05-10-2017, 01:03 PM
(05-10-2017, 11:57 AM)Eric the Green Wrote:(05-10-2017, 10:53 AM)David Horn Wrote:(05-09-2017, 05:50 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: I think firing Comey might fall under the category of Trump doing something right.
If it had come prior to his revelation about the ongoing Trump investigation, I would agree. Now, it looks remarkably like one more attempt by Trump that shows how he handles people who cross him in any way. Remember Preet Bharara? Or how about Sally Yates? This is similar in many ways to the Nixonian model of killing the messenger.
The person Trump appoints to replace Comey will verify Trump's intentions. Unfortunately, Trump's record of appointees is not good. We'll see.
It's hard to see how it will get any less ugly. President Trump loves yes-men even where such are least appropriate.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.