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His Own Worst Enemy

6/8/2017

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Nobody came off well today when former FBI Director James Comey testified before a congressional committee. Former AG Loretta Lynch was shown to be obviously biased in the Hillary Clinton investigation. Comey admitted gossiping with friends about his meetings with Trump and organizing leaks to force the naming of a special prosecutor.

President Trump came off worst of all. Personally I don’t think he obstructed justice. However, presidents should be held to a higher level than not committing a crime. The head of the FBI has one job, leading criminal investigations in an unbiased manner. Trying to make Comey express his loyalty is way out of bounds. There is no way Trump should have discussed the case let alone ask him to go easy on Flynn.
All of this was set in motion by Trump when he fired Comey. Before that, talk of Russia was fading and the main focus was on health care and tax reform. Now it’s all about Russia and the Comey firing. Trump is his own worst enemy.

This is just one (albeit a big one) example of his poor judgment. Going after a mayor in a city that just had a terror attack is ridiculous. Judging from recent tweets, his definition of Fake News has expanded from stories he doesn’t like to any story that comes from the mainstream media.

It has been seven months since he won the election. Like many, I had serious misgivings about him but hoped he would grow in office. I will give him credit for having a more thoughtful foreign policy. Otherwise he hasn’t grown at all. What’s worse is that he sees no reason for change.
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It is far too early to write him off as a failed president. However, he is heading in that direction. Republicans must be worried. The one thing they have going for them is that Democrats are blinded by hate and insist on following the campaign strategy that failed so badly last year.
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    Hi! My name is Dave. I'm in my 60s and live in Indiana. I'll write about whatever is on my mind but most posts will be political. I'm a centrist who thinks both sides are on the wrong path.

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At long last this idiotic shutdown is over. Hopefully cooler heads prevail and it doesn’t start up again.

The real story is that 800,000 government workers are back on the job and many millions of people are no longer inconvenienced.

Unfortunately, that is not the story we are hearing in the media. Their story is about how Speaker Pelosi beat President Trump. He got himself into this mess. She decided that all that mattered was winning. The harm done to the people involved was of no concern whatsoever. A good leader puts the good of the people over political gamesmanship,

it would be nice to think that both people have learned their lesson and will try to do what is best for the
country. I sure wouldn’t bet on it.
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