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applegrove

(118,492 posts) Tue Dec 27, 2016, 09:34 PM Dec 2016

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General Flynn may be falling out of favour. Too many around Trump think

he is a flake. CNN

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General Flynn may be falling out of favour. Too many around Trump think (Original Post) applegrove Dec 2016 OP

One would think that would be a positive. eom guillaumeb Dec 2016 #1

Bwah-hah, DUzy UTUSN Dec 2016 #2

The only place lower: guillaumeb Dec 2016 #9

He'll wind up GP6971 Dec 2016 #10

Of course it is a positive. Can you imagine a flake advising a flake? Well applegrove Dec 2016 #11

Even if Ivanka and the other grownups get rid of Flynn, Eugene Dec 2016 #3

Flynn is pretty much offshore now, no? Maru Kitteh Dec 2016 #5

If the people around trump could spot a flake... NightWatcher Dec 2016 #4

I bet they know Flynn helped Russia... I'd put some money on it uponit7771 Dec 2016 #6

think? his tweets are like a neon sign of flakiness spanone Dec 2016 #7

He must be a huge flake if the Trumpettes think he is a flake. Glimmer of Hope Dec 2016 #8

Funny enough...that's the same thing the CPUSA said about Reagan NYC Liberal Dec 2016 #12

That's right. I wonder if Flynn is a dyslexic like Trump? I'm dyslexic and I like it when applegrove Dec 2016 #13

so what do they think of Trump ? JI7 Dec 2016 #14

He's disinterested as president's go so that means much much more power for each cabinet secretary. applegrove Dec 2016 #15

But not mentally unhinged/insane..... SaschaHM Dec 2016 #16

So is Trump Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2016 #17

Karl Bernstein said he had heard those around Trump thought so. I just applegrove Dec 2016 #18

Being a flake, unqualified, or mentally unsound has never stopped Trump AgadorSparticus Dec 2016 #19

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)

1. One would think that would be a positive. eom

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Dec 27, 2016, 09:36 PM

Dec 2016

UTUSN

(70,645 posts)

2. Bwah-hah, DUzy

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 27, 2016, 09:47 PM

Dec 2016

That said, the dude has been tossed out before, but then to be tossed by *this* scurvy crowd!1 Where can he go from here?!1

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)

9. The only place lower:

Reply to UTUSN (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 27, 2016, 10:02 PM

Dec 2016

Breitbart News?

GP6971

(31,110 posts)

10. He'll wind up

Reply to UTUSN (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 27, 2016, 10:24 PM

Dec 2016

at some conservative think tank and be on the board of directors of conservative corporations. He won't be lacking.

applegrove

(118,492 posts)

11. Of course it is a positive. Can you imagine a flake advising a flake? Well

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 27, 2016, 10:33 PM

Dec 2016

you don't have to imagine it. It's real. I just hope they can remove him. And not stop there.

Eugene

(61,810 posts)

3. Even if Ivanka and the other grownups get rid of Flynn,

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Dec 27, 2016, 09:48 PM

Dec 2016

Dump will find another source of advice the confirms his world view
even if he has to go offshore.

Maru Kitteh

(28,313 posts)

5. Flynn is pretty much offshore now, no?

Reply to Eugene (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 27, 2016, 09:53 PM

Dec 2016

I mean, honestly what we seem to be down to is will Putin be making the pick or somebody else?

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)

4. If the people around trump could spot a flake...

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Dec 27, 2016, 09:49 PM

Dec 2016

we wouldn't be in this to begin with.

uponit7771

(90,301 posts)

6. I bet they know Flynn helped Russia... I'd put some money on it

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Dec 27, 2016, 09:55 PM

Dec 2016

spanone

(135,791 posts)

7. think? his tweets are like a neon sign of flakiness

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Dec 27, 2016, 09:58 PM

Dec 2016

Glimmer of Hope

(5,823 posts)

8. He must be a huge flake if the Trumpettes think he is a flake.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Dec 27, 2016, 09:59 PM

Dec 2016

NYC Liberal

(20,135 posts)

12. Funny enough...that's the same thing the CPUSA said about Reagan

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Dec 27, 2016, 11:00 PM

Dec 2016

when he tried to join in the '30s and they said no thanks.

applegrove

(118,492 posts)

13. That's right. I wonder if Flynn is a dyslexic like Trump? I'm dyslexic and I like it when

Reply to NYC Liberal (Reply #12)

Wed Dec 28, 2016, 12:36 AM

Dec 2016

I talk to someone else who is. I can really talk to them in that 3D way and from all angles and assumptions dyslexics approach a problem from. I can relax and spitball. Reagan was a dyslexic too. I wonder is the dyslexia connection is why Trump seems so enamoured with Flynn?

JI7

(89,240 posts)

14. so what do they think of Trump ?

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Dec 28, 2016, 12:42 AM

Dec 2016

applegrove

(118,492 posts)

15. He's disinterested as president's go so that means much much more power for each cabinet secretary.

Reply to JI7 (Reply #14)

Wed Dec 28, 2016, 12:44 AM

Dec 2016

So I'm sure they love working for Trump.

SaschaHM

(2,897 posts)

16. But not mentally unhinged/insane.....

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Dec 28, 2016, 12:45 AM

Dec 2016

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,741 posts)

17. So is Trump

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Dec 28, 2016, 12:53 AM

Dec 2016

What's your point?

applegrove

(118,492 posts)

18. Karl Bernstein said he had heard those around Trump thought so. I just

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Reply #17)

Wed Dec 28, 2016, 12:56 AM

Dec 2016

thought it was a tiny shred of good news.

AgadorSparticus

(7,963 posts)

19. Being a flake, unqualified, or mentally unsound has never stopped Trump

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Dec 28, 2016, 01:09 AM

Dec 2016

...now, if he has a mustache on the other hand....

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