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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSen. Tom Cotton (Batshitcrazy - AR) is a liar. New CIA head?
"Tom Cottons lies make him a dangerous prospect to head the CIA"
Trump is said to be considering him as the next CIA director.
Cottons emergence is alarming. In part, thats because what endears Cotton to Trumpand makes them particularly dangerous togetheris Cottons unflinching willingness, in pursuit of an agenda, to say things that arent true.
Cotton is a veteran. He served with honor in Iraq and Afghanistan. But when he came home, he brought back the psychology of war. He treats liberals and moderates as the enemy. In 2015, he blocked one of President Obamas ambassadorial nominees over an unrelated issueshe eventually died waiting for approvalbecause Cotton knew she was Obamas friend. He depicts Obama as a traitor. Last month, Cotton said of the Iran nuclear agreement: Barack Obama was willing to give away anything to get that deal.
On immigration, Cotton takes a hard line, and he savages anyone who doesnt. He calls senators who seek an immigration compromise the Gang of Amnesty. He labels their ideas preposterous and utterly ridiculous. Last week, he scoffed that fellow Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, an immigration moderate, didnt even make it off the kiddie table in the debates during the 2016 Republican presidential primaries. On Tuesday, after the government shutdown, Cotton crowed that Democrats had capitulated entirely.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/01/tom-cotton-is-dangerously-deceptive.html?google_editors_picks=true
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)are running the show.
trof
(54,256 posts)awesomerwb1
(4,268 posts)dhol82
(9,353 posts)Reminds me of that guy in Animal House who ended up being killed by his own platoon in Vietnam.
bluestarone
(17,030 posts)maxsolomon
(33,400 posts)Where's Pompeo going, anyway?
trof
(54,256 posts)From kissing tRump's butt.
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BlueStater
(7,596 posts)BigDemVoter
(4,156 posts)honor" in Iraq and Afghanistan. I don't believe a goddamned thing he says.
And for the record, I'm sure he DID go, but WHAT did he do? I'm sure whatever it was, it was ugly and dishonest.