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babylonsister

(171,035 posts)
Sat Mar 3, 2018, 07:02 AM Mar 2018

Former CIA Director John Brennan...

https://politicalwire.com/2018/03/02/extra-bonus-quote-day-124/

Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
March 2, 2018 at 6:11 pm EST
By Taegan Goddard


“When I hear what Vladimir Putin was saying just yesterday about the nuclear capabilities he has, the President of the United States is tweeting about Alec Baldwin this morning, I mean, where is your sense of priorities? I think a lot of Americans are looking at what’s happening with a sense of — this is surreal. And I’m hoping that those in Congress as well as the 30 percent of Americans out there who still believe in what Mr. Trump is saying, will look past that and say, are we really doing what we need to do as a country to protect ourselves and ensure our children and grandchildren are going to be remain safe, secure and prosperous in the future? And I have my serious, serious doubts. And the longer this goes on, the worse it’s going to get.”

— Former CIA Director John Brennan, in an interview with MSNBC.
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duforsure

(11,885 posts)
1. John Brennan was spot on
Sat Mar 3, 2018, 07:45 AM
Mar 2018

And did everyone notice on Putin's targeting display where all the missiles were hitting? Florida near tumps lumbago properties. Did tump stop paying his russian creditors, and this was a message to tump? Is tump using our government and resources now for his personal protection, and to use for threats, yes I think so. That should make his Florida property values drop, and his fellow residents regret they bought into his place now. That happens a lot to his places he sells to people. Brennan has been very vocal for quite a while about the seriousness of protecting our country from Russia , and tump ignores it all for Putin.

 

tomp

(9,512 posts)
6. We have to protect ourselves from corporatism.
Sat Mar 3, 2018, 09:25 AM
Mar 2018

That is what controls what goes on in washington. Trump and putin are distractions from the fundamental problem.

spanone

(135,795 posts)
15. and trump has not said a word about Putin giving the world the nuclear finger
Sat Mar 3, 2018, 08:01 PM
Mar 2018

not a single word.

Putin acolyte.

Arkansas Granny

(31,507 posts)
2. I don't know how many people who were involved in national security under previous administrations
Sat Mar 3, 2018, 07:55 AM
Mar 2018

who are sounding alarms about Trump’s policies. Just off the top of my head, I have recently seen Richard Clark, James Clapper, Mike Morrell, in addition to John Brennan, who have come out to warn of the possible, if not probable, consequences of Trump's policies. It's truly frightening.

tavernier

(12,369 posts)
3. And yet, the people we elected to protect us
Sat Mar 3, 2018, 08:08 AM
Mar 2018

won’t do it.

THAT should be the bumper sticker and bill board of all time:

THE PEOPLE WE ELECTED TO PROTECT US, WON’T!
signed AMERICA.

UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts)
4. Trump is owned by Putin. There is nothing Trump can do without damaging his businesses and image.
Sat Mar 3, 2018, 09:04 AM
Mar 2018

With Trump his image and money is everything.

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
5. I would extend Putin's ownership to the leadership of the Republican Party
Sat Mar 3, 2018, 09:06 AM
Mar 2018

If any harm comes to us because of their treason, they deserve the worst fate allowed under our Constitution. If we survive.

MyOwnPeace

(16,919 posts)
7. What's really sick......
Sat Mar 3, 2018, 09:27 AM
Mar 2018

is how these lying, scumbag Pugs were always saying how it was President Obama (our last REAL President) who was leaving our country unsafe - how he was being a coward to the world and not standing up to threats.

HA!

groundloop

(11,514 posts)
10. "And the longer this goes on, the worse its going to get." - and not just for national security
Sat Mar 3, 2018, 09:30 AM
Mar 2018

45* is decimating American institutions such as the CDC, EPA, State Department, FCC, FAA and on and on. He's doing to us from within what Putin could only dream about.

RVN VET71

(2,689 posts)
11. Ooh, ooh, Sister, Sister, call on me, I know the answer!
Sat Mar 3, 2018, 09:38 AM
Mar 2018

John Brennan asks: "And I’m hoping that those in Congress as well as the 30 percent of Americans out there who still believe in what Mr. Trump is saying, will look past that and say, are we really doing what we need to do as a country to protect ourselves and ensure our children and grandchildren are going to be remain safe, secure and prosperous in the future?"

The only answer is "NO!" The GOP may as well spout its nonsense in Russian -- they've completely abandoned all serious notions of patriotism. And the 30% is so fundamentally racist, "gunnist", xeno-homo-omniphobic they won't change until Putin comes to take away their guns and sends all their sorry asses to a gulag. And when that finally happens, the 30% will bitterly blame it all on Obama, Clinton, and George Soros.

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