TPM a very dark and perilous moment
Into the Abyss: Trump Fires Comey
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein wrote the memo articulating the argument for why James Comey should be fired. . . . As an argument in the abstract to justify why Comey could be fired, it’s an interesting argument. As an explanation of why Comey was in fact fired it is flatly ridiculous. . . . It’s obvious that this a rationale and not an explanation.
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Whatever his reputation to this point, Rosenstein has zero credibility to run this investigation. The taint of corruption and disgrace on him permanent and irreversible.
Here’s the fundamental issue facing the country right now.
. . . The White House didn’t realize how big a deal this was. In the final analysis I think this will be judged a major miscalculation – just not in the sense they mean. Frankly, no one is that naive. It doesn’t wash.
There is only one reasonable conclusion that can be drawn from the decision to fire Comey: that there is grave wrongdoing at the center of the Russia scandal and that it implicates the President. As I write this, I have a difficult time believing that last sentence myself. But sometimes you have to step back from your assumptions and simply look at what the available evidence is telling you. It’s speaking clearly: the only reasonable explanation is that the President has something immense to hide and needs someone in charge of the FBI who he believes is loyal. Like Jeff Sessions. Like Rod Rosenstein.
This is a very dark and perilous moment.
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the orange shitgibbon would choose. 
Ghouliani would bury any investigation into tRump's collusion with Russia, and do everything within his power to protect his golden goose.
The media should be all over this, making the case why Ghouliani would be a horrible choice in order to poison the well for tRump's choice for FBI Director. Ghouliani would have a very difficult time answering questions from Senate Democrats as to WHY he would be a good choice for Director. He's as crooked as a blind fence builder, and should in no way be considered for the position. You can bet the house that ANYONE tRump suggests for the position is going to be a tRump loyalist though.
Action is he wanted Yates out of the headlines. So, the Tangerine Turd fired the Director of the FBI.
I do believe this explanation, even though it's breathtakingly shallow and short-sighted, may be the totality of the reasoning behind the action at hand. Because it fits the established pattern of craziness and escalation we are witnessing from an increasingly unstable administration who's drives are capturing the narrative, revenge, and aggrandizement of the self.
Our biggest question of the moment is what are we going to do about it? Nothing? Hit the streets in protest? Demand an explanation from our elected representatives? What? 
