(CBS correspondent) BRENNAN: “But there is something unique
you have to agree, that now the impeachment inquiry is underway, sparked
by complaint from someone within the intelligence community. It feeds
the President’s concern and often used term about a ‘deep state’ being
there to take him out.”
(ex-CIA director) MCLAUGHLIN: “Thank God for the deep state.
(Laughter) (Applause) I
mean, I think everyone here has seen this progression of diplomats and
intelligence officers and White House people trooping up to Capitol Hill
right now and saying these are people who are doing their duty or
responding to a higher call....
The "higher call" excuse is the little brother of the "just following orders" excuse.
Anyhow, McLaughlin is hardly alone. Recently I had the opportunity to tell an ex-Company guy--a 'friendly', by the way--that he should message his pals in D.C. to let them know that Trump IS the President and he gets to run the show.
I got a very unexpected reaction: a baleful stare, and no verbal response.
I can hope that he misunderstood my comment, but I doubt it. These guys ARE convinced that they are on a Mission from God, just like the Blues Brothers. Well, yah, we know how that movie ended, too.
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The deep state would have had the best of all worlds with Hillary as President. They couldn't possibly have done better than a functionally brain-dead carcass with a thready pulse. Instead they were saddled with a complete outsider... and a generally incorruptible one by D.C. standards. We know they owned Obama. We know they rolled Dubya in spectacular fashion. How far back does their American kingmaking go?
My guess is their regime began after Ike....prolly early JFK.
See, the big money for Congress-slime is investing in the "right" companies at the "right" time. CIA and State could arrange for "right" time, and LBJ was as greedy a bastard as ever occupied the Oval Office. And by that time, Congress was more than happy to participate.
Theirs is "a high and lonely destiny"...
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