No, I do not trust the "Republican Tool" Feinstein on the Intelligence Committee.

[kentuck]

Last edited Sun Jun 9, 2013, 05:42 PM - Edit history (2)

She was a rubber stamp for George W Bush or they just kept her in the dark like mushrooms. Every once in a while they would feed her a little bullshit so she could come in the front and say what a great job they were doing protecting our country. She is blind as a bat.

She may be a good Senator in some respects. This is not one of those respects. She is an incompetent patsy and gullible to everything that is given her, so long as it has a "SECRET" stamp on it. She should move over and let someone with a little more curiosity take her place, in my humble opinion.

2nd edit: change "Shit-Head" to "Republican Tool"...

[ForgoTheConsequence]

1. She's a career politician.

Who's lined her pockets with war contract money via her husband. D or R she's whats wrong with politics in this country.

[DirkGently]

2. She's clearly been co-opted (nt)

[treestar]

3. There's no one you would trust

Think of all the spies, CIA operatives, FBI agents. All of them out to get us.

[tkmorris]

4. I agree with you, but...

I don't understand the usage of "Grandma" as an apparent pejorative in this context. Am I missing some cultural reference or something that would change the meaning here?

[kentuck]

7. She is kind and sensitive...

and loving and all the good things you can say about Grandmas.

But she is not tough, questioning, or curious about keeping our Constitution, in my opinion.

Grandma is not a negative description. It is just accurate for her position.

[deurbano]

18. I think Feinstein is very tough... and very wrong.

She may well be kind, sensitive and loving to her own grandchildren, but her history as one of the biggest Democratic war hawks doesn't demonstrate much kindness, sensitivity and love to other people's grandchildren.

Grandmothers can't be reduced to a stereotype... but even if they could, I just don't see how Feinstein fits the stereotype you have outlined. I've lived in San Francisco (her hometown) for the last 35 years, and I have never heard her described that way. (More like, the opposite.)

[backscatter712]

5. She has a long history of being a corrupt authoritarian DINO.

[deurbano]

6. I don't trust her on the Intelligence Committee, either...but disagree with the "Grandma" reference.

California should be represented by someone more progressive... but it has nothing to do with her age.

[CountAllVotes]

8. You cannot trust her

Take it from an oldie native of SF. I saw it all w/her.

is all I can say!

& recommend!!

[Junkdrawer]

9. Anyone else remember the Coleen Rowley / Zaccarias Moussaoui affair?

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1003988,00.html

And remember Feinstein's "explanation"?

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Feinstein-says-racial-profiling-fears-hinder-FBI-2831222.php

I watched the hearings and couldn't believe my ears.

[IDemo]

25. I've stopped bringing it up to folks who claim Chimpy had no warning

To a person, the only response I get is the same blank stare he had in the classroom on the morning of 9/11 (as differentiated from the blank stare on every other day).

[jehop61]

10. Certainly looks like

you've bought the right wing kool aid and have turned against any and all progressives. Just who is around that you do trust? Let's get the straight story before castigating people in the government who are actually concerned about YOUR safety whether you believe it or not. Let's investigate and change things we don't like, but let's get at the truth.

[roody]

11. She does not give a shit about us.

The war machine keeps her rich. Her age is immaterial to her moral bankruptcy.

[kentuck]

14. I could edit the headline so that it would be more politically correct..?

No, I do not trust Shit-Head Feinstein on the Intelligence Committee.

On edit: changed "Grandma" to "Shit-Head" so it would be more appropriate by DU standards.

[roody]

15. Lol

[kentuck]

12. Yes, many are sworn to protect and defend the Constitution...

I don't think they take an oath to personally protect and defend my "safety". We have local and county law enforcement that does a pretty good job, thank you.

Who's drinking the "right wing kool aid"? Who is supporting and embracing the Bush doctrine on foreign policy and secrecy to protect us from the terrorists? This is a big turn for the Democratic Party if that is the direction we choose to go?

[Bluenorthwest]

13. DiFi is not a progressive kiddo, she's a fairly conservative Democrat. She's no Jeff Merkley that's

for sure. She's also not Barbara Boxer, Ron Wyden, Bernie Sanders, she's Diane, who stood up on a platform built of the bones of Milk and Moscone so she could betray their principles a thousand times. Last week she and her centrist ilk demanded the removal of protections for LGBT people from the immigration bill, she said it would pass instantly as long as her GOP friends did not so much as have to debate those aspects.

[diane in sf]

26. Except for gun control and choice she is a Republican, war monger, economic royalist,

And her husband made a pile on the Iraq war.

[BlueCheese]

16. She voted for a Constitutional amendment to ban flag-burning.

That shows how much she cares about civil liberties-- very little.

[blkmusclmachine]

17. Don't like DiFi either, but sh!thead is just wrong. (Sorry.)

[kentuck]

19. Edited:

Is it better or should I have just stuck with "Grandma"?

[jazzimov]

20. Funny, DiFi used to be a favorite of DU

specifically for speaking out against BushCo.

[Canuckistanian]

22. I don't ever remember those days

DiFi was always a pushover for the GOP. She made some favorable noises sometimes, but ALWAYS voted against progressive issues, ESPECIALLY when it dealt with war or intelligence services.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

24. Really?

DiFi was never a favorite here back in the day. She was considered a hawk who aided and abetted Bush's worst foreign policy nightmares.

You've been here for 6 months and you know what DU was like during the Bush years? Zombie much?

[MNBrewer]

21. She's no liberal

despite being from SF.

[LittleBlue]

23. Terrible senator. Will be 80 this month

hopefully that means she's done running.

[backscatter712]

27. She's been a notorious DINO sellout.

Not just on intelligence stuff, but on the Iraq War, on the RIAA/MPAA/MAFIAA, on video game censorship, etc.