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Pilot ‘Sully’ Sullenberger: ‘This is not the America I know and love’
The Hill ^
| 10/29/18 08:59 PM EDT
| Morgan Gstalter
Posted on 10/29/2018 6:33:59 PM PDT by Skywise
Retired airline pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, who landed the famous "miracle on the Hudson," said Monday that this is not the America I know and love in a message encouraging voter participation ahead of the midterm elections.
Sullenberger wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post that he witnessed the best in people on Jan. 15, 2009, when he led 154 people to safety by making an emergency landing on the Hudson River after a malfunction. ADVERTISEMENT
"To navigate complex challenges, all leaders must take responsibility and have a moral compass grounded in competence, integrity and concern for the greater good," he wrote.
Tragically, people in positions in power today are not projecting their best, Sullenberger wrote.
Many are cowardly, complicit enablers, acting against the interests of the United States, our allies and democracy; encouraging extremists at home and emboldening our adversaries abroad; and threatening the livability of our planet.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: Florida; US: New York; US: Pennsylvania
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You've got to be kidding me. He's, ultimately, just another mind-numbed robot.
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posted on
10/29/2018 6:33:59 PM PDT
by
Skywise
To: Skywise
Spent too much time with Tom Hanks. Turned into a wussy.
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posted on
10/29/2018 6:35:18 PM PDT
by
ilgipper
(The mob only destroys. Never creates.)
To: Skywise
Its sad to see people I consider heroes to debase themselves.
To: Skywise
Hey Sully you dint land that
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posted on
10/29/2018 6:35:34 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom Hi Dad)
To: Skywise
How long was he under the Hudson River? Was it oxygen deprivation or drinking that much liberal urine
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posted on
10/29/2018 6:36:04 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Leave the job, leave the clearance. It should be the same rule for the Swamp as for everyone else.)
To: Skywise
I blame Tom Hanks.
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posted on
10/29/2018 6:36:42 PM PDT
by
Bratch
("The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke)
To: Skywise
>>Many are cowardly, complicit enablers, acting against the interests of the United States, our allies and democracy; encouraging extremists at home and emboldening our adversaries abroad; and threatening the livability of our planet.
Does he mean militant “antifa” dictators? Does he mean invading foreign nationals? Does he mean naked Globalists seeking to end US sovereignty? Does he mean climate change conspiracists?
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posted on
10/29/2018 6:38:30 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
To: Skywise
So Sully is a Marxist snowflake SJW. Good to know.
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posted on
10/29/2018 6:38:45 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Democracy dies when Democrats refuse to accept the result of a democratic election they didn't win.)
To: Skywise
You didn’t have half the passengers hoping the plane sank, did you, Sully.
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posted on
10/29/2018 6:38:47 PM PDT
by
gundog
(Hail to the Chief, bitches.)
To: Skywise
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posted on
10/29/2018 6:39:19 PM PDT
by
Lisbon1940
(No full-term Governors (at the time of election!)
To: Bratch
He should crash land off Cuba for “his” paradise then. I don’t see anyone stopping him.
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posted on
10/29/2018 6:39:37 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: Skywise
Sounds like he made an endorsement of President Trump.
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posted on
10/29/2018 6:39:40 PM PDT
by
marktwain
(President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
To: Skywise
I saw a story on TV about two Indonesian pilots who landed a large passenger jet on a river. I think they only lost one person. I can’t recall all the details but they had a far more dangerous situation.
They lost all power for a long time and could barely move the controls. They also had to dodge bridges.
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posted on
10/29/2018 6:40:00 PM PDT
by
yarddog
To: Skywise
So he supports Trump then. Good.
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posted on
10/29/2018 6:41:08 PM PDT
by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
To: Skywise; All
Maybe I’m misreading it, but it sounds like he’s on our side, folks.
Then again, I read the whole thing, so wadda I know. . .
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posted on
10/29/2018 6:41:13 PM PDT
by
tomkat
To: Skywise
Just because he played you in the movie doesn’t mean you have to channel Tom Hanks, Chester.
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posted on
10/29/2018 6:42:34 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Democracy dies when Democrats refuse to accept the result of a democratic election they didn't win.)
To: Skywise
Sully's an NPC?
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posted on
10/29/2018 6:42:58 PM PDT
by
The Iceman Cometh
(Donald J Trump 45th President of the United States !MAGA)
To: Skywise
Did I miss something here?
I didn’t see where he laid any of his complaints at the feet of our side.
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posted on
10/29/2018 6:43:04 PM PDT
by
papertyger
(We have nothing to fear, but fear of the media.)
To: Skywise
Sophomoric elitist.
In his uber rich, elitist world, he is insulated from the realities of socialist progressives in both parties.
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posted on
10/29/2018 6:43:19 PM PDT
by
ZULU
(Jeff Sessions should be tried for sedition.)
To: tomkat
It’s really impossible to tell who’s side he’s on.
Most of his comments are vague and unqualified enough to be taken any way you choose.
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posted on
10/29/2018 6:43:29 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(The News Misleadia will be held accountable for their lies.....on the eleventy-first of Nevervember.)
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