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Brennan was responding to this tweet from Trump attacking Comey:
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IluvPitties
(3,181 posts)This will end soon... I am starting to sense it.
Botany
(70,508 posts)NY Times editorial "The Law Is Coming, Mr. Trump"
Mr. Trump has spent his career in the company of developers and celebrities, and also of grifters, cons, sharks, goons and crooks. He cuts corners, he lies, he cheats, he brags about it, and for the most part, hes gotten away with it, protected by threats of litigation, hush money and his own bravado. Those methods may be proving to have their limits when they are applied from the Oval Office. Though Republican leaders in Congress still keep a cowardly silence, Mr. Trump now has real reason to be afraid. A raid on a lawyers office doesnt happen every day; it means that multiple government officials, and a federal judge, had reason to believe theyd find evidence of a crime there and that they didnt trust the lawyer not to destroy that evidence.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/10/opinion/trump-michael-cohen-raid.html
California_Republic
(1,826 posts)A kakistocracy (/ˌkækɪsˈtɒkrəsi, -ˈstɒk-/) is a system of government which is run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens. The word was coined as early as the 17th century.
hlthe2b
(102,281 posts)"Peter Principle" just about covers it.
California_Republic
(1,826 posts)State the Obvious
(842 posts)Kakistocracy (you can google its pronunciation.) Good word to know AND it is so accurate.
poboy2
(2,078 posts)malaise
(269,004 posts)kakistocracy - good to see Brennan using it.
calimary
(81,269 posts)A LOT more people are going to discovery that word now, and will look up its meaning.
Look at how many of us, just here, have posted about looking it up. And thats US here on DU where people in general are more involved, awake, and well-informed. Some among us already knew what kakistocracy means. I kinda thought I did too, but felt I needed to double-check.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)We need to just start calling it what it is: projection.
Grammy23
(5,810 posts)So he can get filled with righteous indignation and tweet out an appropriate (or inappropriate) reply.
State the Obvious
(842 posts)For a man who "knows words...the best words" I am surprised he doesn't know that. (not really)