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The example of Comey's actions in October 2016 is a unique one. You can bet it was something he absolutely didn't want to do because the cover for Hillary was already laid down. It was the revelations of the Anthony Weiner scandal and his connection to Hillary's aid Huma Abedin and their access to info that was on Hillary's device(s) that made them reopen the matter just before the election. Comey gave it another inelegant smooth over. It can be debated whether the incident hurt Cankles and helped Trump but in the end, she was a lousy and unlikable candidate and probably lost all on her own.
As far as Whitewater and the special counsel is concerned I'll admit, that made me take a second look at the employment of special counsels. Once a SC is appointed, it becomes a never-ending free for all and that sword cuts both ways. But, that being said, during that time the Clintons were notorious for slow dragging any cooperation in the matter. The duration and timeline of Whitewater lays at their feet. I still remember the lines, "Oh that's old news. Oh you're still talking about that?" They made Ken Starr work for everything he got.
Fast forward a little bit and the big budget battle between the Gingrich congress and Bill Clinton was on. Remember the government shutdown? Clinton was very famous for saying, bring it on, we'll blame it on Gingrich, and the voters will believe us. Clinton got his way. Because government was shut down there was less staff on hand. It made it possible for Bill Clinton to meet young staffer Monica Lewinsky in a happy accident of fate. She was delivering him a pizza if I recall. Then things blossomed after that, you might say even - exploded. The fate of the incident was a creation of their political manipulation of the shutdown. The only thing worse than getting what you want - is sometimes getting just what you want.
More slow dragging by the Clintons and more tenacity by Ken Starr and the blue dress was discovered. Bill Clinton wasn't impeached because of a BJ, he faced impeachment for lying under oath. Historically we can look at this and say it was an overreach by the Republicans. What guy wouldn't have told that lie? When you look at Hillary, who could blame him? Look at what the Kennedys were up to in the White House just thirty years prior to that?
But in those examples that were cited and considered, no where was the FBI playing an active role on one side of the equation as a partisan participant. They didn't cause Hillary to use a private server to store State Department info. They didn't leak fake information to the press about her just so they could go to judges and say - look what they are writing, we need FISA warrants. No FBI agents said let's send this young big booty honeypot into the Oval Office and get her to compromise the president and make sure she gets some skeet for evidence.
The behavior of today's FBI and DOJ is very partisan and one sided in their application of resources and it is obvious. It went back to Obama with Lois Lerner and the IRS targeting conservative groups. Garland sends agents to school board meetings to intimidate parents concerned about curriculum. Churches and pro-life organizations are having their facilities vandalized and firebombed. Where's the FBI on that? People are encouraging violence against supreme court justices and there was a legitimate attempt on one's life. Boy, that went away quick. No accountability for those who uttered the words of encouragement there. The summer of violence in 2020 with all the damage, rioting, looting, burning, and dozens of deaths. Yet, we constantly hear the drumbeat that white supremacists are the number one threat in this country. Yeah right. Where has the FBI been on finding those people and holding them accountable?
In the Mueller example. The failure there was that there was no there, there. It was the time and resources spent that attempted to cast doubt in the minds of the public. More than two years of the breathless reports of yet - another bombshell, another anonymous source says charges are coming, and then nothing. Nothingburger was what you got because nothing was there. It was all made up from a piece of campaign opposition research. A couple process violations totally unrelated to the root investigation because, that's what special counsels do. But in the Mueller example, the FBI was playing a role, a very active role.
As far as Whitewater and the special counsel is concerned I'll admit, that made me take a second look at the employment of special counsels. Once a SC is appointed, it becomes a never-ending free for all and that sword cuts both ways. But, that being said, during that time the Clintons were notorious for slow dragging any cooperation in the matter. The duration and timeline of Whitewater lays at their feet. I still remember the lines, "Oh that's old news. Oh you're still talking about that?" They made Ken Starr work for everything he got.
Fast forward a little bit and the big budget battle between the Gingrich congress and Bill Clinton was on. Remember the government shutdown? Clinton was very famous for saying, bring it on, we'll blame it on Gingrich, and the voters will believe us. Clinton got his way. Because government was shut down there was less staff on hand. It made it possible for Bill Clinton to meet young staffer Monica Lewinsky in a happy accident of fate. She was delivering him a pizza if I recall. Then things blossomed after that, you might say even - exploded. The fate of the incident was a creation of their political manipulation of the shutdown. The only thing worse than getting what you want - is sometimes getting just what you want.
More slow dragging by the Clintons and more tenacity by Ken Starr and the blue dress was discovered. Bill Clinton wasn't impeached because of a BJ, he faced impeachment for lying under oath. Historically we can look at this and say it was an overreach by the Republicans. What guy wouldn't have told that lie? When you look at Hillary, who could blame him? Look at what the Kennedys were up to in the White House just thirty years prior to that?
But in those examples that were cited and considered, no where was the FBI playing an active role on one side of the equation as a partisan participant. They didn't cause Hillary to use a private server to store State Department info. They didn't leak fake information to the press about her just so they could go to judges and say - look what they are writing, we need FISA warrants. No FBI agents said let's send this young big booty honeypot into the Oval Office and get her to compromise the president and make sure she gets some skeet for evidence.
The behavior of today's FBI and DOJ is very partisan and one sided in their application of resources and it is obvious. It went back to Obama with Lois Lerner and the IRS targeting conservative groups. Garland sends agents to school board meetings to intimidate parents concerned about curriculum. Churches and pro-life organizations are having their facilities vandalized and firebombed. Where's the FBI on that? People are encouraging violence against supreme court justices and there was a legitimate attempt on one's life. Boy, that went away quick. No accountability for those who uttered the words of encouragement there. The summer of violence in 2020 with all the damage, rioting, looting, burning, and dozens of deaths. Yet, we constantly hear the drumbeat that white supremacists are the number one threat in this country. Yeah right. Where has the FBI been on finding those people and holding them accountable?
In the Mueller example. The failure there was that there was no there, there. It was the time and resources spent that attempted to cast doubt in the minds of the public. More than two years of the breathless reports of yet - another bombshell, another anonymous source says charges are coming, and then nothing. Nothingburger was what you got because nothing was there. It was all made up from a piece of campaign opposition research. A couple process violations totally unrelated to the root investigation because, that's what special counsels do. But in the Mueller example, the FBI was playing a role, a very active role.
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