As he testified to why he took Trump's comments (re dropping the Michael Flynn investigation) seriously, I was quite surprised to hear James Comey reference an obscure segment of Medieval English history. I absolutely loved the meddlesome priest comment. Burst out laughing. I watched in amazement as I realized his interrogator (Sen Angus King) completely understood the comment. 'Not everyone in American politics is ignorant like Trump' I frankly realized. It was a comforting realization.
It shows Comey is well-read. Furthermore, given his education and FBI background, he can play politics and the government like a fiddle. Trump is well out of his depth. Don't think anything Comey has done this far is anything but a meticulous calculation. He pretends he was unsure about certain actions and defends his inscrutable and sometimes illogical decisions this way.
Don't get me wrong, I am seriously disgusted with Comey. I believe he interfered with an American election because he didn't like either candidate. However, his well-timed letter to Congress over a non-existent investigation knocked Hillary Clinton out of the race. (Don't forget, we later learned that Comey knew the Clinton evidence had been planted; he then said he really wanted to keep up the facade of an investigation so the real targets would remain unaware he was onto them. We're dealing with a cagey, manipulative person here.) Comey knew Hillary had been investigated for years and it yielded nothing. That was the only way to get her, via rumor and innuendo at a time when it hurts most, right before the election. It would be a lot easier to trap an open-mouthed braggart and blundering ass like Trump. So Comey took aim and picked off Clinton. At the same time, he plunged our nation into crisis. We now have an inept and immoral government, one that stands in contempt of the majority of its own citizens.
We also now have a burgeoning replica of the Watergate crisis with James Comey meticulously laying the groundwork to close the trap in on Trump. Along the way, he's started to implicate Pence. This is James Comey's game to lose, a very dangerous high-stakes game. I would guess Comey's next move is to lure Trump into a lie and then produce more evidence to expose the lie. Unwittingly, Trump has already offered to testify under oath, because he thinks Comey already shot his load. He really is a much easier target than Hillary Clinton.
Yes, we never saw it coming. James Comey is the real dark horse in this race and it may be he who ultimately takes out Clinton, Trump and Pence. What then? How far ahead has Comey set his trap?
[In medieval England, King Henry II had a long-standing feud with the ArchBishop of Canterbury. One day in exasperation the King ranted 'Will no one rid me of this meddlesome Priest!' Within a month the ArchBishop was dead, murdered by several knights as he attended to his duties in the church. The ArchBishop would later be venerated as a Saint.]
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