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Sun May 17, 2026, 04:23 PM

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I blame James Comey for Trump. [View all] mr715 May 17 OP

Yep! bif May 17 #1

And that is why I could care less if the monster in the WH goes after him. lostincalifornia May 17 #2

Something about reaping and sowing... mr715 May 17 #3

Yup lostincalifornia May 17 #7

You really need canetoad May 17 #4

Yup. Comey had little choice but to do what he did. AZJonnie May 17 #14

In WI, MI, PA and OH, she spent more money in advertising, and had a larger ground operation, than Obama had in 2012. StevieM May 17 #20

No flames from me canetoad May 17 #21

I blame the American voters Johonny May 17 #5

I hear you - but it is bad electoral strategy to blame voters. mr715 May 17 #6

Maybe, but none of the above get a pass. RandomNumbers May 17 #8

And less time provocatively arranging seashells at his beach home, or whatever. mr715 May 17 #9

Comey concedes he may have been responsible for Trump's election LetMyPeopleVote May 17 #10

So he really did NOT concede the point--his last sentence spooky3 May 17 #28

Those... yes... but not in that order. QueerDuck May 17 #11

Here are the two letters from Comey that got trump elected LetMyPeopleVote May 17 #12

Particularly not when he said nothing about Trump's truly being spooky3 May 17 #29

Comey's press conferences on the Clinton email non-scandal violated DOJ policy. LetMyPeopleVote May 17 #13

In that press conference SocialDemocrat61 Monday #35

I Blame Bill Clinton RustyWheels May 17 #15

There were many times in 2008 and 2016 mr715 May 17 #16

How about prosecutors in the State of NY for allowing decades of illegal activity. Also, Mereck Garland mucifer May 17 #27

There are many to blame SocialDemocrat61 May 17 #17

Comey's repeated interventions were more important to the result of that election than all other factors combined. StevieM May 17 #18

Gary Johnson can't count how many fingers he has without using his toes. mr715 May 17 #19

I blame Trump's dad luv2fly May 17 #22

Fair. mr715 May 17 #23

Michael Bay LessAspin May 17 #24

Mark Burnett LessAspin Monday #39

I blame 77,303,568 Voters Locutusofborg May 17 #25

In the end, I think I blame money. Just throwing it out there. FullySupportDems May 17 #26

He's definitely a significant one to blame considering his actions themaguffin Monday #30

It's lovely to have someone to blame, but... Happy Hoosier Monday #31

I blame American voters and the Founders for saddling us with the Electoral College. DavidDvorkin Monday #32

The reason Comey's actions hurt Hillary was because of all that other shit JI7 Monday #33

Post removed Post removed Monday #34

The party selected Sec. Clinton to be their nominee. mr715 Monday #36

Bernie Sanders is NOT to blame... for anything whatsoever. ananda Monday #37

Comey definitely put a thumb on the scale the first time around. Then McConnell enabled nightmare part 2. Vinca Monday #38

Lots of blame to go around Comey for sure standingtall Tuesday #40