James Clapper Loses Face

Not to be overly literal about it, but losing face has a very specific real-world correlate. When you lose face you lose your self-respect because you become unrecognizable. It's a bad sign, a sign of a lack of dignity and a lack of integrity. Among the ways to lose face: to become so emotional that your emotions make it nearly impossible for anyone to identity you.

Case in point, today, James Clapper, former Director of National Intelligence, on The View. Doug Ross @ Journal collected these images (via American Digest.)