Watching Set Mooulton on Morning Joe. What a self important blowhard.

[Dream Girl]

It’s clear he is relishing the drama and “romance” of the situation. He was all “the deadline must be extended” until he got there and learned he doesn’t know what the hell he’s talking about.

[GPV]

1. Little minnow thinks he's a shark?

[Walleye]

2. His manner and attitude just turned me off. And he's speaking from ignorance

[Lulu Latech]

3. He's the Ted Cruz of the Democratic Party

Hope he gets a viable Primary candidate

[wyn borkins]

4. In My Opinion

Both Reps. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) and Peter Meijer (R-Mich.) who made an unauthorized invasion(trip) of(to) Kabul should be REMOVED from office immediately and never be allowed to serve in any government position (again).

[PatSeg]

5. I had always felt like he was a self important blowhard,

but being he was a Democrat, I was willing to cut him some slack. Now I think that most of what he says and does is just political theater. This ridiculous and dangerous stunt of his is the last straw. Maybe he thinks that one day he can run for president.

[Dream Girl]

6. That's definitely the vibe I'm getting.

[PatSeg]

9. He already wrote the "I Want to be President" book

a few years ago. "Called to Serve - Learning to Lead in War and Peace" (that's not too obvious). Then staging photo ops for publicity instead of serving his constituents, the job he was hired to do. His trying to unseat Nancy Pelosi as Speaker, because she was "too old" was another obvious attempt to get media attention. Unfortunately, it wasn't positive publicity.

Perhaps he should consider a different career path.

[Tracer]

7. Well, he did give it a go for president.

And got almost NO support and dropped out.

[PatSeg]

8. And I'll be he's still dreaming of it

Once you get bitten by the bug, the urge seems to never go away.

[dalton99a]

12. Seth "I'm Actually Brilliant" Moulton fancies himself as the next coming of JFK

This transcript of a public event in a presidential library is in the public domain

https://www.jfklibrary.org/events-and-awards/forums/past-forums/transcripts/a-conversation-with-seth-moulton

A CONVERSATION WITH SETH MOULTON
OCTOBER 30, 2015

TOM PUTNAM: Good evening. I'm Tom Putnam, Director of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. ...

Mr. Gergen has been a mentor to Congressman Moulton for over 15 years. And allow me to read a brief excerpt, verbatim, from his endorsement during the 2014 campaign:

For Seth, the call to service came from the US Marine Corps, where he signed up as an infantry officer. As America went to war in the Middle East, off he went with his troops on the first wave into Iraq, an invasion he disagreed with, and then second and third tour, all in danger zones.

Thankfully, he came home safely and was preparing to pursue concurrent degrees at Harvard Business School and the Kennedy School, until General David Petraeus asked him to put his uniform back on for the surge. And off he went to a fourth tour, not in the safety of the green zone, but south of Baghdad, amid more danger.

Seth did eventually come home and earned those Harvard degrees. He worked for a start-up in Texas, trying to build a high-speed rail, and then moved back to Massachusetts to consider a run for Congress.

In an editorial in the Boston Globe, Mr. Gergen made a comparison that is apt for this evening:

Returning from military combat in World War II, a 29-year-old John F. Kennedy hung up his uniform and embraced a new form of service back home: running for Congress from the 11th district of Massachusetts. He was one of many young veterans who ran and won in 1946 by appealing to voters' eagerness for change. ...

DAVID GERGEN: But the contrast here is your desire to serve, and yet at the same time you majored in physics. Help us understand that.

CONGRESSMAN SETH MOULTON: I'm actually brilliant, because if you major in physics, for everybody in life who sees your résumé and not your transcript, you sound very smart. [laughter] That's most people. No, look, I liked physics. I think Harvard taught me that I wasn't smart enough to be a physicist, but– [laughter] But I was always into science. And you know what, we need more people with a science background in Congress. Not everybody in Congress believe in science today. [applause]

[JonAndKatePlusABird]

14. Yikes

You would think that someone so brilliant would be capable of understanding how he comes off to others. Unless he’s purposely trying to come off as a massive tool, which would be odd in its own right.

[PatSeg]

17. Yeah, I was thinking the same thing

His lack of self-awareness makes him a really poor political candidate for any office. Of course, that worked for Trump, but it's not likely to work for a Democrat.

[PatSeg]

16. Oh my, that really is a bit of a stretch

Someone needs to tell Seth that he's not very good at this humble hero persona. Maybe a little less bragging and more actual doing his job, which was not going to Afghanistan on an unauthorized field trip for a photo op.

[smirkymonkey]

15. He's from MA's 6th District (Salem, MA).

And yes, he is a self-important blowhard. It's too bad, because he had a lot of things going for him until he decided to try on Ted Cruz's personality for size.

[PatSeg]

18. Yes, politics was really a poor career choice for him

unless of course he wants to run as a republican. For some reason, republicans seem to like self-important blowhards.

[stillcool]

10. reminds me of Scott Brown

without the (R) label.

[Deep State Witch]

11. Someone Needs to Primary Him

We need a good Progressive to primary him.

[Sogo]

13. He ran for Pres. in 2020 and dropped out early.

He has 2024 aspirations.

Problem is, he's shown very poor judgement in trying to obtain a photo op in Afghanistan.



Say goodnight, Seth....