William Cohen on CNN just now. WOW!

[underpants]

Army bases are named after “losers and traitors”

“The President is a nationalist. And that nation to him is white people.

it’s time for the people who’ve been in charge for 400 years to say enough is enough. “

Rough quote paraphrased.

[FarPoint]

1. Ohhh ....

I love the hard core facts!

[DonaldsRump]

2. William Cohen is a Republican in the absolute best sense

He had a totally distinguished political career, serving as US Representative and Senator from Maine, as well as Secretary of Defense.

When he was on the House Judiciary Committee, he was one of the first Rs to state he would support articles of impeachment against Richard Nixon in 1974. He was also Bill Clinton's Secretary of Defense.

He is a fine human being, and he is everything that folks like Susan Collins are not. If we had Republicans like William Cohen in charge of their party today, we absolutely would not be in the mess we are in.

[StarfishSaver]

3. +1 He's also married to a black woman, a badass in her own right

Janet Langhart Cohen

[pnwmom]

12. I didn't know that. Thanks for the info!

https://www.janetlanghartcohen.com/about-janet-langhart-cohen

Her thought provoking and often hard-hitting interviews earned her the respect of her media peers as well as the celebrities and world leaders she interviewed. Over the course of her 25 years in broadcast journalism, she has interviewed some of the most influential newsmakers in the world including President Bill Clinton, President Jimmy Carter, Margaret Thatcher, Rosa Parks, General Benjamin O. Davis,​ Senator Ted Kennedy, Oprah Winfrey, Larry King and Barbara Walters to name just a few.​

​Langhart Cohen is the wife of the former Defense Secretary William Cohen and feels that some of her most meaningful accomplishments happened during his tenure. She took an active role in her husband’s career using her media influence and skills to support Secretary Cohen’s mission. She established the Citizen Patriot Award, The First Military Families Forum, and created and produced an annual musical salute to our military called, "The Pentagon Pops." Dubbed the "First Lady of the Pentagon", President Bill Clinton in his last State of the Union Address praised her for her efforts in maintaining the morale and well being of our men and women in uniform and their families.

​Langhart Cohen has never been one to shy away from difficult subjects. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the gospel singer Mahalia Jackson proudly influenced her earlier years and Civil Rights activism. In 2004, she wrote her memoir, From Rage to Reason: My Life in Two Americas a book that candidly describes her own experiences with race in America. In 2007, she and her husband co-wrote Love in Black and White, a memoir about race, religion, romance and the bonds they share followed by a second book that they edited, Race & Reconciliation in America.

​

[StarfishSaver]

13. And while this is far less important than her accomplishments

She's also long been considered one of the most beautiful and elegant women in DC...

[pnwmom]

15. What a beauty! n/t

[StarfishSaver]

18. I've seen them in various situations and Secretary Cohen always looks like a goofy kid when he's

around her. It's very endearing.

[pnwmom]

19. He knows he got lucky! nt

[JoeOtterbein]

17. OMG!!!

And I'm not even a bit religious!!!!

[mopinko]

14. when someone shows you who they are, believe them- maya

doesnt only apply to the evil people.

[Iliyah]

4. I saw that . . .

Earlier this week Steve Schmidt said that 25 - 30% of the people of the USA are crazy . . .

[blitzen]

5. And he said that has always been the case...

but today they pose a larger problem because of social media.

[warmfeet]

6. Yep,

I am sick of hearing about "southern pride." What a load of bollocks.

Asshole traitors fought their own country, and lost. LOST, LOST, LOST! Since when has any country honored traitors? Never, that's when.

They need to STFU about pride, and beg for forgiveness.

Good for William Cohen.

[Evolve Dammit]

7. So much for generous terms of surrender... And yes, thank you Sec. Cohen.

[democrank]

8. I've always liked William Cohen, a true leader.

His interview on CNN today was a full-on no bullshit zone. I enjoyed his straightforward approach.

[underpants]

9. Yes it was

His wife is black. At least his wife in the early 90’s was. I was in the Army and there was som event that he was sitting with his wife. Stunning. Everyone in the room (GI’s) remarked how beautiful she was.

[left-of-center2012]

10. Army bases are named after "losers and traitors"

Not all bases are.

Fort Meade, in Maryland, for example.
It is named for George G. Meade, a Union General from the U.S. Civil War, who served as commander of the Army of the Potomac.

Fort Knox, in Kentucky, being another.
It is named in honor of Henry Knox, Chief of Artillery in the American Revolutionary War and first United States Secretary of War.

[erronis]

11. I'm guessing the statement was made in reference to the Confederate-named bases.

Confederates are the losers. Trump loves losers. They have to band together.

Personally (my mother was from Norfolk, VA) I don't think southerners are all losers; just the ones that dream of dixie and pretending they were upper-crust.

[marie999]

22. My husband was stationed at Fort Meade.

He was a Russian linguist in the Army Security Agency.

[left-of-center2012]

23. We visited Ft Meade in the mid-1950's

Security is different these days.

We drove down to visit an older brother stationed there.

Not sure where we were, my dad stopped to ask someone "Where's Ft Meade?"

The guy responded "You're in the middle of it."

[marie999]

24. Yes, big difference in security.

We shop at Camp LeJeune. We used to cut through the back gate to go to Topsail Beach without an I.D. Now we have to show our DoD I.D. to enter through the main gate, the only gate we can enter. The MPs' rifles are loaded and one press of a button and the road is blocked.

[AllaN01Bear]

16. le ouch.

[IronLionZion]

20. Clinton's SECDEF. Not many republicans are like Cohen these days

He was also a New England moderate

[orleans]

21. He said Trump should be "willing to rethink" that stance, adding that it honored "losers and traitor

"He said Trump should be “willing to rethink” that stance, adding that it honored “losers and traitors.” "

https://bangordailynews.com/2020/06/12/politics/former-maine-republican-lawmaker-calls-trump-a-nationalist/