Discussion: CBS' Schieffer To Tom Cotton: Will You Write A Letter To N. Korea Too? (VIDEO)

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Letter to N Korea? Dunno Bob. Depends how much I grift off the last one.

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I’m beginning to think the resemblance to Beaky Buzzard goes beyond the mere physical…

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Today on “Interview with an Arsonist”…

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highly unlikely cotton would criticize north korea, since he appears to appreciate dear leader’s style of governance:

While in the House in 2013, Cotton introduced an amendment to prosecute the relatives of those who violated sanctions on Iran, saying that his proposed penalties of up to 20 years in prison would “include a spouse and any relative to the third degree,” including
“parents, children, aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, grandparents, great
grandparents, grandkids, great grandkids.”

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Obviously no one is paying Tehran Tom to worry about North Korea.

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Dear Dear Leader,

I’m really sorry for that Interview movie. Those Hollywood Liberals seem to get away with everything not only disparaging your great country but ours on a daily basis.

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When Bob Schieffer is cracking wise in your face on national television, it should dawn on you that you are in over your head. .

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He echoed an argument former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney made in a recent op-ed on Iran: prior deals with the North Koreans failed to stop them from developing a nuclear bomb, so a deal with Iran wouldn’t likely hold up, either.

Oceania will always be at war with the enemies of Emperor Cotton.

Instead of asking him about policies, start asking him about the consequences of military action against Iran, North Korea, etc.

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What Schieffer should have asked him is when there is a republican president do you plan on writing letters to Iran, North Korea, or any country you don’t like, or is it just a democratic president you want foreign countries not to trust?

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What’s amazing, is that, given that the Tehran Letter was arguably an immense political blunder, Sen. Cotton is invited on the Sunday intercourse shows. It’s like a civil engineer who, after designing a bridge that collapses into a river, is invited to give the keynote address at the Quality Control and Assurance Society’s annual meeting.

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“Moreover, we have to stand up to Iran’s attempts to drive for regional dominance. They already control Tehran.”
Right, Senator, let us win back Tehran for the Tehranians or my Persian cats, Fluffy and Alexander the Great

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TomTom the KochBoys’Son
Stole (actually bought) the election
to DC did run

Gets to blather on the TVShows
Actually believes the stuff he blows

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Sigh. North Korea was kept from developing a weapon due to deals put in place over time. When the Bush administration decided to take a hard line with them, the deals went away, and NK pushed forward to make nuclear weapons. That’s not that long ago…it’s amazing to watch the Republicans try to destroy anything they touch.

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Did ‘the senator’ sit in a regular adult chair or did he need a child-safe booster seat? So nice of Mother Media to kiss his boo-boo and try an make it better…

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Rudy had “9/11”, Cotton has some version of “Iran/nuclear weapon” in everything he says regardless of what he’s asked. This treasonous letter put him on the national stage and Billy Kristol think it was a brilliant move so he’s happy

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Plus I actually can’t recall a time where we did with North Korea the equivalent of what the Obama administration is trying with Iran. And given the hard-line approach, North Korea had no reason to NOT push forward with getting a nuclear weapon. It’s the same with Iran. If all we’re going to do is coerce them (in ways that don’t work) then what else are they going to do?

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More specifically, a black Democratic president that they don’t want anyone to trust. That trumps everything for a GOPer.

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It’s disgusting that Obama has let the Iranians control the homeland of the great Persian people.

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And the media gleefully played along, thrilled to have another extreme right-winger to invite to their talk shows. It means they can give even less time to sane, knowledgeable Democratic speakers. Blitzer and Todd are thinking, “Win!”

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