The Republicans
have a major Comey problem. Not only is the former FBI Director thoroughly
anal-retentive, he’s got fifty IQ points on born-to-the-manor Donald Trump. I
won’t bother describing the all-too-devastating tale he’s certain to tell, a
tale every minute of which he’s apparently documented. I’d sooner write about a
President determined to be rid of Comey, no matter the consequences.
If I was still writing fiction and this
was a thriller, you can be sure that James Comey would be a hunted man, perhaps
by an assassin armed with a polonium-filled syringe. Fortunately, we’re living
in a free society, one that respects human life and human rights, which leaves
only one avenue of assassination open to the Republicans and their con-artist
President. They have to assassinate the former Director’s character. No easy
task, obviously, but the boys on the far right have managed to present a theory
of the case on their websites. In three parts, it goes like this.
James Comey was
a vice-president at Lockheed Martin, the defense contractor, before he was
appointed Director of the FBI by Obama. He did very well at his job, earning
$6,000,000 in his final year. At the same time, Lockheed Martin regularly donated
to the Clinton Foundation. Breitbart, one of the sources for this story,
doesn’t even allege that Comey’s duties touched upon Lockheed Martin’s
charitable giving, nevertheless….
In 2013, James
Comey became a director and board member of HSBC Bank, which partnered with the
Clinton Foundation on several projects. Again, no connection between Comey’s
duties and these partnerships has emerged, but….
Finally, Peter
Comey, James Comey’s brother, works for the law firm DLA Piper, which audited
the Clinton Foundation’s books. James Comey holds the mortgage on his brother’s
home, which proves that….
Given Comey’s
attacks on Hillary at the height of the 2016 campaign, the flimsy charge
asserted here reeks of desperation. But it’s still out there, being hawked by
Breitbart and ultra-conservative sites like NEWSTARGET, which purports to be
about the business of OBLITERATING YOUR SAFE SPACE WITH TRUTH BOMBS, along with
Free West Media, Gateway Pundit (Where Hope Finally Made A Comeback), Snopes,
The Drudge Report, SarahPalin.com, WashingtonFeed, StoneColdTruth and dozens
more.
I don’t know a
single person who hasn’t, or wouldn’t, laugh at this accusation. Comey in the
thrall of the Clintons? Comey as Hilary’s puppet? It’s so stupid that the first
time I heard it - from the mouth of a Trump supporter on C-SPAN’s morning
call-in show, Washington Journal – I couldn’t resist examining the details.
The Republican
operative, Frank Luntz claims that it’s impossible to overstate the ignorance
of the average American voter. But many political scientists (you know, the ones with legitimate credentials who can never be trusted) believe it’s the
misinformed, not the uninformed, voter who presents the most difficult
challenge to politicians. Any attempt to penetrate the
façade of distortions that surround them is generally met with hostility. They
will defend their beliefs if pressed, sometimes with violence. That’s why I’ve
rejected the approach by Bernie and the progressive wing of the Party. Sure, I’m
with them on policy, but this group of Trump voters will not return to the
Democratic fold until driven there by Republican policies so abhorrent that
they can’t be rationalized. Until then, you’ll find them permanently encamped
in TrumpWorld.
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