As with all things related to Trump, no matter what laws may have been broken, as long as the goal to was hurt orange man, it is ok.
There are enough loons in CA that I didn't think a recall would happen, but your staying on message point makes sense, it did become an issue of who will take over vs recall the clown.
I'll believe that Republicans "will keep capitalizing on the hypocrisy of politicians limiting gatherings and mandating masks while ignoring their own rules"
Re: General “Thoroughly Modern” Milley (so named because treasonous behavior is so in vogue these days): It won’t be easy, but somehow, someone in Congress must expose this behavior if in fact Bob Woodward’s story is true. And the quickest way to do this is to force Mr. Woodward to reveal his sources; national security takes precedence over journalistic rights.
In the short term, Milley’s security clearance must be suspended pending a full investigation. This would also allow him to be temporarily relieved of his duties as JCS Chair until said investigation is completed. And if Milley doesn’t like it, then let him resign. The possibility of his warning China of any action we may take in the event of Chinese military action against Taiwan, for example, is too serious a possibility to do otherwise.
Candidates need to learn the art of "The Pivot," If Elder had answered every question not related to the issues with, "This isn't about me, it's about Newsom's failure to..." whatever, he'd have had a better chance.
As I said in an earlier post, since California refuses to vote for change....they deserve to live in a s-hole. They can pound sand and enjoy their woke dystopian future.
If the excerpts from Woodward's book are true, then yes General Milley should resign. Not just him, but every officer that supported his actions as well. Precedence's matter. I just hope for the country that these allegations are false.
As far as the Democrats' over reaching, we will have 4 more years of this till Biden is voted out of office.
I don't know him and haven't bothered to try to get to know him other than he is a conservative talk show host. But, you have to consider what his objective may have been. Maybe he really thought he could do a better job than Newsome (and probably could have). Maybe he really wanted to be the governor and failed to do what Mr. Erickson suggests he should have done.
But, maybe, he was just as happy to get this exposure and grow his audience.
I don't know what his motivations were. It appears he probably should have stuck to why Newsome should leave knowing that he was the default winner out of the others in the pack of candidates.
You can't beat something with nothing. With due respect to Eric, this was the essential failing of the McCain, Kerry, Romney, and Hillary presidential campaigns, and why Reagan, GHWB, W, and Trump all succeeded. It's just not enough to say 'That guy sucks'. It may convince your base but it's not going to give people a reason to vote *for* you. Granted the recall vote is a bit unique in that one part was a straight up or down vote on Newsome but again, it's not like *nobody* was going to replace him, or that his replacement was pre-defined.
The other thing we have to face is that, like it or not, the Democrat's 'socialism lite' and woke identity politics are appealing to a certain percentage of people, and that percentage can be a majority, especially in places where the negative impacts of those policies can be isolated to a minority of the population.
Resign??? RESIGN??? The fact that it has been discovered that he was giving aid to China, in fact TELLING his Chinese counterpart, that he will inform them of Donald Trump's "first strike" command, and any moves against them?
He should immediately be arrested, with charges of spying and espionage, not to mention the big one, treason!!!!
Will SOMEBODY grow some, and put the handcuffs on him?? And make him give the names of everybody else involved with China?? NOW!!
It's very apparent we can't have "woke" Communists in the pentagon! Weakness shown is inviting war from those countries who despise us!!
Yeah, I know buddy, but I can still vent! If this would've happened during Dwight's time as CIC, he'd be stripped of all rank, court marshalled, and still be in Leavenworth!
This just ain't right, Erick. He should not be in command of our troops!
I'm still not buying that Woodward's report is accurate to the spirit of what Milley was saying. He's been involved in way too many shady 'sources said' reports going back to William Casey's convenient death bed confession about funding the Contra rebels via arms sales to Iran during the Reagan administration.
Given how invested the Democrats were in trying to eject President Trump before 20 January 2021 using the "he's gonna start a war!" line, I suspect that Milley was actually trying to tamp down the rumor mill in the Pentagon by ordering staff to not pass on reports that Trump was contemplating military action that weren't vetted by him. I can see him saying something very similar to the Chinese, and assuring them that Trump was in control of both himself and the military despite what they might hear reported.
Either of those would put him in hot water with the Democrats who want to keep the theme of Trump the Lunatic heroically constrained by the rational and benevolent Deep State alive.
As with all things related to Trump, no matter what laws may have been broken, as long as the goal to was hurt orange man, it is ok.
There are enough loons in CA that I didn't think a recall would happen, but your staying on message point makes sense, it did become an issue of who will take over vs recall the clown.
I'll believe that Republicans "will keep capitalizing on the hypocrisy of politicians limiting gatherings and mandating masks while ignoring their own rules"
Treasonous act if Milley said he would alert China of an impending military attack. No question about it!
Re: General “Thoroughly Modern” Milley (so named because treasonous behavior is so in vogue these days): It won’t be easy, but somehow, someone in Congress must expose this behavior if in fact Bob Woodward’s story is true. And the quickest way to do this is to force Mr. Woodward to reveal his sources; national security takes precedence over journalistic rights.
In the short term, Milley’s security clearance must be suspended pending a full investigation. This would also allow him to be temporarily relieved of his duties as JCS Chair until said investigation is completed. And if Milley doesn’t like it, then let him resign. The possibility of his warning China of any action we may take in the event of Chinese military action against Taiwan, for example, is too serious a possibility to do otherwise.
Candidates need to learn the art of "The Pivot," If Elder had answered every question not related to the issues with, "This isn't about me, it's about Newsom's failure to..." whatever, he'd have had a better chance.
As I said in an earlier post, since California refuses to vote for change....they deserve to live in a s-hole. They can pound sand and enjoy their woke dystopian future.
If the excerpts from Woodward's book are true, then yes General Milley should resign. Not just him, but every officer that supported his actions as well. Precedence's matter. I just hope for the country that these allegations are false.
As far as the Democrats' over reaching, we will have 4 more years of this till Biden is voted out of office.
Luckily it is 3 years and 2 months.....not 4. :)
RE: Elder....
I don't know him and haven't bothered to try to get to know him other than he is a conservative talk show host. But, you have to consider what his objective may have been. Maybe he really thought he could do a better job than Newsome (and probably could have). Maybe he really wanted to be the governor and failed to do what Mr. Erickson suggests he should have done.
But, maybe, he was just as happy to get this exposure and grow his audience.
I don't know what his motivations were. It appears he probably should have stuck to why Newsome should leave knowing that he was the default winner out of the others in the pack of candidates.
You can't beat something with nothing. With due respect to Eric, this was the essential failing of the McCain, Kerry, Romney, and Hillary presidential campaigns, and why Reagan, GHWB, W, and Trump all succeeded. It's just not enough to say 'That guy sucks'. It may convince your base but it's not going to give people a reason to vote *for* you. Granted the recall vote is a bit unique in that one part was a straight up or down vote on Newsome but again, it's not like *nobody* was going to replace him, or that his replacement was pre-defined.
The other thing we have to face is that, like it or not, the Democrat's 'socialism lite' and woke identity politics are appealing to a certain percentage of people, and that percentage can be a majority, especially in places where the negative impacts of those policies can be isolated to a minority of the population.
Californians who voted for Newsom deserve everything they have been getting and now will continue to endure.
Resign? Are you kidding? Our first woman President, Jill Biden would never allow that.
Resign??? RESIGN??? The fact that it has been discovered that he was giving aid to China, in fact TELLING his Chinese counterpart, that he will inform them of Donald Trump's "first strike" command, and any moves against them?
He should immediately be arrested, with charges of spying and espionage, not to mention the big one, treason!!!!
Will SOMEBODY grow some, and put the handcuffs on him?? And make him give the names of everybody else involved with China?? NOW!!
It's very apparent we can't have "woke" Communists in the pentagon! Weakness shown is inviting war from those countries who despise us!!
But he won't be arrested or charged. He should resign.
Yeah, I know buddy, but I can still vent! If this would've happened during Dwight's time as CIC, he'd be stripped of all rank, court marshalled, and still be in Leavenworth!
This just ain't right, Erick. He should not be in command of our troops!
I'm still not buying that Woodward's report is accurate to the spirit of what Milley was saying. He's been involved in way too many shady 'sources said' reports going back to William Casey's convenient death bed confession about funding the Contra rebels via arms sales to Iran during the Reagan administration.
Given how invested the Democrats were in trying to eject President Trump before 20 January 2021 using the "he's gonna start a war!" line, I suspect that Milley was actually trying to tamp down the rumor mill in the Pentagon by ordering staff to not pass on reports that Trump was contemplating military action that weren't vetted by him. I can see him saying something very similar to the Chinese, and assuring them that Trump was in control of both himself and the military despite what they might hear reported.
Either of those would put him in hot water with the Democrats who want to keep the theme of Trump the Lunatic heroically constrained by the rational and benevolent Deep State alive.