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calimary

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31. That was SO INFURIATING!!!!

Sat Jan 12, 2019, 01:32 PM

Jan 2019

That STUPID-ass talking point: “let’s give it another six months, and then we’ll see.”

See WHAT? Exactly WHAT will we see? Besides more mangled bodies of our troops, either coming home in nice neat boxes or so permanently damaged (either physically or psychologically- or both!) that many of them are not able to cope, or return to a normal life.

That talking point used to just GRIND on me. “...another six months”? What number of “another six months” have we reached, now? How many more of these glib-sounding “another six months” blocks of time are we talking about, here?

And at what cost? How many widows are we creating? Or widowers? How many families will be disrupted, crippled by debt from medical bills, broken, or impoverished, and demoralized?

Nope! I don’t think all those “another six months” soothsaying paid off. Not at all!

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Trump Criticized as 'Disturbed' Man Who 'No One Trusts' [View all] DonViejo Jan 2019 OP

A president without shame backed by a party without spine supported by a network without integrity FM123 Jan 2019 #1

+1. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2019 #20

yes - Winston Churchill could not have said it better DBoon Jan 2019 #29

I agree.......... MyOwnPeace Jan 2019 #36

Yep! calimary Jan 2019 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2019 #38

THIS - get thee to the greatest page malaise Jan 2019 #2

+1 dalton99a Jan 2019 #14

This! BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2019 #39

Hey You1 malaise Jan 2019 #41

Malaise!! BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2019 #44

tRump bdamomma Jan 2019 #3

he has to go! GetRidOfThem Jan 2019 #10

Friedman gets paid big bucks to point out the obvious, like this. (nt) Paladin Jan 2019 #4

The C Team C_U_L8R Jan 2019 #5

I saw that interview with Friedman last night. He trashed trump every way imaginable. spanone Jan 2019 #6

Still, I don't think Friedman is a genius... GetRidOfThem Jan 2019 #11

He does tend to notice the obvious one or two Friedman Units after the rest of us. cab67 Jan 2019 #12

"Friedman Units" - I love it!!! n/t GetRidOfThem Jan 2019 #17

"Friedman Units" was coined during GWB's Iraq misadventure OMGWTF Jan 2019 #25

IIRC, 1 Friedman Unit equals 6 months cab67 Jan 2019 #27

That was SO INFURIATING!!!! calimary Jan 2019 #31

This is why I have no use for Friedman. cab67 Jan 2019 #32

DAMN, Cali!!! MyOwnPeace Jan 2019 #37

America isnt a corporation. Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #7

I never thought I'd say this, but . . . hatrack Jan 2019 #8

I lulz'd - the mustache of understanding has spoken! KG Jan 2019 #9

K & R SunSeeker Jan 2019 #13

Good summation. nt SunSeeker Jan 2019 #15

Hard to forget the inanities that Friedman spouted during W's GWOT erronis Jan 2019 #16

And wondering why it took him so long to voice his dissent? Admittedly, I don't subscribe to the NYT japple Jan 2019 #34

The Boy Who Cried Wolf on a national scale MrScorpio Jan 2019 #18

It's not an emergency if the declaration can be delayed. keithbvadu2 Jan 2019 #19

Yeah, it's worse than that. dchill Jan 2019 #21

12 Tweets from Trump before Noon today... Tell me about disturbed!!! PeeJ52 Jan 2019 #22

Fox,Fox, Fox! Trump will fall ONLY when Fox abandons him. the problem isn't Trump, it's FOX!! Pepsidog Jan 2019 #23

Yes, when he loses Fox , he will lose his base. LiberalBrooke Jan 2019 #43

"who is backed by ..." left-of-center2012 Jan 2019 #24

K&R Kurt V. Jan 2019 #26

Friedman has always been Captain Obvious, but I do like his characterization of Trump - The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #28

Friedman is a right wing asshole.. always has been. pangaia Jan 2019 #33

Repugs hate government... Ferrets are Cool Jan 2019 #35

I don't think "criticized" is the right word. BobTheSubgenius Jan 2019 #40

The "core problem" imo saidsimplesimon Jan 2019 #42