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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Does that seem extraordinary to you that the Secretary of State or some other high-ranking
official would call a talk show host (Hannity) to figure out whether you should be retained as ambassador?
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dalton99a
(81,635 posts)UpInArms
(51,285 posts)Full of shitflinging monkeys
iluvtennis
(19,880 posts)KPN
(15,665 posts)NJCher
(35,760 posts)can't wait for the printed version. It's a bit too long for a quick read. Any ideas on how to cut it down a bit?
We don't have a government
We have a reality TV show
Genius, dalton99a.
KPN
(15,665 posts)Instead of a US Government, We Have
A Reality TV Show
VOTE DEM IN 2020!
dalton99a
(81,635 posts)NJCher
(35,760 posts)Do it like you originally said, however, split it into two bumper stickers. On the left side of the fender will be "We don't have a government..." On the right side of the fender, "we have a reality TV show."
Since I have no other bumper stickers on my car, it should read sequentially, however, since I have a station wagon, I'm thinking to do it on the inside of my back window. There it will be easily read by the car behind me. It will be at eye level--perfect!
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,771 posts)In fact, they think it's really cool. What a fucking nightmare.
Baitball Blogger
(46,765 posts)brush
(53,922 posts)Last edited Tue Nov 5, 2019, 12:43 PM - Edit history (1)
a pompous, extreme, right wing, blowhard talk show host. Perhaps Pompeo forgot he's supposed to be the Secretary of State with access to all our intel agencies and he's asking a talk show spewer for info on foreign affairs.
No one in that admin inspires confidence, and this guy is one at the top.
NJCher
(35,760 posts)this particular talk show host is not known for his intelligence.
I guess that's why he makes such a good tool.
brush
(53,922 posts)to others who do it for the paycheck. Both are despicable though.
ffr
(22,672 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(9,476 posts)total buffoon like Sean Insanity has input to the very highest decision makers. There might now be some truth to the rumor that the rooster that can do simple math is a secret advisor on the economy.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)Calling a TV host who is a college dropout seems almost normal for someone like tRump. He likes the uneducated, remember? Since Don the Con is a dumbass, he does not tolerate intelligent people at all.
patphil
(6,227 posts)Is Hannity the new Goebbels?
renate
(13,776 posts)Your question really does seem to fit the situation perfectly.
This is all so unreal.
patphil
(6,227 posts)It's the next step for the Trump team.
orangecrush
(19,636 posts)czarjak
(11,298 posts)Believe him.
calimary
(81,526 posts)Pence was a far-right talk show host at the beginning of his pursuit of more power, influence, and fame. EVERY egotist relishes a platform like that. Especially an egotist with an agenda that he sees his ambition as advancing.
Lonestarblue
(10,101 posts)Hannity was a client of Michael Cohen who had numerous Russian contacts. Now we learn that the Secretary of State was calling Hannity about the Ukraine ambassador! This is mind blowingunless Hannity has some sort of inside role (other than his regular on-air propaganda) that no one knows about.
colorado_ufo
(5,738 posts)NotASurfer
(2,155 posts)Journalists do not help commit and cover up crimes.
Criminals commit and cover up crimes.
He can't use the 1st Amendment to save him if he helped with the administration's extortion schemes.
Sogo
(4,997 posts)He's a right wing operative.
NotASurfer
(2,155 posts)In, or on their way to, prison. Every one of them will claim attorney client privilege to their dying day. That all ends when you help your client commit more crimes.