the worst of the worst

[speak easy]

Link to tweet

Gen Michael Hayden
@GenMhayden
I agree. And I was the CIA Director

Edward Luce
@EdwardGLuce
I’ve covered extremism and violent ideologies around the world over my career. Have never come across a political force more nihilistic, dangerous & contemptible than today’s Republicans. Nothing close.

[ashredux]

1. Well, he kind of sums it up right there

[HariSeldon]

2. Please, oh, please say this for The Lincoln Project

I really hope Gen (ret) Hayden would make a spot for TLP, something like: "I never sought public attention during my career, so let me introduce myself: I'm Gen. Hayden. I earned my rank in the US Air Force, then directed the CIA for 3 years under President Bush. In my experience there has been nothing so dangerous or threatening to our American freedoms as today's Republican Party. A vote for any Republican is a vote against American values."

[jaxexpat]

10. That is a great idea.

It would sink the GQP to lose the military support community of voters.

He needs to speak at the Democratic and the Republican conventions in 2024. He'd need an armed guard at the Republican convention. They don't like facts, truth or mirrors.

[sop]

3. That's not an exaggeration.

[dchill]

13. It's actually precision.

[calimary]

22. Yep. Pretty much.

AMAZING manipulation of the masses.

I posted in another thread - they found their “golden calf.” And they’re gonna cling to him like remoras on a shark or whale.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remora

[Ray Bruns]

4. Ouch!

[kentuck]

5. It's there for all to see...

...but we know they will turn the other way. I have faith they will be exposed, each and every one.

[NJCher]

15. I do, too

at some point....

[spooky3]

19. Mmmm--bacon...

[NJCher]

20. I love the smell of

Lardass frying in the morning.

[Upthevibe]

6. Kick. N/T

[YoshidaYui]

7. And Mitch McConnell allows it.

[rubbersole]

9. He's the hired ringleader.

[niyad]

8. KNR

[NoMoreRepugs]

11. 80Million voters don't give a rats ass - buckle up buttercups, the future is not going to be fun

or peaceful.

[NJCher]

17. you need to adjust your figures a bit

like maybe 50%. So perhaps you could revised that 80 million in your subject heading to "40 million."

This is as of July 12, and that was prior to the very damaging information that he has top secret nuclear information in his basement.


Half of Republicans wouldn't vote for Trump in primary, poll finds

https://www.axios.com/2022/07/12/trump-2024-presidential-election-gop-primary

from the NY Times:

Half of G.O.P. Voters Ready to Leave Trump Behind, Poll Finds

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/12/us/politics/trump-approval-polling-2024.html

So please, if you're going to post negative, discouraging posts, at least be up to date in your assertions.

[NoMoreRepugs]

26. Original post I commented on does not contain the word "Trump" - just

“Republican”, I stand by my numbers.

[NJCher]

27. OK, so please explain

where you got that number. What is it based on?

[NoMoreRepugs]

29. 2020 votes cast for GOP Presidential candidate - 74mm. Guess I had JB's number locked in my head.

[NJCher]

31. so half of 74 million is

37,000,000. To amend your subject line with reference to trump voters, then, it should read:

Prior to the damaging revelations about top secret information in his basement, 37Million voters would not give a rats ass - buckle up buttercups, the future is not going to be fun

And in the dialogue box, it might show some integrity if you mentioned:

That 24% is the part of the electorate that theoretically, based on polls, still supports him.

Upcoming polls may possibly show a diminishing of his support, due to the revelations that top secret information was taken from the White House and that it was stored in an insecure area of Mar-a-Lago.

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Now, we had a total of 81,000,000 + 74,000,000 voters in the last election. That is 155,000,000 voters. Trump's 74,000,000 is theoretically down to 37,000,000 due to his latest foolish act which will probably render this discussion moot because he will be in court.

If only these 155,000,000 voters go to the polls and vote like they did in the last election, trump's support is then around 24%.

Once again, I stress that the turning away from trump figures are from July 12, which is prior to the damaging revelations about the top secret information, which broke on around Aug. 12.

Even August 12 surveys are unlikely to show the full extent to which even trump voters have turned away, due to the fact that the fallout has been most damaging in the the last four or five days.

Finally, do you still stand by your statement that "the future is not going to be fun?" Because I don't know of any president who has won an election with 24% support.

And quite frankly, I think it's fun watching characters like trump go down.

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Note to any mathematically inclined posters: if i'm incorrect, please post back with my mistakes. I am an English professor, not a math professor.

[dweller]

34. dayum

you good
😄




✌🏻

[bronxiteforever]

12. Kick & recommend for visibility esp the Luce tweet

[brer cat]

14. K&R

[JohnnyRingo]

16. Consider the source of the retweet.

General Hayden himself. Wow!

[speak easy]

18. Yeah. I mean, what would he know?

[yonder]

23. No kidding. I may be wrong but I always considered him VERY conservative.

[speak easy]

37. Hayden was a speaker at CPAC 2015

He is/was a 'conservative' when that word had some meaning. Hayden supported Biden in 2020.

[Evolve Dammit]

21. That is pretty damn dark

[czarjak]

24. Wrong, and damned proud of it too! They'll never relent.

[Martin Eden]

25. Why do Luce and Hayden hate America?

[Handler]

28. A damning statement and I believe it is absolutely true.

[SunSeeker]

30. K & R & Retweeted!

[Rhiannon12866]

32. Twitter reply:

Link to tweet

[BobTheSubgenius]

33. That is STARK!!!

Unarguably true, but stark, nonetheless.

[GuppyGal]

35. This is serious and needs to be taken seriously. As much as everybody likes to knock the media I

say thank goodness for them....as imperfect as they are they are the only firewall we have.

[dalton99a]

36. Kick

[Hermit-The-Prog]

38. The radicalized Republican party is a subversive, seditious organization.

The radicalized Republican party is goose-stepping to a dystopian mix of theocracy, to control the proletariat, and fascism, with government of, by, and for (selected) industry.

Roe, Roe, Roe your vote
against theocracy!
Republicans revoke your rights
and kill democracy!

[The Jungle 1]

39. When do we reach critical mass?

At some point we must make them stop.

[BSdetect]

40. k&r