An extensive campaign
President Donald Trump’s allies are preparing an extensive campaign to fight back against James Comey’s publicity tour, trying to undermine the credibility of the former FBI director by reviving the blistering Democratic criticism of him before he was fired nearly a year ago.
The battle plan against Comey, obtained by CNN, calls for branding the nation’s former top law enforcement official as “Lyin’ Comey” through a website, digital advertising and talking points to be sent to Republicans across the country before his memoir is released next week. The White House signed off on the plan, which is being overseen by the Republican National Committee.
“Lyin’ Comey” ffs – is everybody 6? Are we all reverting to childhood now? Should we just shrug and resign ourselves to living in Twittervania from here on out?
“Comey is a liar and a leaker and his misconduct led both Republicans and Democrats to call for his firing,” Republican chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said in a statement to CNN. “If Comey wants the spotlight back on him, we’ll make sure the American people understand why he has no one but himself to blame for his complete lack of credibility.”
What has he lied about? I think what he did in October 2016 was terrible and had horrendous consequences, but that doesn’t make him a liar. What has he lied about? Let’s have the specifics.
Republicans hope to remind Democrats why they disliked Comey by assailing his credibility, shining a new light on his conduct and pointing out his contradictions — or the three Cs.
An old quotation from Clinton is prominently displayed on the “Lyin’Comey” website, with Trump’s former Democratic rival saying that Comey “badly overstepped his bounds.”
Indeed, but that’s not the same thing as lying.
The White House is bracing for Comey to share his story, with aides fearful of how the President will react and how it could influence the escalating Mueller investigation. The well-orchestrated RNC strategy could, of course, be upended by the President himself through a tweet or off-the-cuff comments about Comey.
Or it could just fall of its own weight because everyone knows by now what a chronic shameless liar Trump is. It’s easy to give, or to find, specifics of Trump’s lies; Comey not so much.
That could explain the latest dictum to come down from above at my job, which has me tempted to ask my boss if it’s nap time yet, and when is recess.
Holy Shit. They’ve got to by really fucking desperate to be prominently quoting “Crooked,” “Lock-Her-Up” Hillary OMG E-Mails Clinton.
Do they think that the weird math of Trump’s Electoral College win translates into most of the country being likely to believe them? They might as well go all the way to War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength, as they’re already betting the farm on the last one.
Jesus christ, the shamelessness of it all. They’re trying to co-opt the Democrat criticism against him – that his inept politicising may have changed the outcome of the election – when they are the ones that benefited from the event and happily went with it!
The closest equivalent I can come up with is if a referee blatantly favoured one team by awarding them a free kick, followed by that team taking the free kick to their own advantage and complaining that they were given a freebie.
Well, Not-Bruce, at least if they do use that, they might have to inadvertently admit that Trump really wasn’t the candidate of choice for the large majority of Americans…nah, they will find a way to have cake and eat cake.
“…nah, they will find a way to have cake and eat cake.”
But will that be with or without Two Scoops?
Comey IS an eerie and mysterious figure. His behavior during the elections is inexplicable, and the maudlin self-mythologizing of his book’s packaging is cringe-worthy. BUT, Donny fired him when he couldn’t guarantee his ‘loyalty,’ so he should be singing to the prosecutors.