Paul Krugman melts down over FBI's Clinton announcement: Comey 'was trying to swing election'

[BigBearJohn]

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/paul-krugman-melts-down-over-185231245.html

[Skittles]

1. that is not a meltdown

that is a righteous rant

[BigBearJohn]

2. Just quoting Yahoo

[Skittles]

3. I wonder if they ever say Trump is melting down

[Are_grits_groceries]

4. Bet he will if you throw water on him. nt

[SunSeeker]

6. Do you agree with Yahoo's derogatory headline?

I assume you know you don’t have to use Yahoo's headline; that rule about having to use the source's headline only applies to LBN.

[Jim Beard]

10. What is LBN?

[SunSeeker]

24. The Late Breaking News forum on DU. nt

[brer cat]

5. K&R

[Jim Beard]

11. What is K&R ?

[Raster]

15. Kick and Recommend

[Raster]

7. Even though this is they Yahoo headline, Krugman is only calling it as he sees it...

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...AND I COMPLETELY AGREE.

Comey's intent is NOT TO ELECT TRUMP. I believe he is part of the "old guard" republicans that see tRump as a blight on and a danger to their party. NO, Comey's intent is to offer cover to down-ballot republicans, to limit the damage to Congressional republicans. COMEY WAS TRYING TO SWING THE ELECTION.

[Jim Beard]

12. Thank you, I have been saying that all day and most were only concerned about Hillary

[lostnfound]

27. Agreed. And not only Comey

Some of the media coverage that initially came out (and talking heads) is just trying to stop the Dems from taking over the congress. They prefer gridlock.

[Raster]

8. "...there is significant risk of being misunderstood." "

No, No, No, Mr. Comey, we understand your intentions far too well: (1) this is an attempt to cover your FBI ass BIG TIME, to try and avoid having you or other members of the FBI subjected to a brutally partisaned Congressional investigation about why you did not indict or prosecute Clinton earlier; and (2) this is your "gift" to the Republican Congressional High Command, introducing this foul smelling heap of crap to help sway the electorate, with hope to limit the ballot damage to other republicans in Senate and House Races.

SHAME ON YOU, MR. COMEY! SHAME!

"Comey explained why he sent the letter to Congressional leaders in a separate letter to his employees on Friday, acknowledging that "in a brief letter and in the middle of an election season, there is significant risk of being misunderstood."

"We don’t ordinarily tell Congress about ongoing investigations, but here I feel an obligation to do so given that I testified repeatedly in recent months that our investigation was completed," Comey wrote. "I also think it would be misleading to the American people were we not to supplement the record.""

[HenryJ]

9. It's an unfortunate fact that cops tend to prefer Trump. n/t

[semby2]

13. Yahoo

That article doesn't even have a byline. What kind of shit show is Yahoo running?

[BigBearJohn]

26. It does have a byline

"Business Insider
Natasha Bertrand Fri, Oct 28 11:52 AM PDT"

[lark]

14. Comey is a partisan hack.

One of the things that always frustrates me about Obma is his urge to be bi-partisan. Comey should never have been hired, huge, huge mistake that I hope doesn't throw our country over to fascist control by the orange fuhrer. Comey needs to bwe tried in court and thrown in jail.

[LisaL]

16. Well, exactly.

Obama was trying to show republicans he is willing to work with them and how did that turn out?

[SHRED]

20. He appointed him in 2013

It's hard to imagine the Obama didn't realize by then that they would never work with him.

[dalton99]

22. That only made them see him as weak - it sure as heck didn't make them hate him less.

[Raster]

18. I can understand President Obama's intentions...

...The first minority POTUS, elected lawfully and without interference from the SCOTUS, among others, extending an olive branch to the Republicans to help the country heal from the disastrous, dishonest and frankly, ILLEGAL cheney*bush* debacle. Unfortunately EVERY ATTEMPT BY PRESIDENT OBAMA to make peace with Republicans has earned him a knife in the back, INCLUDING the appointment of FBI Director Comey. Think of Comey as a "sleeper agent," who ELEVEN DAYS BEFORE A NATIONAL ELECTION, activates and does his duty for his Rethuglican High Command (Freedom Caucus) masters.

[cynzke]

17. What has not been widely reported that makes this stink!

Uma Abedeen TOLD the FBI during questioning BACK IN APRIL about all the devices/email accounts she used to conduct State Department business. Yet SOMEHOW the FBI overlooked(?) examining her emails on/at these locations UNTIL, as Comey would have us believe, the FBI just stumbled upon five weeks ago during a different investigation? WELL, IF the FBI stumbled upon these five weeks ago, why did Comey WAIT until NOW, 12 days before a Presidential election, to notify Congress about these emails. He also CLAIMS they don't know what is on them? WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP....THE FBI AND COMEY ALREADY KNOW what is on the emails.....NOTHING. AND, the ONE AND ONLY benefit that can be derived by this announcement is to SCUTTLE Clinton's chances.

The more you examine the facts, the more it looks like a treasonous attack on the election and not a lame excuse as Comey is now trying to use to cover his foul deed.

[Raster]

19. This isn't about Clinton. This is about swinging the voting to favor down-ballot Republicans.

There is no way tRump can be elected POTUS. Comey's goal is to limit the rethuglican Congressional bloodshed.

[lark]

21. Off to jail with him.

Wonder how much drumpf paid him? No, there's no reason to believe that's true, just my snark, but given what's happened, and the cons record of bribery, would not be surprised. Even if no pay for play, Comey still violated the Hatch act and needs jail time, and not some cushy executive version. let him hang with some of the folks he put there, see what happens. Yeah, I'm, totally livid.

[Chathamization]

23. Krugman's idea that the center-left is better than the left is the same thing that gave us Comey

A centrist is now upset that centrist policies backfired. Maybe we should stop caring what centrists who give us bad ideas think.

Krugman was also telling us a few months back that it was pointless to argue about healthcare reform because it was mostly solved. Ah well.

[emulatorloo]

28. Thanks, always good to hear Bob's perspective, no matter how irrelevant or delusional

Primary's over. Time to retire the Jeff Weaver-style baseless smears.

[JI7]

25. "melts down" ? and what the fuck do they call it when trump

Responds to any criTucism ? And early am twitter attacks on pageant contestants ?