tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post3657462667157207847..comments2023-10-19T21:48:56.560-05:00Comments on meaning in history: "Step By Step, Day By Day, Throughout The Fall"mark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-90750292559787697822019-08-21T18:32:52.100-05:002019-08-21T18:32:52.100-05:00He was probably being a loyal friend, not realizin...He was probably being a loyal friend, not realizing that some of this friends are scumbags.<br /><br />I think he knows better, now. And to be fair to him, it'd be tough to find out a friend is a cretin. It speaks to his character that he was loyal, at first.<br /><br />And this comes from me, a former fan of McCarthy, until he twice wrote articles defending misconduct by the FBI.Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-66894043408957331172019-08-21T18:20:45.536-05:002019-08-21T18:20:45.536-05:00I take your point re: McCarthy defending his SDNY ...I take your point re: McCarthy defending his SDNY buddies. I hadn't thought about those relations as he's been gone from that office for so long. <br /><br />I'd forgotten that Comey came out of SDNY, as he was USA for NOVA when he got picked for DAG. IIRC. (I used to know his sister, married to a friend of mine.)<br /><br />Greenland: Thule AFB is pretty important geostrategic Forbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08397667344368400622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-3507070712584085212019-08-21T18:07:22.826-05:002019-08-21T18:07:22.826-05:00Exactly--Orange Man Bad. I hope they find the leak...Exactly--Orange Man Bad. I hope they find the leaker re this Greenland thing. If you haven't read about that, here's a good article--it's all about China:<br /><br />https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/21/buying-greenland-trump-haters-mock-the-idea-but-ch/<br /><br />Re McCarthy, he's been an apologist for his SDNY buddies for far too long. Comey didn't suddenly go mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-38762023946084836832019-08-21T17:45:07.663-05:002019-08-21T17:45:07.663-05:00In fairness, McCarthy is a stand-up guy, and assum...In fairness, McCarthy is a stand-up guy, and assumes others are too--until evidence to the contrary arrives. And maybe to a fault does he bend over backwards to give the other the benefit of doubt--when they work for a security service or in a high office.<br /><br />I must say, I've thought Obama has known all along. Clapper, Comey, Brennan, Lynch, Rice, Power, all dipped a toe (or foot or Forbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08397667344368400622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-20614246542624755842019-08-21T07:15:24.494-05:002019-08-21T07:15:24.494-05:00Right. And during the Libby case he never retracte...Right. And during the Libby case he never retracted a thing, defended the same people up and down the line. So this surprised me.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-25399632928409400492019-08-20T23:09:38.522-05:002019-08-20T23:09:38.522-05:00You have to have a little sympathy for McCarthy- i...You have to have a little sympathy for McCarthy- in the early days he went on record time and again proclaiming certain things about the investigation and the people running it that he was forced to retract, over and over, as the truth dribbled out.Yancey Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16427042729449397357noreply@blogger.com