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In reply to the discussion: Jim Comey's scorching op Ed in the NYT [View all]Hekate
(90,690 posts)79. My gods. The rest...
Next comes Mr. Trump attacking institutions and values you hold dear things you have always said must be protected and which you criticized past leaders for not supporting strongly enough. Yet you are silent. Because, after all, what are you supposed to say? Hes the president of the United States.
You feel this happening. It bothers you, at least to some extent. But his outrageous conduct convinces you that you simply must stay, to preserve and protect the people and institutions and values you hold dear. Along with Republican members of Congress, you tell yourself you are too important for this nation to lose, especially now.
You cant say this out loud maybe not even to your family but in a time of emergency, with the nation led by a deeply unethical person, this will be your contribution, your personal sacrifice for America. You are smarter than Donald Trump, and you are playing a long game for your country, so you can pull it off where lesser leaders have failed and gotten fired by tweet.
Of course, to stay, you must be seen as on his team, so you make further compromises. You use his language, praise his leadership, tout his commitment to values.
And then you are lost. He has eaten your soul.
You feel this happening. It bothers you, at least to some extent. But his outrageous conduct convinces you that you simply must stay, to preserve and protect the people and institutions and values you hold dear. Along with Republican members of Congress, you tell yourself you are too important for this nation to lose, especially now.
You cant say this out loud maybe not even to your family but in a time of emergency, with the nation led by a deeply unethical person, this will be your contribution, your personal sacrifice for America. You are smarter than Donald Trump, and you are playing a long game for your country, so you can pull it off where lesser leaders have failed and gotten fired by tweet.
Of course, to stay, you must be seen as on his team, so you make further compromises. You use his language, praise his leadership, tout his commitment to values.
And then you are lost. He has eaten your soul.
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Thanks. But please use the EXCERPT tags DU provides to set it off from YOUR comments.
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2019
#39
Spot on. Well put and accurate. Rapid fire dialogue is designed to prevent objections.
onit2day
May 2019
#38
They may be "bright" and "accomplished' but they are bright and accomplished Scumbags. n/t
MarcA
May 2019
#59
Gosh, if only the director of the FBI could have told his underlings to get stuffed
gratuitous
May 2019
#68
Agree 100% !! Also, rethugs operate out of either fear or greed. There is more to it than
diva77
May 2019
#65
I think a lot of the good people doing bad things will slow up now that the NSA is shutting down
LiberalArkie
May 2019
#36
They are shutting down the system that Wikileaks had the data on. The Snowden papers.
LiberalArkie
May 2019
#71
FBI director reportedly went against attorney general's recommendation in sending bombshell letter
Danascot
May 2019
#91
All he ever has to do to determine who's responsible for all this shit since then - is to look
calimary
May 2019
#101
Comey knows he did wrong; he made a grievous error which helped install this man into the WH.
colorado_ufo
May 2019
#50
Wow. I read the entire editorial, and again, a respected public figure is screaming "red flag."
Firestorm49
May 2019
#58
Comey is the ultimate enigma. Capable of profound observations like this op-ed and equally profound
Pepsidog
May 2019
#76
Comey was one of the few people who outright said NO to this corrosive fake prezident. nt
UniteFightBack
May 2019
#81
In simple terms, I believe they are enthralled with the thought of leading a dictorship.
C Moon
May 2019
#88
Thanks for reminding me it was Frum. He's earned a lot of respect from me these past three years.nt
Hekate
May 2019
#92
JIm, you are in part responsible for the disaster we are facing, and some of us will NEVER
niyad
May 2019
#103
jim got something wrong-- the tangerine traitor does not eat souls--people who willingly work
niyad
May 2019
#104
'Accomplished people lacking inner strength can't resist the compromises necessary
elleng
May 2019
#105