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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Mon Oct 3, 2016, 05:50 PM Oct 2016

"If you’re president, the button you reach for is not the Twitter button; it’s the nuclear button.."

Michael Chertoff Endorses Hillary Clinton For President

The lifelong Republican, who served under President George W. Bush, told Bloomberg he is endorsing the former secretary of state because of her experience on matters of national security. Clinton, he said, “has good judgment and a strategic vision how to deal with the threats that face us.”

Chertoff’s endorsement of Clinton is surprising, to say the least. He was once the lead Republican counsel on the Senate Whitewater committee, which looked into one of the earliest Clinton scandals in search of a storyline.

What made Chertoff shun Donald Trump, the nominee of his own party? The real estate mogul’s poor performance in last week’s debate and his impulsive temperament in the wake of his feud with former Miss Universe Alicia Machado:

“Not only did he seem at the debate to lose his temper, but to get up at 3:30 a.m. and reach for your smartphone is to me a hysterical reaction. If you’re president, the button you reach for is not the Twitter button; it’s the nuclear button,” Chertoff told Bloomberg.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/michael-chertoff-hillary-clinton_us_57f24e9be4b024a52d2f9a48
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"If you’re president, the button you reach for is not the Twitter button; it’s the nuclear button.." (Original Post) Miles Archer Oct 2016 OP
Oh, well, that's not impulsive and dangerous. Frank Cannon Oct 2016 #1
oooooh using the sexist slur "hysterical" against the donnie! that'll provoke some tweets! unblock Oct 2016 #2

Frank Cannon

(7,570 posts)
1. Oh, well, that's not impulsive and dangerous.
Mon Oct 3, 2016, 05:54 PM
Oct 2016

How about if the next President of the United States exhibits the emotional maturity of an adult when it comes to things like killing everyone on the face of the Earth?

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