You do realize the other side feels the exact same way, right?
The other main political party*
You do realize the other side feels the exact same way, right?
The Rosenstein excuse was a transparent and absurd subterfuge. Trump’s anger issues and impulsive nature led him to fire Comey at the worst possible time, right as Comey was seeking to expand the Trump-Russia investigation. Collusion with Russia during the election is an ongoing embarrassment for Trump and an endless political crucible to endure but it was never something over which Trump was going to face impeachment. Obstruction of justice, however, is a completely different story. Through his own uncontrollable hubris, Trump has opened the door to the very charge that brought down Nixon.Welp. There you go. You can only hide the truth for so long.
BTW - because of this, Trump is the first president since Richard Nixon to have fired a law enforcement official overseeing an investigation with ties to the White House.
What a GREAT company to be in.
The Rosenstein excuse was a transparent and absurd subterfuge. Trump’s anger issues and impulsive nature led him to fire Comey at the worst possible time, right as Comey was seeking to expand the Trump-Russia investigation. Collusion with Russia during the election is an ongoing embarrassment for Trump and an endless political crucible to endure but it was never something over which Trump was going to face impeachment. Obstruction of justice, however, is a completely different story. Through his own uncontrollable hubris, Trump has opened the door to the very charge that brought down Nixon.
Not saying he will be impeached, just that obstruction of justice is an impeachable offense and that there will now be more investigations, apart from the Trump-Russia probes, into Trump's motivation for firing Comey. What comes of them may take a year or more to play out. This is just unbelievable stupidity on Trump’s part. At the very least, he’s further crippled his ability to govern, and at worst, he's opened the door to his own impeachment.But how do you prove beyond a reasonable doubt why Trump really fired Comey?
Not saying he will be impeached, just that obstruction of justice is an impeachable offense and that there will now be more investigations, apart from the Trump-Russia probes, into Trump's motivation for firing Comey. What comes of them may take a year or more to play out. This is just unbelievable stupidity on Trump’s part. At the very least, he’s further crippled his ability to govern, and at worst, he's opened the door to his own impeachment.
"I was going to fire Comey," Trump said in an interview with NBC. The White House and Vice President Mike Pence have said the president acted on the recommendation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
"Regardless of recommendation I was going to fire Comey," Trump said.
You do realize the other side feels the exact same way, right?
Of course they do. It is the nature of partisan politics. Everybody thinks their "side" is right and the other side is stupid/evil/"biased". At least the more extreme adherents feel that way. There are actually level-headed people on both sides that are capable of intelligent conversation about a subject, but the gap is getting wider and has been for 3 decades.
Not saying he will be impeached, just that obstruction of justice is an impeachable offense and that there will now be more investigations, apart from the Trump-Russia probes, into Trump's motivation for firing Comey. What comes of them may take a year or more to play out. This is just unbelievable stupidity on Trump’s part. At the very least, he’s further crippled his ability to govern, and at worst, he's opened the door to his own impeachment.
It’s become obvious there needs to be a special prosecutor, someone independent of the FBI and both major parties.
Please don't use the term "Republicans" as synonymous with "Trump supporters". I've consistently been very anti-Trump, but am still a Republican.
There's no question that Trump's prepared excuse for firing Comey was not the actual reason. As I'm sure you know, all reports agree that Trump first decided to fire Comey, and then asked the AG and deputy AG to write up some reasons why. And that's shameful.
Trump's claim that the he was following the deputy AG's recommendation to fire Comey pissed the deputy AG off so much that he nearly resigned. (https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dep...-resigning-upset-wh-pinning/story?id=47342541.) Again, shameful act by Trump to blame the firing on Rosenstein.
To add insult to injury, Comey found out about his firing from the ticker on a TV screen. No personal notification at all. Again, shameful.
Only the second time a President has fired the FBI director in history. Just when I think my opinion of Trump cannot get any lower.
I had previously thought that there was nothing to the Russia thing... that it should be investigated, but that the investigation would not find any evidence of wrongdoing. Now I'm not so sure.
I'm a repub? What? LMFAO at Thriller. Not to mention I wasn't even part of this convo or even think Thriller is worth a discussion.
I agree with the general vibe going on here. Sure he can fire him but the timing is highly suspicious. I've said it before and I'll say it again. I want an independent investigation into all this. One that the Rs and Ds cannot mess with more than they already are.
i think the take home message from here is that your country is screwed, run by morons on both sides and that Australia needs to build a wall to keep all you imbeciles out of here...
(for anyone with an IQ less than forty.... this entire post is supposed to be "humor".
Just wondering if you understand this IQ thing. So nobody here has an IQ of 40. At that IQ, one would be suffering from serious mental retardation. I also remember you saying **** like "Trump has an IQ of 160". That's off the charts. Possibly higher than Einstein.
I can't tell if it's hyperbole, or if you just don't know how IQ works.
Probably depends on who Trump appoints as the new director.
I read that Comey was the first FBI director to ever have a negative vote for confirmation. He had a single negative vote (by Rand Paul, I believe, not sure the reasons why). And that's the MOST negative votes ever! Who thinks the next director will be anywhere close to that?