Maybe it’s my ongoing disappointment at the election results that I perk up when talk of Hillary Clinton comes around because I continue to admire her. To see Brazile capitalize on it for the purpose of moving a book is hard to watch, and esp. when we know that Brazile herself has not worked on winning campaigns as has been pointed out recently, Gore/Lieberman most famously
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Comey himself would agree to all of the above. That awareness makes him fascinating to watch.
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He knew what he was looking at already then but the NY field office forced his hand. I continue to believe Roger Stone orchestrated the catfishing operation that provided the FBI their pretext for searching Weiner’s laptop and conveniently discover emails necessitating the reopening of the fictional Clinton inquiry.
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Don’t discount the likelihood that some in the virulently anti-Clinton NY FBI office had told Comey that if he didn’t report on the emails on Weiner’s laptop, they would.
@littlegirlblue, @26degreesrising, Dreams From My Father wasn’t written by a politician – or by a man yet considering running for office, given the candor with which it was written. Now, The Audacity of Hope? Same wonderful writer, but that one, written many years later, was definitely a politician’s work.
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Yarrrr right. It was a very different narrative framed (and I hate that word) with perhaps his legacy in mind.
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Well, it was a campaign book; the heights a writer can reach in that genre are, um, limited…
Have to wonder on the amount of the up-front money he received.
I get that, but it seems to me that at the point Comey’s hand was forced on the (not) “new” emails might have been the time to show both sides of the game. I suppose it’s possible that the Trump/Russia connection info was likely to lead to some actual prosecutions and MAYBE they felt the need to protect the investigation. But how could they not see that not cluing anyone in could lead to a Trump win?!?
Do love that twitter comment, > Will try to tweet in useful ways.
Doesn’t help any, but is a nice shot at Trump.
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The whole Dudley DoRight thing is getting old.
He knowingly destroyed the country by interfering in the election. Vlad can only dream of that kind of impact.
His beautifully-timed late Friday announcement was doubled on Monday at the NYT by this story: “Investigating Donald Trump, F.B.I. Sees No Clear Link to Russia.” Something like 8 million votes were cast that week.
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I read it well after his election and enjoyed it, especially the stuff about his family, his step father, their time in Indonesia and his Mom. I was disappointed that he intensely disliked one of my deceased wife’s and my favorite films (Orfeo Negro) and his reaction to his Mom’s love of that film. I understand his reaction to the film, both in terms of generational aesthetics and his feeling that it was patronizing. I also believe that his experience with all the hatred Harold Washington experienced provided him with wisdom to deal with the crap he took from the entire GOP and their affiliated media.
Comey began the email discussion on that day 11 days before the election by talking about Weiner and his wife sharing a server, the pics he sent to young girls, and then segued into how they didn’t find anything on that server about Clinton so not to worry. Weiner, BTW begins a 21-month sentence today for that crime. We got sentenced to four years.
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There is no president, probably no other political figure, who got as much criticism for simply existing. His displays of sympathy and empathy were derided every time even talking about Trayvon Martin or about the dead toddlers in Connecticut. Obama has said The Wire was his favorite TV show, and as much as others here and elsewhere recommend it, I’ve tried and failed.
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Ha! I did not know that. I binge watched The Wire years after it was on. And loved it. Like Deadwood, while they were on, they did not seem compelling when I would stop while channel surfing. But both shows ended up having characters that I enjoyed. I heard he loved Homeland, and got to see the episodes in advance.
I binge watched Breaking Bad, and to show you how much things have changed, I’m binge watching The Great British Bakeoff. It may be the only reality show worth watching, glorious cakes, bread, pies emerge, all in a British accent, and I’ve learned just how much science goes into making a decent baked product. Not going into the kitchen to practice, mind you, just love watching expert bakers ply their trade.
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See how your 60s TV chops are
There are some cooking shows I could binge watch or marathon watch. I could binge watch Jackass, too.
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Never failed to watch Laugh In.
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It’s where Richard M. Nixon launched the come-back from having lost his run to succeed Ronald Reagan as Governor of California. He showed he had a self deprecating sense of humor with those “Sock it to me” cameos.
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