Tom Nichols
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Now, again, I'm making a big assumption. You would think they'd say, you know, we do want somebody in the DC, you know, as the DC AUSA to be effective and really, you know, put the fear of God into some of these people. That's not Ed Martin. I mean, this, what Ed Martin is doing is clownish and won't stand up and, you know, it's just for public consumption.
Now, again, I'm making a big assumption. You would think they'd say, you know, we do want somebody in the DC, you know, as the DC AUSA to be effective and really, you know, put the fear of God into some of these people. That's not Ed Martin. I mean, this, what Ed Martin is doing is clownish and won't stand up and, you know, it's just for public consumption.
Now, again, I'm making a big assumption. You would think they'd say, you know, we do want somebody in the DC, you know, as the DC AUSA to be effective and really, you know, put the fear of God into some of these people. That's not Ed Martin. I mean, this, what Ed Martin is doing is clownish and won't stand up and, you know, it's just for public consumption.
So I don't know if you were a hardcore MAGA person, wouldn't you say, you know, I don't really want a guy who's, you know, doing the kind of
So I don't know if you were a hardcore MAGA person, wouldn't you say, you know, I don't really want a guy who's, you know, doing the kind of
So I don't know if you were a hardcore MAGA person, wouldn't you say, you know, I don't really want a guy who's, you know, doing the kind of
carnival barker stuff i want somebody who's actually going to make people's lives miserable with really with you know using the law don't give many ideas tom i know i know that's the problem right there's a part of me that says no no everything you know you're doing fine keep everybody right where they are you know because as you say what happens if they get someone who combines that kind of politics with a minimal level of competence and then then i think we're actually worrying about something even worse
carnival barker stuff i want somebody who's actually going to make people's lives miserable with really with you know using the law don't give many ideas tom i know i know that's the problem right there's a part of me that says no no everything you know you're doing fine keep everybody right where they are you know because as you say what happens if they get someone who combines that kind of politics with a minimal level of competence and then then i think we're actually worrying about something even worse
carnival barker stuff i want somebody who's actually going to make people's lives miserable with really with you know using the law don't give many ideas tom i know i know that's the problem right there's a part of me that says no no everything you know you're doing fine keep everybody right where they are you know because as you say what happens if they get someone who combines that kind of politics with a minimal level of competence and then then i think we're actually worrying about something even worse
Every time I hear these guys, I think how many of them somewhere have some kind of villain origin story about some terrible thing. You know, and I always look at Steve Miller. High school cafeteria.
Every time I hear these guys, I think how many of them somewhere have some kind of villain origin story about some terrible thing. You know, and I always look at Steve Miller. High school cafeteria.
Every time I hear these guys, I think how many of them somewhere have some kind of villain origin story about some terrible thing. You know, and I always look at Steve Miller. High school cafeteria.
And I think, what was high school like that you're still carrying this level of anger with you? But, you know, children will be taught to love. Look, when I was a boy, we said that, you know, I don't know if they still do this in schools. You know, the Pledge of Allegiance, you know. We had a flag hanging up. We had a calendar with the pictures of all the presidents.
And I think, what was high school like that you're still carrying this level of anger with you? But, you know, children will be taught to love. Look, when I was a boy, we said that, you know, I don't know if they still do this in schools. You know, the Pledge of Allegiance, you know. We had a flag hanging up. We had a calendar with the pictures of all the presidents.
And I think, what was high school like that you're still carrying this level of anger with you? But, you know, children will be taught to love. Look, when I was a boy, we said that, you know, I don't know if they still do this in schools. You know, the Pledge of Allegiance, you know. We had a flag hanging up. We had a calendar with the pictures of all the presidents.
It's okay to say, look, our schools, you know, American schools should reflect our patriotic, you know, they should instill patriotism about our system of government. It's another thing to say this in this kind of, you know, Soviet commissar. You shall love and honor America. You will love, big brother. You know, you will honor America. And I think...
It's okay to say, look, our schools, you know, American schools should reflect our patriotic, you know, they should instill patriotism about our system of government. It's another thing to say this in this kind of, you know, Soviet commissar. You shall love and honor America. You will love, big brother. You know, you will honor America. And I think...
It's okay to say, look, our schools, you know, American schools should reflect our patriotic, you know, they should instill patriotism about our system of government. It's another thing to say this in this kind of, you know, Soviet commissar. You shall love and honor America. You will love, big brother. You know, you will honor America. And I think...
I think one of the things that always comes out of these folks is there is a, aside from these kind of psychic scars that seem to pop out of them when they talk, where you just want to say, wow, who hurt you? There's also this huge insecurity. You will love America. No one told me as a kid in the 60s that I will love America.
I think one of the things that always comes out of these folks is there is a, aside from these kind of psychic scars that seem to pop out of them when they talk, where you just want to say, wow, who hurt you? There's also this huge insecurity. You will love America. No one told me as a kid in the 60s that I will love America.