Jim Comey is a conniving, devious, opportunistic, ambitious man of incredible dishonesty.
This matter of President Trump allegedly seeking this man’s loyalty as a “bad thing” must be puzzling to regular folks.
Especially in America, “loyalty” to one’s institution he serves, to people who put him in positions of great responsibility and must rely on his judgement and integrity, to the people he works with, has always been regarded as an admirable quality.
When, for some reason, the individual loses confidence or respect for the leader or the institution he serves, it has always been considered the individual’s responsibility to express his concerns to his superiors and failing to find satisfactory redress, to honorably remove himself from his position and the institution he serves.
It is then he is free to share his concerns and his reasons for stepping down with whomever he chooses.
The individual who is unwilling to grant his loyalty to his leader and the organization he serves for whatever reason, and instead, accepts or remains in his position of responsibility in order to subvert and undermine the goals and objectives he has tacitly accepted as his own, is one of the most despicable people on the planet in my opinion.
Such an individual defines untrustworthiness, undependability, and treachery.
As one whose career included the hiring and supervision of people for many different and major responsibilities in the corporate sector, I have known such individuals. I have never knowingly hired anyone with a record of such behavior nor would I have ever considered doing so. When it became a matter of a subordinate unwilling to perform his/her responsibilities in the interest of the organization and was actively using his/her position to undermine the aims of the organization, he/she was dismissed.
To my mind, they are the worst kind of individuals one could have in a business, in government, in the military, or in any human endeavor which requires shared goals, mutual commitment, and cooperation.
While they pose as ones who share common goals with their colleagues, they are sowing discontent, betraying their fellow workers, shirking their responsibilities, and working to undermine the very institution they’ve agreed to serve to the best of their abilities.
If indeed, President Trump is “guilty” of anything, it is perhaps in using the term “loyalty” (though how that became a negative quality I will never understand).
He possibly should have asked of Mr. Comey, “can I trust you?”
DLH
