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The G-Man Takes On Donald Trump
Copyright ©2017 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ^ | March 27, 2017 7:01 p.m. ET | By WILLIAM MCGURN

Posted on 03/28/2017 11:41:09 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines

Critics now claim Chairman Nunes is too compromised by association with Mr. Trump to oversee an honest inquiry. But what of Mr. Comey? Many Democrats believe he cost Mrs. Clinton the election. Is it not at least possible he might see taking on Mr. Trump as an opportunity to redeem himself? It augurs ill when we forget political legitimacy is ultimately decided at the ballot box and look to the unelected for a political shortcut—whether this be a special prosecutor, an independent commission or an FBI director.

So let Mr. Comey investigate. But it should not stop the intelligence committees from doing whatever they need to do to get to bottom of what really happened with Russia. Because in our system it’s the elected people we send to Washington who are meant to keep an eye on the permanent government—not the other way ’round.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2016electionrussia; comey; nunes; russia; trump; trumprussia

1 posted on 03/28/2017 11:41:09 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
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Because in our system it’s the elected people we send to Washington who are meant to keep an eye on the permanent government—not the other way ’round.


He cut to the chase nicely.


2 posted on 03/28/2017 11:42:49 AM PDT by Mr. Douglas (Best. Election. EVER!)
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Comey has been covering up Clinton detritus for decades now. He is wholly bought and wholly owned.


3 posted on 03/28/2017 11:42:57 AM PDT by marron
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Where’s Gordon Freeman when you need him.....


4 posted on 03/28/2017 11:44:33 AM PDT by RandallFlagg (Vote for your guns!)
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To: marron

Comey has been covering up Clinton detritus for decades now. He is wholly bought and wholly owned.

So is Dow Jones.


5 posted on 03/28/2017 11:45:12 AM PDT by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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And, why are we only focusing on Russia? And why only on Trump? Lets look at China, and Saudi Arabia, and Ukraine, and Iran. Lets look at political leaders current and recent. Lets look at who actually delivers favors, and lets look at who is actually owned by who.


6 posted on 03/28/2017 11:46:18 AM PDT by marron
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I think Trump happens to be our PRESIDENT and association with him has not yet been declared a crime.


7 posted on 03/28/2017 11:50:37 AM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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Looks like McCain is desperately trying to conceal his own dirty diapers on this.


8 posted on 03/28/2017 11:51:20 AM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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"Mr. Trump?"

Too cute by half. Every one of the SOBs doing this who didn't also use "Mr. Obama" after January 2009 is a butt-swab.

Mr. (not President) niteowl77

9 posted on 03/28/2017 11:51:59 AM PDT by niteowl77
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“G man”?? My azz. It’s his first law enforcement job. He’s never made an arrest in his life. It’s the first job where he could carry a gun and use deadly force. I doubt he even got qualified and carries one.


10 posted on 03/28/2017 12:20:54 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up.)
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EVERYONE was shocked when Comey spent 15 minutes laying out a case for indicting hilLIARy, and then announced “no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case”...

Some libtards on TV were even saying to themselves “OMG he’s going to indict her”

So he has NO CREDIBILITY


11 posted on 03/28/2017 12:51:28 PM PDT by Mr. K (***THERE IS NO CONSEQUENCE OF OBAMACARE REPEAL THAT IS WORSE THAN KEEPING IT ONE MORE DAY***)
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"Many Democrats believe he cost Mrs. Clinton the election. Is it not at least possible he might see taking on Mr. Trump as an opportunity to redeem himself?"

That thought has occurred to me many times in recent weeks. The MSM are our unofficial but deeply ingrained arbiters of secular morality; few can resist kissing the MSM's ass. I am sure that Comey is seeking redemption.
12 posted on 03/28/2017 1:34:10 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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"And, why are we only focusing on Russia? And why only on Trump? Lets look at China, and Saudi Arabia, and Ukraine, and Iran. Lets look at political leaders current and recent. Lets look at who actually delivers favors, and lets look at who is actually owned by who."

Exactly. Many Dems - including the Podesta's - are up to their eyeballs with Russia connections. Hillary helped Russia. Apple just signed a $500 million deal to build a new research facility in China, one of our main strategic foes. But the MSM doesn't give a crap about any of that - this is all about getting Trump.
13 posted on 03/28/2017 1:45:49 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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"I think Trump happens to be our PRESIDENT and association with him has not yet been declared a crime."

The Dems have been trying to make it a crime, with their boycotts, protests, and violence against anyone associated with Trump.
14 posted on 03/28/2017 1:53:25 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Mr. K; Behind Liberal Lines

>
EVERYONE was shocked when Comey spent 15 minutes laying out a case for indicting hilLIARy, and then announced “no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case”...

Some libtards on TV were even saying to themselves “OMG he’s going to indict her”

So he has NO CREDIBILITY
>

No credibility? He re-wrote the law on the spot...and not a (R) stood-up or did a DAMN thing about it.

Even more egregious, IMO, is keeping him on-board since 1/20. That does *not* smack of smarts, but of whispering political winds; a 2x-shot of stupid.


15 posted on 03/28/2017 2:54:30 PM PDT by i_robot73 ("A man chooses. A slave obeys." - Andrew Ryan)
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