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(2,543 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)is on the job!
ProfessorGAC
(65,213 posts)I'm amazed by the directness of that simple reply.
True Blue American
(17,992 posts)Said it better!
Delmette2.0
(4,171 posts)madaboutharry
(40,224 posts)I still cant figure out how these very dumb people make it so far in politics.
atreides1
(16,094 posts)By getting brain dead, mouth breathing, knuckle draggers to vote for them...in simple terms they appeal to those dumber then they are!!!
SmittyWerben
(823 posts)"These guys may be liars, grifters, thieves and amoral...but at least they aren't Democrats." All the rethugs I deal with here in Texas are easily out maneuvered in any discussion of policy and action, but their overarching answer to all is "at least he/she is not a Democrat." The republican party has been branding democrats as horrible baby killer commies for 50 years now, the rank and file are unwilling to see democrats as any thing but awful. To do so would be to admit they are wrong...and that has not happened in the republican party since Nixon got impeached.
oldsoftie
(12,618 posts)PatSeg
(47,623 posts)It is mindboggling. I look at some of them and think, "You aren't qualified to do anything in the real world, so you went into politics where no qualifications are required". It is either politics or reality TV. They can't become professional criminals because they are too stupid. (Well, I suppose some politicians could be considered "criminals", but not very professional.)
MontanaMama
(23,337 posts)On behalf of the American people, of course.
Deminpenn
(15,290 posts)as it were.
Wounded Bear
(58,724 posts)MiHale
(9,785 posts)LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,595 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,735 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,332 posts)It takes real malfeasance in office to piss off one of the most respected people in his field. That is a ton of bricks dumped on McCarthy. Kev baby has no credibility remaining.
markie
(22,758 posts)and McCarthy is very deserving
AverageOldGuy
(1,546 posts)I'm a retired Army officer of a certain rank. For the last 12 years of my 30-year career I worked closely with general officers. Except for a couple who slipped through, they were well-educated, thoughtful, carefully-spoken and articulate. When a general officer resorted to profanity, you knew your shit was in the street.
For Mike Hayden to call McCarthy an asshole means the GO corps has had it with McCarthy and, probably, with Republican efforts to tar the military.
twodogsbarking
(9,832 posts)Any time is good.
tavernier
(12,407 posts)Stainless
(718 posts)Because it also describes the stench that Kevin McCarthy brings to the discussion.
Ford_Prefect
(7,921 posts)...And Assholes!
AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)-misanthroptimist
(821 posts)...a team of Sherpas, and Divine Intervention. He's an idiot, dishonest, and incompetent. He'd find some way or emotional reason to screw up.
He almost always does.
PatSeg
(47,623 posts)He is always so busy suing people who hurt his precious feelings.
lastlib
(23,310 posts)he made it to the bottom of the bottom. Without navigational aids, in fact--just gut instinct.
-misanthroptimist
(821 posts)Even shit will sink...if it's dense enough. And Nunes is pretty dense, by any standard.
pwb
(11,292 posts)I say investigate Fucker and bring him to Guantanamo. Fucker has turned free speech into free hate. The little bow tie freak.
mitch96
(13,926 posts)AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)Devin Nunez just the man for that job. LOL.
Midnight Writer
(21,812 posts)Who decided that the NSA monitoring communications between Americans and foreign agents is a problem?
Could it be...Putin?
GoCubsGo
(32,095 posts)Submariner
(12,509 posts)Deep State Witch
(10,463 posts)That's my North Side Pittsburgh homeboy right there!
Grins
(7,234 posts)Deep State Witch
(10,463 posts)Okay, let's say for a moment that F*cker Carlson IS the subject of a counterintelligence investigation.
1. People generally don't know that they're being investigated. Who tipped him off?
2. Contrary to popular belief, the NSA does not listen in on American citizens without a FISA warrant and a damn good justification for it. What probably happened was that he was communicating with a foreign national that was being monitored (as is perfectly legal under the 4th Amendment and other governing documents). This is the same way that Manafort was caught talking to the Russian ambassador.
3. If a US Citizen is on the other end of a call where illegal activities are being discussed, it is reported to the NSA Inspector General's office, and referred to the FBI. Mango Mussolini installed one of his minions at in the NSA IG's office, but he was walked out the door on January 21st, after only having his clearance a few days at the most.
Which leads to the $64,000 question - F*cker, why were you talking about illegal activities to a foreign national?
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)PsakiPswirli
(71 posts)Peppertoo
(435 posts)Captain Zero
(6,827 posts)nt
mdbl
(4,976 posts)expresses my thoughts directly
uriel1972
(4,261 posts)As a political instrument." There we are. Isn't that what you meant to say?