September 24: Make America Great Again - 1861 Version

 

9/24/20: Dictator Don said yesterday that he couldn’t commit to a peaceful transfer of power on January 20. This is because Dictator Don has fascist instincts. If he wins, the election will be fair! If he loses, all MAGA forces should lock and load! Make America Great Again, 1861 style. 

Now you can understand why Dictator Don doesn’t want those Confederate statues coming down.

 

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Not “up to the enormous responsibilities of his office.” 

489 former U.S. intelligence leaders

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Did we also notice that 489 former U.S. intelligence leaders, including nearly two dozen retired four-star officers, signed a letter endorsing Joe Biden for president? This is because they realize Trump is a crazy person. 

They are polite former intelligence officials, however, and do not refer to Trump as a lunatic. They merely state that our “current president” is not “up to the enormous responsibilities of his office.” 

Signatories include Gen. Peter Chiarelli, who served as the Army’s second-ranking officer before retiring in 2012. Until now, he tells NPR, he has never been involved in politics; but this election is different. 

“I believe the current administration is a real threat to the republic.” He cites the president’s “attacks on institutions” and his “failure to lead,” especially on a coronavirus response. It “makes me ill,” he adds, to see that the president has politicized the wearing of masks to prevent the spread of virus. “I believed I had to stand up and be counted,” he gives as a reason for signing the letter.

Others who added their names: Trump’s former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, retired Air Force General Paul J. Selva, retired Navy SEAL Vice Admiral P. Gardner Howe, III, who served as CIA’s director of military affairs, and retired Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Paul Zukunft. 

Miles Taylor, who served as Gen. John Kelly’s chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security, is perhaps the bluntest of all. The young Republican says he’ll vote for Biden in November and gives his reasons. “I’ll take him – and left-leaning policies – over Donald Trump – and the republic-breaking danger he poses – any day of the week.”  

Naturally, Trump calls Taylor a “lowlife.” 

Reporters for Time magazine also note: 

One former senior official who regularly briefed the President is considering speaking out against his former boss, too. “Everything, every decision, was made based on his re-election as opposed to what’s good for the country,” the official says of Trump. “There is no bottom to this guy … There is no level so low that he will not stoop to. And his sycophants will support him every step of the way.”

 

That official, however, is afraid that if he speaks out, Trump supporters might endanger his family.

 

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TODAY, a wide variety of Republican lawmakers had to come out and say, sure, we will have a peaceful transfer of power. Even Milksop Mitch McConnell agreed that civil war is a poor option. 

Well done, Milksop!