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Michael Hayden Warns: Impeachment Would Be Viewed as ‘Soft Coup’
Big Government ^ | 8/24/18 | Joshua Caplan

Posted on 08/25/2018 5:49:30 AM PDT by markomalley

Michael Hayden, the former director of the National Security Agency (NSA), warned Thursday that impeaching President Donald Trump would have unintended consequences and could further delegitimize the intelligence community.

Hayden, a frequent critic of President Trump, told Hill.TV’s Krystal Ball and Buck Sexton that he believes “impeachment would be a bad idea.”

“If President Trump is somehow forced to leave office before the end of his first term, one-third of America will believe it was a soft coup conducted by people, well frankly like everybody here at the table would be their view,” Hayden said. “I think the only way we move beyond this in any way that’s healthy for our democracy is we vote,” the Obama-era intelligence official added.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: bucksexton; coup; coupplot; hayden; jamescomey; krystalball; lisapage; mediawingofthednc; michaelhayden; nevertrump; nevertrumper; nevertrumpers; partisanmediashills; peterstrzok; presstitutes; robertmueller; smearmachine; thehill
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To: mountainlion

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AFL/CIO brass has already tilted their hand in Trump’s direction.

Dems are toast.


161 posted on 08/25/2018 1:17:06 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: central_va

A few thousand snipers with good scopes and random hits of swamp creatures. I would start watching the nightly news again just to cheer it on.


162 posted on 08/25/2018 1:19:56 PM PDT by PA-RIVER
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To: Borax Queen

You can throw in Catholic charities and Catholic universities. The entire church is corrupt!


163 posted on 08/25/2018 1:36:30 PM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: elcid1970

The French left revolted in the cities first

The aristocrats which were the conservatives more or less were safer in rural areas

We are very weak in urban areas

Oddly our greatest numerical strength is suburban rings around cities for the most part

The truly rural areas where we nearly always dominate except for reservations and black agribelts are sorta sparse in totality numbers wise

Every southern and midwestern city is leftist core and conservative encircled


165 posted on 08/25/2018 1:38:32 PM PDT by wardaddy (Wake up and quit aping opinions you think will make you popular here)
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To: AndyJackson
Soft coup?

Chicken coup! Those eggs won't unscramble.

166 posted on 08/25/2018 1:39:43 PM PDT by Bernard Marx
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To: wardaddy
"We are very weak in urban areas"

Confined and under duress the rats would start feeding on each other in the urban areas.
167 posted on 08/25/2018 2:06:31 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: gundog

$175K a year if they also dispose of the needles.


168 posted on 08/25/2018 2:32:11 PM PDT by rfp1234 (I have already previewed this composition.)
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To: markomalley
"Viewed as a soft coup" ...VIEWED AS A SOFT COUP?

IT WOULD BE AND I S AN ONGOING "SOFT COUP" SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED AND INTENDED TO OVERTHROW THE DULY ELECTED PRESIDENT AND GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THERE'S NOTHING "VIEWED" ABOUT IT! And yes I am YELLING; the very future of the nation is at stake and these guys act like it's just a news story and "politics as usual".

169 posted on 08/25/2018 2:33:48 PM PDT by Jmouse007 (Lord God Almighty, deliver us from this evil in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, amen.)
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To: markomalley
What is taking place is a spiritual warfare between Satan and Almighty God for the very heart, soul and future of the nation.

There will be only one Victor in this spiritual conflict and whichever side wins will control and determine the nature, future and "reality" of the country from here on out going forward.

Either we will live in a modern version of godless "1984" injustice, and unreality, with the uniparty politicians, globalists, "deep state", the alphabet DOJ organizations and the MSM fake news controlling everything; Or truth, justice and reality, along with a genuine return to a constitutional, nationalist government; one nation under Almighty God, where truth and impartial "justice for all" prevails and reigns supreme.

This spiritual battle where these two different spiritual, national destinies and "world views" for America are presently, openly warring against each other in full view for all who have eyes, and are willing to see, can see.

They are diametrically opposed to one another, as are God and Satan. There can and will be no compromise, and only one will be victorious.

So repent of your sins, pray, participate and vote; because the very survival and future of our nation, you, your entire family and future generations of Americans depends upon it.

And, if Almighty God, in His mercy chooses to pass over our multitude of sins against Him and be gracious, our nation will be preserved.

However, given the innumerable, number, measure, nature, and depth of our sin and the extent to which we, as a nation and individuals within it have willfully rejected God and His beloved, Son; our Lord, and the world's one and only Savior Jesus Christ; He may, in righteous judgment allow our nation to fall.

Our nation's fate ultimately rests with God and His will.

170 posted on 08/25/2018 2:36:44 PM PDT by Jmouse007 (Lord God Almighty, deliver us from this evil in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, amen.)
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To: Truth29
The coup plotters need to know that they would not live to enjoy the fruits of their treachery.

There is an important lesson to be learned from the unending hunt for surviving Nazi war criminals. Anyone involved with overthrowing the duly-elected President of the United States should receive the same lifelong priority. Whether a year later or seven decades later, they should be found and brought to justice for their treason - and executed if they are convicted in a jury trial.

171 posted on 08/25/2018 2:48:43 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: dhs12345
Yup. A very large percentage of the population depend on our society and would starve or die of thirst after a week.

Some of them are good people, which is why we should try to avoid that path - if the globalists back off on their coup. Most are parasites/socialists/communists, which is why America's enemies on the left should back off - if they want their supporters to survive.

172 posted on 08/25/2018 2:53:07 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: markomalley

The soft coup started when Trump announced.


173 posted on 08/25/2018 2:56:22 PM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: Sir Bangaz Cracka
Democrats have us surrounded. The Media. FBI/DOJ/Mueller. Election Supervisors.

Socialists have for generations been working on controlling those areas, plus education and others. They love power and control. Decent people love being productive, so we have none of those levers. I hope before the thugs go too far that they will remember what we do have: every form of production, including food. It would be prudent for globalists to back off before they get hungry (and worse).

174 posted on 08/25/2018 3:00:46 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Cheerio
I seriously doubt we could get 10% of that one-third of America to lift a finger

I hope your estimate is about right. That gives us ten million patriots who will act. Traitors conducting a coup would not stand a chance.

175 posted on 08/25/2018 3:02:29 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: markomalley

Bull sh*t. It would be a choreographed coup by the entrenched corrupt in D.C.

Deep state and their D.C. disciples of deceit engineered it. They clearly attempted to undermine, compromise and overthrow the a candidate for President, and then the President of the United States.

I’d pay to watch them attempt it.


176 posted on 08/25/2018 3:24:48 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: markomalley

No sh!t, Sherlock. Now we know why you earn the big bucks. He must have noticed the audience at that rally in WV. Intelligence? Ha.


177 posted on 08/25/2018 3:55:01 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: markomalley

If, sometime soon after November, there is still no special prosecutor/prosecution of Hillary, Brennan, Holder, and the rest of the Uranium 1/Dossier/Benghazi/Fast&Furious/IRS-gate/Clinton Foundation conspirators, CW2 will remain a distinct probability.


178 posted on 08/25/2018 3:59:10 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Borax Queen

True. Hope you didn’t now cause Mueller’s prosecutors think about targeting Scalise and Rand Paul now that you mentioned these two. Sort of like attention to a particle or wave in physics makes it appear in that form.

Whom can President Trump talk to besides God?

They’ll all record his words and offer to say he is guilty of something Mueller needs to hear about. Unbelievable.


179 posted on 08/25/2018 4:04:34 PM PDT by frank ballenger (End noncitizen & illegals voting & leftist media news censorship or we're finished.)
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To: TADSLOS

“An armed and ready multi-million man problem...”

Even as little as 5 million armed and determined men could EASILY overthrow the US government.

Easily.

It could probably be done with 1 million or less.


180 posted on 08/25/2018 4:07:28 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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