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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL - Fewer than three of 10 Americans trust government to do the right thing always or most of the time, Gallup reports, and the years since 2007 are “the longest period of low trust in government in more than 50 years.” The details emerging about the multiple investigations into Hillary Clinton explain a lot about this ebbing public confidence in institutions such as the Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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Start with Attorney General Loretta Lynch. A cavalcade of former Justice heavyweights are now assailing FBI director James Comey for reopening the Clinton email file, and Justice sources are leaking that the director went rogue despite Ms. Lynch’s counsel not to alert Congress so close to an election.
But Mr. Comey works for the Attorney General. If she thinks Mr. Comey was breaking Justice rules by sending Friday’s letter to Congress, then she had every right to order him not do so. If Mr. Comey sent the letter anyway, and he didn’t resign, Ms. Lynch could then ask President Obama to fire him.
Our guess is that she didn’t order Mr. Comey not to send the letter precisely because she feared Mr. Comey would resign—and cause an even bigger political storm. But the worst approach is to let a subordinate do something you believe is wrong and then whisper afterwards that you told him not to. The phrase for that is political cowardice.
Ms. Lynch’s abdication began when she and her prosecutors declined to empanel a grand jury. It continued in June after her supposedly coincidental rendezvous with Bill Clinton on a Phoenix airport tarmac. She could have told Hillary Clinton’s husband that the appointment was inappropriate, or refused to let him board her plane. She says the conversation was “social,” but she allowed the ex-President to create the appearance of a conflict of interest.
originally posted by: SudoNim
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originally posted by: SudoNim
a reply to: Throes
That does sound fun. Can't wait to see all the threads crying and moaning. They'll be some popped blood vessels I'm sure, " oh the humanity".
America gets what Americans want, they don't want Trump. Trump is the only person who could lose to Hillary, how awful must he be. Republicans are kicking themselves that they didn't try harder to get someone else running.
Our guess is that she didn’t order Mr. Comey not to send the letter precisely because she feared Mr. Comey would resign—and cause an even bigger political storm. But the worst approach is to let a subordinate do something you believe is wrong and then whisper afterwards that you told him not to. The phrase for that is political cowardice.
originally posted by: windword
a reply to: TheGoondockSaint
It still doesn't look good for him at the electoral college.
originally posted by: windword
a reply to: TheGoondockSaint
It still doesn't look good for him at the electoral college.
originally posted by: SudoNim
a reply to: Throes
That does sound fun. Can't wait to see all the threads crying and moaning. They'll be some popped blood vessels I'm sure, " oh the humanity".
America gets what Americans want, they don't want Trump. Trump is the only person who could lose to Hillary, how awful must he be. Republicans are kicking themselves that they didn't try harder to get someone else running.
originally posted by: windword
a reply to: TheGoondockSaint
It still doesn't look good for him at the electoral college.
originally posted by: TheGoondockSaint
originally posted by: windword
a reply to: TheGoondockSaint
It still doesn't look good for him at the electoral college.
It's all gonna come down to PA and VA. Trump will win FL, OH, and all the Romney states, but he still will need one medium-sized state or a combo of 2. If Trump loses PA and VA he needs CO + ME Congressional District 2 (they split up their electoral votes), WI, or MI. PA closes early for us, so if Trump wins this relatively blue state, it'll be a GOP wave. Then, after the excuses, the Dem implosion begins!
Professional life[edit]
Pieczenik was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State under Henry Kissinger, Cyrus Vance and James Baker.[3] His expertise includes foreign policy, international crisis management and psychological warfare.[7] He served the presidential administrations of Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush in the capacity of deputy assistant secretary.[8]
In 1974, Pieczenik joined the US State Department as a consultant to help in the restructuring of its Office for the Prevention of Terrorism.[2]
In 1976, Pieczenik was made Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for management.
originally posted by: thepixelpusher
a reply to: IAMTAT
Wow! $150 Million campaign contribution! Or as Hillary calls it, pocket change.
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