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[BSsBrolly]

FBI/Comey need to clarify what exactly they are doing with the emails like right now.

The fact that Comey thought that vague ass statement was acceptable to share, considering how the GOP is, is mind numbling dumb.

Dumb? Or intentional?

 

[teiresias]

I hope Clinton meets with Obama and tells him TO HIS STUPID FACE that she will never be so stupid as to appoint Republicans to positions. What a complete buffoon President Obama turned out to be.

 

[thebloo]

Huh?

What is unclear?

 

[Christian]

Man, I just want this shit to be over. Jesus Christ.

 

[RustyNails]

Republican Senator John Cornyn

JohnCornyn‏ @JohnCornyn
Why is FBI doing this just 11 days before the election?

 

[Blader]

The "fuck Comey, he's a partisan who wants Trump to win" comments here and in the other thread don't sit right with me... I think if Comey was a partisan hack looking to place his thumb on the scales, he would've recommended an indictment back in the summer and not spent the next several months being raked over the coals by Congress.

 

[Plinko]

I'm stunned that the head of the FBI of the most powerful nation on earth purposely made a vague statement like this that ends up plummeting stocks and possibly affects a general election.

In what universe is it ok to do this without being more in detail?

 

[excelsiorlef]

What is unclear?

What point you were trying to make.

 

[royalan]

Fuck all the bullshit about Comey's so called "non-partisan" integrity. You'd have to be an idiot to not think he's playing politics here. He has been this entire time.

Democrats need to come down hard on this. For fuck's sake, a line needs to be drawn somewhere.

 

[Loudninja]

Can't believe Hillary got October surprise'd

Wow. This is massive, anyone dismissing this needs to just turn on their TV.

Lol October surprise of something thats has been going on forever and not a reopening.

 

[jmdajr]

Meh, just some jerk off material for republicans and MIMIC. I don't know how this changes anyone's vote from Clinton to Trump.

If you haven't figured shit out by now..you're like crazy.

Still this is TERRIBLE.

 

[sazzy]

So wtf is being investigated exactly?

I don't even know anymore.

during some other investigation, unrelated to clinton emails, they have come across clinton emails

they want to investigate these new clinton emails

most politics peeps on twitter are thinking they might have come across these new emails while investigating the podesta email hack

 

[Iolo]

Doubt it. The clinton camp probably knew about it though.

If they did they probably would've responded by now.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Republican Senator John Cornyn

I don't think that tweet mean what you think it means.....

He's probably wondering "What took them so long?"

 

[PBY]

Lol October surprise of something thats has been going on forever and not a reopening.

Obviously. I just meant that we've all been clamoring for more oppo/Trump shitshow, can't believe this is what happens.

 

[Hazmat]

The era of letting someone from the other party hold a major appointed post in government is over. This won't elect Trump, but what if it was close?

 

[Boke1879]

Is this why the betting markets were going Trump earlier? Did they know this was coming?

Hell no

 

[Good Job Bob]

Meh, just some jerk off material for republicans and MIMIC. I don't know how this changes anyone's vote from Clinton to Trump.

Still a fair amount of undecideds. News like this could have them break towards Trump.

 

[jbug617]

Can't believe Hillary got October surprise'd

Wow. This is massive, anyone dismissing this needs to just turn on their TV.

yeah. Every channel will be talking about this. Network news will lead off their show with this news. They will label this the October Surprise.

 

[Chumley]

Fuck all the bullshit about Comey's so called "non-partisan" integrity. You'd have to be an idiot to not think he's playing politics here. He has been this entire time.

Democrats need to come down hard on this. For fuck's sake, a line needs to be drawn somewhere.

Republicans have no line. None. Comey is no different from the rest of them.

 

[TheFatOne]

Can't believe Hillary got October surprise'd

Wow. This is massive, anyone dismissing this needs to just turn on their TV.

On the off chance this isn't sarcasm you need to take a break from politics for a while because holy hyperbole batman.

 

[Plinko]

Lol October surprise of something thats has been going on forever and not a reopening.

Here's the deal, though. To you, me, and people who actually research things, you're absolutely right.

To Average Joe American Voter, though? You honestly think they're going to take the time to realize this is nothing new? This absolutely DOES have an effect. Probably will be small, but even a small effect created by a partisan statement by the head of our FBI is just insanity.

 

[thebloo]

What point you were trying to make.

That going in and attacking the FBI after painting your opponent as a "whiner" is not a good play.

 

[Angry Grimace]

So back to a 50/50 chance Hillary is indicted tomorrow?

 

[sazzy]

 

[Barzul]

You know what the media will hype this up but I'm not certain what effect it will have. Negative or Positive...

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Still a fair amount of undecideds. News like this could have them break towards Trump.

We know from polling of undecideds this isn't going to happen. They're mostly all lean Democrats who absolutely despise Trump.

 

[Zackat]

Guys I already cast my ballot. How do I get it back so I can switch to Trump. We gotta keep Killary Clintons emails out of the oval office.




If you were still undecided at this point in the election to the extent that this would change your vote then idk.

 

[PInk Tape]

Dumb? Or intentional?

It could be either of those. Intentional does make the most sense though.

 

[Suikoguy]

The "fuck Comey, he's a partisan who wants Trump to win" comments here and in the other thread don't sit right with me... I think if Comey was a partisan hack looking to place his thumb on the scales, he would've recommended an indictment back in the summer and not spent the next several months being raked over the coals by Congress.

That would have lost him his job, as they had NOTHING to file an indictment on.

Comney's "Press Annoucement" was a total political show for Republicans. This is more of the same.

 

[Jeels]

Here's the deal, though. To you, me, and people who actually research things, you're absolutely right.

To Average Joe American Voter, though? You honestly think they're going to take the time to realize this is nothing new? This absolutely DOES have an effect.

This average joe you are talking about doesnt even know the nuances of the Clinton email issues up until now, all they say is "BUT THE EMAILS, CORRUPT". That line of thinking already exists. This isn't going to hit her in the polls until there is actually some legitimate wrongdoing.

 

[jtb]

How likely is Crist to win his race in Florida?

 

[BlastProcessing]

Hillary campaign needs to release a statement calling out FBI's fuckery. Absolutely needs to.

No, you need a way lighter touch than that. You need to say "Of course the FBI should look at new information if they found it, but we are confident in the outcome of this just as we were confident of the outcome of the FBI's last thorough investigation."

You second tier surrogates can float the idea that this is political but you can't look like you are playing games with this. It just feeds the cycle.

 

[Manmademan]

JohnCornyn‏ @JohnCornyn
Why is FBI doing this just 11 days before the election?

because the GOP is in full scale meltdown nationwide, losing the senate, in serious danger of losing the house and will pull anything to slow it down?

This won't do it, of course- "emails!" has been beaten to death so badly it's basically background noise to the average voter.

I'd lay money on this being a gamble to try to energize the base with the "hillary is a criminal" narrative again, because no one else cares.

No, you need a way lighter touch than that. You need to say "Of course the FBI should look at new information if they found it, but we are confident in the outcome of this just as we were confident of the outcome of the FBI's last thorough investigation."

You second tier surrogates can float the idea that this is political but you can look like you are playing games with this. It just feeds the cycle.

exactly.

 

[Pastry]

Haven't most pollsters conducted their final poll? Or am I wrong?

So theoretically if this were really bad we wouldn't know until Election Day?

 

[banefirelord]

Wonder what the probability is that we'll have a surprise indictment next week.

I also wonder why this wasn't dropped before the third debate.

 

[HTupolev]

The fact that Comey thought that vague ass statement was acceptable to share, considering how the GOP is, is mind numbling dumb.

It's not a stupid mistake; notice how it's making headlines even though there's nothing? The unknown sounds scary. It's a "clever" thing to use as an October Surprise when you don't actually have anything. This was a deliberately timed attack.

 

[excelsiorlef]

That going in and attacking the FBI after painting your opponent as a "whiner" is not a good play.

Not the FBI just one man. Comney.

 

[tedrotheredro]

It's interesting that Comey thought to editorialize (unprecedented) the dropping of the probe in the interest of being transparent to the public, yet sends such a vague statement directly to the congressional committee days before the election.

 

[sazzy]

well at least the Clinton won't be coasting to election day now...

Clinton and whoever supports her should drop any and all oppo... ASAP

 

[Chumley]

No one likes Comey now. Repubs want him fired for not inditing Hillary, Dems want him fired for everything else.

 

[Iolo]

Haven't most pollsters conducted their final poll? Or am I wrong?

So theoretically if this were really bad we wouldn't know until Election Day?

Heck no. They will be polling through the final weekend.

 

[Manmademan]

Haven't most pollsters conducted their final poll? Or am I wrong?

So theoretically if this were really bad we wouldn't know until Election Day?

we'll have plenty of early voting stats between now and the election.

Polls matter a lot less than they used to, since we have actual data to use across a lot of states right now.

 

[jmdajr]

during some other investigation, unrelated to clinton emails, they have come across clinton emails

they want to investigate these new clinton emails

most politics peeps on twitter are thinking they might have come across these new emails while investigating the podesta email hack

New emails from Hilldawgs illegal server sent to Podesta?

So FBI just wanted EVERYONE to know.

"Hey guys we're gonna look at these. Just to see! We don't don't if it's illegal weapon trade deals, or just more cooking recipes."

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Comney is going to be out of a job on January 20th.

 

[thebloo]

Not the FBI just one man. Comney.

So just the Director of a government organization, appointed by the sitting POTUS. I still don't think it's a good play.

This would be much better politicking.

No, you need a way lighter touch than that. You need to say "Of course the FBI should look at new information if they found it, but we are confident in the outcome of this just as we were confident of the outcome of the FBI's last thorough investigation."

You second tier surrogates can float the idea that this is political but you can't look like you are playing games with this. It just feeds the cycle.

 

[Pastry]

Heck no. They will be polling through the final weekend.

Gotcha, I thought I saw something about final polls.

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

What's going on? The thread has exploded in the last few hours.

 

[Iolo]

What's going on? The thread has exploded in the last few hours.

Are you in for a treat

 

[Zackat]

well at least the Clinton won't be coasting to election day now...

Clinton and whoever supports her should drop any and all oppo... ASAP

All the oppo that is left is small potatoes I bet. Nothing will beat the tape.