Please forgive me but I’m more frazzled than I have been my entire life and this election season is pushing me to the edge!
Here are the general timelines:
Friday, October 28th — FBI director Comey releases an obscure letter hinting that the investigation against Hillary may be reopened.
No he didn’t come right out and say that but I think we all know that was exactly his intent — to sow confusion and light the bonfire against Hillary all over again. He did this ~11 days before the national election.
He did this in direct violation of FBI policy, against the instructions of the DOJ and in the process he violated the Hatch Act which prohibits any attempt to directly influence a national election and that applies for the last 60 days before the election!
His intent is clear — a partisan attempt to influence the national election, turn the tide against Hillary and to help Trump and/or down ballot Republicans!
THEN
Monday, October 31st — President Obama’s White House Secretary Josh Ernst says he will not defend nor criticize Comey for what he done.
Earnest did reiterate that President Barack Obama thinks Comey is a man of “integrity” who didn’t do anything to “intentionally” influence the impending election when he offered Congress sketchy details about a new line of inquiry into the scandal over Clinton’s use of a private email server at the State Department.
WTF, over?!? What is Obama thinking to allow something like this to be stated on his behalf?
Hopefully Obama has something planned to work this to our advantage!
THEN
Tuesday, November 1st — Comey does it again with the following:
With the election just a week away, the FBI has released a tranche of 15-year-old documents dealing with Bill Clinton’s pardon of a fugitive financier—a move that the bureau made without explanation and that only adds to the confusion surrounding its controversial role in the presidential contest.
While they offer some tantalizing tidbits, the documents are heavily redacted and they don’t seem to offer any substantial new information about the criminal inquiry launched by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York after Clinton pardoned Marc Rich in 2001.
...documents are heavily redacted….don’t seem to offer any substantial new information...
In other words, another attempt by Comey to sow confusion and tilt the election against Hillary in order to help Trump and/or down ballot Republicans!!
I know it is too risky for Obama to fire Comey or for the DOJ to charge him with violations of the Hatch Act just before the election because it could well backfire and hand everything over to the Republicans. I get that and agree with it despite my anger and anxiety over what is happening.
But Democratic leadership needs to do something to counter this before it goes any further. Comey has pulled this twice in just over 3 days now. He will likely try something again if we don’t step in and counter this HARD & FAST!
But so far there doesn’t seem to have been much coming from Hillary’s campaign except for her direct challenge to Comey to bring it ALL out in public after what happened Friday. That just does not seem like anywhere near enough at this point.
I love Hillary and she knows what she is doing but what Comey is pulling has a potential of causing serious damage, not so much to Hillary who I still believe will still soundly win against Trump, but more for down ballot Democrats, who I think can really be hurt by all this. This could potentially seriously call into question our ability to take Senate & House majority. I know taking House majority was a stretch to begin with, but taking Senate majority should have been virtually certain.
And by the way, just when will the election busting bombshell be dropped into Trump’s lap — you know the one which should just absolutely crush him?
I sure hope that Hillary’s campaign staff, or someone like Elizabeth is getting close to putting the final nail in Trump’s coffin!
I also hope that after the election Comey faces charges for violation of the Hatch Act and ends up with his political & legal career destroyed! Firing him is no longer enough!