup on his chili
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
------------

Mayonnaise on his fries.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 17, 2017 03:55 PM (ZO497)

255 So Trump finally hires a Democrat for a top position. The Left will be over the moon, now that we're doing bipartisanship.
Posted by: grammie winger at May 17, 2017 03:44 PM (lwiT4)

=======

Is that where the Dems get to be partisan and the Reps get to be Bi?

Posted by: GOULD at May 17, 2017 03:55 PM (Hj4t4)

256 TBH, Clarke hasn't been doing much sheriffing lately.

Posted by: Roland THTG at May 17, 2017 03:55 PM (QM5S2)

257 Comey goes to parties and stops up the toilets. And doesn't bother to tell the hosts.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 17, 2017 03:56 PM (PY9jH)

258 Why would you blow your nose on the WH drapes? I find that hard to believe.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 17, 2017 03:56 PM (qES5k)

259 249 Calling him a bullshitter is like intimating that I may occasionally swear a little bit.

Posted by: alexthechick - now with extra sand! at May 17, 2017 03:54 PM (mf5HN)

===============

Well, I would never!

*faints*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2017 03:56 PM (/prE6)

260

I heard this morning that there is a Federal statute that states if a member of Federal Law enforcement believes there is an attempt to obstruct justice they are to immediately report that to the Justice Department. If that's the case either Jimmy didn't think what Trump said in February was an attempt at obstruction of justice or he once again didn't do his job. And I didn't hear anything about writing it all down on a super secret memo

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 17, 2017 03:56 PM (493sH)

261
Das. Vee haff tape of your Eff Beee Eye Direktor blowink little green pabushkas into Prezeedent Trumps vindow treatments.

Posted by: Putey Putin at May 17, 2017 03:57 PM (8XRCm)

262 If Clark is the new sheriff...

Does that make Lena Dunham Lilli von Schtupp?

Posted by: Anna Puma
****

Lilli Von Puke would be more accurate.

Posted by: Sgt. Angel at May 17, 2017 03:57 PM (m3iiU)

263 So, jokes aside, is Clarke being proposed for some role in the WH admin?. FBI Director?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 17, 2017 03:57 PM (qES5k)

264 A black sheriff? That will never work.

Posted by: Sgt. Angel at May 17, 2017 03:49 PM (0x/TW)
**
If Cleavon Little could make it work so could Mr Clark.

Posted by: dananjcon at May 17, 2017 03:57 PM (WLK0w)

265 TRUMP MADE COMEY WAIT IN OVAL OFFICE WHILE HAVING PHONE SEX WITH MELANIA

Posted by: CNN chryon at May 17, 2017 03:57 PM (HgMAr)

266 Grammie,

Walker appoints for the rest of the term (18 months).

Posted by: H Badger at May 17, 2017 03:55 PM (n/0Nw)
=====================

Good to know! I thought it would be more of a local thing.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 17, 2017 03:58 PM (lwiT4)

267 "I said, the new Dep DHS is a [GONNGGGGGG]"

Sorry, obligatory.

Anyway, I must really be slipping, because I think deputy jobs ARE Senate-confirmed. Cabinet, deputies, and assistant secretaries. "DepAss"es - deputy asst. secretaries - are not, I don't believe. Which is where you typically see the worst infestation of Schedule C idiots (not all are idiots, depending on administration, but wow are there some winners in those slots, in most administrations).

Posted by: rhomboid at May 17, 2017 03:58 PM (QDnY+)

268 AlextheChicks, the Dems are back to throwing anything and everything at Trump just to see what sticks. They are flailing and wailing much like Pris was after Deckard shot her.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 17, 2017 03:58 PM (g6Mg0)

269
163 What JJ said. And others have been noting, in their way, for a while now.

It's just incredible that you have a ridiculous, self-parodying parade of non-scandals and press hysteria against a new president, and that president's party just sits there, or, on the margins, joins in.

Ultimately it's the voters, the country, that has produced this. The "swamp" very accurately reflects the civic virtue, awareness, education, and character of a majority of voters, overall. And others might help me out, but I see little prospect of 180+ GOP members of Congress/Senate being primaried and replaced by people with brains and character. Which is what we're talking about, to actually change things.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 17, 2017 03:44 PM (QDnY+)

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That's why I keep saying that the pivotal point to save this country happened in November, 2012. 52% chose which direction they wanted to go.

I don't think this country will ever fully recover from that.

Posted by: Soona at May 17, 2017 03:58 PM (Fmupd)

270 What did you expect? "Welcome, sonny?" "Make yourself at home?" "Marry my daughter?" You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons.

Posted by: Waco Kid at May 17, 2017 03:58 PM (DpOmP)

271

Breitbart's words couldn't be more prescient.

This country really is at war.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 17, 2017 03:58 PM (fceHP)

272 Comey went for drinks with Shemp once, and when Shemp got pissy because his Cosmo was late arriving at the table and he cursed the waitress, Comey convinced Shemp not to tip her.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 17, 2017 03:58 PM (PY9jH)

273 Late to all this brouhaha this afternoon, but didn't stalwart former US Dept Attorney Andy McCarthy (writer at NRO) vouch for what a "stand-up" guy James Comey was?

James Comey, Patrick Fitzgerald and we go around and around.

Somebody tell me that this roulette wheel isn't rigged.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at May 17, 2017 03:58 PM (RFeQD)

274 Comey likes his coffee like he likes his women: he drinks chai tea.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 17, 2017 03:58 PM (KUaJL)

275 243-Thanks for the actual answer. :^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 17, 2017 03:58 PM (qES5k)

276 So, jokes aside, is Clarke being proposed for some role in the WH admin?. FBI Director?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 17, 2017 03:57 PM (qES5k)
=======================

Assistant Director, Dept of Homeland Security

Posted by: grammie winger at May 17, 2017 03:58 PM (lwiT4)

277 There's a turd in the punch bowl. I repeat, there's a turd in the punch bowl.

Posted by: Strobe at May 17, 2017 03:59 PM (gbWkA)

278 Yet another example of George W Bush's horrible judgment in people.

Posted by: JEM at May 17, 2017 03:59 PM (TppKb)

279 Diversity.

posted by Hampton Rhodes
====

Bullshit.

Milwaukee sheriff says it's 'pitchforks and torches time' and stands by Trump

TWEET from Clark - October 15, 2016

"It's incredible that our institutions of gov, WH, Congress, DOJ, and big media are corrupt all we do is bitch. Pitchforks and torches time"

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 17, 2017 04:00 PM (C52a9)

280 277 There's a turd in the punch bowl. I repeat, there's a turd in the punch bowl.
Posted by: Strobe at May 17, 2017 03:59 PM (gbWkA)

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Baby Ruth in the pool, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2017 04:00 PM (/prE6)

281 What did Sherriff Clarke get hired for?
------------

Stetson Wearer of the U.S.

SWOTUS

BTW, I have no problem with that. When the White House Press Corpse get snippy, just wave Clarke out to the dais have him slap them around a bit.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 17, 2017 04:00 PM (ZO497)

282
There's a turd in the punch bowl. I repeat, there's a turd in the punch bowl.

Posted by: Strobe at May 17, 2017 03:59 PM (gbWkA)

The cat is in the tree. I repeat, the cat is in the tree.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 17, 2017 04:00 PM (PY9jH)

283 *taps chin and ponders things about writing*

Should Tanya encounter something as head-banging as Naughty Nazi Nixes?

*decisions decisions*

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 17, 2017 04:00 PM (g6Mg0)

284 I'm still really surprised the Seth Rich thing hasn't gotten "RUSSIANS!" associated with it by now.

I'm guessing they don't want to draw quite that level of attention to the thing. His death, at least the timing of it, had some parallel connection to the DNC not showing their hard drives to the FBI, didn't it?

Posted by: Moron Robbie at May 17, 2017 04:00 PM (fD1ST)

285 Comey walks over and blows his nose on one
of the Oval offices' drapes.
============

What a spiteful, hateful little piece of shit.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at May 17, 2017 04:00 PM (vg8iE)

286 Thanks for the actual answer. :^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 17, 2017 03:58 PM (qES5k)

That's a FOUL!10 Demerits.

Posted by: Roland THTG at May 17, 2017 04:01 PM (QM5S2)

287 Clarke came out early and often for Trump. Frankly I'm surprised it's taken Trump this long to hire him.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 17, 2017 04:01 PM (lwiT4)

288 283 *taps chin and ponders things about writing*

Should Tanya encounter something as head-banging as Naughty Nazi Nixes?

*decisions decisions*
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 17, 2017 04:00 PM (g6Mg0)

===============

Hey Anna,

You might have missed my offer yesterday to discuss Pinch of Larceny.

If you're interested, email me at thejamesmadison.aos at gmail.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2017 04:01 PM (/prE6)

289 Trump's next press conference...

Okay kiddies. Are we done fukcing around? Can we get back to being the United States of America instead of some GD junior UN?

Posted by: Bruce at May 17, 2017 04:02 PM (8ikIW)

290 How do we know Trump isn't trolling about Comey blowing his nose on the drapes?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 17, 2017 04:02 PM (qES5k)

291 Assistant Director, Dept of Homeland Security

Posted by: grammie winger at May 17, 2017 03:58 PM (lwiT4)

It's my understanding that all he needs to do to become director is deem it so on a day the actual director has the flu.

Posted by: Moron Robbie at May 17, 2017 04:02 PM (fD1ST)

292 287 Clarke came out early and often for Trump. Frankly I'm surprised it's taken Trump this long to hire him.
Posted by: grammie winger at May 17, 2017 04:01 PM (lwiT4)

================

"Me too."
-Chris Christie

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2017 04:02 PM (/prE6)

293 McShit is talking and it is what you would expect:

Longtime Trump opponent Sen. John McCain added his voice to the chorus of alarm Tuesday in the wake of a New York Times report on an alleged memo from ex-FBI Director James Comey.
Weve seen this movie before, McCain told CBS Newss Bob Schieffer. I think its reaching the point where its of Watergate size and scale its a centipede that the shoe continues to drop.

What a dumb fuck...and traitor.
But this is how we lose...fuckin traitor

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 17, 2017 04:02 PM (SjImc)

294 AlextheChicks, the Dems are back to throwing anything and everything at Trump just to see what sticks. They are flailing and wailing much like Pris was after Deckard shot her.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Curiously, *everything* sticks to the MSM.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 17, 2017 04:03 PM (ZO497)

295 Been out. Comey, pillow....

Where was he the night Scalia died?

Posted by: Meremortal, with mirth metal. at May 17, 2017 04:03 PM (3myMJ)

296 At 4-way stop signs, Comey will appear to wave another driver thru the intersection, yielding the right of way, but then gunn his car through it ahead of the other car(s), making them screech to a sudden stop to avoid a collision. And laugh as he does so.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 17, 2017 04:03 PM (JO9+V)

297 255 So Trump finally hires a Democrat for a top position. The Left will be over the moon, now that we're doing bipartisanship.
Posted by: grammie winger at May 17, 2017 03:44 PM (lwiT4)

=======

Is that where the Dems get to be partisan and the Reps get to be Bi?
Posted by: GOULD at May 17, 2017 03:55 PM (Hj4t4)

No.... Dems are the Female party... they like Men...

and will force the Repubs, who are male, to also like Men...

Thus... Repubs become the party of Gay...

Posted by: Conan, the Contrarian at May 17, 2017 04:03 PM (NgKpN)

298 We have nothing to fear with Barack Obama in the White House...

Posted by: John McCain at May 17, 2017 04:03 PM (DpOmP)

299 everybody's doin' it, doin' it
pickin' their nose and chewin' it, chewin' it

Posted by: James Comey waiting in Oval Office at May 17, 2017 04:03 PM (HgMAr)

300 294 AlextheChicks, the Dems are back to throwing anything and everything at Trump just to see what sticks. They are flailing and wailing much like Pris was after Deckard shot her.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Curiously, *everything* sticks to the MSM.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 17, 2017 04:03 PM (ZO497)

================

It's what happens after 8 years of sucking Obama off.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2017 04:03 PM (/prE6)

301 278 Yet another example of George W Bush's horrible judgment in people.
Posted by: JEM at May 17, 2017 03:59 PM (TppKb)

All comes back to blaming Bush. Holy crap that is tiresome.

Posted by: Jack Sock at May 17, 2017 04:04 PM (+bKWx)

302 Comey walks over and blows his nose on one
of the Oval offices' drapes.

What a spiteful, hateful little piece of shit.

Hey, at least it wasn't the flag.

Posted by: Meremortal, with mirth metal. at May 17, 2017 04:04 PM (3myMJ)

303 Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 17, 2017 04:02 PM (SjImc)

The left has a policy of no enemies to the left. Why can't we adopt the same policy? McCain just wants the NYT to have a crush on him again.

Posted by: CaliGirl at May 17, 2017 04:04 PM (Ri/rl)

304 I'm still really surprised the Seth Rich thing hasn't gotten "RUSSIANS!" associated with it by now.

-----

Too late.

Read somewhere that somebody was wondering if the Russians whacked Seth.

**and HAH! Pixie. I remembered to change my sock!!

Posted by: fixerupper at May 17, 2017 04:04 PM (8XRCm)

305 Clarke came out early and often for Trump. Frankly I'm surprised it's taken Trump this long to hire him.
Posted by: grammie winger

You're from Wisconsin. Wasn't there some problem in Clarke's jail that might have been splashed on him?

I think this appointment of Sherriff Clarke may be a stairstep to something else for him.

#twoweeks

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at May 17, 2017 04:04 PM (RFeQD)

306 >>>>>There's a turd in the punch bowl. I repeat, there's a turd in the punch bowl.

Posted by: Strobe at May 17, 2017 03:59 PM (gbWkA)

The cat is in the tree. I repeat, the cat is in the tree.
.
.
Shots fired....shots have been fired.....

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at May 17, 2017 04:04 PM (le7jz)

307 En fuega!

Posted by: That 'Woke' Guy who shouts "En fuega!" instead of "En fuego!" at May 17, 2017 04:04 PM (DMUuz)

308 Blessent mon coeur d'une langueur monotone

The frogs are hopping, the frogs are hopping.

Posted by: JEM at May 17, 2017 04:04 PM (TppKb)

309 We all knew Comey was some combination of dirty/cowardly/incompetent, yet Trump kept him on.

With just enough time for Comey to build a suicide vest in case Trump pushed him out later.

Posted by: Maritime at May 17, 2017 04:05 PM (Pa8uy)

310 We've seen this movie before, McCain told CBS Newss Bob Schieffer.
==

yeah and we have seen your movie before too, McShitStain.

Poor little Admiral's grandkid just never got the press and attention he craved and was clearly entitled to.

He'll say anything to get his ugly mug on tv.

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 17, 2017 04:05 PM (C52a9)

311 Hey, at least it wasn't the flag.

that makes me so hot

Posted by: Bill Ayers at May 17, 2017 04:05 PM (DpOmP)

312 Why would you blow your nose on the WH drapes? I find that hard to believe.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 17, 2017 03:56 PM (qES5k)

Fen read the article at American Spectator. It is satire, done to demonstrate how easy it is to start a rumor and declare it fact.

The article says they have three "Anonymous" sources for their article. It's well done, in that it is not too over the top in the hyperbole so that it sounds believable.

And maybe it is...I think AS want to see if other news outlets will pick it up and parrot it without confirming it's true.

Kind of like a memo read over the phone by anonymous people saying Trump tried to interfere in an FBI investigation.

Posted by: Jen the original at May 17, 2017 04:05 PM (62eBc)

313 Wake me when someone goes to jail. Meanwhile I'll continue to send hate mail to MaCain and the other never trumpers that are complicit in this kangaroo court of PDT.

Posted by: Some moron at May 17, 2017 04:05 PM (7CM5W)

314 Kinda was hoping Clarke for FBI director, but anywhere high-up in the admin. will be a good thing, I think. As long as he has lots of public exposure. He articulates, on many key issues, the common sense of (still) a majority of Americans. In an entertaining and Trumpesque direct manner, of course.

And yeah, Andy McCarthy, who's outstanding on the substance of legal matters and terrorism, maybe the best public voice on these things, sure has the Midas touch on his high-ranking acquaintances. Fitzgerald, now Comey. Two examples of what's wrong and degraded about America's legal system and civic culture. Andy's a smart guy who seems to have a huge blind spot of poor judgement when assessing his peers.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 17, 2017 04:05 PM (QDnY+)

315 You're from Wisconsin. Wasn't there some problem in Clarke's jail that might have been splashed on him?
==============================

There might have been - sounds familiar but I'm a ditz with actual, you know, facts.

Posted by: grammie winger at May 17, 2017 04:06 PM (lwiT4)

316 Reports coming out that Sheriff David Clark will be nominated to be assistant Secretary of DHS.

Posted by: WisRich at May 17, 2017 03:31 PM (hdpay)

Is this making everyone feel glad all over or is it making you go to bits and pieces?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 17, 2017 04:06 PM (493sH)

317 Trump must go and bring back Presdent Obama !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT at May 17, 2017 04:06 PM (WmgTn)

318 Comey used up all the glue on purpose!

Posted by: Old man Parker at May 17, 2017 04:06 PM (JO9+V)

319 All comes back to blaming Bush. Holy crap that is tiresome.

There's plenty of blame to go around.

Bush 43 often chose the wrong people and, perhaps more importantly, he failed to hold them accountable for their failures.

Obama was malevolent, Bush was feckless.

Posted by: JEM at May 17, 2017 04:06 PM (TppKb)

320 Late as usual.

I thought the clip was going to be the one where he shags Ygraine without taking off his armor.

Posted by: WaitingForMartel at May 17, 2017 04:06 PM (VpBSr)

321 Shots fired....shots have been fired.....
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman
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Meh. Only .22 shot shells.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 17, 2017 04:06 PM (ZO497)

322
"Me too."
-Chris Christie

Posted by: TheJamesMadison
===

"You're fired."

-PDT

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 17, 2017 04:07 PM (C52a9)

323 Man does my ass itch...
*scratch, scratch, scratch, scritch*
ah, that feels better

Posted by: James Comey waiting in Oval Office at May 17, 2017 04:07 PM (HgMAr)

324 Posted by: alexthechick - now with extra sand! at May 17, 2017 03:54 PM (mf5HN)

I know, right? It needs to have a ring of truth to stick, but yeah, it's too much truth. They are desperate.

I have a feeling Trump is going to end up the opposite of Obama. Personally unpopular, but politically popular.

Posted by: Mega at May 17, 2017 04:07 PM (nmOpX)

325 The progressive mob impeaching Trump would be the icing on the cake.
...the hot fudge on a hot fudge sundae
...the creme d la creme
...the last gasp of a dying political ideology
...the end of the world as we know it
...

Posted by: Hampton Rhodes at May 17, 2017 04:07 PM (Ssyrx)

326 4:16 PM EST

Trump Status

[ ] Impeached
[X] To Be Impeached

Posted by: THIS is CNN at May 17, 2017 04:07 PM (3myMJ)

327 He'll say anything to get his ugly mug on tv.
=========

I am in control of all things.

Posted by: John McCain's Face Growth at May 17, 2017 04:07 PM (vg8iE)

328 295
Been out. Comey, pillow....

Where was he the night Scalia died?

Posted by: Meremortal, with mirth metal. at May 17, 2017 04:03 PM (3myMJ)
OT, but elsewhere on the interwebs, I found a 'tard who legit thinks Scalia was killed by Donald Trump....No, I don't know why that's supposed to make sense.

Posted by: Armando at May 17, 2017 04:07 PM (FwRqg)

329 Or maybe just some Naughty Nixes? Nix the Nazi bit.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 17, 2017 04:07 PM (g6Mg0)

330 McCain just wants the NYT to have a crush on him again.
Posted by: CaliGirl at May 17, 2017 04:04 PM (Ri/rl)

Yup, but someone should remind him how they turned on him after he got the GOP Nomination...and while I am on the subject, hey Ivanka and Jarred how's that out reach to the Left going? Winning your Father friends and influence?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 17, 2017 04:08 PM (SjImc)

331 Does anyone remember this headline from the Washington Examiner, January 3, 2017?

- Schumer warns Trump: Intel officials 'have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you'

Seems as if Chucky thinks he's now some kind mafioso.

Posted by: RondinellaMamma at May 17, 2017 04:08 PM (oQQwD)

332 Should Tanya encounter something as head-banging as Naughty Nazi Nixes?

*decisions decisions*

Posted by: Anna Puma

Read through (part? book?) one this morning. Will comment on it later during an open thread.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at May 17, 2017 04:09 PM (AM1GF)

333 Posted by: Jen the original at May 17, 2017 04:05 PM (62eBc)

Thanks for the lucid clarification.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 17, 2017 04:09 PM (qES5k)

334 Comey is a dick!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at May 17, 2017 04:09 PM (JO9+V)

335
Kind of like a memo read over the phone by anonymous people saying Trump tried to interfere in an FBI investigation.

Posted by: Jen the original at May 17, 2017 04:05 PM (62eBc)

You beyoch! Its all in my diary!

*goes back to braiding his hair*

Posted by: Jimmy Comey at May 17, 2017 04:09 PM (7CM5W)

336 Andy's a smart guy who seems to have a huge blind spot of poor judgement when assessing his peers.

Posted by: rhomboid

Everybody is a good guy, until.....they cross THE DEEP STATE!

It's like some kind of mafioso muerta thing. You can be a Republican, a Democrat, say all kinds of kooky things, but don't cross the DEEP STATE.

It's like a deathwish. My trust in Andy McCarthy has been marginalized, to say the least.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at May 17, 2017 04:09 PM (RFeQD)

337 Les sanglots long de violins de l'autome

So how did we swerve into BBC code phrases for the resistance on D-Day?

Posted by: rhomboid at May 17, 2017 04:09 PM (QDnY+)

338 I thought the clip was going to be the one where he shags Ygraine without taking off his armor.

Posted by: WaitingForMartel

I'm pretty sure that wasn't what was meant when she asked him to use protection.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at May 17, 2017 04:10 PM (AM1GF)

339 Seems as if Chucky thinks he's now some kind mafioso.

Posted by: RondinellaMamma

He didn't change his name to Cuomo, did he?

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at May 17, 2017 04:10 PM (RFeQD)

340 Preet Brarara (which name sounds like one of my farts) was also the scumbag who tried to throw Dinesh D'Souza into prison for election fraud. D'Souza likened him to a toady in an Indo-Iranian palace.

When D'Souza has your number, your number is had.

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at May 17, 2017 04:10 PM (ngT9v)

341 Comey wouldn't blow his nose on the flag; he'd wipe his ass on the flag, but never blow his nose.

Posted by: Strobe at May 17, 2017 04:10 PM (gbWkA)

342 328 OT, but elsewhere on the interwebs, I found a 'tard who legit thinks Scalia was killed by Donald Trump....No, I don't know why that's supposed to make sense.
Posted by: Armando at May 17, 2017 04:07 PM (FwRqg)

===============

*cracks knuckles*

Let me take a stab:

Trump knew that he was in trouble with the general election. He needed something to comfort the right wing of the Republican Party, ensuring that they'd vote for him no matter what. So he offed Scalia (instead of...I don't know...any of the others), knowing that a promise to replace him with a stalwart conservative jurist would lead to his win.

How did I do?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2017 04:10 PM (/prE6)

343 Comey drives with the high beams on all the time.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at May 17, 2017 04:10 PM (KUaJL)

344 332
Read through (part? book?) one this morning. Will comment on it later during an open thread.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Abbot of St. Costello-on-the-Hurlingbone at May 17, 2017 04:09 PM (AM1GF)

============

Don't forget to give her a review on Amazon.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2017 04:10 PM (/prE6)

345 Les sanglots long de violins de l'autome

So how did we swerve into BBC code phrases for the resistance on D-Day?

Wolverines!

Posted by: Hampton Rhodes at May 17, 2017 04:11 PM (Ssyrx)

346 So how did we swerve into BBC code phrases for the resistance on D-Day?

Posted by: rhomboid
-----------

The Vulcan Meme Meld

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 17, 2017 04:11 PM (ZO497)

347 268 AlextheChicks, the Dems are back to throwing anything and everything at Trump just to see what sticks. They are flailing and wailing much like Pris was after Deckard shot her.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 17, 2017 03:58 PM (g6Mg0)

AlextheChicks? You mean there are more than one?!

Posted by: No One of Consequence at May 17, 2017 04:11 PM (zFtzj)

348 Comey makes me look like a saint!

Posted by: Carter Burke at May 17, 2017 04:11 PM (JO9+V)

349 boy have I gotta take a shit... where's that wastebasket? There it is.
*fraaaaAAAP*
Ah. Now I just gotta find something to wipe...

Posted by: James Comey waiting in Oval Office at May 17, 2017 04:12 PM (HgMAr)

350
How did I do?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison
====

Your theory is good.

Needs more Sasquatch, though. And some Russians. LOTS of Russians.

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 17, 2017 04:12 PM (C52a9)

351 Has the media found out about the 18 minute gap yet? That will really cause this thing to catch fire.

Posted by: goon at May 17, 2017 04:12 PM (EaQ6/)

352 The Vulcan Meme Meld
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Hey, I used that to glue something together last week. It bonds like steel!!

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at May 17, 2017 04:12 PM (RFeQD)

353 350
How did I do?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison
====

Your theory is good.

Needs more Sasquatch, though. And some Russians. LOTS of Russians.
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 17, 2017 04:12 PM (C52a9)

=============

I knew I missed something.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2017 04:12 PM (/prE6)

354 Jim Comey spits

Posted by: Reggie Love at May 17, 2017 04:13 PM (DpOmP)

355 Posted by: JEM at May 17, 2017 04:06 PM (TppKb)

Ninja please. Comey was in the Bush administration from 2002 to 2005. He most controversial position during that time was in support of more stringent rules for surveillance, which corresponded with the Hordes viewpoint at the time. He wasn't appointed FBI director until 2013.

Posted by: Jack Sock at May 17, 2017 04:13 PM (+bKWx)

356 in a nation of laws, this scumbag would have been in prison years ago.

Posted by: redc1c4 at May 17, 2017 04:13 PM (eVKWI)

357 Well just read a story about the GOP putting off tax reform until next year.

So it's looking more and more like the GOP is intentionally working to give Trump no accomplishments.

I can't wait to hear what the excuse in September is going to be for why they can't do a budget and are going to vomit forth another CR.

Useless cunts.

Posted by: Kreplach at May 17, 2017 04:13 PM (CMZgT)

358 Comey takes a penny, but never leaves a penny

Posted by: josephistan at May 17, 2017 04:13 PM (7HtZB)

359 I knew I missed something.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Or more Cowbell. Can you work a dead Kennedy in there?

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....outlaw in America at May 17, 2017 04:14 PM (RFeQD)

360 Jim Comey was driving my Oldsmobile. There. I said it.

Posted by: Ted Kennedy at May 17, 2017 04:14 PM (DpOmP)

361 Longtime Trump opponent Sen. John McCain added his voice to the chorus of alarm Tuesday in the wake of a New York Times report on an alleged memo from ex-FBI Director James Comey.
Weve seen this movie before, McCain told CBS Newss Bob Schieffer. I think its reaching the point where its of Watergate size and scale its a centipede that the shoe continues to drop.

McLame is a maverick by backstabbing Republicans because his ego knows it gets him the most air time

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 17, 2017 04:14 PM (493sH)

362 Go ahead and lip sing, Comey said. No one can tell, he said. No one will ever know, Comey said. Well fuck that guy in particular!

Posted by: Milli Vanilli at May 17, 2017 04:14 PM (JO9+V)

363 337 Les sanglots long de violins de l'autome

So how did we swerve into BBC code phrases for the resistance on D-Day?

Posted by: rhomboid at May 17, 2017 04:09 PM (QDnY+)

Of course you would know that. I did not.

Posted by: CaliGirl at May 17, 2017 04:14 PM (Ri/rl)

364 Comey is so ate up with being "FBI" that he probably practices drawing his weapon when he's in the can.

Douchebag.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 17, 2017 04:14 PM (5VlCp)

365 Thanks Brother Cavil for purchasing Pinch of Larceny. I hope you are enjoying it.

Should meander back to writing since I now have basic concepts for three Tanya stories rattling around in my mental attic.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 17, 2017 04:14 PM (g6Mg0)

366 And comey still has not agreed to testify next week.

I have $50 that says if he does agree to testify that it will not be under oath and the msm will use the following words in their stories about his testimony:

collusion

Flynn was compromised by Russians

bombshell testimony

Penguins

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at May 17, 2017 04:15 PM (le7jz)

367 Passive aggressive to the max! Aggressively passive aggressive. A real weasels weasel! A lying sneak to top all lying sneaks.

Wow, this is blowing my mind.

Are there really two Gs in aggressive?

Can Comey loyalists in the FBI see me typing this right now?

Posted by: grandmalcaesar at May 17, 2017 04:15 PM (yrohn)

368 Ever notice Comey and Commie almost sound alike.

Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at May 17, 2017 04:15 PM (kIxPI)

369 Okay grammie,
Gary says docs pretty limited your area.
Dr Timothy Hain in Chicago.
Dr Eric Yang in Geneva but he doesn't know him.
I'd still recommend a trip down here. Gary is da bomb. Hell, the airlines and other such types send their people to him.

I gotta go but a few here have my email addy. If you do and grammie wants it send it to her please.

Posted by: teej at May 17, 2017 04:16 PM (yBWAd)

370 Comey is a peter puffer

Posted by: Strobe at May 17, 2017 04:16 PM (gbWkA)

371 McCain told CBS Newss Bob Schieffer. " I think its reaching the point where its of Watergate shize and shcale itsh a centipede that the shoe continuesh to drop like the load I jusht dropped into my Dependsh"....

Posted by: A Confused Senile Old Idiot at May 17, 2017 04:17 PM (C52a9)

372 nood
and i'm out

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2017 04:17 PM (/prE6)

373 @355

So Comey was a loyal soldier. Served under several presidents. Worked his way up the ranks by out preforming his peers. Served with distinction, didn't make waves, always on the right side of history, never charged with any failures, always accomplished his goals, and went to Boy Scouts on Wednesday Evenings where he made Eagle Scout.

He paid is dues, and earned his promotions.

Posted by: Hampton Rhodes at May 17, 2017 04:17 PM (Ssyrx)

374 364 Comey is so ate up with being "FBI" that he probably practices drawing his weapon when he's in the can.

Douchebag.

*****

Has this idiot ever made a felony arrest? Ever?

Posted by: Diogenes at May 17, 2017 04:17 PM (KNB6/)

375 dammit.

socksquib

Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at May 17, 2017 04:18 PM (C52a9)

376 "GOP is intentionally working to give Trump no accomplishments."

That's one of the most disheartening parts, to me. He's taking fire from all sides, every day, most of it pure caca. I don't know how he stands it. Having a lot of trouble with it myself.

Posted by: Peaches at May 17, 2017 04:18 PM (EgOr3)

377 John has a long mustache

Posted by: Strobe at May 17, 2017 04:19 PM (gbWkA)

378 nood
and i'm out

Posted by: TheJamesMadison at May 17, 2017 04:17 PM (/prE6)

Well I would think that everything is out if you're nood, but why tell us about it?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 17, 2017 04:19 PM (493sH)

379 Thanks for this, Ace.

If memory serves, as of last August in NY, Preet Bharara was "probing" and "investigating" the Clinton Foundation. No collusion here, right?

I can picture the story as Gonzalez tells it. I believe him, not the evil-eyed gargoyle.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Infidel Queen, is tired of dis at May 17, 2017 04:25 PM (fq4ih)

380 Re Trey Gowdy:

He's a Deep State fan boi. This gestating Lindsey Graham should be strangled in the crib but the South Carolina GOP is so Establishment-dominated he'll likely go up to the Senate once Graham's boot camp exploits finally go viral.

On that last point:

Faster, Vladimir.

Re James Comey:

He's a dirty cop and kind of crazy. Look for some kind of out to be given him prior to his testimony. The person who throws him the lifeline probably will be Gowdy.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at May 17, 2017 04:27 PM (K5az+)

381 So this summer there will be riots.

Except the demographics of the rioters this summer may be different than say those in Ferguson Mo some time back.

Posted by: simplemind at May 17, 2017 04:34 PM (xVRrG)

382 >>>I can't wait to hear what the excuse in September is going to be for why they can't do a budget and are going to vomit forth another CR

Heard a good discussion of why we should expect CRs until the 2020 elections and the blame goes around to everyone.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at May 17, 2017 04:36 PM (9H8W1)

383 The July 2016 press conference by Comey only makes sense if you consider that the Lynch DOJ was going to prosecute Hillary Clinton even if they had found her with a dead body.

The press conference was Comey's attempt to lay out the facts so it could generate some breath of outrage. Unfortunately, only the Hillary camp managed to generate any outrage.

Posted by: undocumented SMOD at May 17, 2017 04:40 PM (e8kgV)

384 The July 2016 press conference by Comey only makes sense if you consider
that the Lynch DOJ WASN'T going to prosecute Hillary Clinton even if they
had found her with a dead body.

The press conference was Comey's
attempt to lay out the facts so it could generate some breath of
outrage. Unfortunately, only the Hillary camp managed to generate any
outrage.

Posted by: undocumented SMOD at May 17, 2017 04:41 PM (e8kgV)

385 Comey's latest testimony reminded me of a phase my daughter went through when she was in junior high and starting out her then interest in theater (she dropped it when she went to college). The difference was that after the pathos laden monologue replete with agitation and twitching, the then 14 year old daughter burst out into a belly laugh. I kept expecting old hang-dog Jim to burst out laughing after the very bad ham acting. But he didn't.

Posted by: Lester at May 17, 2017 04:44 PM (LfJIn)

386 "GOP is intentionally working to give Trump no accomplishments."

That's
one of the most disheartening parts, to me. He's taking fire from all
sides, every day, most of it pure caca. I don't know how he stands it.
Having a lot of trouble with it myself.

Posted by: Peaches at May 17, 2017 04:18 PM (EgOr3)

It isn't really Trump that the GOPe is thwarting.

It is us.

That cannot be repeated too often and we need to act accordingly to punish them.

Posted by: redbanzai at May 17, 2017 04:50 PM (f5uaD)

387 And Attorney General Ashcroft then stunned me. He lifted his head off the pillow and in very strong terms expressed his view of the matter, rich in both substance and fact, which stunned me and completely undercut the rationale my dubious one-man coup.

Posted by: Acting President James "SUPERMAN" Comey, Man of Steal at May 17, 2017 05:02 PM (Ndje9)

388 I see five lights!

Posted by: free tibet, with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at May 17, 2017 05:17 PM (CL76w)

389 If the RINOsaurs really believed in Trump (AND WERE NOT TOTALLY SUCKERED INTO FOLLOWING THE PRESSSSSidential media's every word and image), they'd have no tolerance for this Comey FBI nonsense and say, "we've got more important stuff to attend to", and move on to attend to the "people's business".

Alas, the RINOsaurs are showing why the swamp needs to be drained, and the cleansing process must include removing the RINOsaurs and DINOsaurs and the scat they fertilized the swamp with...

Posted by: Seipherd at May 17, 2017 06:16 PM (DdHyh)

390 Really sleazy guy(s). The lot of them.

What is really beginning to get to me is how we are continually lied to. Remember how Comey was sold as one of the good guys -- by both sides. I am angry right now and can't bring them all the individuals to mind, like John Roberts, Good guy. Top Men. Only they are not, and haven't been for years and all these people who have been in office and in the swamp for years know it. What a sad, and sorry lot we have. It truly gives me pause.

And I spent a lot of time in WDC and even the surface sleaze was disgusting.

Posted by: gracepc at May 17, 2017 06:25 PM (OU4q6)

391 Can someone tell me what that music from the Excalibur video is?? Thanks

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