Ret. Gen. McCaffrey Changes Opinion On Flynn After Reading 'Nearly Demented' Tweets

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Josh Marshall ?@joshtpm 1h1 hour ago
McCaffrey Changes Opinion On Flynn After Reading 'Nearly Demented' Tweets (VIDEO) http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/barry-mccaffrey-michael-flynn-demented-tweets … via @TPM

Retired Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey has changed his opinion on the incoming national security adviser, retired Army Gen. Michael Flynn, after reading his tweets.

“...I must admit,” McCaffrey said, “I’m now extremely uneasy about some of these tweets, which don’t sound so much as if they are political skullduggery, but instead border on being demented. So I think we need to look into this and sort our what’s going on here.”

“I think that we need to aggressively examine what was going on with Gen. Flynn and his son, dealing with these transparent, nearly demented tweets that were going out,” he continued. “I think it needs closer scrutiny.”

read/watch: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/barry-mccaffrey-michael-flynn-demented-tweets

[Cha]

1. Gee, Thank you!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. "Demented" pretty well describes everything and everybody

involved with Trump at any level.

[dhol82]

39. General Jack Ripper

That's what I keep seeing

[joshdawg]

45. Yes, a perfect description.

"Demented" in the dictionary should have drumpf's pic next to it.

[exboyfil]

3. Yes

I have Flynn's book reserved at the library and plan to read it this weekend. Some of the passages from it seem nonsensical at best that I read in the media.

Flynn may be the most dangerous man in the world right now.

[SticksnStones]

4. It's like if 4chan was running the government

Goddess help us all ~

[LisaM]

18. Wow, that is a very spot on comment.

I intend to steal it every chance I get. I don't think a lot of people are even aware of 4Chan and Gamergate, but I am happy to enlighten them.

If the MSM had spent any time talking about them, it would have been really useful.

[SticksnStones]

22. Sadly, it's only slightly hyperbolical

Gonna be some long days ahead of us...sigh...

[Hortensis]

36. Worse, Charles Koch.

[pangaia]

5. GET THIS GUY ON TV CAMERAS.. EVERYWHERE....

You know, in another thread there is a discussion that with all the military guys dump is appointing to the toilet.... uh, i mean the cabinet...he is setting the usa up for a coup..

hummm... maybe sooner rather than later might not be a bad idea while there are still sane generals walking the street....
then install....Al Franken as president..

[DURHAM D]

6. Always thought McCaffrey was a little slow. nt

[Wellstone ruled]

7. We are living in some interesting Powder Keg times.

McCaffery is on to something here. Rare that one Military person to bash another,only when something is of major concern.

[lark]

8. Demented orange assface sees nothing wrong with racist demented lies tweeted by Flynn.

They are two of a kind. Competence is not the criteria, cronyism and craziness is it.

[Ilsa]

9. I hope McCaffrey has his own house in order.

If his comments get more traction, he'll be drumfp's next target. And then the threats from loonies will come, and then someone will tear apart his career to discredit his opinion.

[drray23]

41. Somehow i doubt this will scare him.

Arny ranger, highly decorated, three purple hearts, two silver stars . I somehow dont think he is going to get bullied by deplorables.

[Ilsa]

42. The threats and bullying may not be scary,

but they are a time-wasting nuisance, especially if you have loved ones around whose well-being could be threatened.

[Baitball Blogger]

10. Please someone post those tweets so we can get a baseline on what constitutes demented to a

right-winger.

[potone]

11. Thanks for making me laugh.

I needed that.

[mountain grammy]

12. Bingo!

[FSogol]

15. +100

[catbyte]

13. OPE, Our Precious Essence...

Jesus Fucking Christ, Flynn scares the shit out of me.

[kwassa]

27. said Gen. Jack D. Ripper .....

[catbyte]

33. He even looks like him...

[awoke_in_2003]

37. The redcoats are coming. nt

[niyad]

14. what more evidence do you need, mccaffrey?

[bullwinkle428]

16. Truly the embodiment of Jack D Ripper from "Dr. Strangelove"!

[nycbos]

19. Do you realize that fluoridation ...

... is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face

[SammyWinstonJack]

32. What?

[nycbos]

34. A quote from Dr. Strangelove

[catbyte]

35. Watch "Dr. Strangelove", LOL. that's what the maniac General was obsessing about.

[Crunchy Frog]

40. Precious bodily fluids.

[nycbos]

17. Ret. Gen. McCaffrey seems to be a reasonable person.

He revised his opinion when he was presented with new evidence.


Doesn't happen often anymore.

[ZoomBubba]

20. It's like he's pushing the line ...

... to see how far even Republicans will go.

When we get to actual business, I can actually see him quitting the GOP in a fit when they don't give him his way in trade, abandoning NATO or other destabilizing nonsense. If they can keep him reigned in, it's bad for us. If they can't, then it's bad for them.

All we can do is hope that he doesn't try to rejoin the Democratic Party for what now? The third time?

[quakerboy]

43. Either way its bad for

the nation.

So theres that.

[Achilleaze]

23. You just can have a decent Armageddon without lots of Republican nutjobs...

I mean, it just wouldn't happen. So naturally Comrade Casino (R) and his Republican cronies want to get some Flynn skin in the game...

[Vinca]

24. McCaffrey is being polite. He knows Flynn is batshit crazy just as we do.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

25. Be prepared to be slimed by twitter shitter Drumpf

[ffr]

26. No, we need to shake up our military too. Why should they be any different!

No favors to them either. Reap what has been sown. If our civil leadership is going the Kaos route, so should our military. Fcuk it!

[MADem]

28. That is a diplomatic way of saying "That fucker is bat-shit crazy." nt

[Coyotl]

38. Precisely. n/t

[arthritisR_US]

29. "demented" a word that describes the orange shitgibbon's

cabinet so far.

[yardwork]

30. Ya think?!

[MontanaMama]

31. Ding Ding Ding!

Barry moves on the lightning round!

He'd better brace himself for *Dumbass Donny Tic-Tax inevitable twitter shit storm.

*I stole that nickname from Randy in Oregon.

[napi21]

44. Saw McCaffrey on MSNBC tonight. I trust him. He's one of a very few spokesmen

that I do trust. My guess is people speaking against the Con's choices will receive pay back in the form of all the Con's choices by him refusing to take another look, but going with his first choice.

[riverwalker]

46. Colin Powell called Flynn "right wing nut" and "a jerk"

https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/colin-powell-blasted-trumps-chief-military-advisor?utm_term=.fx555bj4Jv#.ep8llBne2o