But also having your cake and eating it too.

To read this 2017 article from Seth Abramson.

In addition to the scoundrels spoken about in this article, I put MUCH more of the blame on the M$M who blew up this absolutely routine letter to Congress from Comey into the biggest story since fucking Watergate. The FBI DID NOT "reopen the Clinton investigation" like the media loudly proclaimed in every headline.

The investigation was considered closed, but the GQP-led Congress demanded a standing order from the FBI that if any additional evidence was being looking at, they would be looped in. Comey's letter was routine and congressionally required, and he DID NOT say "we're formally re-opening the investigation".

The media blowing it completely out of proportion was MUCH more the problem. Additionally, Clinton should've spent more time shoring up her support in the "Blue Wall States", which turned out to NOT be that.

Blaming it on Comey is a cop-out, IMHO. But I know this opinion is unpopular, so, flame away, friends

She hardly ignored those states. She also held more rallies in Pennsylvania than any other state, in a first-place tie with Ohio and Florida, which were widely considered battleground throughout that race. And contrary to post-election reporting, she did hold a couple of rallies in Michigan.

In any event, where candidates held their rallies was not what determined whether they won a given state. And nobody accused her of ignoring these states during the election, even though this information was obviously public knowledge.

That's the reason I've hung onto that bookmark for all those years. I believe Comey really had no choice and yes, the media blew it out of all proportion.

They really are the only ones to blame.

So, while I agree with you, I also blame the shepherds leading the sheep to the slaughterhouse.

Particularly those who were supposedly on the same side as us.

(but to your point, Comey really should spend more time looking in the mirror at his own complicity)

Completely agree we need to mind our allies. But we also need to remember our (historical) enemies.

I also blame Comey for trump's election.

Comey concedes he may have been responsible for Trump's election
www.axios.com/2019/04/02/c...

— Vincent Wanders Aimlessly (@vwaimlessly.bsky.social) 2025-09-26T17:40:29.552Z

Suggests he doesn’t realize what he did was wrong.

I blame him but the blame also must be shared with nonvoters, Trump voters, Rupert Murdoch and friends, the NYT and other “sanewashers”, etc.

I was training some attorneys who were going to do voter protection at a downtown law firm when the first letter came out. One of my firm's associates was taking this course and was making a funny face during my class. Later I was shocked to hear what Comey did in that it was a DOJ cardinal rule that you take no steps close to an election.

Link to tweet

Under investigation at that same time.

Comey was an asshole and attacked Hillary Clinton when he announced that there would be no charges on the email issue. Under DOJ rules, when the decision not to proceed is made, there is NO announcement. Comey was an asshole and held a press conference where he attacked Clinton.

This press conference was so offensive and against DOJ policy that the DOJ inspector general called Comey out.

The DOJ's inspector general agreed that Comey "violated long-standing Department practice and protocol by, among other things, criticizing Clinton’s uncharged conduct," and that Comey "usurped the authority of the Attorney General." https://oig.justice.gov/node/640

he said, 'there was no proof that Clinton's email server' wasn't hacked by russia'. That's like saying there is no proof that person X is not a murderer. Totally unacceptable.

If Bill Clinton hadn’t boarded AG Loretta Lynch’s plane - “just to say ‘hi’, and chat about family & friends”, while Hillary was under investigation for her emails, then Lynch would not have recused herself, leaving Comey in charge.

Without that, Lynch would never have allowed Comey to go public with the biased statements regarding the FBI’s findings.

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That I thought Bill Clinton was hurting then Sen. and eventually Sec. Clinton's chances.

for dropping the ball.

Comey, Stein, Susan Sarandon, George Clooney, Jon Stewart and every republican. None get a pass.

If not for his repeated interference, she also would have won Arizona, Florida and North Carolina.

Also, for the record, Gary Johnson probably took more votes away from Hillary than Jill Stein did.

For not having a condom when he needed one.

I agree with Comey and I don't think you can discount this Michael Bay movie given how much Benghazi was dominating the headlines at the time..

Benghazi (2016) by Michael Bay

With the Super Bowl ad for Trump by Michael Bay it's worth recalling that Bay released his Benghazi movie in the middle of the 2016 Presidential campaign.

I always found the timing of that interesting in spite of Michael Bay assuring us that was just a coincidence.

Nothing political at all

too...

and 312 Electors for Trump. Most of them don't know who James Comey is.

Money in politics. Citizens United, nail in our coffin. Imho money makes people do things they'd never do for anything else. You can "hire" someone to do just about anything. And I'll always wonder about Comey.

the blame really lies with 10's of millions of our fellow Americans who are utter pieces of shit.

Period.

but to me if I had to pick someone out who is most responsible for this mess it's Ralph Nader cost us the 2000 which lead to the appointment of
John Roberts which is how we got Citizens United. He's also probably the one popularized the most sides are the same bs in the modern era and his hell spawn the Green party gives us Jill Stein running for President every 4 years which doesn't do anything, but help republicans.