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Secretary of Corrupt State Mike Pompeo wanted to sound like a tough guy.
Instead, he reminds world that echolalia is a psychological problem. (Video at links)
On Oct. 11 with News 4 Nashville:
News4 asked about text messages that show diplomats under his authority told the Ukrainians that a good relationship with President Trump was only possible if they investigated his political opponent.
Amons: Were you aware that this was happening?
Pompeo: Again, you've got your facts wrong--it sounds like you're working at least in part for the Democratic National Committee.
Source: https://www.wsmv.com/news/news-talks-one-on-one-with-secretary-of-state-mike/article_bba02bde-ec8a-11e9-9632-23457ce242a4.html
The day before, he said the same thing to a Judy Woodruff of PBS NewsHour:
On Thursday Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated that PBS Host/Reporter Judy Woodruff and other media talking heads have adamantly defended presidential hopeful and former Vice President Joe Biden. Pompeo said Its like youre working for the DNC [Democratic National Committee].
Source (I know, AIM): https://www.aim.org/aim-column/mike-pompeo-wonders-why-pbs-reporter-defends-biden-and-uses-lines-from-the-dnc/
Guess one has to crazy to work for Trump. Hence, the talking points for easy recall.
mcar
(42,334 posts)The reporter from Nashville did a much better job interviewing him than did Judy Woodruff. I love Judy but she is hopeless when she interviews people like Pompeo - she never challenges them.
Kid Berwyn
(14,913 posts)His recent canned comments illuminate his kind:
A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy. Benjamin Disraeli
mcar
(42,334 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)His arrogant confidence is absolutely chilling.
live love laugh
(13,118 posts)Kid Berwyn
(14,913 posts)Wealthy climate deniers, and their hirelings and henchmen like Pompeo, believe they can buy their safety post-socioeconomic collapse from war or climate change. The rest of humanity, they feel, should be left to fight over the scraps.
The late, former Secretary of Defense and co-founder of the Carlyle Group, Frank Carlucci had plans for luxury class lifeboat-castles:
https://www.alternet.org/2010/06/the_really_creepy_people_behind_the_libertarian-inspired_billionaire_sea_castles/
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)are trying to bring about the rapture.
Kid Berwyn
(14,913 posts)The Fellowship...
Meet The Family
By Anthony Lappé, Guerrilla News Network
Posted on June 13, 2003, Printed on October 16, 2006
It sounded like a reality show on the PAX network: Six conservative politicians living in a DC townhouse owned by a fundamentalist Christian organization. What happens when you stop being polite and start finding Jesus?
In April, the AP broke the story that six U.S. congressmen were paying the bargain rate of $600 a month each to live together in a swanky DC townhouse owned by a secretive fundamentalist Christian group known as the Fellowship or the Foundation. Many, understandably, were curious. Who is this organization, and what is its agenda?
The group, the AP reported, is best known for holding the annual National Prayer Breakfast at the White House, which offers scores of national and international heavy hitters the opportunity to praise God in close proximity to the President. In the article, the congressmen boarding at the house denied owing any allegiance to the group, and several professed ignorance of even the most basic facts about the organization. Little else was reported about the group's history, motives or backers.
CONTINUED
http://www.theocracywatch.org/secret_theocrats.html
Original source: http://www.alternet.org/story/16167 /
And miracles are for Saints.
Knowing they have no chance, Pompeo and the Kochs he serves work to destroy the world and from its ashes, install themselves as head cheeses and their believers as loyal subjects to be used as slaves in perpetuity.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)dalton99a
(81,523 posts)Kid Berwyn
(14,913 posts)Then he became the Representative from Koch Industries, an errand boy for billionaires.
https://www.thenation.com/article/the-koch-brothers-get-their-very-own-secretary-of-state/
FM123
(10,053 posts)Kid Berwyn
(14,913 posts)LittleSis.or pegs the cons connections:
https://littlesis.org/person/91613-Mike_Pompeo
Claritie Pixie
(2,199 posts)When you start viewing these people through that lens, their motivations are crystal clear.
Kid Berwyn
(14,913 posts)Karoli Kuns of Crooks & Liars reported:
As Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's involvement in the Ukrainian pay-for-play Trump scandal deepens, Pompeo is leaving on a jaunt to Europe with former White House staffer and alleged Nazi who couldn't get a security clearance Sebastian Gorka.
https://crooksandliars.com/2019/09/sebastian-gorka-joins-mike-pompeo-european
Link to tweet
RainCaster
(10,884 posts)Kid Berwyn
(14,913 posts)Yevhen Fedchenko told David Corn:
The overarching goal for Russia is to get Ukrainians to believe that they are largely on their own. Theres just Russia and Ukraine and no international coalition supporting Ukraine, Fedchenko says, and Ukraine is left without reliable military or political back-up.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/09/trump-response-ukraine-russia-zelensky-putin/
Thanks to Benedict Donald, its win-win for Russia.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Exactly what I was going to say.
I don't think he just sounds like it, I think he is. If not directly, than indirectly by supporting Trump, who is Putin's agent. They all know what is going on and they are complicit if not outright guilty.
I can't wait to see all these traitorous motherfuckers in prison.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,505 posts)Only Republicans can investigate Republican corruption. Therefore no investigation of Republican corruption.
Of course when Republicans had Co trol of the House, politically motivated investigation of Democrats is totally acceptable. See Clinton administration )92-99) and Benghazi.
Kid Berwyn
(14,913 posts)That is some evil Catch, that Catch-666.
The true story of the Benghazi committee
© Greg Nash
On May 8, 2014, the House of Representatives voted to create the Select Committee on Benghazi. Since then, the Committee has spent more than two years and wasted more than 7 million taxpayer dollars chasing conspiracy theories in an effort to damage Hillary Clintons presidential campaign.
https://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/lawmaker-news/285204-the-true-story-of-the-benghazi-committee
Thank you, Mainah whos Never OAITW! The Reputins put on a show so no one notices the organized hypocrisy. Now that Facebook etc. have helped them weaponize messaging, we need every bit and byte of Truth we can get. (IN STEVIE WONDER Superstition VOICE: ) Televised Trumpeachment is the way! (HORN SECTION)
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)And the DNC is code word for Americans.
GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)How fucking pathetic can one get?
jimlup
(7,968 posts)claim that reality is fake news propaganda put forward by your political opponent. Since FOX News will back you up it's sure to work with the idiots you are trying to look legitimate too.
kpete
(71,997 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)These trumps think they're being cute but they're only highlighting how evasive, corrupt and dishonest they are,
shockey80
(4,379 posts)rusty fender
(3,428 posts)thug
Windy City Charlie
(1,178 posts)It's almost as if Pompeo is agreeing to do these interviews to set up the reporters for the sole purpose of getting his talking point out.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)moondust
(19,993 posts)Just call the FBI and the press a bunch of nasty political opponents and ignore them.
spanone
(135,846 posts)sop
(10,203 posts)Pompeo's no dummy, he's a graduate of both West Point and Harvard Law. He started a military aerospace company in 1998, with investments from Koch Industries and Bain & Company (Romney's old firm). Pompeo sold his interest in Nex-Tech Aerospace in 2006 and became president of Sentry International, an oilfield equipment manufacturer and partner of Koch Industries.
Pompeo was elected to represent Kansas' 4th congressional district in 2010, then Trump named him head of the CIA in 2017 and SoS in 2018. Now he finds himself deeply enmeshed in Trump's endless web of corruption and lies. Like everyone who comes into contact with Trump, I hope Pompeo ends up impeached, indicted and in prison, with his reputation completely ruined.
Judi Lynn
(160,545 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He is the scariest, most repulsive man on the planet. The anger and hatred just ooze from every pore.
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spanone
(135,846 posts)and pompeo is an asshole who's in the trump administration.
She's acres smarter than him.
elleng
(130,974 posts)who responded immediately: 'I do not work for the DNC, I am an independent reporter,' and went on with her very good interview.
Grins
(7,218 posts)To: Its like youre working for the DNC, the correct response is:
And youre lucky Im not working for the U.S. Attorneys office.
dem4decades
(11,297 posts)dawg day
(7,947 posts)"No, I work for the truth."
WyattKansas
(1,648 posts)Everything PompASS has touched in Departments and Agencies he ran after being appointed by tRUMP. Including ALL personnel changes and appointments he made, which should immediately be undone and remedied with appropriate good long standing public servants not compromised by the toxic poison that was unleashed in the U.S. Government tRUMP and his republican players.
Now that the damn is breaking, don't let the truth go away quietly for all those who were the henchmen and those who went along to protect their personal retirement accounts. Because their Oath ordered them to do the very opposite. Their choice was made when they failed to uphold their duty to the Constitution, which didn't say a damn thing about their retirement account or career!
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)NCLefty
(3,678 posts)Garrett78
(10,721 posts)He doesn't support the right wing agenda because he's stupid or crazy (first in his class at West Point). He's just a bad fucking person. And, sadly, we must acknowledge that that's what we're dealing with on a massive scale. Republicans aren't simply people with a different opinion about the role of government or tax rates. We're dealing with horrible, horrible people. We're dealing with deplorables (and to a much greater extent than Hillary graciously stated).