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I'm not thrilled with a former FBI chief writing a tell-all book. (Original Post) milestogo Apr 2018 OP
Yes, but in this environment, what are the alternatives? LisaM Apr 2018 #1
"Yes, but in this environment, what are the alternatives?" LenaBaby61 Apr 2018 #33
I have no problem with someone who was fired and slandered Sanity Claws Apr 2018 #2
Yeah ! Kirk Lover Apr 2018 #17
I'm kinda thrilled. -nt poboy2 Apr 2018 #3
Some of the news reports make it sound like Comey was petty, Ilsa Apr 2018 #4
Yeah, like saying Trump has small hands. milestogo Apr 2018 #7
I'm not going to judge it until I see it in context. nt Ilsa Apr 2018 #15
He said Trump has an orange hue, small hands, and his eyes looks like he wears goggles for... DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2018 #21
What he actually said was that Trump's hands were smaller than his, but not unusually so. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #26
It's called racoon eyes Butterflylady Apr 2018 #39
Elvis and Lisa Marie had /has racoon eyes. It looks/looked better on them. DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2018 #40
I think the small hands thing is actually more valid Nevernose Apr 2018 #23
It was vetted by the FBI YessirAtsaFact Apr 2018 #5
I Think Americans Deserve Robust Discussion of All Relevant Facts Stallion Apr 2018 #6
I am, if he throws poop at the Traitor-in-Chief... tell all!! InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2018 #8
He threw poop at Hillary Clinton. milestogo Apr 2018 #12
Exactly... fallout87 Apr 2018 #16
Not a hero. He screwed up badly and likely knows it and is trying to do the right thing now EffieBlack Apr 2018 #42
In the book ? DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2018 #19
No, in the prelude to election day. milestogo Apr 2018 #24
It was an abominable decision, a virtually unforgivable lapse in judgement. DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2018 #25
Well it's too late now ain't it? GusBob Apr 2018 #9
No problems, none at all. It all goes to explanation of what a schlemiel we got foisted on us. marble falls Apr 2018 #10
These are not normal times and when the person who is supposed to be president lies JI7 Apr 2018 #11
Kind of reminds me of "Hopscotch" (1980) no_hypocrisy Apr 2018 #13
This is not a very good trailer oberliner Apr 2018 #18
It's decent, if memory serves. Hard to go too wrong given the cast ... mr_lebowski Apr 2018 #32
LOVED THE MOVIE! no_hypocrisy Apr 2018 #36
Agreed oberliner Apr 2018 #14
I love it! Thats what happens when you lie and slander people. onecaliberal Apr 2018 #20
Atonement... yallerdawg Apr 2018 #22
Who cares? mcar Apr 2018 #27
He was fired by way of TV while talking to agents. NCTraveler Apr 2018 #28
they don't write stillcool Apr 2018 #29
Your concern is noted. Anon-C Apr 2018 #30
+1.n/t obnoxiousdrunk Apr 2018 #43
Trump as subject is the exception to "being decent" mchill Apr 2018 #31
I agree Skittles Apr 2018 #34
Well, I never liked Jose Canseco, but you can't pick your rats. (n/t) Iggo Apr 2018 #35
Obviously, There Is a Market for Comeys Story Ccarmona Apr 2018 #37
Whatever blake2012 Apr 2018 #38
I am fine with anyone who will speak out against the vile slug. I am disgusted by those who Squinch Apr 2018 #41

LisaM

(27,813 posts)
1. Yes, but in this environment, what are the alternatives?
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 08:11 PM
Apr 2018

I don't like Comey, don't get me wrong, but there seems to be little else he can do because the rules of decency don't seem to apply anymore.

LenaBaby61

(6,974 posts)
33. "Yes, but in this environment, what are the alternatives?"
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 08:53 PM
Apr 2018

Few if ANY alternatives IMHO.

I'm happy to see a big, fat, orange, lying, ignorant, racist BULLY get made fun of--bopped in the nose, and if took James Comey to do that

tRumputin gets too many passes STILL for what he says and does. Most in the media and the political collective body dismiss HIS insults of others, like him continuing to call Hillary Clinton "Crooked Hillary." He also hurls insults at others, and of course, most in the media and in the political collective body as well just let it slide. My friend (Liberal) said that Tammy Duckworth is no better than tRumputin is in her eyes now because she called him Cadet Bonespurs. Yeah, Tammy lost both legs defending this country, AND she's one hell of a battler for the little guy/gal, for vets, and for those most disadvantaged, and my friend said that she's no better than Fatso is People have the right to not like what Comey wrote in his book about tRumputin. However, others have the right to say that tRumputin had those Comey insult-poo comments coming.

No, we are not living in "normal" times, and if at times it requires pettiness, getting in the mud with and bopping a bully like tRumputin in HIS nose, then so be it



Sanity Claws

(21,849 posts)
2. I have no problem with someone who was fired and slandered
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 08:12 PM
Apr 2018

trying to set the record straight.

What I find unseemly is Trump's termination of him in order to avoid justice.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
4. Some of the news reports make it sound like Comey was petty,
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 08:15 PM
Apr 2018

but when details are taken out of context, I think they can be mischaracterized.

milestogo

(16,829 posts)
7. Yeah, like saying Trump has small hands.
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 08:17 PM
Apr 2018

Funny on DU and SNL. Not something I'd expect from an FBI guy.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
21. He said Trump has an orange hue, small hands, and his eyes looks like he wears goggles for...
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 08:38 PM
Apr 2018

He said Trump has an orange hue, small hands, and his eyes looks like he wears goggles for tanning purposes. How would that be different than saying Barack Obama has a medium dark brown hue, normal size hands, and is of average to athletic build ?

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,731 posts)
26. What he actually said was that Trump's hands were smaller than his, but not unusually so.
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 08:50 PM
Apr 2018

Since Comey is 6'8" it's likely that his hands are bigger than most people's.

Nevernose

(13,081 posts)
23. I think the small hands thing is actually more valid
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 08:41 PM
Apr 2018

Because of the context in which it started. There’s a thirty year history behind the story, clearly illustrating Trump’s psychotic level of insecurity. Trump is the one that brought it up during the GOP debate, and spent years tracing outlines of his own hand and mailing them to a reporter he had a decades-old grudge against, for the crime of writing that Trump had “small fingers that were neatly groomed.”

It’s not just a joke about Mango Unchained’s little dick.

I’m with you on the Comey book, though. It’s tacky at best. If it were a serious memoir of an important person in FBI history it would be one thing. But this seems like a shameless, salacious cash in.

YessirAtsaFact

(2,064 posts)
5. It was vetted by the FBI
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 08:16 PM
Apr 2018

It’s not unusual, in fact it’s common enough that they have protocols in place for it.

 

EffieBlack

(14,249 posts)
42. Not a hero. He screwed up badly and likely knows it and is trying to do the right thing now
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 09:52 PM
Apr 2018

It’s the least he can do. Let him do it.

GusBob

(7,286 posts)
9. Well it's too late now ain't it?
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 08:18 PM
Apr 2018

That freedom of speech is a pesky thing at times but the way this man was treated he has a right.

There is a reason no other FBI directors had to write a book, they were treated with respect.

Except for Hoover he was feared

JI7

(89,251 posts)
11. These are not normal times and when the person who is supposed to be president lies
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 08:21 PM
Apr 2018

The way trump does it doesn't be accepted and normalized.

mcar

(42,334 posts)
27. Who cares?
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 08:50 PM
Apr 2018

Undignified? Tacky?

You just described Dotard. I don't give a rats ass if Comey "lowers" himself. He did that by destroying HRC.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
28. He was fired by way of TV while talking to agents.
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 08:50 PM
Apr 2018

I don’t like the guy, but considering how it went down it seems Comey is being downright courteous.

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
29. they don't write
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 08:52 PM
Apr 2018

"tell-alls"....unless they use a pseudonym, and make it fiction. That's how Philip Agee got in so much trouble, and the law about outing CIA agents came to be.

mchill

(1,018 posts)
31. Trump as subject is the exception to "being decent"
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 08:53 PM
Apr 2018

but am hearing this complaint a lot. But remember, the GOP doesn't care about decorum, so maybe they'll hear Comey's words.

 

Ccarmona

(1,180 posts)
37. Obviously, There Is a Market for Comeys Story
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 09:15 PM
Apr 2018

This is still a supply & demand economy.

Those trashing Comey, remember he stood up to the Bush crowd on Torture.

There’s a lot trashing of him here because of his handling of the HRC email Investigation. I think that gave those who were on the fence about her all they needed to stay home. To me, that’s on her, not him.

Squinch

(50,954 posts)
41. I am fine with anyone who will speak out against the vile slug. I am disgusted by those who
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 09:39 PM
Apr 2018

know about his sleaziness and are NOT telling it.

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