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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsComey Helped Trump Get Elected And He's Serving Trump Today By.....
giving Trump his book and book tour to use as a distraction from his lawyer Cohen's problems (which could really sink Trump) and the Stormy Daniels/Playmate issue.
This Comey book came out just in time for Trump to use as a distraction.
Think about it - what would we be talking about now instead of analyzing Comey's book and TV and newspaper interviews - if Comey's book wasn't there?
Trump is in a heap of trouble now. The Syria bombing didn't really help him much. Trump is going to Mar-A-Lago tomorrow to not be around for the Cohen stuff.
Comey is a convenient distraction now for Trump to use to his advantage.
Comey's fault is that he is just too honest.
Doodley
(9,093 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,732 posts)about Trump's corruption. Cohen will be in court tomorrow and he'll be the one getting media attention. The only reason the media weren't talking so much about Cohen is because there wasn't any new news about him over the weekend, but he'll be all over it tomorrow afternoon. It's all tied together. Comey isn't a distraction at all, although the Trumpsters have already started trying to discredit him - but there's not much they can do about Cohen. The main point of Comey's book is that Trump is a moral slagheap who isn't fit to be president. What's being revealed about Cohen is that he's the fixer and enabler of dodgy deals for a moral slagheap who isn't fit to be president. There are no distractions, it's all related.
JI7
(89,252 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Russian Roulette,it will bring this whole story of Trump and his Associates into focus.
Manafort was Trump's go between with Putin lackies. Team Mueller is rounding up Russian operatives as well as US Nationals that were willing players.
JI7
(89,252 posts)Renew Deal
(81,861 posts)Was the chlorine attack part of it? Is Mueller in on it? What about the judge that authorized the Cohen raid?
global1
(25,253 posts)I'm simply saying that Trump is using Comey now to distract from his real problems. No conspiracy. Comey's book hitting the stands now is just a convenient means to change the subject from what really could sink him.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,732 posts)Trump isn't using Comey, FFS! Comey is trashing Trump for the same reason that Cohen is in trouble: because Trump is a dirtbag. Comey is just adding more dirt to the already huge pile of dirt on Trump. Why on God's green earth could you possibly think Trump is using him as a distraction??
Kaleva
(36,309 posts)I think you could say that Comey has you distracted but I highly doubt that the people Trump really has to worry about are now chasing shiny objects.
Thekaspervote
(32,778 posts)Did you not see that the gopeee has a website up just to discredit Comey? What are you thinking?
LisaM
(27,813 posts)He may be hoisting himself on his own petard, but it is very difficult for me to respect him at this point. He broke my political heart.
musicblind
(4,484 posts)Comey will never live down what he did to Hillary Clinton. That will follow him for the rest of his life. It probably haunts his dreams. He would have a job today had he not made the choices he did. His FAMILY voted for Clinton. His wife; his daughters. I can't imagine what members of his own family must think of the decisions he made, but I'm sure they have let him know.
He deserves derision for what he did.
However, what he did to Clinton does not take away from what he is doing now.
Now, in this moment, he is doing a good thing. He is exposing Trump and explaining, in detail, what kind of a danger we are in. He is a former FBI director who is giving the American people a message they need to hear. Donald Trump is unfit to be President. Donald Trump should never have been elected.
We are all smart enough to hold two consecutive thoughts. Comey did wrong by Clinton but now Comey is doing something right. You don't have to forgive him in order to agree with him on this particular point. We should be using our voices to help to amplify this particular point because he is right on this specific issue.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,732 posts)FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)MFM008
(19,816 posts)His attacks on the maggot are annoying the hell out of him.
Whatever works.
Vinca
(50,278 posts)We all knew 99% of what he said in the interview last night so it's repackaged old news. The Cohen circus, on the other hand, is "must see TV." Who wouldn't purchase the pay-per-view if you could see what goes on in the courtroom today?
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)as a distraction....why is everybody who posts "this is a distraction" NOT seeing that? Fucking LIFE is a distraction..as soon as things just stop happening everywhere, period I can finally stop hearing the word distraction.
Next I'll hear that RUMP engineered the next mass shooting as a distraction. #BASTA