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(38,601 posts)Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,509 posts)always been. No matter when he took it off after Jon Stewart's humiliation.
CottonBear
(21,597 posts)grumpyduck
(6,278 posts)I'm glad Tammy refused to go on his show, although she could have probably torn him one more new asshole.
plimsoll
(1,671 posts)He's already an asshole, so if she tore him a new one would it be a clone? I mean the last thing we need is two Tucker Carlsons.
I think it would be a recursion thing, each new asshole would speak an octave higher until only dogs could hear him. ....Wait?
RVN VET71
(2,699 posts)Including his mouth, of course.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,947 posts)who probably spent his high school years stuffed in his locker after being pantsed and having his lunch money stolen by Bill Barr.
LuckyCharms
(17,471 posts)comparing them to Tucker Carlson.
Thank you for your understanding.
blm
(113,131 posts)After Closed "Briefing" on Alleged Russian Bounties Targeting U.S. Troops, Warren and Hirono Seek Answers from Trump National Security Adviser, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State, & Director of National Intelligence
Warren Requests Information from Commander of U.S. Forces - Afghanistan on Safety and Security of Servicemembers; "Briefing by Trump Administration officials altogether failed to meet even the minimum standards for briefing the committee with legislative and oversight responsibility for the Department of Defense"
Text of letter to O'Brien, Pompeo, Esper, Ratcliffe (PDF)
Text of letter to Commander of U.S. Forces - Afghanistan (PDF)
Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawai'i), members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), wrote to President Donald Trump's National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, and the Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe seeking information on their knowledge of, and actions related to, reports that Russia's military intelligence unit (GRU) covertly offered and made payments to Taliban-linked militants to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan. Senator Warren also wrote to the Commander of U.S. Forces - Afghanistan General Austin Scott Miller requesting clarification on the safety and security of U.S. servicemembers following these troubling reports.
"If true and President Trump did nothing, it represents a shocking betrayal of the most basic responsibility of a Commander-in-Chief: to keep deployed American troops safe from those who would try to kill them," wrote Senators Warren and Hirono. Noting the president has dismissed multiple reports detailing the alleged Russian scheme as a hoax, the senators wrote: "President Trump appears to be knowingly echoing what appears to be false denials of the Russian government while its spy unit allegedly pays Taliban-linked militants to kill American soldiers."
The claims of the President's lack of knowledge of the Russian-funded bounty program raise serious questions about the Administration's knowledge of and actions taken related to this scheme, including how the National Security Adviser, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, and the Director of National Intelligence handled and are handling their respective roles and responsibilities.
The intelligence related to this alleged bounty program was reportedly discussed during a March 2020 interagency meeting at the White House and was included in a written version of one of President Trump's Presidential Daily Briefs (PDB). On Wednesday, the Administration officials briefed the Senate Armed Services Committee. "Unfortunately, the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) briefing by Trump Administration officials altogether failed to meet even the minimum standards for briefing the committee with legislative and oversight responsibility for the Department of Defense," wrote Senators Warren and Hirono.
Noting that they are profoundly concerned about the safety and security of U.S. servicemembers and the behavior of top Administration officials, Senators Warren and Hirono asked O'Brien, Secretaries Pompeo and Esper, and Director Ratcliffe a series of questions about what President Trump knew and when, what actions have been taken and will be taken to respond to and review attacks on U.S. troops that may have been connected this alleged Russian bounty program, and whether any conversations about this scheme have occurred with their Russian counterparts including between President Trump and Russian President Vladmir Putin.
U.S. Special Operations Forces are presently in Afghanistan advising the Afghan Special Security Forces on building their counter-terrorism capacity, and will continue to be in harm's way, even with the limited scope of their mission. In her letter to General Miller, Senator Warren raised questions about the activities of Special Operations Command that led to the discovery of this scheme and the steps subsequently taken to protect U.S. special operators on the ground in Afghanistan.
MineralMan
(146,345 posts)Brave fellow that he is, and all...
You know that if he had served in the military, he'd claim to have been a Navy Seal, right
question everything
(47,568 posts)On November 21, 2006, several weeks after losing her first congressional campaign, Duckworth was appointed Director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs, at that time Tucker was "Dancing with the Stars."
murielm99
(30,780 posts)She was the keynote speaker at our Illinois Democratic Women's convention when she was the director of Illinois Dept. of Veterans Affairs.
The last time I saw her was before the 2016 election, at the Freeport IL library. She was with Cheri Bustos, at an event sponsored by county committee chairs, to thank the activists.
I was happy to meet some of the people there. One was a young man taking a gap year to work as a precinct committee person and activist. The other was a family with elementary school boys. They got an excused absence for their boys so that they could meet our elected officials. What a worthy way for children to take an excused absence!
TomCADem
(17,390 posts)...sense of entitlement.
I guess going to school where it costs $65,000 annually to attend puts Tucker Carlson in a position of feeling very threatened by a real patriot like the Senator.
https://www.stgeorges.edu/
Mike Nelson
(9,980 posts)... thought maybe he believes she will be difficult to attack, if picked as Biden's VP. So he can either stir up enough negativity to knock her out... or start the attacking early so it's not so shocking, later.
Dem2
(8,168 posts)He can't lay a glove on her, tho he is trying!
... she would be difficult to wage a war against. They will need to work overtime.
themaguffin
(3,832 posts)Dem2
(8,168 posts)I believe she will kick their asses if they pursue her patriotism.
TheBlackAdder
(28,242 posts)BamaRefugee
(3,488 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Look no further than Rupert Murdoch. BTW,it sells soap and fake Gold Bars from China.
spanone
(135,921 posts)AJT
(5,240 posts)has a serious chance of being the veep pick and carlson is doing a preemptive attack.
citizen blues
(570 posts)she'll walk away like a boss. I think the GOP already had their plans on how to attack former candidates who might be VP's. They're not prepared to take on Tammy, and she won't need to mop the floor with "Cadet Bone Spurs," she'll have him doing it for her.
AJT
(5,240 posts)citizen blues
(570 posts)In fact, she's quick on her feet in 3 languages.
SWBTATTReg
(22,191 posts)pressured to take their ads elsewhere. Gutter mouth tucker needs to be taken off the air. I'm sick and tired of this guy's mouth and besides, he's supposed to be reporting on the news, not making the news.
MFGsunny
(2,356 posts)Champp
(2,114 posts)From their space of cowardice and SHAME, Republicans like Carlson and Trump try to take down others to their level.
LymphocyteLover
(5,662 posts)TrollBuster9090
(5,955 posts)Trump wants to exact revenge against Alexander Vindman, who's up for promotion to full colonel. Trump wants to refuse his promotion, but he wants the Pentagon to do it, so he doesn't have to look petty and vindictive by doing it himself. So, Duckworth is blocking all senior officer promotions until she gets a written statement from the Pentagon saying Vindman's name won't be removed from the promotion list.
I'm sure Trump is ranting on the phone every night to Hannity and Carlson about that, and they're more than happy to trash an American hero on his behalf.
niyad
(113,776 posts)kentuck
(111,111 posts)They believe she is going to be the VP pick?
Wounded Bear
(58,765 posts)so not surprising he's attacking veterans and real heroes.
Oh, throw in he's a misogynistic piece of shit, too.
The Jungle 1
(4,552 posts)His name is one letter off.
usaf-vet
(6,232 posts)The country needs MORE Tammy Duckworth's in Congress. And far fewer chickenhawks like Tucker Carlson on TV.
Catch2.2
(629 posts)Why there hasn't been an investigation into this. Where are the Hearings???
ancianita
(36,207 posts)LiberalFighter
(51,263 posts)marble falls
(57,427 posts)he's made a bad calculation thinking he's good to go against Sen Tammy Duckworth.
Shaddox
(384 posts)Like Trump - a man who didn't serve. A man who, if challenged, wouldn't fucking stand up in a barfight to defend his racism and bigotry without his security guards. And yet, only in America, this POS has a media presence that enables this?
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)Cha
(297,935 posts)Cha
(297,935 posts)maryellen99
(3,790 posts)UpInArms
(51,289 posts)Karl Rove has returned to "help"
This maneuver reeks of his methods ...
Remember what they did to Max Cleland ...
https://www.salon.com/2016/09/12/trump-iraq-and-max-cleland-the-rights-endless-hypocrisy-over-the-iraq-war/
Prior to the ad's dropping, Cleland was comfortably ahead of his challenger in the polls. In the days and weeks following the ad, Cleland dipped behind Chambliss and was ultimately defeated by a 6-point margin. He later told CBS News that the election had triggered his PTSD from the war. Chambliss went on to serve two full terms, retiring after the 2014 midterms.
Cleland, who left three limbs in Vietnam, was politically euthanized by the Republicans using a familiar early-2000s cudgel: Cleland was an unpatriotic terrorist sympathizer for his opposition to what became the Iraq War and therefore this decorated American soldier was unfit to serve in the Senate. He was publicly disgraced by the GOP establishment, as well as by an opponent, Chambliss, who received a deferment from the Vietnam draft due to an alleged "bum knee" from an old football injury. In other words, the draft dodger Republican was a true patriot for supporting the war, but a triple amputee and Vietnam War hero wasn't patriotic or courageous enough for re-election. Worse, Cleland was named as part of a rogues gallery that included America's most visible enemies at the time.
Never forget...
lastlib
(23,356 posts)You have a way of cutting to the heart of the matter on every subject touching the shitgibbon, and doing it with maximum bloodshed on his part. I am your devotee forever, milady!
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bucolic_frolic
(43,445 posts)So they're using Tucker to try to weaken a strong position.
Good luck.