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Pilot ‘Sully’ Sullenberger: ‘This is not the America I know and love’
The Hill ^
| 10/29/18 08:59 PM EDT
| Morgan Gstalter
Posted on 10/29/2018 6:33:59 PM PDT by Skywise
Retired airline pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, who landed the famous "miracle on the Hudson," said Monday that this is not the America I know and love in a message encouraging voter participation ahead of the midterm elections.
Sullenberger wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post that he witnessed the best in people on Jan. 15, 2009, when he led 154 people to safety by making an emergency landing on the Hudson River after a malfunction. ADVERTISEMENT
"To navigate complex challenges, all leaders must take responsibility and have a moral compass grounded in competence, integrity and concern for the greater good," he wrote.
Tragically, people in positions in power today are not projecting their best, Sullenberger wrote.
Many are cowardly, complicit enablers, acting against the interests of the United States, our allies and democracy; encouraging extremists at home and emboldening our adversaries abroad; and threatening the livability of our planet.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: Florida; US: New York; US: Pennsylvania
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Comment #21 Removed by Moderator
To: Skywise
Sounds to me like he’s talking about the Democrats
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posted on
10/29/2018 6:45:33 PM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: Skywise
Why do you assume he’s not voting Republican?
To: Skywise
"... and threatening the livability of our planet.Said the guy who landed his giant chemtrail machine in the pristine waters of the Hudson River!
:)
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posted on
10/29/2018 6:47:49 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason.)
To: theoilpainter
Hes registered as a Republican but this year hes voting as an American
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posted on
10/29/2018 6:49:04 PM PDT
by
Skywise
To: ilgipper
I knew there was something off with this jackhole. I have buds with Clint’s Malpaso production at Warner when I head there, and they hinted this clown’s head got big because of the movie...
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posted on
10/29/2018 6:49:25 PM PDT
by
max americana
(Fired libtard employees 9 consecutive times at every election since 08'. I hope all liberals die.)
To: Lazamataz
Vague, yes, but I’m inclined to think he may be saying the right things in a way he hopes will keep his car from being torched.
Then again, I’ve already been wrong a couple times in this decade.
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posted on
10/29/2018 6:49:58 PM PDT
by
tomkat
To: Skywise
And that’s not voting Republican? I thought I read where he wrote that he always votes as an American.
To: Skywise
It hasn’t been the America I grew up with for quite a while.
The Clintons damaged things, GWB didn’t repair much, and Obama really brought the hammer to adversarial politics.
It’s been a generation of leftist push, with only minimal and sporadic compensating reaction.
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posted on
10/29/2018 6:50:44 PM PDT
by
Pearls Before Swine
("It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
To: Skywise
He is not one of us. That particular statement is sort of hard to figure but I have seen something else which I can’t recall but it immediately tipped me off that he is a Commie.
Yes, a Commie.
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posted on
10/29/2018 6:51:01 PM PDT
by
yarddog
To: Skywise
Just damn.
This is not the Sully Sullenberger that I thought he was.
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posted on
10/29/2018 6:52:41 PM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
To: Skywise
Poor NPC Sully...
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posted on
10/29/2018 6:53:09 PM PDT
by
Bullish
(I'm not going to say "I told you so" about FaceBook... I'm just going to put it in my tagline.)
To: theoilpainter
He infers hes not voting Republican this time.
If he was voting for Trump hed be saying so instead of using weasel words. Just read the comments at the article - the leftists and never trumpets are drooling over him.
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posted on
10/29/2018 6:54:26 PM PDT
by
Skywise
To: Lazamataz
“..threatening the livability of our planet.
That’s a leftist dog whistle.
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posted on
10/29/2018 6:55:23 PM PDT
by
Magic Fingers
(Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
To: Skywise
Been seeing him often on TV on CBS in PSA mentioning his father’s suicide.
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posted on
10/29/2018 6:55:25 PM PDT
by
SMGFan
( .)
Comment #36 Removed by Moderator
To: gundog
"...You didnt have half the passengers hoping the plane sank, did you, Sully..." Excellent post.
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posted on
10/29/2018 6:57:37 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
To: Skywise
Sully, your 15 seconds are up. Buh bye.
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posted on
10/29/2018 6:58:04 PM PDT
by
gathersnomoss
(Grace and Dignity Will Win The Day)
To: Skywise
His comments were all very vague boilerplate that could be taken as support for the left, right or even non-partisan ... until you get to the giveaway phrase that only a lefty enviro-wacko would utter.
"... threatening the livability of our planet.
Others can give him the benefit of the doubt if they want to but that cinched it for me.
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posted on
10/29/2018 6:59:34 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason.)
To: papertyger
threatening the livability of our planet.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is what sounds like a belief in global warming.
There has always been climate change since time began and man has nothing to do with it.
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posted on
10/29/2018 6:59:40 PM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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