If you’re looking for comic relief in the nation’s toxic political environment, you need look no further than the dialogue between James Comey and Donald Trump.
I must admit I’m impressed with Comey’s euphemisms in describing Trump’s character. Instead of calling Trump a fraud, he says he’s “untethered from the truth.” He believes Trump lacks an “external moral framework,” but never comes out and calls him an adulterer and a thief. Very lawyerly, indeed. You can’t be sued for libel and defamation of character with those high brow comments. A few years ago, I ran across “moral compass” in a book, and liked that term so much that I used it to complain to a real estate company about one of their agents who had lied to us about the condition of the apartment we rented, yet refused to give us a refund. I didn’t call the guy a liar and a thief, and I never got my money back, but the person in question was soon out of a job.Then we have Trump’s unrestrained name calling in response to these carefully worded opinions. Comey is a “liar, loser, weakling, slimeball, and a leaker.” Whatever pops into Trumps’s head comes out of his mouth like a playground bully.
But of course, beneath every comedy is an undercurrent of tragedy, and in this case, I believe the entire episode is harmful to all the citizens of this country, no matter who they voted for. The issues of war and peace shouldn’t be in the hands of a couple of clowns.
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