The FBI Sees Clinton Through the Looking-Glass
SAN DIEGO -- Likely speaking for millions of Americans, Mitt Romney said recently that he won't vote for either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton.
"It's a matter of personal conscience," Romney told CBS News' John Dickerson. "I can't vote for either of those two people."
I'm with Mitt. The two major political parties have failed America by not producing -- through their respective and highly dubious nominating processes -- candidates of unassailable integrity, sound temperament and good judgment.
Most Republicans are falling in line behind someone who is unserious, unlikable and unhinged. Democrats offer a nominee who is untrustworthy, unreliable and untruthful.
Trump's flaws become clear whenever he opens his mouth. Clinton's have resurfaced in the scandal involving her mishandling of sensitive and classified emails on a private server.
That was the subject of an unusual press briefing Tuesday by FBI Director James Comey.
My favorite part was when Comey essentially said there was nothing that the former secretary of state did with her private email server that merits punishment because "we did not find clear evidence that Secretary Clinton or her colleagues intended to violate laws governing the handling of classified information."
Comey also said that the bureau "found no evidence that any of the additional work-related emails were intentionally deleted in an effort to conceal them."
But then, near the end of his remarks, Comey pivoted and made clear that, "in similar circumstances, a person who engaged in this activity" might end up getting punished.
Welcome to the FBI in Wonderland. Don't try to make sense of it. That will only drive you mad.
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