8 June,
2017
Rep. Dana
Rohrabacher,
101 Main
Street #380
Huntington
Beach, CA 92648
Dear
Congressman,
Re: The
Comey hearing
Did you
watch the Comey hearing yesterday? I did—beginning to end. And I was frankly
stupefied by the later reaction of certain Republicans, one of whom claimed it
as a “slam-dunk” for the president.* And the president* himself feels completely vindicated?
Really?
Just because we heard—as yet!—no legal grounds to actually expose him as guilty
of obstruction of justice? Though Comey said nothing like “case closed,” and
went off immediately after the public hearing to testify to who knows what
behind closed doors.
Besides,
even if there is never grounds to
indict him, what a dreadful picture of the president* of the United States. We
got a clear picture of a man—a president!—who, according to testimony, never
once expressed interest or concern in investigating a proven hostile attack by
Russia on this country; who was concerned not for the country he was elected to serve, but rather exclusively in how it might affect him personally; and who
otherwise simply wanted to see the whole affair go away.
We got,
too, the picture of a man who lies shamelessly when it is to his advantage, who
intimidates like a mafia boss and treats underlings with contempt. A man who is
either inexcusably ignorant and incurious about the basic principles of law and
government, or who chooses to think of himself as being above them. A man who
is undeserving of our respect, let alone our trust. A man quick to blame anyone
other than himself for his own mistakes and lapses of judgment.
And yet
there are Republicans—including, of course, the president* himself—who claim
Comey’s testimony as a vindication? I hope, Congressman, that you are not among
them. Whether legally off the hook or not—and there are still miles to go in
this investigation—the president* is far from vindicated by yesterday’s
hearing. On the contrary, in the court of decency, integrity, and moral
conduct, he already stands convicted
Respectfully,
Peter
Clothier, Ph.D.
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