Pic Of The Moment: Rumsfeld Says A "Trained Ape" Would Be Better At Foreign Policy Than Obama

[EarlG]

Donald Rumsfeld: 'A Trained Ape' Would Be Better At Foreign Policy Than Obama

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[MannyGoldstein]

1. These people have a serious mental illness

To think they ran stuff... yikes.

[NYtoBush-Drop Dead]

12. better wake up...

They're going to run it again. For all of the progressives on this board who are "angry" with the President, because he isn't liberal enough... for all of the liberals who come here to bash the President, for all of them who will sit home in 2014 as the pawns of the koch suckers... the repugs are coming again and they're coming for you.

[rock]

14. No, we can critique (or if you prefer criticize) the president

(and out party) and still vote for them. Voting for the repiggies is like setting fire to this country!

[MannyGoldstein]

16. Time after time, polls show that Liberals vote in very-high numbers

It's the more moderate or "uncommitted" folks who stay home or move to the right, and they do this because they don't feel that Democrats are fighting for them.

Democrats need to embrace Liberal values, not kick them to the curb, to increase our voting numbers. We need FDR/Warren, not Clinton/Obama/WallStreet.

[NYtoBush-Drop Dead]

60. You may need Warren

but she says she isn't running. And would never win the nomination if she did.

[MannyGoldstein]

61. Hillary has also said she's not running. Repeatedly.

Why is that different?

[NYtoBush-Drop Dead]

63. Hillary has said she hasn't decided yet...

But she has a massive ground game in Iowa already, so go figure...

[JDPriestly]

20. The president isn't liberal enough.

If he had a strong, liberal agenda all the way around, he would have more support and stir up more enthusiasm. His presidency has been far to cautious. What happened to the campaign to raise the minimum wage for example? Was that just for show?

Don't shoot the DU messengers.

We on DU don't set policy goals. The president does. If he is doing his job, he will win the election. If he is inspiring voters, they will come out even in off-year elections. Don't blame those who see the inadequacies of the Obama administration. Blame the inadequacies.

Why did Obama appoint Tim Geithner and the Larry Summers crowd to high places in his first term? And why are so many clueless conservative Democrats in his current cabinet? Those are the questions that should be asked.

Don't shoot the DU messengers.

[the_working_poor]

42. OBAMA IS NOT A LIBERAL AT ALL!

I don't know why people keep thinking he is.
HE IS NOT!
he's a RAYGUN DEMOCRAT, he has said as much!
He's a pragmatic conservative at the very best.

I wish people would open their ears and pay attention.
He's a corporatist, like Hillary.
they aren't bad people but for the love of GOD people PLEASE stop thinking they are like us!
they aren't.

We need real liberals and ACTUAL moderates, like grayson and warren!

[Larry Ogg]

51. Your right, Obama and the Clinton's are no more a liberal than the Bush's or Romney's

Unfortunately, most people tend to judge politicians not by the content of their character, but by the color of their political ideology.

[xocet]

22. Should it be a surprise that this is what looking forward instead of prosecuting gets one?

Prosecute Bush et al.

[rhett o rick]

24. One more "liberal-hate" post aimed at pissing off liberals. Nice try but

liberals are not going to stay home. The very fact that they speak out on issues shows they have more spirit than the Third Wayers, that would welcome Christie if he would switch parties. Seems to me like posts like this are aimed at disruption and division. Just MHO.

[MrMickeysMom]

48. Better check your voter rolls again, NY2BDD...

I see a lot of the "stayed home" have removed themselves from both parties. The impoverished who are marketed to stay home from the polls… I suppose that's a Democratic tactic, too?

[Larry Ogg]

50. Yes, they are going to run again...

And they will keep on running and winning until they are held accountable.

Of course, they, the criminals in both parties, know they will never be held accountable because of the substantially large right wing authoritarian idol worshiping base in both political parties, that equally vote against their own best interest.

In other words, fuck the Koch's, if your voting for a corporate con-artist that works for the CFR while hiding behind the social facades of democratic and republican ideologies, then the joke is on you, and you have been reduced to fighting over whether it's better to be hung with a blue rope or a red rope.

And if you think liberals are clueless as to what is going on, and need to wake up, guess what, the joke is on you again.

But enough of that! When it becomes obvious to you, like when it's way too late, that the government has totally morphed from a two party crooks and con-artist pretend democracy puppet show, to some far worse right wing extremist evil, and you want to know who the guilty is, just go take a close look into the mirror.

[Larry Ogg]

46. Psychopathy is not considered as being a mental illness.

And they ran / run things because money in government has trumped accountability.

[malthaussen]

2. LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!

[Botany]

3. Donald Rumsfeld;

"We know where they are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east,
west, south and north somewhat." –on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction

[Gary 50]

4. How would an untrained ape..

How would an untrained ape describe an imaginary objects location? Well it's east, west, north and south of someplace. Thanks for the disinformation you lying lowlife piece of shit.

[Botany]

8. In a just world Rummy would be in a super max prison for what he did

[rhett o rick]

25. We cant let Pres Obama pardon these war criminals. nm

[calimary]

11. We know where his head is.

It's in the area around his descending colon, and east, west, south and north somewhat.

[maddiemom]

37. When "Rummie" came out with this inane line, I nearly threw up in

disgust. Same with his "known, unknown" stuff. Why is this man still given credence. Surely even Fox should be embarrassed. For him to have the nerve to criticize anyone is just indicative of the downfall of this country, sadly. For how many deaths is he responsible?

[maddiemom]

38. But wait! There's still Dick Cheney, out there with a forum and even more nasty.

[siligut]

5. Boo hoo Rummy, Obama doesn't buy into your view of the US as a warring kingdom.

Maybe our current president respects foreign sovereignty.

How often is Obama just out and out appalled by the GOP's complete lack of diplomacy and statesmanship?

He never comes out with statements like, "A snake in the grass would be envious of Rumsfeld's greed, subterfuge and cruelty."

Maybe resorting to small-minded attacks, with racial/species undertones just isn't Obama's style.

[Snotcicles]

6. There he goes bolstering his own species again. nt

[geretogo]

7. Amazing how much Rumsfeld looks like Heinrich Himler .

[calimary]

13. Welcome to DU, geretogo!

Glad you're here! This bastard makes me boil! Arrogant schmuck! I saw that documentary about him - "The Unknown Knowns." NEVER have I heard such pretzel logic. Such convoluted gobbledygook. He can sure talk a polluted ocean-full. No wonder so many have been swayed. You get lost in the wild, roaming, twisty-turny wording that takes you absolutely nowhere. But it's a lot of fancy-sounding phrases and allegedly-profound NONSENSE. He could have been the Jabberwock. The chapter in "Alice in Wonderland" could have been "rummywocky." Schmuck.

Ironically, he's one of the very few in that den of PNAC iniquity who actually, astoundingly, DID wear his country's uniform. He actually did serve. HOWEVER, that was - for him - luckily-timed. He served in the military conveniently BETWEEN wars. I think it was between Korea and Vietnam that his tour of duty was. So yeah, he served, but he never saw combat. Never put his ass in harm's way. Never got his hands dirty. How nice for him. So he still never understood what war is. Never lost any comrades in the foxhole or the tank, never got shot at. Never faced what he sent thousands of our boys and girls, our sons and daughters, our most precious treasures, over to that hell hole to face. So he's still as much of a candy-ass and a fop and a pussy and a chickenhawk as any of 'em, in my opinion.

Pardon my coarse language. But considering the subject, I think he's earned it. AND worse!

[geretogo]

18. Well said

People better wake up and see these people for who they are ,---SOCIOPATHS--- . I am 66 and have been
watching and listening to these criminals for 34 years , since Reagen raised his right hand .
I remember life before Reagen and I've seen this country going more and more authoritarian , anti democratic ,
Theocratic , and Fascist . I think we are seeing the death of democratic government here .
Unless there is an up rising by the millions on the streets I see no hope .

[dreamnightwind]

49. You spelled Raygun wrong

Oh and welcome to DU.

[geretogo]

59. Thanks, your right.

[AtheistCrusader]

9. He's just pissed because his pet defense contractors are going on a revenue diet.

If you aren't deliberately pissing off the entire world, to drive defense sales, he sees it as a 'failure' of diplomacy.

Rumsfeld is a warmaker. He cannot recognize the efforts of, or purpose for peace. He cannot profit from it, therefore it is 'wrong' to him.

[Cleita]

10. For someone whose really good at flinging poo, he

needs to look in the mirror.

[albino65]

15. He should kiss Obama's ass

and thank him every day for not turning him and Cheney over to the Hague to be tried for war crimes.

[lunasun]

26. +1 !! exactly

[Larry Ogg]

53. Did you ever stop think that maybe Obama and other high ranking corporately owned democrats...

let all the made in America war criminals go because of their philosophical and psychological similarities?

[albino65]

54. Did YOU ever stop to think?

I forgot what I was going to say...

[Larry Ogg]

57. Well if you must know, I think too much...

And I think your avoiding a premise that might cause you to suffer a little cognitive dissidence. Can't have that can we?

I also think you said what you wanted to say. So I guess that makes you clever!

[byronius]

17. That successfully elicited a chortle from me.

[Jack Rabbit]

19. That was my reaction to Rummy's remark

!!

[tofuandbeer]

21. They worked so hard and spent so much of our money to get us into wars.

And here Obama has the chance of a lifetime (to go to war with Russia) dropped into his lap, and he doesn't even talk about war.

Obama is countless times better in foreign policy than those hate-filled, callous fuqs.

[90-percent]

23. Geeeez, Don, you ignorant slut! Racist much?

Here's one for your next sound bite, you treasonous sack of phlegm.

"A porch monkey come to life would do a better job on foreign policy than Obama."

Powerful, mean, stupid and committing crimes against humanity is the way you've gone through life, son.

Could we please eject this war criminal from polite society?

-90% Jimmy

[kairos12]

27. Rumsfield is a moron--signed by Coco the gorilla

[WillyT]

28. K & R !!!

[classykaren]

29. Don't forget Regan and Bonzo

[Dopers_Greed]

30. I would hardly say "trained" though

Jeb was the one the family trained.

[whatchamacallit]

31. Haha another winner POTM!

[tanyev]

32. Nice.

[Bohemianwriter]

33. This must mean an admission..

Since he got fired for incompetence, that must mean that he is not as well trained as a monkey.

Rummy need to go back to potty training..

[Enthusiast]

34. War criminal and traitor!

Rumsfeld = evil POS

[trusty elf]

35. Bush League Chimpions

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[nakocal]

36. Racist ingorant bastard

So not only is donald rumsfeld and ignorant money-grubbing anti-American but he is also a racist.

[SummerSnow]

39. He's the Emporer..

[AsahinaKimi]

41. A good photo shop person

Could replace the Emperor's face with his, and I bet it would fit... or be fitting!

[rocktivity]

40. Well, Rumsfeld ought to know

HE tried it with an UNtrained ape.


rocktivity

[gtar100]

43. He's a legend in his own mind.

Because the reality of just how much they sucked at foreign relations just doesn't sink in.

[progree]

44. I disagree with the insinuation that G.W. Bush was a trained ape

"trained" implies he was capable of learning

[Cha]

45. Shouldn't that "trained ape" have been spot on if rummy did

trained him? There's goes that fucking theory.

He freaking stepped into It!

[greymattermom]

47. That's the ape we used to call

the Smirking Chimp, right?

[demwing]

52. Asking Rumsfeld if we should invade a country

Is like asking Rainman if we should buy underwear from Kmart.

[catbyte]

55. Apes are smarter & more noble than Shrub could ever hope to be!

[tavalon]

56. Sadly, it's not a matter of forgetting, sociopaths just don't care.

[Gothmog]

58. Great cartoon

[treestar]

62. lol