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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNewt Gingrich: "How would YOU feel if you woke up to armed men in bedroom?"
@newtgingrich
Why do people defend three am fbi raid on non-violent couple in their pajamas? How would YOU feel if you woke up to armed men in bedroom?
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Turbineguy
(37,412 posts)for not practicing treason?
olegramps
(8,200 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,035 posts)Yet another dumb distraction from Newt, struggling so hard to be relevant again.
dembotoz
(16,865 posts)sleazeball is perfect for the trump administration
George II
(67,782 posts)"Maybe the same way his wife his wife felt when she was served divorce papers in the hospital where she was recovering from cancer surgery"? Not to mention that that he'd been seeing his paramour for years, too.
Baitball Blogger
(46,776 posts)He was very instrumental in putting us on this slippery slope.
jayschool2013
(2,318 posts)His role in this is nicely explained in "How Democracies Die."
Fuck him.
William Seger
(10,793 posts)SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)There was no "with" about it. Political discourse took a decidedly ugly turn with that batch of ReTHUGlicans as well. It never was all sweetness and light, but things got pretty nasty with those sumbitches in Congress.
GWC58
(2,678 posts)A bunch of nasty mother fuckers they were and ARE!!
Baitball Blogger
(46,776 posts)was looking for ways to break up our government by cherry picking the Constitution.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,116 posts)cyndensco
(1,697 posts)nolabels
(13,133 posts)I feel kind of ashamed though. When I first read it, I found it humorous because it was so simple (as well as complex). Many a folk of white privilege cannot grasp the situation of it. Seems maybe some even posting in the thread might not be fully aware. If you are of a lighter skin tone but in an area that has been red-lined, you sometimes can relate.
About fifteen years ago the kids had a party at the house. It turned out to be a very large party. We live out in the sticks on a couple acres, so yea the parties can get big around here. There were no older adults at the house during the party and scuttlebutt got tossed around about it. Somehow someone's teenage daughter had run away and they had got convinced that she was somehow at the party. They called the cops and I had never seen so many cop cars in one area. I was working swing shift and when I came home there it was. Even a copter in the air at one point.
The cops thought somehow the girl was hiding in the master bedroom because the wife had locked it up before she had left to go to her sisters. The cops wanted in there bad but of course there was nobody in there so opening the door was kind of anticlimactic. The kids got a warning not to have a party like this again and I got a warning to be a more responsible parent.
LiberalArkie
(15,735 posts)Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)is in Rome, representing the US as ambassador!! After committing adultery for several years, this good Catholic now gets to live off taxpayers. Newt should just roll off camera and disappear. Ugly, self adoring ass.
RVN VET71
(2,699 posts)So maybe she'll just donate all her salary to the poor? (JK)
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)an "aide" ti a politician. She is the one who ran up the Tiffany credit card to new heights. Maybe Newt got her the job to keep her away from Tiffanys?
RVN VET71
(2,699 posts)malaise
(269,278 posts)spanone
(135,924 posts)they knocked on the door.
you are a partisan lying SOB.
IthinkThereforeIAM
(3,078 posts)... I was scanning the late breaking and news feeds to see just who got raided at 3 am the past day or two. Thanks.
7962
(11,841 posts)Leghorn21
(13,527 posts)these days!!!
MANAFORT: jammies, bedroom, three am...COHEN: civilized morning hour, and the agents were polite and respectful, per Cohen.
whos next, mutthafuckkas
SCantiGOP
(13,878 posts)Were actually men at the front door. Cohen even commented on how professional and polite they were, and he thanked them for how they had treated him during the process.
Amimnoch
(4,558 posts)Newt, why dont you feel and express the same outrage when people of color are surrounded by armed police and shot dead for the crime of being a person of color?
notdarkyet
(2,226 posts)woken by armed swat teams and others. They were not only shocked, many were killed, as were their dogs. Lots of times it was a wrong address, but not guilty people have died anyway. None of them will ever get the curtesy or deference you all expect. Look around. Americans are daily under siege or being killed for nothing. So go ahead newt, Complain about unfairness, guess what, when it comes to guys like Cohen we cheer.
Cosmocat
(14,584 posts)But, hey, I am not a law and order conservative ...
boston bean
(36,225 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Years ago I was awakened in bed in the early morning by armed cops. I am not a criminal, so I wasn't afraid or angry. I groggily asked them what's up. They told me that they were doing a welfare check. Turns out a neighbor called them after not seeing me around for a while. LOL. (They actually were at my bedside, when they woke me up. I guess I hadn't answered to a knock? I don't know. How embarrassing!)
So, Newt...I KNOW exactly how that feels. If the citizen isn't a criminal, there's no need for fear or anger. THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOB. And that's a GOOD thing.
7962
(11,841 posts)What did they say when you spoke to them?
trusty elf
(7,403 posts)raven mad
(4,940 posts)Puzzler
(2,505 posts)-Puzzler
keithbvadu2
(37,039 posts)Mr. Ected
(9,675 posts)This is how our criminal justice system deals with criminals. Unless you're able to present evidence that there was no probable cause to conduct the raid, or no probable cause to believe that evidence would be removed or destroyed - and good effing luck with that - then shut your pie hole and quit trying to raise the ire of the partisan and uninformed.
SunSeeker
(51,797 posts)The search was legally done in the morning, not in the middle of the night. It was authorized by a Republican court-ordered warrant by knocking on the front door. Cohen thanked the agents who he said were extremely professional, courteous and respectful.
duforsure
(11,885 posts)Bengus81
(6,937 posts)How about the same BS line you and Republican knuckle dragger voters love to use:
IF your not doing anything WRONG then you don't have anything to worry about...........
Volaris
(10,278 posts)Of anyone who lived in Bagdad during our occupation that he supported. Additionally he should ask if he approves using SWAT raids for non - violent drug warrants.
I just love how these hateful selfish fuckers only care about THEIR OWN Rights 'violations', but couldn't give fuck all about any of the rest of us.
Yes, newt, you CONservatives are just so oppressed and victimized. FBI raids for criminal evidence is just soooooo beyond the pale...
extvbroadcaster
(343 posts)If you ever read anything about Newt, you realize he has been a scumbag his whole life. I actually worked with him once on a interview. He was a total ass wipe, mainly because I was one of the "hired help" - no need to be nice to me!
Nitram
(22,951 posts)The FBI knocked and politely waited until Cohen answered the door. Cohen himself said they treated him with the utmost respect. Where does Gingrich get off accusing the FBI of invading their bedroom while they were still in bed? Still, this confirms his suitability to be Speaker of the House for the GOP back in the day.
jmowreader
(50,589 posts)Because I do not commit crimes or associate with those who do, waking up to armed men in my bedroom is not something I have to worry about.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,578 posts)Am I wrong about that? I'm pretty sure about it.
WhiteTara
(29,732 posts)That was my first thought too.
KPN
(15,677 posts)Perhaps Gingrich has reason to be concerned?
bitterross
(4,066 posts)In this time in which we live that is the unfortunate truth.
uponit7771
(90,371 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,169 posts)47of74
(18,470 posts)Thats the nicest thing I can say about him too.
Bleacher Creature
(11,258 posts)Short and perfect in every way.
calimary
(81,594 posts)rickyhall
(4,889 posts)Let me tell what its like, Gangrich, to be dragged out of your house in nothing but your shorts, cuffed, stuffed in a car by gun toting gorillas and hauled off to city jail, one phone call, given a shirt, woke up in the middle of night and hauled down to county lockup to finish the night shivering on a cold concrete slab with no mattress but a mattress cover for a blanket, brought before a bail judge after tasteless oatmeal and sausage then dumped into "population" with some truly scary looking guys. All for sitting at home watching tv while smoking pot, hurting no one. You should try it sometime, you mother f-cking republicon!
Sorry ya'll it must have been something that sorry p o s said.
MFM008
(19,834 posts)I had armed men in my bedroom......
I dated some local cops.......
treestar
(82,383 posts)Is he really recommending that never be done? What are the reasons for it?
Trueblue Texan
(2,451 posts)Newt's concerned about feelings? Really?
Historic NY
(37,460 posts)Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)3catwoman3
(24,109 posts)...wake up to armed men in my bedroom than to wake up to Newt Gingrich in my bedroom.