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global1

(25,251 posts)
Mon Apr 16, 2018, 12:54 AM Apr 2018

Comey Helped Trump Get Elected And He's Serving Trump Today By.....

giving Trump his book and book tour to use as a distraction from his lawyer Cohen's problems (which could really sink Trump) and the Stormy Daniels/Playmate issue.

This Comey book came out just in time for Trump to use as a distraction.

Think about it - what would we be talking about now instead of analyzing Comey's book and TV and newspaper interviews - if Comey's book wasn't there?

Trump is in a heap of trouble now. The Syria bombing didn't really help him much. Trump is going to Mar-A-Lago tomorrow to not be around for the Cohen stuff.

Comey is a convenient distraction now for Trump to use to his advantage.

Comey's fault is that he is just too honest.

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Comey Helped Trump Get Elected And He's Serving Trump Today By..... (Original Post) global1 Apr 2018 OP
Why don't we have more threads attacking one of the highest profile attacks on Trump? Doodley Apr 2018 #1
Nonsense. Comey's book AND the Cohen case are all part of a single narrative The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #2
Exactly JI7 Apr 2018 #4
Read the book Wellstone ruled Apr 2018 #9
This makes no fucking sense. JI7 Apr 2018 #3
How far does the conspiracy go in your opinion? Renew Deal Apr 2018 #5
What Conspiracy Are You Talking About?..... global1 Apr 2018 #6
No, that's just ridiculous. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #7
How does Comey's book distract Mueller and the SDNY U.S. Attorney's office? Kaleva Apr 2018 #8
All you are doing by dissing Comey is helping the repukes....STOP! Thekaspervote Apr 2018 #10
All Comey did was cost us a wonderful president. LisaM Apr 2018 #12
Good people sometimes do bad things and bad people sometimes do good things. musicblind Apr 2018 #13
Well said; I agree 100%. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #17
Wait, what? That was nonsensical. (n/t) FreepFryer Apr 2018 #11
While Comey did HRC no favors MFM008 Apr 2018 #14
I disagree. Comey's book is interesting, but it's no "Fire and Fury." Vinca Apr 2018 #15
I think the constant attacks on Comey is what is really helping the con mans narrative. Thanks Trust Buster Apr 2018 #16
I'm just going to cut and paste your response instead of writing new shit each time. Thanks. Kirk Lover Apr 2018 #19
ENOUGH with the distraction crap. Every single thing that has happened has been classified Kirk Lover Apr 2018 #18
"Think about it " -er, I did. Maybe this OP needs to do more 'thinking about it' before posting. -nt poboy2 Apr 2018 #20

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,719 posts)
2. Nonsense. Comey's book AND the Cohen case are all part of a single narrative
Mon Apr 16, 2018, 01:08 AM
Apr 2018

about Trump's corruption. Cohen will be in court tomorrow and he'll be the one getting media attention. The only reason the media weren't talking so much about Cohen is because there wasn't any new news about him over the weekend, but he'll be all over it tomorrow afternoon. It's all tied together. Comey isn't a distraction at all, although the Trumpsters have already started trying to discredit him - but there's not much they can do about Cohen. The main point of Comey's book is that Trump is a moral slagheap who isn't fit to be president. What's being revealed about Cohen is that he's the fixer and enabler of dodgy deals for a moral slagheap who isn't fit to be president. There are no distractions, it's all related.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
9. Read the book
Mon Apr 16, 2018, 02:12 AM
Apr 2018

Russian Roulette,it will bring this whole story of Trump and his Associates into focus.

Manafort was Trump's go between with Putin lackies. Team Mueller is rounding up Russian operatives as well as US Nationals that were willing players.

Renew Deal

(81,860 posts)
5. How far does the conspiracy go in your opinion?
Mon Apr 16, 2018, 01:13 AM
Apr 2018

Was the chlorine attack part of it? Is Mueller in on it? What about the judge that authorized the Cohen raid?

global1

(25,251 posts)
6. What Conspiracy Are You Talking About?.....
Mon Apr 16, 2018, 01:41 AM
Apr 2018

I'm simply saying that Trump is using Comey now to distract from his real problems. No conspiracy. Comey's book hitting the stands now is just a convenient means to change the subject from what really could sink him.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,719 posts)
7. No, that's just ridiculous.
Mon Apr 16, 2018, 02:00 AM
Apr 2018

Trump isn't using Comey, FFS! Comey is trashing Trump for the same reason that Cohen is in trouble: because Trump is a dirtbag. Comey is just adding more dirt to the already huge pile of dirt on Trump. Why on God's green earth could you possibly think Trump is using him as a distraction??

Kaleva

(36,307 posts)
8. How does Comey's book distract Mueller and the SDNY U.S. Attorney's office?
Mon Apr 16, 2018, 02:09 AM
Apr 2018

I think you could say that Comey has you distracted but I highly doubt that the people Trump really has to worry about are now chasing shiny objects.

Thekaspervote

(32,771 posts)
10. All you are doing by dissing Comey is helping the repukes....STOP!
Mon Apr 16, 2018, 03:17 AM
Apr 2018

Did you not see that the gopeee has a website up just to discredit Comey? What are you thinking?

LisaM

(27,813 posts)
12. All Comey did was cost us a wonderful president.
Mon Apr 16, 2018, 03:48 AM
Apr 2018

He may be hoisting himself on his own petard, but it is very difficult for me to respect him at this point. He broke my political heart.

musicblind

(4,484 posts)
13. Good people sometimes do bad things and bad people sometimes do good things.
Mon Apr 16, 2018, 04:09 AM
Apr 2018

Comey will never live down what he did to Hillary Clinton. That will follow him for the rest of his life. It probably haunts his dreams. He would have a job today had he not made the choices he did. His FAMILY voted for Clinton. His wife; his daughters. I can't imagine what members of his own family must think of the decisions he made, but I'm sure they have let him know.

He deserves derision for what he did.

However, what he did to Clinton does not take away from what he is doing now.

Now, in this moment, he is doing a good thing. He is exposing Trump and explaining, in detail, what kind of a danger we are in. He is a former FBI director who is giving the American people a message they need to hear. Donald Trump is unfit to be President. Donald Trump should never have been elected.

We are all smart enough to hold two consecutive thoughts. Comey did wrong by Clinton but now Comey is doing something right. You don't have to forgive him in order to agree with him on this particular point. We should be using our voices to help to amplify this particular point because he is right on this specific issue.



MFM008

(19,814 posts)
14. While Comey did HRC no favors
Mon Apr 16, 2018, 05:35 AM
Apr 2018

His attacks on the maggot are annoying the hell out of him.
Whatever works.

Vinca

(50,273 posts)
15. I disagree. Comey's book is interesting, but it's no "Fire and Fury."
Mon Apr 16, 2018, 07:16 AM
Apr 2018

We all knew 99% of what he said in the interview last night so it's repackaged old news. The Cohen circus, on the other hand, is "must see TV." Who wouldn't purchase the pay-per-view if you could see what goes on in the courtroom today?

 

Kirk Lover

(3,608 posts)
18. ENOUGH with the distraction crap. Every single thing that has happened has been classified
Mon Apr 16, 2018, 11:20 AM
Apr 2018

as a distraction....why is everybody who posts "this is a distraction" NOT seeing that? Fucking LIFE is a distraction..as soon as things just stop happening everywhere, period I can finally stop hearing the word distraction.

Next I'll hear that RUMP engineered the next mass shooting as a distraction. #BASTA

 

poboy2

(2,078 posts)
20. "Think about it " -er, I did. Maybe this OP needs to do more 'thinking about it' before posting. -nt
Mon Apr 16, 2018, 11:28 AM
Apr 2018
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