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FSogol

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16. I got the impression that he was telling the press to butt out.
Thu Oct 19, 2017, 04:29 PM
Oct 2017

The grieving family should be able to include anyone they want on the call. Trumpy and his head Enabler, Kelly, once again proved how small they really are.

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Yep, I thought Kelly was the sane one who'd keep Trump away from the nuclear keyboard. NBachers Oct 2017 #1
Just another product of the military academies. A brainwashed flag waving zero. olegramps Oct 2017 #21
As a product of one of those academies, cloudbase Oct 2017 #23
Broad brush indeed rainin Oct 2017 #38
As a state college ROTC product TomSlick Oct 2017 #40
I don't think it is worth it, even if true. Ilsa Oct 2017 #25
My SIL is a product of an academy jimmil Oct 2017 #62
Kelly's craven cruelty can only be matched by his loyalty to Trump dalton99a Oct 2017 #2
Apologize to the Johnson family - that is all they needed to do.... asiliveandbreathe Oct 2017 #3
Yes, if tRump were capable of saying, it, this would have ended the whole thing Maeve Oct 2017 #57
Drumpf's "own way" is to act like an imbecile. louis-t Oct 2017 #4
+1, that's the point !!! Red Don is an asshole !! He'll fuck up a wet dream, so of course even if it uponit7771 Oct 2017 #6
+1, Kelly did NOT help Red Don here! Kelly CONFIRMED the congress woman's words !!! uponit7771 Oct 2017 #5
And his comment about women and gold star families no longer being sacred ecstatic Oct 2017 #9
RIGHT !!! Instead of just say we're sorry about the loss and Red Don and Red Don tried his best or uponit7771 Oct 2017 #13
I got the impression that he was telling the press to butt out. FSogol Oct 2017 #16
The Congresswoman was.... SergeStorms Oct 2017 #27
The young, pregnant widow Scarsdale Oct 2017 #54
Narcissists and their enablers are never wrong. Somebody else is always to blame. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2017 #7
LOL Don Dong Il FakeNoose Oct 2017 #31
Thanks! I just invented it while composing that post. Feel free to use and spread it. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2017 #44
Not only did they not apologize to wife back attacked a woman that is a lifetime friend to family. Mediumsizedhand Oct 2017 #8
in the long tradition of empty barrels making the most noise, Kelly said. Justice Oct 2017 #10
"Why does everyone else have to be wrong with these people?" trotsky Oct 2017 #11
Maybe you can order a soldier to stand at attention but you cannot order PA Democrat Oct 2017 #12
"The Johnson family doesn't get to say what offends or upsets them." oasis Oct 2017 #14
"in his own way," keithbvadu2 Oct 2017 #15
Maybe matt819 Oct 2017 #17
Its all BS distraction Juliusseizure Oct 2017 #37
I was shocked by Kelly's remarks Sticky Oct 2017 #18
Read what he said sarge43 Oct 2017 #19
which makes him in my eyes at least as bad if not worse than Trump rurallib Oct 2017 #24
There's been a couple of good ones - Marshall, Eisenhower sarge43 Oct 2017 #29
Kelly allowed himself to be "brought out"..... dawnie51 Oct 2017 #20
He wasn't bought out, he soldout years ago. Just like the rest of the war mongers. olegramps Oct 2017 #22
Kelly has hated the press, i.e. democracy his entire life. His ONLY value was his ability Eliot Rosewater Oct 2017 #26
He couldn't do that even if he wanted to. DLevine Oct 2017 #30
Brilliantly said. LisaM Oct 2017 #28
Kelly has a big problem when he thinks a congresswoman lied, But NO problem with a 'president' liar. spanone Oct 2017 #32
and his bullshit about "sacred women" - he works for "grab 'em by the p****" flygal Oct 2017 #53
I give Kelly credit for one thing mainstreetonce Oct 2017 #33
And thats the perfect explanation. Trump just doesn't have the ability. 7962 Oct 2017 #55
He let Trump use his dead son like a puppet. PubliusEnigma Oct 2017 #34
This message was self-deleted by its author Corvo Bianco Oct 2017 #35
I had a bit of respect for General Kelly until this afternoon. But for selling out to trump.... George II Oct 2017 #36
Kelly is not the "adult" in charge. lark Oct 2017 #39
Boss Tweet will eventually rusty fender Oct 2017 #41
If one has a moral compass, then one would not have anything to do with the Rethug party. Nt LostOne4Ever Oct 2017 #42
Its a disgrace. tulipsandroses Oct 2017 #43
Kelly attacked Rep. Frederica Wilson Alpeduez21 Oct 2017 #45
Right, so that puts him in the same barrel FakeNoose Oct 2017 #48
So Kelly explains to tRump what he needs to say to the grieving families. Grammy23 Oct 2017 #46
Your first sentence says it. He just can't figure it out. 7962 Oct 2017 #56
K&R JHan Oct 2017 #47
K & R Lifelong Protester Oct 2017 #49
Trump's Statement Not Appropriate For The Occasion DallasNE Oct 2017 #50
Kelly sold out MFM008 Oct 2017 #51
Typical BOOT licker....... BlueJac Oct 2017 #52
Kelly's s 4-star toady, nothing more DeminPennswoods Oct 2017 #58
Fire all the humbled_opinion Oct 2017 #59
the very fact that kelly was working for the orange madman told me he had NO moral niyad Oct 2017 #60
A very sorry group of people Jakes Progress Oct 2017 #61
A video of Wilson's 2015 speech exposes the general to be a LIAR. nt oasis Oct 2017 #63
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