Comey may rank up there with Geithner. Comey has broken FBI precedent and protocol over and over again when it comes to the matter of one Hillary Rodham Clinton. He is either/or/both completely incompetent as well as unethical.
This particular fiasco was born of Obama’s desperate, unrelenting fixation on appearing non-partisan, on somehow winning love from the opposition. It really seems like to him that is the supreme accomplishment–and the fact that it is simply an impossibility makes the exercise in futility all the more lamentable, all the more destructive.
Needless to say, Comey is a Republican.
Obama’s make-love-not-war on the Republicans has been calamitous to our country and to the Democratic Party, as well as his presidency itself. In his final State of the Union address, he actually apologized for not being able to change the political rancor in Washington. He remains in some kind of denial about what the GOP has become. And then there was his paean to the goodness of GW Bush.
Hillary and her people also do not get it–remember that staffer quoted as saying she would govern in a totally non-partisan fashion.
If Comey’s violation of duty doesn’t change her mind, truly nothing can. But I would not be surprised if she retains him–if she does get elected– just to prove how non-partisan and impartial she is. Yes, theoretically he is in for six years [sorry, ten altogether], but he has disgraced the agency and could easily be fired for cause.
If Comey has one drop of integrity remaining, he will immediately resign. I mean like now, Saturday.