Drip.....Drip.....Drip...some more

[Pete F.]

“Vindman was rightly disturbed by Trump’s phone call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in July, Kelly suggested. Having seen something ‘questionable,’ Vindman properly notified his superiors, Kelly said.”
“When subpoenaed by Congress in the House impeachment hearings, Vindman complied and told the truth, Kelly said.”
“‘He did exactly what we teach them to do from cradle to grave,’ Kelly told the audience ... . ‘He went and told his boss what he just heard.’”
“Although Trump has long insisted his call to Zelensky was ‘perfect,’ Kelly made clear that Trump indeed conditioned military aid on Zelensky’s help digging up dirt on Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.”
“When Vindman heard the president tell Zelensky he wanted to see the Biden family investigated, that, for Vindman, was tantamount to hearing ‘an illegal order,’ Kelly said.”
“‘We teach them, Don’t follow an illegal order. And if you’re ever given one, you’ll raise it to whoever gives it to you that this is an illegal order, and then tell your boss.’”
“At times Wednesday, Kelly sounded like the anti-Trump. He said he did not believe the press is ‘the enemy of the people,’ for example. And he sharply criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom Trump has steadfastly courted.”
“In the speech, he said he disagreed with Trump over the scope of the problem. Trump’s border wall doesn’t need to extend ‘from sea to shining sea,’ Kelly said. He also disapproved of Trump’s language in describing migrants, he said.”
“Kelly said most migrants are merely looking for jobs. ‘In fact, they’re overwhelmingly good people. … They’re not all rapists and they’re not all murderers. And it’s wrong to characterize them that way. I disagreed with the president a number of times.’”
“Kelly faulted Trump for intervening in the case of Eddie Gallagher .... ‘The idea that the commander-in-chief intervened there, in my opinion, was exactly the wrong thing to do,’ Kelly said.”

so expect a @realDonaldTrump attack on General Kelly by the time you’ve finished your morning covfefe

it’ll be the usual nonsense

“Many people have strongly said General Kelly is a Deep State Hillary Soros Podesta plant sent to sabotage your President! I should have been a General, I know more than him, he doesn’t respect your favorite President ever (me)! MSDNC can hire him to help the Fake News! Sad!”

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics...-trump/606496/

[Sea Dangles]

Thanks for sharing this Bitchslappedboy
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[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by Sea Dangles

Thanks for sharing this Bitchslappedboy
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Oh, Nancy you’re so sweet
Did you get off your knees and spend the 20 yet?
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[Sea Dangles]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

Oh, Nancy you’re so sweet
Did you get off your knees and spend the 20 yet?
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I gave it back to your Mom,who happened to be on her elbows.
😋
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[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by Sea Dangles

I gave it back to your Mom,who happened to be on her elbows.
😋
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Nancy, Did you really dig her up?

You're sicker than I thought.

[Pete F.]

Agolf tweets and he's projecting again........

When I terminated John Kelly, which I couldn’t do fast enough, he knew full well that he was way over his head. Being Chief of Staff just wasn’t for him. He came in with a bang, went out with a whimper, but like so many X’s, he misses the action & just can’t keep his mouth shut,.
....which he actually has a military and legal obligation to do. His incredible wife, Karen, who I have a lot of respect for, once pulled me aside & said strongly that “John respects you greatly. When we are no longer here, he will only speak well of you.” Wrong!

[detbuch]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

Agolf tweets and he's projecting again........

When I terminated John Kelly, which I couldn’t do fast enough, he knew full well that he was way over his head. Being Chief of Staff just wasn’t for him. He came in with a bang, went out with a whimper, but like so many X’s, he misses the action & just can’t keep his mouth shut,.
....which he actually has a military and legal obligation to do. His incredible wife, Karen, who I have a lot of respect for, once pulled me aside & said strongly that “John respects you greatly. When we are no longer here, he will only speak well of you.” Wrong!

Agolf is draining the swamp drip by drip by drip . . .

[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by detbuch

Agolf is draining the swamp drip by drip by drip . . .

He fired all the smart people.
He surrounded himself with bootlickers.
Put sticky fingered family members and cronies in charge of things.
Grew a devoted,loud following.
Derided experience and talent.
Called failures success and when that stopped working,blamed someone else.

That's a Venezuelan's description of Chavez and they know about losing a democracy, albeit not a perfect one.

But it doesn't matter if a corrupt man in power claims to be left or right, masters of populism like Chavez and Agolf Twitler work the same.

Find a wound common to many, find someone to blame for it, and make up a good story to tell. Mix it all together. Tell the wounded you know how they feel. That you found the bad guys. Label them: the minorities, the politicians, the businessmen. Caricature them. As vermin, evil masterminds, haters and losers, you name it. Then paint yourself as the savior. Capture the people’s imagination. Forget about policies and plans, just enrapture them with a tale. One that starts with anger and ends in vengeance. A vengeance they can participate in.

That’s how it becomes a movement. There’s something soothing in all that anger. Populism is built on the irresistible allure of simplicity. The narcotic of the simple answer to an intractable question. The problem is now made simple.

And here we are with the "Chosen One"

Just think Agolf now says that almost all of his most prominent hires were colossal mistakes. What does that say about him?

[detbuch]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

He fired all the smart people.
He surrounded himself with bootlickers.
Put sticky fingered family members and cronies in charge of things.
Grew a devoted,loud following.
Derided experience and talent.
Called failures success and when that stopped working,blamed someone else.

That's a Venezuelan's description of Chavez and they know about losing a democracy, albeit not a perfect one.

But it doesn't matter if a corrupt man in power claims to be left or right, masters of populism like Chavez and Agolf Twitler work the same.

Find a wound common to many, find someone to blame for it, and make up a good story to tell. Mix it all together. Tell the wounded you know how they feel. That you found the bad guys. Label them: the minorities, the politicians, the businessmen. Caricature them. As vermin, evil masterminds, haters and losers, you name it. Then paint yourself as the savior. Capture the people’s imagination. Forget about policies and plans, just enrapture them with a tale. One that starts with anger and ends in vengeance. A vengeance they can participate in.

That’s how it becomes a movement. There’s something soothing in all that anger. Populism is built on the irresistible allure of simplicity. The narcotic of the simple answer to an intractable question. The problem is now made simple.

And here we are with the "Chosen One"

Just think Agolf now says that almost all of his most prominent hires were colossal mistakes. What does that say about him?

I'm gonna do a Spence--everything you said is wrong.

[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by detbuch

I'm gonna do a Spence--everything you said is wrong.

If only it was

But when I say it is also true about the other populist who wants to be President, you would cheer.

I assume you can figure out who that is.
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[detbuch]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

If only it was

But when I say it is also true about the other populist who wants to be President, you would cheer.

I assume you can figure out who that is.
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Making an assumption on a false premise would be more your style.

[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by detbuch

I'm gonna do a Spence--everything you said is wrong.

Originally Posted by detbuch

Making an assumption on a false premise would be more your style.

OK

[detbuch]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

OK

I agree that making an assumption based on a Spencist trick would be more like your style than mine . . . but it was light-hearted sarcasm, and a ploy I use now and then to make a point while enjoying the Spencian benefit of not having to strain myself.

[spence]

Originally Posted by detbuch

I agree that making an assumption based on a Spencist trick would be more like your style than mine . . . but it was light-hearted sarcasm, and a ploy I use now and then to make a point while enjoying the Spencian benefit of not having to strain myself.

You do know there’s a royalty right?
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[detbuch]

Originally Posted by spence

You do know there’s a royalty right?
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[wdmso]

The Trump administration has notified Congress that it plans to divert $3.8 billion from the Defense Department's budget to build the border wall.

This is in addition to more than $11 billion that's already been identified to construct roughly 500 miles of new barriers


More diversions of funds appropriated by congress ,,, shocking

[scottw]

Originally Posted by wdmso

The Trump administration has notified Congress that it plans to divert $3.8 billion from the Defense Department's budget to build the border wall.

This is in addition to more than $11 billion that's already been identified to construct roughly 500 miles of new barriers


More diversions of funds appropriated by congress ,,, shocking

freed up funds from not fighting WW3....

[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by scottw

freed up funds from not fighting WW3....

Apparently you and Agolf have discovered my wife’s financial plan and have misappropriated it.
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