I think that all of those assholes who signed the letter should be 
rejected entirely.  They are Anti-American and not worthy of even 
discussing.
---
well ... they are republicans.

This really makes me mad!
--
we can tell.

On Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 8:05:19 PM UTC-5, KeithInTampa wrote:
>
> I posted this on my Facebook page, but to expand,  I think that all of 
> those assholes who signed the letter should be rejected entirely.  They are 
> Anti-American and not worthy of even discussing.
>
> This really makes me mad!
>
> Jamie Weinstein is an idiot! Where is Tucker Carlson? (The CEO of the 
> Daily Caller)
> In my opinion,Weinstein should be terminated now! I am so sick and tired 
> of the "Rockefellerian Elitist Globalist" Faction of the Republican Party, 
> and it's time that all conservatives demand that these assholes, (most of 
> who have been revealed! Any Republican, including Senator Susan Collins 
> from Maine, who signed the letter denouncing Trump this morning; and who 
> have paraded around as Pseudo-Conservatives need to be called out and 
> denounced! Our tent is big, but it's not that big for these Anti-Americans!
>
> I encourage everyone to write to Tucker Carlson and demand that Jamie 
> Weinstein be terminated!
>
> Tucker's Twitter Handle:
> @Tucker Carlson
>
> Facebook:
> https://www.facebook.com/Tucker-Carlson-210598158304/...
>
> The Daily Caller:
> https://www.facebook.com/DailyCaller/?fref=ts
>
>
> http://www.breitbart.com/…/surrender-jamie-weinstein-hilla…/
>
> #NeverTrump’s Weinstein Calls for ‘Negotiated Surrender to Hillary’
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> The Daily Caller’s Senior Writer Jamie Weinstein, a member of the 
> “NeverTrump” faction, has proposed 
> <http://dailycaller.com/2016/08/08/the-case-for-a-negotiated-republican-surrender-to-hillary/>
>  a 
> “negotiated Republican surrender” to Hillary Clinton. The suggested deal 
> rests on the assumption that Clinton is “on a glide path to the White 
> House,” and that Republicans would do best to appease her now.
>
> The terms: Republican leaders agree to “rescind” endorsements of Trump in 
> exchange for one Supreme Court seat; rudimentary entitlement reform (read: 
> higher taxes); a “Gang of Eight-style immigration bill”; a federal 
> minimum-wage increase; up-or-down votes on future Supreme Court nominees; 
> and a few national security appointments.
>
> There is no room for actual voters in this scheme, which Weinstein 
> envisions as a brokered arrangement between politicians.
> Video: GOP Candidates Bash Clinton at NH Forum
>
> Weinstein writes:
>
> Ideally, the Republican delegation would include a wide range of respected 
> Republicans and conservatives from both the establishment and 
> anti-establishment, but for it to matter to Hillary, it must also 
> definitely include Republican congressional leaders like House Speaker Paul 
> Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (and as many other members 
> of Congress as possible) who would actually be in a position of fulfill the 
> commitments of a deal.
>
> Weinstein concedes that one of his premises contradicts the other: if 
> Trump is doing so badly, why would Clinton agree to a deal?
>
> However, he says, “while Trump looks like he is tanking, you can never be 
> so sure.” And he believes Hillary Clinton would accept his terms as a way 
> of cementing her “presidential legacy” by “achieving some of her big policy 
> goals before she is even sworn in.”
>
> Weinstein does not explain how Republicans might be expected to oppose 
> Clinton’s other policies once she takes office. Nor does he explain why, 
> having surrendered once, Republicans would not be expected to surrender 
> again, and again, and again.
>
> Essentially, Weinstein is proposing that Hillary Clinton control, and 
> ultimately destroy, the Republican Party.
>
> But perhaps, if it keeps Donald Trump out of office, a 
> perpetual dictatorship of the radical left is worth considering.
>
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> On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 6:05 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> Then the obvious question you should be asking is why they prefer Hillary 
>> over Trump.
>> ---
>> imo ... they recognize that Trump overreacts to almost everything and 
>> says shit off the top of his head that makes zero sense.
>>
>> but here's what some military leaders have to say about Trump:
>> http://time.com/4370608/donald-trump-military/
>>
>>  
>>
>> On Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 2:51:07 PM UTC-5, Perplexed wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Then the obvious question you should be asking is why they prefer 
>>> Hillary over Trump.
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 2:31:06 PM UTC-4, plainolamerican wrote:
>>>>
>>>> So what is your opinion of these 50 republicans? Because I can sure 
>>>> remember a time when you expressed seething hatred of warmongers. Are you 
>>>> now warmly embracing them because they hate Trump as much as you do?
>>>> ---
>>>> I never embrace warmongers ... just pointing out their disdain for 
>>>> Trump.
>>>> I don't hate Trump ... I just don't want him as potus.
>>>>
>>>> Most Americans agree that invading Iraq was a huge mistake and it was 
>>>> these blithering idiots who advised Bush it was the right thing to do.
>>>> ----
>>>> we know who they are and why they promoted the war on the middle east.
>>>>
>>>> People associated with the PNAC[edit 
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Project_for_the_New_American_Century&action=edit&section=9>
>>>> ]Project directors[edit 
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Project_for_the_New_American_Century&action=edit&section=10>
>>>> ]
>>>>
>>>> [as listed on the PNAC website:]
>>>>
>>>>    - William Kristol <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Kristol>, 
>>>>    Co-founder and Chairman[6] 
>>>>    
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-AboutPNAC-6>
>>>>    - Robert Kagan <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kagan>, 
>>>>    Co-founder[6] 
>>>>    
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-AboutPNAC-6>
>>>>    - Bruce P. Jackson 
>>>>    
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Jackson_(Project_on_Transitional_Democracies)>
>>>>    [6] 
>>>>    
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-AboutPNAC-6>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    - Mark Gerson <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Gerson>[6] 
>>>>    
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-AboutPNAC-6>
>>>>    - Randy Scheunemann 
>>>>    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Scheunemann>[6] 
>>>>    
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-AboutPNAC-6>
>>>>
>>>> Project staff[edit 
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Project_for_the_New_American_Century&action=edit&section=11>
>>>> ]
>>>>    
>>>>    - Other director(s):
>>>>       - Ellen Bork <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Bork>, Deputy 
>>>>       Director[6] 
>>>>       
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-AboutPNAC-6>
>>>>       - Timothy Lehmann, Assistant Director[6] 
>>>>       
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-AboutPNAC-6>
>>>>    - Other associates:
>>>>       - Senior fellows:
>>>>          - Thomas Donnelly 
>>>>          <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Donnelly_(writer)>, 
>>>>          Senior Fellow[6] 
>>>>          
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-AboutPNAC-6>
>>>>          - Reuel Marc Gerecht 
>>>>          <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuel_Marc_Gerecht>, Senior 
>>>>          Fellow[6] 
>>>>          
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-AboutPNAC-6>
>>>>          - Gary Schmitt <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Schmitt>, 
>>>>          Senior Fellow[6] 
>>>>          
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-AboutPNAC-6>
>>>>          [61] 
>>>>          
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-Schmitt-61>
>>>>       - Research associates:
>>>>          - Michael Goldfarb 
>>>>          
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Goldfarb_(political_writer)>, 
>>>>          Research Associate[6] 
>>>>          
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-AboutPNAC-6>
>>>>       
>>>> Former directors and staff[edit 
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Project_for_the_New_American_Century&action=edit&section=12>
>>>> ]
>>>>    
>>>>    - Daniel McKivergan 
>>>>    
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daniel_McKivergan&action=edit&redlink=1>,
>>>>  
>>>>    Deputy Director[62] 
>>>>    
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-62>
>>>>
>>>> Signatories to *Statement of Principles*[edit 
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Project_for_the_New_American_Century&action=edit&section=13>
>>>> ]
>>>>
>>>>    - Elliott Abrams <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_Abrams>[5] 
>>>>    
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-PNACSOP-5>
>>>>    - Gary Bauer <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Bauer>[5] 
>>>>    
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-PNACSOP-5>
>>>>    - William J. Bennett 
>>>>    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Bennett>[5] 
>>>>    
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-PNACSOP-5>
>>>>    - John Ellis "Jeb" Bush <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeb_Bush>[5] 
>>>>    
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-PNACSOP-5>
>>>>    - Dick Cheney <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Cheney>[5] 
>>>>    
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-PNACSOP-5>
>>>>    - Eliot A. Cohen <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliot_A._Cohen>[5] 
>>>>    
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-PNACSOP-5>
>>>>    - Midge Decter <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midge_Decter>[5] 
>>>>    
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-PNACSOP-5>
>>>>    - Paula Dobriansky <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Dobriansky>
>>>>    [5] 
>>>>    
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-PNACSOP-5>
>>>>    - Steve Forbes <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Forbes>[5] 
>>>>    
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-PNACSOP-5>
>>>>    - Aaron Friedberg <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Friedberg>[5] 
>>>>    
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-PNACSOP-5>
>>>>    - Francis Fukuyama <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Fukuyama>
>>>>    [5] 
>>>>    
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-PNACSOP-5>
>>>>    - Frank Gaffney <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Gaffney>[5] 
>>>>    
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-PNACSOP-5>
>>>>    - Fred C. Ikle <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Ikle>[5] 
>>>>    
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-PNACSOP-5>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    - Donald Kagan <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Kagan>[5] 
>>>>    
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-PNACSOP-5>
>>>>    - Zalmay Khalilzad <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zalmay_Khalilzad>
>>>>    [5] 
>>>>    
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-PNACSOP-5>
>>>>    - I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby 
>>>>    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Libby>[5] 
>>>>    
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-PNACSOP-5>
>>>>    - Norman Podhoretz <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Podhoretz>
>>>>    [5] 
>>>>    
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-PNACSOP-5>
>>>>    - J. Danforth Quayle <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Quayle>[5] 
>>>>    
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-PNACSOP-5>
>>>>    - Peter W. Rodman <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Rodman>[5] 
>>>>    
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-PNACSOP-5>
>>>>    - Stephen P. Rosen 
>>>>    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Peter_Rosen>[5] 
>>>>    
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-PNACSOP-5>
>>>>    - Henry S. Rowen <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Rowen>[5] 
>>>>    
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-PNACSOP-5>
>>>>    - Donald Rumsfeld <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Rumsfeld>[5] 
>>>>    
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-PNACSOP-5>
>>>>    - Vin Weber <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin_Weber>[5] 
>>>>    
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-PNACSOP-5>
>>>>    - George Weigel <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Weigel>[5] 
>>>>    
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-PNACSOP-5>
>>>>    - Paul Wolfowitz <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Wolfowitz>[5] 
>>>>    
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century#cite_note-PNACSOP-5>
>>>>
>>>> See also[edit 
>>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Project_for_the_New_American_Century&action=edit&section=14>
>>>> ]
>>>>    
>>>>    
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 12:13:02 PM UTC-5, Perplexed wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> So what is your opinion of these 50 republicans? Because I can sure 
>>>>> remember a time when you expressed seething hatred of warmongers. Are you 
>>>>> now warmly embracing them because they hate Trump as much as you do?
>>>>>
>>>>> Personally I think this helps Trump. Most Americans agree that 
>>>>> invading Iraq was a huge mistake and it was these blithering idiots who 
>>>>> advised Bush it was the right thing to do.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 1:09:52 PM UTC-4, plainolamerican wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/group-of-50-former-gop-national-security-officials-trump-would-be-most-reckless-president-in-american-history/2016/08/08/6715042c-5d9f-11e6-af8e-54aa2e849447_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_trumpletter-430pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A group of 50 former national security officials, all of whom have 
>>>>>> served Republican presidents from Richard M. Nixon to George W. Bush, 
>>>>>> have 
>>>>>> signed an open letter calling Donald Trump unqualified to be president 
>>>>>> and 
>>>>>> warning that, if elected, “he would be the most reckless President in 
>>>>>> American history.”
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The letter offers a withering critique of the GOP nominee, saying he 
>>>>>> “lacks the character, values and experience” to be president. The 
>>>>>> signatories declare their conviction that he would be dangerous “and 
>>>>>> would 
>>>>>> put at risk our country’s national security and well-being.”
>>>>>>
>>>>>> They state flatly that none of them intend to vote for Trump in 
>>>>>> November. Some have decided to vote for Hillary Clinton, while others 
>>>>>> intend to sit out the election or write in another name, said John 
>>>>>> Bellinger III, a former legal adviser to Condoleezza Rice and the writer 
>>>>>> of 
>>>>>> the letter’s first draft.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> “We also know that many have doubts about Hillary Clinton, as do many 
>>>>>> of us,” the letter says. “But Donald Trump is not the answer to 
>>>>>> America’s 
>>>>>> daunting challenges and to this crucial election. We are convinced that 
>>>>>> in 
>>>>>> the Oval Office, he would be the most reckless President in American 
>>>>>> history.”
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In a statement, Trump said the letter writers share the blame for 
>>>>>> “making the world such a dangerous place.”
>>>>>>
>>>>>> “They are nothing more than the failed Washington elite looking to 
>>>>>> hold onto their power, and it’s time they are held accountable for their 
>>>>>> actions,” he said.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Trump said the former officials — along with Clinton — took part in 
>>>>>> the decisions that led to the invasion of Iraq, the deaths of Americans 
>>>>>> in 
>>>>>> Benghazi, Libya, and the rise of the Islamic State.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> “Yet despite these failures, they think they are entitled to use 
>>>>>> their favor trading to land taxpayer-funded government contracts and 
>>>>>> speaking fees,” he said.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Although no former secretaries of state signed the letter, it carries 
>>>>>> the signatures of Michael Chertoff and Tom Ridge, former secretaries of 
>>>>>> homeland security; Michael Hayden, a former director of the CIA and the 
>>>>>> National Security Agency; John Negroponte, a former director of national 
>>>>>> intelligence and deputy secretary of state; Robert Zoellick, who also 
>>>>>> was a 
>>>>>> deputy secretary of state and president of the World Bank and the U.S. 
>>>>>> trade representative under George W. Bush; Carla Hills, the U.S. trade 
>>>>>> representative under George H.W. Bush; and William H. Taft IV, a former 
>>>>>> deputy secretary of defense and ambassador to NATO under the elder Bush.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also signing the letter were several aides who were senior advisers 
>>>>>> in the White House, State Department and Pentagon. Among them were Eric 
>>>>>> Edelman, a national security adviser to then-Vice President Richard B. 
>>>>>> Cheney, and Bellinger, who worked closely with Rice when she was 
>>>>>> secretary 
>>>>>> of state and when she was on the NSC.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bellinger said that some involved with the letter wanted to wait 
>>>>>> until September to release their views but that the candidate’s behavior 
>>>>>> in 
>>>>>> recent weeks — from his comments on NATO to inviting Russian 
>>>>>> intelligence 
>>>>>> to hack Clinton’s emails — galvanized them to move sooner.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> “This is not about NATO, it’s not about trade, it’s not about Russia, 
>>>>>> it’s not about cyber. We really wanted to focus on the character, 
>>>>>> temperament and judgment that we have seen are required of good 
>>>>>> presidents,” Bellinger said.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Although the signatories all served Republican presidents, many of 
>>>>>> the criticisms echo those being leveled by the Clinton campaign.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> “He appears to lack basic knowledge about and belief in the U.S. 
>>>>>> Constitution, U.S. laws and U.S. institutions, including religious 
>>>>>> tolerance, freedom of the press and an independent judiciary,” the 
>>>>>> letter 
>>>>>> says of Trump.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Later on, it adds, “At the same time, he persistently compliments our 
>>>>>> adversaries and threatens our allies and friends. Unlike previous 
>>>>>> Presidents who had limited experience in foreign affairs, Mr. Trump has 
>>>>>> shown no interest in educating himself. He continues to display an 
>>>>>> alarming 
>>>>>> ignorance of basic facts of contemporary international politics.”
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The letter said Trump “lacks the temperament to be President,” and 
>>>>>> gave a scathing assessment of his ability to take advice, discipline 
>>>>>> himself, control his emotions and reflect before acting.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> “He is unable or unwilling to separate truth from falsehood,” the 
>>>>>> letter states in a particularly pointed criticism of Trump’s personal 
>>>>>> traits. “He does not encourage conflicting views. He lacks self-control 
>>>>>> and 
>>>>>> acts impetuously. He cannot tolerate personal criticism. He has alarmed 
>>>>>> our 
>>>>>> closest allies with his erratic behavior. All of these are dangerous 
>>>>>> qualities in an individual who aspires to be President and 
>>>>>> Commander-in-Chief, with command of the U.S. nuclear arsenal.”
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bellinger said the letter is not intended to be political.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> “What we really wanted to do was to raise the alarm and awareness 
>>>>>> among voters who may find Mr. Trump attractive in a lot of ways, but do 
>>>>>> not 
>>>>>> understand what is required to be president of the United States,” he 
>>>>>> said. 
>>>>>> “We are trying to say to them, we have served inside the White House, we 
>>>>>> have worked with presidents for decades, we know what’s required to be 
>>>>>> president, and we are deeply concerned Donald Trump does not have these 
>>>>>> qualifications, the judgment or the temperament.”
>>>>>>
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