Tom Friedman on MJ: "The biggest threat to democracy is in the oval office. He is a truly disturbed

[poboy2]

man. If this were any fortune 500 company, the board of directors would have thrown him out. In this case, the Republican party is the board of directors. This is very disturbing..." Said we are beyond code red.

[lapfog_1]

1. Speaking on the economy

he said "We are in a car with no bumper(s) and no spare tire and Donald Trump is behind the wheel"

YUP.

[poboy2]

2. Yes, thank you for the addition. -nt

[Vinca]

3. If the past few days don't convince people Trump is batshit crazy, they're as bad off as he is.

I mean . . . who doesn't talk military funding to 4 year olds?

[Botany]

5. Speaking of batshit crazy .... I just read this tweet

Link to tweet

[KewlKat]

13. whats with the cheatin Obama comment?

Anyone know?

[forgotmylogin]

17. Perhaps a catch-all whim?

I mean Obama "cheated" the country by becoming President as a non-citizen and presiding over 8 years of prosperity and hope and decency despite being an immigrant Muslim black man...you know, that kind of cheating.

[unblock]

18. projection, as usual

[Skittles]

40. it kills him that Obama's success suprassed Donald's in EVERY way

[KPN]

20. The treasonous bastard is playing to his base out of fear of Mueller. He'd sooner

ignite a chaotic civil war than "Make America Great Again" by resigning in the face of criminal proceedings against him let alone impeachment.

Why do I have this shame provoking hope that someone actually takes this guy out? There should be no shame in it.

[Fred Sanders]

26. Hasn't mentioned the stock market lately to his cult....but fascist Rasmussen to the rescue.

[cilla4progress]

28. Maybe Putin will smear a little somethin' somethin'

on the White House door knob..

[KPN]

30. Wouldn't that be a fitting end.

One can only hope -- that it also gets Pence and a few others.

[poboy2]

31. No shame. I don't think we have until Nov. I think he does something (war) before then. -nt

[Vinca]

35. That really is nuts. A few minutes ago he brought up Hillary Clinton again in one of his impromptu

"you must really love me I'm so wonderful" press conferences. This will go down as the most bizarre episode in American history.

[pazzyanne]

14. Oh, I don't know.

I read this weekend where they have 2, 3, and 4 year old children and up defending themselves without parents or lawyers present in immigration court. One of the judicial administrators maintains that these children understand everything perfectly if you just take the necessary time with them. That he has taught immigration law to these children and they do understand it. WTH! Link to article below:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/can-a-3-year-old-represent-herself-in-immigration-court-this-judge-thinks-so/2016/03/03/5be59a32-db25-11e5-925f-1d10062cc82d_story.html?utm_term=.7a41ed9dc90c

Sorry, not exactly on topic but this does show how out of touch tRump and his cretins are with real life.

[ProfessorGAC]

23. John Oliver Did A Piece On This, Too

Dreadful, isn't it?

[pazzyanne]

29. It certainly doesn't reflect common sense on the part of the justice system.

[muriel_volestrangler]

37. Holy fuck. That could be the worst thing I've read about the regime so far.

It's not Trump talking bullshit when going off script in a speech, or in a tweet that he'll change his mind about in a few minutes. It's a trained judge, in sworn testimony. Either he is, as you say, completely out of touch with real life (out of touch in the way that someone held in solitary confinement from the age of 12 to 52 would be), or he cares so little for the rule of law or thinks the gullibility of Trump's supporters is so high that he can say any bullshit he feels like, under oath, to achieve the aims of a xenophobic regime.

[Nitram]

15. At an Easter Egg roll!!!!

[KPN]

19. Well, Kim Jong-un makes a practise of it.

[GoCubsGo]

4. We have been beyond code red for many, many months.

But, I'm glad Friedman is finally noticing.

[poboy2]

34. He actually wrote an article a few weeks back stating it was a CODE RED situation.

Today he was asked how does he feel 6 weeks beyond that. So he is saying it is beyond code red at the moment.
He was very distraught the R's were not doing anything.

[GoCubsGo]

36. Still a day late and a dollar short.

This shit has been going on for well over a year.

[PearliePoo2]

6. That was one hell of an interview! When Tom was answering the panel's questions...

you could have heard a pin drop.

A sober and riveting assessment is an understatement.

K&R

[PearliePoo2]

7. Tom's interview should be required viewing. It's a frightening and realistic assessment.

I hope the video clip gets picked up by outlets everywhere and goes viral.

[poboy2]

32. Yes. I don't think we have until Nov.-nt

[yardwork]

8. And so? What are they going to do about it?

[PJMcK]

10. Right? (n/t)

[sandensea]

9. This would be more like the Hudsucker Proxy

This of course was the boardroom comedy where Paul Newman plays a chairman of a major corporate board, whose board members (including himself) plot to deliberately crash the stock price in order to buy up a controlling share for cheap.

Same idea - but without the great acting (of course though: with the GOP base, you don't really have to).

[Wednesdays]

11. Full video link

[poboy2]

38. Thank you, but it has been removed. -nt

[Wednesdays]

41. Yeah, probably violated YouTube's TOS

Copyright reasons.

[Demonaut]

12. fuck friedman....suck on this

[ck4829]

16. It's not *in* the Oval Office, it *is* the Oval Office

We're supposed to have guards against this insanity, if they're not working, then they're a part of the problem too.

[KG]

21. Piss on tom freidman anyway

[onecent]

22. Why does the Dotard have such a hated for Obama and Hillary????

Dotard is not doing anything HE SAID HE WOULD DO if he was chosen...

I don't like the fact thatt Putin is coming to the White house.....
he can take him to his gold room in NYC.....

but the white house should not have him there....

[Spider Jerusalem]

24. Tom Friedman, eh? Well, stopped clocks, etc (n/t)

[First Speaker]

25. Fuck the Republican Party. It's a conspiracy of treason.

...there are no more "good Republicans". Not at this point.

[honest.abe]

27. More people in a position of influence need to be saying this.

We are in a crisis here. A madman is sitting in the WH. It's way beyond making jokes and laughing at his antics. This man needs to be removed.

[poboy2]

33. I don't think we have until Nov.-nt

[honest.abe]

39. Indeed. Tomorrow would not be too soon.