Posted on 03/27/2016 12:13:33 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX
He’s retired Marine General James Mattis. He’s an extraordinary American. Yes, it’s a longshot. But he is exactly what we need.
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Same here. I wish I had the money to buy a private island somewhere. I’m afraid we might even end up with Bernie as president. God must be very angry with our country.
In 1964, after Goldwater had taken Rockefeller out, the Republican Establishment launched a Stop Goldwater movement by pushing Pennsylvania Governor William Scranton. It didn't work.
Thank you. I didn’t know about that. Of course, I was a mere “yute” at the time. :-)
All these Trump can’t win stories do not make sense.
How did they make a star or more or stay in for the last 7 plus years if they are playing Obama’s game?
So was I. I was a high school student at a Catholic high school in New Jersey, and I leafleted for the Goldwater campaign.
If you don't vet candidates you can end up with a monstrosity like Barack Obama.
Swell. Except he ain’t running
Never heard of him.
Does he have a wife? And can we see some nekkid pictures of her?
This is a serious election, and we have a lot of issues to evaluate.
Didn’t George Wallace have General Curtis E. LeMay as a running mate for a very brief time back in the 1970s?
” God must be very angry with our country.”
He has good reason to be!!
I don’t know anything about this guy. I do some that some Generals and Admirals surprise me when they get out and identify themselves as liberals, Wesley Clarke comes to mind.
“I am curious to know about the author of this piece, the general in question, and how this process would work, if it’s even possible.”
Do some research and enlighten us. I, for one, am not curious about this lark.
Hey Pining,
I’m getting a brain cramp here. Why would you have the temerity to push the guy’s name here on FR; And then seemingly wimp out by bleating that you don’t know anything about him? Does not compute.
1968
In politics, this is what is known as a “trial balloon.”
1. "Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet."
- One of the rules he gave his Marines to live by in Iraq
2. "That said, there are some assholes in the world that just need to be shot. There are hunters and there are victims. By your discipline, cunning, obedience and alertness, you will decide if you are a hunter or a victim. It’s really a hell "
- Addressing a gathering of 200 marines
3. "You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil. You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them. Actually it's quite fun to fight them, you know. It's a hell of a hoot. It's fun to shoot some people. I'll be right up there with you. I like brawling."
4. "PowerPoint makes us stupid."
5. "I come in peace. I didn’t bring artillery. But I’m pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you fuck with me, I’ll kill you all."
- Message to the Iraqi leaders in every area his men served in
1. "Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet."
- One of the rules he gave his Marines to live by in Iraq
2. "That said, there are some assholes in the world that just need to be shot. There are hunters and there are victims. By your discipline, cunning, obedience and alertness, you will decide if you are a hunter or a victim. It’s really a hell of a lot of fun. You’re gonna have a blast out here! "
- Addressing a gathering of 200 marines
3. "You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil. You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them. Actually it's quite fun to fight them, you know. It's a hell of a hoot. It's fun to shoot some people. I'll be right up there with you. I like brawling."
4. "PowerPoint makes us stupid."
5. "I come in peace. I didn’t bring artillery. But I’m pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you fuck with me, I’ll kill you all."
- Message to the Iraqi leaders in every area his men served in
General Mattis
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