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The testimony of Comey is riveting. The kind of thing you would expect in a political thriller starring perhaps Philip Seymour Hoffman as Gonzalez and Al Pacino as Comey. This administration certainly has proven that when you think they could go no lower they strike new lows. In performance parlance, they consistently exceed expectations in that regard.
What is amazing is that this is melodrama on the level of any dramatic show on cable and is getting more or less "yawn" press coverage. You have the "mystery” firing list of UA attorneys that apparently materialized out of thin air since all at the justice department claim to have no idea how it was created. Add the cloak and dagger melodrama described by Comey with racing cars and late night confrontations over illegal spying, and it is an "A" show on cable TV, but apparently not with news departments.
Jake007 reminds me of the Monty Python skit where two knights meet in the woods. Knight B challenges Knight A to a fight and Knight A eventually chops off all of Knight B's limbs. Each time a limb is hacked off, Knight B continues to confidently ridicule and challenge Knight A. Eventually Knight B is left with a stump of a body. As Knight A rides away shaking his head, Jake007, I mean Knight B can still be heard ridiculing and challenging.
