Discussion: Panetta Slams Trump's Russia Comments: 'It's Deadly Serious'

[system1]

Panetta Slams Trump's Russia Comments: 'It's Deadly Serious' Back to article

[spiderpig]

How does this not disqualify him completely from even running? There has got to be some mechanism somewhere in their party rules that will enable them to pull this plug. For the sake of the nation, people!

[hora_del_cafe]

Do you truly believe Republicans care about this country? Their patriotism is fake. Pure BS.

[wagonmound]

OK, it looks like treason to me.

Where’s the Republicans with their ropes and torches in this case.

Let’s face it…the Republicans like Trump are assholes.

[sherlock1]

Panetta Slams Trump’s Russia Comments: ‘It’s Deadly Serious’

Nov 11, 2015 … “I got to know him (Putin) very well because we were both on 60 Minutes, we were stablemates,”…

July 27 2016 “I never met Putin, I don’t know who Putin is,” Trump said. “He said one nice thing about me. He said I’m a genius.”

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Tomorrow: “I never said any of that.”

I wonder if Trump is actually displaying signs of Alzheimer’s Syndrome or dementia?
Ezra Klein’s article is well worth a read:

Have we stopped to appreciate how crazy Donald Trump has gotten recently?

[benthere]

“A wise man speaks because he has something to say, a fool speaks because he has to say something.”

[yail_bloor]

“It’s serious. It’s deadly serious,” Panetta said, of how Trump’s campaign has played out on the world stage. “What he has said has already represented a threat to our national security.”

You’re a winner, Donzy! You’ve won a one-way trip to Sunny Cuba. Accommodations include a “luxurious” 6’ x 6’ and alll the water you can drink!

[pluckyinky]

“The other candidate doesn’t have any experience, doesn’t know the world, shoots from the hip,” Panetta continued. “He shot from the hip today in asking for Russians to do a cyber attack against the United States, for God’s sakes”

I don’t know much about Panetta, but he doesn’t strike me as a man given to hyperbole, so when some so called liberal says they can’t in good conscience vote for Hillary, I really want to pick up a roll of quarters and beat the brakes off them. You could pull that shit in 2012 when maybe Romney would’ve started a war or two, decimated the safety net, etc, but WWIII didn’t seem likely and even imminent. It does now.

[austin_dave]

Isn’t there some other billionaire the right can prop up in DJT’s stead? He’s about run out of gas. They have dozens of those clowns, and they can’t all be as ignorant and dangerous as Trump.

[pshah]

Anyone seen McConnell lately?

Does he still think Trump can be “guided” via his advisers? Cause I sure don’t.

With Trump in charge, USA means United Soviet America.

[kilgoretrout]

Donald Trump said, and I quote “… but what do I know about politics?” shrugging his arms as usual.

He must be indicted for infringing on our sovereignty by calling a foreign power to cyber attack us

[thunderclapnewman]

It’s now obvious to sentient beings that a vote for Trump is a vote for Putin.

[chammy]

I really want to pick up a roll of quarters and beat the brakes off them.

This is beyond frightening. Time to hear from Colin Powell and even Condi Rice. This is beyond frightening

[kilgoretrout]

Flagged for Trolling.

[chammy]

Massive facepalm. Panetta’s a hack. Ooohhhh…it’s deadly serious…ooohhhhhhhh. Forget about Hillary’s email treason…ooohhhhhh. What a joke!

You must love making a fool of yourself and guess what - you are doing a great job.

[yail_bloor]

“It’s appalling,” Dr. Eliot A. Cohen, who was counselor of the State Department during the second term of George W. Bush’s presidency, said to me today. “Calling on a foreign government to go after your opponent in an American election?”

Cohen, the counselor to State under Bush, argued to me that more GOP officials needed to step up. “An enormous amount rests on Republican politicians being willing to say something,” Cohen said. “What’s disturbing is how many will dodge the issue and say, ‘oh, he doesn’t mean it.’”

I agree, more should step up…now.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/07/27/trump-urges-russia-to-help-expose-clintons-emails-when-will-this-be-too-much-for-republicans/?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-d%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

[grack]

Romney would’ve started a war or two

Not likely, not without building up the mounted cavalry first.

[kilgoretrout]

Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy:
1. Close borders
2. Ban Muslims
3. Wall
4. Omarosa
5. Call Russia to cyber attack (war none the less) the United States of America

(Keep adding to the list)

[dv01]

but, but, but we’ve got to elect him because he’ll fix everything day one! And, and, and, and he is willing to say “ISIS”.

I can’t wait for the smackdown delivered by our President tonight.

[dv01]

I think golf courses and beauty pageants are involved too.