월요일 점심이면 꼭 가는 카페가 있습니다. 거기에서 친구를 만나죠. 친구는 아메리카노에 비프 샌드위치를 시키고, 저는 카페라테에 그리스 샐러드를 시킵니다. 늘 같은 시간, 같은 장소, 같은 메뉴입니다. 한시간 남짓 열띤 대화를 나누고 헤어지는 관계입니다. 친구와 저는 문학과 종교, 정치에 대해서 기탄없이 이야기할 수 있는 사이입니다. 이 친구는 미국인인데, 제 말을 참을성있게 들어줍니다. 그 참을성있게 듣는 실력 하나로 많은 직책을 맡아온 친구죠.

그러나 이번 박근혜 대통령 - 최순실 건에 대해서는 도저히 설명할 수도, 설명하고 싶지도 않았습니다. 그래서 다음주 월요일 약속은 취소했어요. 이걸 어떻게 영어로 설명해야하나 난감해서요. 뉴욕타임즈지는 라스푸틴으로 설명했죠. 

하지만 제가 말하지 않아도 잘 적어준 트위터가 있길래 옮깁니다. Ask A Korean twitter 입니다. 

This is a good article, but the events that occurred since the article was published took it to the whole new level of crazy.

At the end of the day, Clinton "only" put emails on a private server. Pres. Park *actively* handed over classified docs to her confidant.

It was not as if her confidant was someone who was qualified like Huma Abedin. The confidant had no official position and few knew of her.

The confidant's only qualification was that she claimed to channel the spirit of Pres. Park's dead mother. I'm serious. This really happened

With Korean politics, I have seen some incredible shit. Never thought Korean politics could shock me like this. But this? THIS?

A skilled politician becomes the president and fucks up. Par for the course. Politicians fuck up all the time and many expected the fuckup.

But the fuckup happened because of SOME MOTHERFUCKING PSYCHIC WHO CLAIMED TO BE THE PRESIDENT'S DEAD MOTHER. No one expected this. No one.

Koreans' shock at this news is indescribable. Their collective minds are blown. Even the conservatives lost the will to defend the president

Another irony: conservatives hounded Korea's last liberal pres bc he had the gall to take some of his docs home after his term ended.

That's the better analogue to the Clinton scandal. A technical violation of the doc confidentiality that was more of a political BS.

This though. THIS. This shit is really deranged. The president *actively* gave away her docs, which were found in a trashed computer.

The confidant Choi woman just trashed the computer before she ran. Journalists just had to grab it. There was no encryption at all.

The woman could have just taken all of that top secret material and walked straight into the North Korean embassy for all she cares.