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babylonsister

(171,065 posts)
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 09:09 AM Aug 2021

Nikki Haley Is Not Too Terribly Bright, Part Infinity

https://crooksandliars.com/2021/08/nikki-haley-not-too-terribly-bright-part

8/19/21 5:31am
Nikki Haley Is Not Too Terribly Bright, Part Infinity
Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley is very distressed about negotiations with the Taliban.
By Karoli Kuns


Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley is very distressed about negotiations with the Taliban.


Terrible to be negotiating with the Taliban! How bad Biden and his administration are for dancing with the devil, negotiating with terrorists, and doing the thing that Donald Trump did a year ago! The thing she was fully aware of at the time it was done! What an awful business.

How stupid do you have to be to tweet something like this? Twitter pounced, sending some timely reminders of exactly who negotiated what with the Taliban, and who cheered from the sidelines at the time.

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Nikki, the internet always remembers. Even if you don't.
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Nikki Haley Is Not Too Terribly Bright, Part Infinity (Original Post) babylonsister Aug 2021 OP
Well she's clearly planning on running for some office. Repeating the daily nonsense is required underpants Aug 2021 #1
I think she has lust in her heart leftieNanner Aug 2021 #13
And Democrats Rebl2 Aug 2021 #15
Hopefully, the final nail in the coffin representing her Presidential dreams. bullwinkle428 Aug 2021 #2
True, the Taliban did deal with the devil. tanyev Aug 2021 #3
I look forward to the day Pompeo is in prison. KS Toronado Aug 2021 #10
In your dreams, KS Tornado RVN VET71 Aug 2021 #18
They wouldn't have hesitated even against an innocent Democrat. FoxNewsSucks Aug 2021 #26
Wow - she's trying to rewrite history. That is so damn dark. Champp Aug 2021 #4
This is worst than we think malaise Aug 2021 #5
Yep. FM123 Aug 2021 #7
This is worst than we think malaise Aug 2021 #6
Republicans seemingly wake up every day and ask themselves: "What insanely demagogic lie will sop Aug 2021 #8
I think you've just described their "go-to" plan for everything. jaxexpat Aug 2021 #20
Sounds like she's running for president or something IronLionZion Aug 2021 #9
I am pretty sure I've read she wants to run. nt babylonsister Aug 2021 #14
The GQP knows if you repeat a lie often enough it becomes reality for many people. SharonClark Aug 2021 #11
Did you feel that way back then, Nikki? keithbvadu2 Aug 2021 #12
5000 Taliban savages reality1 Aug 2021 #16
Same category as DeSantis--An educated manipulator. Nt Baked Potato Aug 2021 #17
Racist fascists don't like her because of her skin color RVN VET71 Aug 2021 #19
She makes up for it with her dishonesty lame54 Aug 2021 #21
She's ambitious, isn't she Hekate Aug 2021 #22
When you have Wellman and Tiedrich tag teaming you with a couple of nice slams, you know..... EarnestPutz Aug 2021 #23
She doesn't have to be bright. She just has to appeal to the base. Caliman73 Aug 2021 #24
She was only UN amb. for Trump in 2017-2018, not in 2020 thesquanderer Aug 2021 #25
Okay, Nimrata Kaur belpejic Aug 2021 #27
The devil, you say? Blue Owl Aug 2021 #28
Her stupidity makes her an ideal republican candidate. Jakes Progress Aug 2021 #29
ignorance is strength Dukkha Aug 2021 #30
Well... Mike Nelson Aug 2021 #31
Haley KNOWS how stupid the Deplorable base is. NoMoreRepugs Aug 2021 #32

underpants

(182,803 posts)
1. Well she's clearly planning on running for some office. Repeating the daily nonsense is required
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 09:11 AM
Aug 2021

on Twitter for them. Doesn’t matter what it is, they have to repeat it to stay relevant.

leftieNanner

(15,100 posts)
13. I think she has lust in her heart
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 10:41 AM
Aug 2021

for the Oval.

No way she will be the first woman POTUS. She and Ivanka can stew in their fantasies.

Rebl2

(13,506 posts)
15. And Democrats
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 10:52 AM
Aug 2021

should slap right back every time she says anything about this, that the trump administration set this mess in motion by negotiating with the taliban and allowing 5000 taliban fighters to be released from prison.

bullwinkle428

(20,629 posts)
2. Hopefully, the final nail in the coffin representing her Presidential dreams.
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 09:11 AM
Aug 2021

If only this country was intelligent enough to allow me to sleep comfortably with that thought.

RVN VET71

(2,690 posts)
18. In your dreams, KS Tornado
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 11:06 AM
Aug 2021

Fat Mike ain’t goin’ nowhere, except maybe to Fox and a $10,000,000 contract as an “expert” on the Taliban and other foreign-relations issues.

Although, I gotta admit, I keep popcorn at the ready . . .just in case the current Administration decides to act against the s.o.b. and all the other s.o.b.s who helped Loser-45’s massive efforts at sedition. Not holding my breath, but their imprisonment is in my dreams, as well.

(I find it interesting that the Dems seem to be afraid of bad vibes or something if they actually go after people and groups that seek actively and publicly to destroy the fabric of American society and government. Even FDR, presented with hard evidence of treason by, among others, Prescott Bush, who joined an effort to recruit an army, a goddamned army!, to remove him from office and install a fascist-plutocratic regime in Washington, refused to pursue the case and prosecute the traitors. I think the Republicans would have wasted no time taking harsh action against any “liberal” effort to forcibly remove a Republican President. Christ, look at the actions those fascist bastards have taken to reverse the results of the election Fat Man-45 lost by 8,000,000 votes!)

FoxNewsSucks

(10,429 posts)
26. They wouldn't have hesitated even against an innocent Democrat.
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 10:20 PM
Aug 2021

I don't know how many times I've mentally screamed "WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU??!!!" at Democrats for coddling, excusing, looking the other way and giving a pass to clearly guilty republicon scum.

Champp

(2,114 posts)
4. Wow - she's trying to rewrite history. That is so damn dark.
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 09:15 AM
Aug 2021

Goebbels had nothing on these sold-soul Republicans and their unending, America-weakening duplicity.

malaise

(268,997 posts)
5. This is worst than we think
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 09:23 AM
Aug 2021

The US Ambassador to the UN did not know or is pretending not to know that it was the Slobfather who negotiated with the Taliban and kept the Afghan government out of the negotiations.

malaise

(268,997 posts)
6. This is worst than we think
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 09:23 AM
Aug 2021

The US Ambassador to the UN did not know or is pretending not to know that it was the Slobfather who negotiated with the Taliban and kept the Afghan government out of the negotiations.

sop

(10,177 posts)
8. Republicans seemingly wake up every day and ask themselves: "What insanely demagogic lie will
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 10:05 AM
Aug 2021

I tell my imbecilic followers today to improve my chances of (re-)election?"

jaxexpat

(6,828 posts)
20. I think you've just described their "go-to" plan for everything.
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 11:42 AM
Aug 2021

It's worse than that though. After a little while, they believe the lies they made up. It's been their MO since 1873.

IronLionZion

(45,442 posts)
9. Sounds like she's running for president or something
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 10:24 AM
Aug 2021

already trying to gaslight people about her role in this

SharonClark

(10,014 posts)
11. The GQP knows if you repeat a lie often enough it becomes reality for many people.
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 10:31 AM
Aug 2021

I doubt it would hurt her politically, being a liar and stupid has never been a drawback with GQP voters. Look at Gov Covid Kim Reynolds in Iowa. She's as dumb as a box of rocks but the christofascists and big ag love her.

reality1

(123 posts)
16. 5000 Taliban savages
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 11:00 AM
Aug 2021

Released for NOTHING. Never let this go. Trump did a lot of bad things, this one of the worst.

RVN VET71

(2,690 posts)
19. Racist fascists don't like her because of her skin color
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 11:09 AM
Aug 2021

And without their support, she’s going nowhere, regardless how she shreds to tatters her soul by fleeing into the ever-widening pit of lies and ignorance where all Republicans swim.

EarnestPutz

(2,120 posts)
23. When you have Wellman and Tiedrich tag teaming you with a couple of nice slams, you know.....
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 12:06 PM
Aug 2021

.....that you're in the big leagues of inanity.

Caliman73

(11,738 posts)
24. She doesn't have to be bright. She just has to appeal to the base.
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 01:02 PM
Aug 2021

Republicans do not get elected on policy. Not since Reagan in the 80's, have they been elected because of tangible plans they offer people to improve their lives. Even Reagan didn't run on actual policy. He ran on "the government is the problem" and as an antithesis to Carter's warning that we needed to sober up, face our problems, and chart a more responsible course.

Reagan was polished and had a "folksy" appeal. He was able to convince a lot of people that he wanted to make life better. Since then however, people have understood, at least on a rudimentary level, that Republican/Conservative policies don't actually bring any material benefit to them. They tend to hurt people that conservatives don't like, but they don't really help anyone but the rich.

Haley is a modern conservative, like Bush Jr. Modern conservatives understand the demographics and understand that they can't win on policy. Their goal is to rile up their smaller, but very active base, then work within the system of voter suppression, and the electoral college to get to 270. She is well educated, and likely intelligent. She knows that the base of voters she has to mobilize is neither. She knows that she has the wealthy with her, as long as she can promise them that they will continue to get the lion's share of the wealth. She has to mobilize enough of the "dummies" to make it a close race so that the Republican "procedural" tactics can help them win.

There certainly are Republicans who are really stupid. Tommy Tuberville comes to mind. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert, Kozar, Cawthorn, etc... are actually not intelligent. Haley belongs with the Ted Cruz's of the world. Intelligent, but mendacious and craven. The question is, "What is worse?" To be stupid and loud, or to be intelligent and have no shame in acting stupid?

thesquanderer

(11,986 posts)
25. She was only UN amb. for Trump in 2017-2018, not in 2020
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 10:17 PM
Aug 2021

Unless someone has some quotes of her approving of his 2020 agreement, this looks like a non-story to me.

belpejic

(720 posts)
27. Okay, Nimrata Kaur
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 10:32 PM
Aug 2021

Let's show your racist, mouthbreathing supporters a photo of your Dad and ask them if he's part of the Taliban.

Have some shame. What happened to you?

You will never, ever be a Republican nominee for president.

Mike Nelson

(9,955 posts)
31. Well...
Fri Aug 20, 2021, 04:29 AM
Aug 2021

... Nikki is running for President. She's smart in making insane false comments - because they appeal to Republican primary voters. But she's dumb because those voters are gonna look at her and pick the white male. Sure, they will celebrate their "diversity" with Nikki and a Black candidate, but they will go for La Donald or a younger model.

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