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Dread Pirate Roberts

(1,896 posts)
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 02:07 PM Apr 2018

The Republicans are getting ready for Comey's book tour-all hands on deck!

Somebody got their hands on the GOP talking points to discredit Comey. He's apparently a dirty stinking liar who doesn't follow the rules and acted in a bizarre manner while running the FBI. So don't believe anything that guy says, especially if it's something bad about Trump. And oh yea, the democrats never liked him either. So there, problem solved! Here's an excerpt from their playbook (those republicans are mighty wily):

Good morning, Please see the following talking points ahead of James Comey’s book tour. Let us know if you need any additional materials. Thank you. Johanna

James Comey has a long history of misstatements and misconduct:

During his tenure as FBI Director, James Comey was strongly criticized by members of both parties for his history of bizarre decisions, contradictory statements, and acting against Department of Justice and FBI protocol.

Comey’s misconduct damaged the FBI’s reputation and seriously called into question his credibility.

Comey is a consummate Washington insider who knows how to work the media to protect his flanks. Case in point was his decision to leak FBI documents to the press after being fired by the President.

Americans will remember that his attempts to smear the Trump administration are nothing more than retaliation by a disgraced former official.

Comey isn’t credible – just ask Democrats:

Democrats widely criticized Comey’s inappropriate conduct, and many of them publicly called for his resignation.

Now that they embrace Comey for criticizing President Trump, Democrats’ hypocrisy is on full display.

As they inevitably take to the airwaves to bash President Trump’s decision to fire Comey, Democrats should be forced to explain why they take that position now after saying in 2016 and 2017 Comey had damaged the institution of law enforcement and lost all credibility.

Background on Comey misconduct:

Comey’s contradictions:

Comey contradicted his own allegation that President Trump interfered in the Russia investigation in prior testimony to Congress.

In June 2017, he testified that the President “direct[ed]” him to stop investigating former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.

However, one month earlier, Comey testified that the FBI had never been told to stop an investigation for political reasons.

Comey contradicted himself on his leaking of information about ongoing federal investigations.


here's a link to the whole thing: https://www.scribd.com/document/376213182/Comey-Book-Talkers
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