“And you know when you say ‘per capita,’ there’s many per capitas, it’s like, per capita relative to what? But you can look at just about any category and we’re really at the top, meaning positive, on a per capita basis too.”
—Wharton School of Business alumnus Donald Trump in his best display of “stable jenius.”
“General James ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis, who is being considered for Secretary of Defense, was very impressive yesterday. A true General’s General! All I can say is he is the real deal. The real deal,”
—Donald Trump, on Gen. James Mattis, Nov. 20, 2016.
“Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people—does not even pretend to try. Instead, he tries to divide us. We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership. We can unite without him, drawing on the strengths inherent in our civil society. This will not be easy, as the past few days have shown, but we owe it to our fellow citizens; to past generations that bled to defend our promise; and to our children.”
Gen. James Mattis, in an essay critical of Trump on Wednesday, May 3, in The Atlantic.
“Probably the only thing Barack Obama & I have in common is that we both had the honor of firing Jim Mattis, the world’s most overrated General. I asked for his letter of resignation, & felt great about it. His primary strength was not military, but rather personal public relations. I gave him a new life, things to do, and battles to win, but he seldom ‘brought home the bacon.’ I didn’t like his ‘leadership’ style or much else about him, and many others agree. Glad he is gone!”
—Trump, Wednesday, on Mattis. [The only thing Trump left out is “I barely knew him if I ever met him at all.”]
“I think President Obama should’ve kept his mouth shut. I think it’s a little bit classless, frankly, to critique an administration that comes after you.”
—Moscow Mitch McConnell, on President Barack Obama’s recent criticism of Trump.
“I’m not going to critique other people’s performances.”
—Moscow Mitch, when asked about Trump’s tear-gassing (and it was tear-producing chemicals, thus making it tear gas, no matter what the administration says) protesters so that he could walk across Lafayette Square and hold up a Bible for a photo-op.
Louisiana Voice 
Bunker Boy strikes again. Attacking retired General James Mattis, riding him hard, using his bone spurs, and all the while shouting “You think I’m stupid, I wasn’t going to Vietnam.”
At least one-third of our voting population need to collectively WAKE UP.
General Mattis has been joined in his position by other military leaders who understand the role of the military and the danger of using it for political purposes and to limit and suppress constitutional freedoms.
It is clearer every day that people who continue to aid and abet the President in the White House, his cabinet, and people in the general public who rely on right-wing distortion rather than simple reality to prop up their support for the President must, simply, be just like him.
Notwithstanding states like our own, Trump supporters are, overall, in the minority. Our country has always had to deal with minority views and we always will, but we cannot let radical, distorted, irrational and cruel viewpoints rule our country. We are too decent for that – I hope.
We (the other 2/3) have to vote OUT all politicians who are allowing the death of our representative democracy, the separation of powers doctrine, and national unity and get this country back on track.
well said Mr. winham. Gen Mattis speaks the absolute truth. The coward Republicans Reps have controlled the campaign money so it will take a while, perhaps 2 more terms before the Republicans can be voted out, and I believe we Democrats can produce progressive candidates. we must never give up.ron thompson