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| ESTHER GOLDBERG: The Sexual Ambiguity of James Comey |
| 2017-06-18 |
| I just couldn't resist James Comey is not old school. He’s to Eliot Ness as the original Batman was to the original Superman. The latter openly fought for truth, justice, and the American way because he wanted to give back to the planet that had given him a home. The former was a confused vigilante, motivated by the dark desire to revenge his parents’ deaths at the hands of bad guys. Comey is Petula Clark singing "Feelings." In his Senate testimony he described how his duties caused him "a whole lot of personal pain." He was often "confused and concerned" about things, sometimes even "honestly concerned." More than the facts, he spoke of his "impression," "reading," and "sense" of the facts. Something Loretta Lynch asked him to do "gave [him] a queasy feeling." That’s not how Joe Friday talked on "Dragnet." Or Clint Eastwood. When Clint shot a bad guy, all he felt was a slight pressure on his trigger finger. Comey talks the way girls talk. My impression, sense, and reading of Comey -- my gut feeling -- is that he’s got a lot of girlish qualities. Others picked up on this as well, in a subconscious way, as the twitter sphere erupted with Comey-as-victim-of-sexual-harassment memes. The media as well. "Elle compared Comey’s one-on-one meeting with President Donald Trump to a terrible date," noted Breitbart. "The former FBI director’s boss tried to seduce him. When the seduction failed, his boss fired him," wrote the Los Angeles Times. Like many operatic heroines, Comey had "confidantes" through whom he could convey his personal narrative, via leaks to the media. Thus we learn how he prepared for his date with the president. "Before going to the dinner, Comey practiced Trump’s likely questions and his answers with a small group of his most trusted confidants," they told The Washington Post. Anyone with a teenage daughter will recognize this scenario. "What’ll I say if he wants to go all the way?" she asks her convened BFFs. "How do I say no without turning him off?" Or, as Comey’s confidants would have it, how could he preserve "his own moral compass, but at the same time... [not] inflame his commander in chief." Well, this is traditional - isn't it? |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #3 Did Bill romance him TOO? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-06-18 11:03 |
| #2 I don't know or care about any sexual ambiguity which Comey may or may not have. However, I am concerned about his conflicts that result from his loyalty to the previous corrupt admin. and the Clintons. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-06-18 10:28 |
| #1 Ooops, here's the link. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-06-18 03:29 |