If you read this on your phone while lying in bed, you might as well get up now because there is no going to sleep after reading that.Quite the conversation Robert Reich had with a former Republican member of Congress. This is worth a read. pic.twitter.com/PiBKFlSRf7— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 12, 2017
Update: For those reading this on their phone:
This morning I phoned my old friend, a Republican former member of Congress.
Me: So what’s up? Is Corker alone, or are others also ready to call it quits with Trump?
He: All I know is they’re simmering over there.
Me: Flake and McCain have come pretty close.
He: Yeah. Others are thinking about doing what Bob did. Sounding the alarm. They think Trump’s nuts. Unfit. Dangerous.
Me: Well, they already knew that, didn’t they?
He: But now it’s personal. It started with the Sessions stuff. Jeff was as loyal as they come. Trump’s crapping on him was like kicking your puppy. And then, you know, him beating up on Mitch for the Obamacare fiasco. And going after Flake and the others.
Me: So they're pissed off?
He: Not just that. I mean, they have thick hides. The personal stuff got them to notice all the other things. The wild stuff, like those threats to North Korea. Tillerson would leave tomorrow if he wasn’t so worried Trump would go nuclear, literally.
Me: You think Trump is really thinking nuclear war?
He: Who knows what’s in his head? But I can tell you this. He’s not listening to anyone. Not a soul. He’s got the nuclear codes and, well, it scares the hell out of me. It’s starting to scare all of them. That’s really why Bob spoke up.
Me: So what could they do? I mean, even if the whole Republican leadership was willing to say publicly he’s unfit to serve, what then?
He: Bingo! The emperor has no clothes. It’s a signal to everyone they can bail. Have to bail to save their skins. I mean, Trump could be the end of the whole goddam Republican party.
Me: If he starts a nuclear war, that could be the end of everything.
He: Yeah, right. So when they start bailing on him, the stage is set.
Me: For what?
He: Impeachment. 25th amendment.
Me: You think Republicans would go that far?
He: Not yet. Here’s the thing. They really want to get this tax bill through. That’s all they have going for them. They don’t want to face voters in ’18 or ’20 without something to show for it. They’re just praying Trump doesn’t do something really, really stupid before the tax bill.
Me: Like a nuclear war?
He: Look, all I can tell you is many of the people I talk with are getting freaked out. It’s not as if there’s any careful strategizing going on. Not like, well, do we balance the tax bill against nuclear war? No, no. They’re worried as hell. They’re also worried about Trump crazies, all the ignoramuses he’s stirred up. I mean, Roy Moore? How many more of them do you need to destroy the party?
Me: So what’s gonna happen?
He: You got me. I’m just glad I’m not there anymore. Trump’s not just a moron. He’s a despicable human being. And he’s getting crazier. Paranoid. Unhinged. Everyone knows it. I mean, we’re in shit up to our eyeballs with this guy.
To small. You can't read it on a phone.
ReplyDeleteI sure hope they gave him the wrong codes...
ReplyDeleteI sure hope "they" show him the door very soon. Along with the treason soaked deplorable foundation of ignorance. So sick of this show.
DeleteI sure hope, they are taking the 'football' away each night...
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ReplyDeleteclick on the twitter, then click on image to make pic bigger. It is readable, and it is terrifying if true.
Does it makes sense now why Trump didn't want Tillerson to try to be diplomatic with North Korea?
ReplyDelete“I told Rex Tillerson, our wonderful secretary of state, that he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with Little Rocket Man,”
“Save your energy Rex, we’ll do what has to be done!” Trump said.
MORON!
That's pathetic.
ReplyDeleteThe repugs are worried about "getting SOMETHING thru"? That's the only reason they do not act? To save their fucking hides for the next election? OMG losers! Go out into the world and get real jobs. You do not belong in government.
Don't you realize THIS is the moment that can define your lives? Do the right thing. Are you really willing to risk nuclear war and end of life as we know it so you can "get something done?"
Are you really that surprised, 3:58 AM?
DeleteJe$u$ is coming don'tcha know, cuz 666pence & the bible tells us $o! Rapture!
Delete@7:43
DeleteGOOD! Maybe the rest of us can get some work done and have some real peace when those idiots are gone.
You are absolutely right; repugnants have never been worth spit. I just hope they have laid themselves bare enough for the greedy and the numb sculls among the voters to be sick of them too.
DeleteI always knew republicans would help bring the end of the planet on . . . . . .
ReplyDeleteOh, they'll hang on till the last working for nothing but donations and reelection.
DeleteIf they are patriotic Americans, as they claim to be, then it is their duty to remove this lunatic from office.
ReplyDeleteTurns out the Republican party are communist liars and not usa patriotic citizens.
DeleteTerrifying.... and not a damn thing we can do about it.
ReplyDeleteOh yes we can and we will do something about it.
DeleteOne of those guys, or women, is going to go Brutus on him.
DeleteThere are more and more people that have nothing to lose, if you get my drift!
Deletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula
Delete"the Fates will decide"
;-)
Ask yourself 5:48 why do you feel that helpless? Just call your State's politicians and voice your control. Although I do feel helpless myself. Because Pence would be in if Trump is out and I have a sneaky suspicion that he would be worst. Like Putin. You know, the quite guy who does unbelievable shit behind his fellow man's back and no one can prove it.
DeleteTalking about disrespecting the American flag....
ReplyDeletePresident Trump joked about a bugle call he heard on Harrisburg Air National Guard Base on Oct. 11. The call is part of the military flag ceremony.
http://wapo.st/2gAqdV9
Trump rips the NFL for disrespecting the flag. Then he jokes about a military flag ceremony.
ReplyDeleteThe bugle call occurred during Trump's interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, conducted in an airplane hangar used by the Pennsylvania Air National Guard in Harrisburg.
After he had repeatedly railed against professional athletes over perceived slights to the American flag and military, President Trump joked on Wednesday about a bugle call that is part of the armed forces’ time-honored tradition of showing respect for the Stars and Stripes.
Read more at
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/10/12/trump-rips-the-nfl-for-disrespecting-the-flag-then-he-jokes-about-a-military-flag-ceremony/
Of course it's true. The majority of Congressional Republicans are spineless, craven losers who are the product of a system of gerrymandering and are owned by big money donors. They have no interest in what's good for the country and will do anything to get re-elected. They will never stand up to Trump, even after they get the tax cut that their Koch masters demand.
ReplyDeleteYou're damn right it's terrifying. I wake up to it every freaking day here.
my doctor put on medication because i can't sleep or eat. this is the only world we have. is there no way to stop him? i realize the threats are nonsense, but what if he really loses it one day? i hope he has the wrong codes. i hope smarter and cooler heads will win.
DeleteThe time to kiss your asses goodbye is when you look around and you don't see Trump and any of Trump's children and their families out in public.
ReplyDeleteThey're all headed to a nuclear proof bomb bunker where unlike Puerto Rico, the Trumps will have clean running water, plenty of food, medicine and electricity.
Oh yeah, the Trumps will have real cloth towels, not that rolled up paper crap Trump was throwing at the brown people.
If we do go to war, I want the first nuclear bomb to hit me right on top of my head.
ReplyDeleteMe too. In fact, I'll run into it.
DeleteI want it to hit in the Nebraska,Kansas area and just drift all around. Middle of red state territory. Let them sow what they have reaped on us all.
DeleteIf Trump is holding a Victory Rally in the area, so much the better.
After it will be safe to come out of the nuclear bunker in 2 hundred years, the new Trumps born while in the presidential nuclear bunker from incestuous activities will each have 3 eyes, 4 arms and no legs.
ReplyDelete2 tiny dicks & all anus mouths with Serpent tongues.
DeleteReality check. Mining underground has blown the survival rates in bunkers to zip. Nada. No survivors.
DeleteSee? 4:28 gives hope to the rest of us. That's funny as hell.
DeleteDonald J. Trump
ReplyDelete✔@realDonaldTrump“
ObamaCare is a broken mess. Piece by piece we will now begin the process of giving America the great HealthCare it deserves!
1 hour ago · Twitter
Stop asking stupid questions...
No you can't have the same health insurance Trump has.
Well ok then. Its settled. McCain can show Trump the gates of hell.
ReplyDeleteIf McCain truly wants to repent (for Sarah) and be a hero, he'll take Trump with him.
DeleteIts like the current entire republican party has a bad case of mental illness. Seriously? For several years we have witnessed outrageous behavior, lies, events and scandals. The "R" communist party stole the party from the good old boys.
ReplyDeleteOdd that the Independent party of voters, the largest, have no leader and remain in limbo, mixed and confused. It too has been bamboozled.
Dissolve green, lib, independent party and the r communist and see where we stand as a nation. All the division is not helping. We have basic beliefs in America. Too many agendas is not working and not United We Stand. Overturn Citizen United. NO corporation money or vote.
Absolutely we must immediately force the issue, What party do you stand with? What and Whom do you believe?
Or Is under the influence of something. ""It makes you kind of sit back and say, 'Wow, they're making the highest laws of the land and they might not even remember what happened yesterday.'""
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Great!! we will ALL be declared genetically cured and have the same health insurance as our paid servants and corporate elite.
ReplyDeleteRight now Trump is speaking at a hotel in Washington DC, he is being applauded by a room filled with white people. Anybody surprised?
ReplyDeleteOnly that there are still people idiotic enough to go see - and actually listen to - Humpty Trumpty.
DeleteDon't you mean RICH white people?
DeleteThey could stop Sarah Palin but sadly her kind Trump got into the White House ;
ReplyDeleteKyle Griffin's flock of seagulls haircut and porn stache just scream 'legit journalist' lolol. You can take his information from his (un-named 'former repub member of congress') source to the bank! lol.
ReplyDeleteReading comprehension not your thing eh?
DeleteThis post is quoting Robert Reich, who served in three presidential administrations, not Kyle Griffin.
Reading comprehension would appear to not be your thing Gryph... Flock of Seagulls says his information comes from Robert Reich (duh,as clearly stated)... who claims to have spoken with.... wait for it... an UNNAMED/UNIDENTIFIED 'former repub member of congress'.
DeleteThey’re counting on *that* tax plan to be the something, anything? The one that benefits the top 1% and corporations and screws everyone else? *THAT* plan?
ReplyDeleteDo they think people are that stupid?
Do they really think they’ll have a better chance passing that than that atrocious ACA appeal?
They’re going to need 51 in the Senate. Even with Pence they won’t get it. There will be more fiscally conservative Republicans that will NOT vote for that tax bill than didn’t vote for the various incarnations of the Death Bill.
If they want to get something done, the thing they should do should be to get rid of Trump. That is the only way they’ll save their own party and possibly 2018 *IF* they do it fast enough.
Trump is a disaster and the sooner they admit it and fix it, the sooner they’ll save face and start gaining.
McCain will surely vote no. the only repub in congress who isn't afraid to stand up to the orange child. the only repub that i have respect for, unlike our great orange leader.
DeleteI suspect more will vote no on this tax deform, I mean reform, that voted no on the ACA repeal.
DeleteIt won't just be Collins, Murkowski and McCain this time.
He does not know HE, Dotard, is the President of USVI...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.newsweek.com/trump-doesnt-know-hes-president-us-virgin-islands-684308
So in the after nuclear world, the tax plan is going to be for the top one percent that are hiding out in their bunkers underground? And after all the nuclear radiation dies down, their descendants all emerge to Eden? Is that the thinking? How delusional.
ReplyDeletemoney will become toilet paper.
Delete@2:29 You got THAT RIGHT, cuz
Delete'it sure doesn't burn well.'
Who will be around to mow their lawns and do their laundry? They'll find out real fast that their little paper pictures won't buy them squat and that they have no skills whatsoever that will get them food or shelter.
DeleteMaya Angelou said "when someone shows you who they are,believe them the first time."
ReplyDeleteDonald Trump told you who he was the entire time he campaigned, but people kept making excuses, and saying he'll change. Where have we heard that before?
how could you not miss seeing it when he called Hillary nasty and followed her around the stage? it scared me. but if had tried to abuse her it would have ended his chances. you can't buy your way out of something that dumb. die repubs not see debate? you can bet there was a lot of temper tantrums that night.
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Pussy tape. That's who he is.
DeleteThey elected him anyway.
They wanted a racist, misogynist, vindictive bigot in the White House. They wanted someone evil and cruel to hurt as many people as possible.
The only reason I can think of is junk yard dog mentality. If I can't have it I don't want anyone to have it.
Like healthcare.
Like freedom, dignity and human rights.