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Love and hate - politically speaking

Timeline for James Comey.  There are two emotional threads.  Love and hate and then hate and love.

July 5, 2016.  Comey condemns Clinton for mishandling classified information.  But then say we will not indict.   Dems love it.  Reps hate it.

October 28, 2016.   Comey’s wait a minute moment.  We reopen the investigation, found new emails with classified info on Anthony Weiner’s laptop. Oops.  Reps love it. Dems hate it.

Interim.  Both sides generally disdain Comey basically because he seems beyond the control of anyone.  Reps hate Comey; Dems hate Comey.  Especially, Hillary hates Comey, blaming his “re-opening letter” as a primary cause for her loss.

May 9, 2017. Trump fires Comey.  Reps claim it was appropriate; Dems also, probably.  However, because Trump did the deed, Dems hate it; Reps love it. Even the Nixonian metaphor has been issued – within an hour of the termination letter!  But it’s OK since it was made by an aging Senator. 

“Never let a crisis go to waste,”  Rahm Emmanuel advises us.   On the one hand, “kill the king.” On the other, “rule of law.” 

It seems clear that both sides are secretly delighted that Comey is gone.  But is Hillary?  This makes her situation tenuous, and possibly available for another review. 

One interesting thing about Trump is that he may have a deeply considered plan, which allows bifurcated pathways to proceed.  It gives the pundits on both sides endless opportunities for conjecture.   They love it and hate it.

Truly, we are in the era of post-truth, where emotion reigns over analysis and logic.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-truth_politics)
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