Zbig Brzezinski: 'Ignorant' Americans Susceptible to 'Simplistic Slogans'
You mean, like the Americans who made president someone who two years before had been a state legislator and ran on "hope and change"?
Seriously, just who did Zbigniew Brzezinski have in mind when he said this on Morning Joe today?
"We have a large public that's very ignorant about world affairs, and very susceptible to simplistic slogans by candidates who appear out of nowhere, have no track record, but mouth appealing slogans."
View video after the jump.
Brzezinski repeated the notion a bit later: "We talked about the candidates earlier. It's amazing to me that some of the leading candidates are people who absolutely have no track record and have no serious ideas other than a lot of slogans."
Question: just what track record did Barack Obama have when he ran for president, beyond voting "present" 130 times in the Illinois State Senate?
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Yes we can
Submitted by bkeyser on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 9:24am.
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...Eat your Peas
Submitted by upcountrywater on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 1:23pm.
iran declared war on the USA in your glory dazes, and that war is still going on, Bozoinski!
You Didn't Build That.
Hope & Change
Submitted by MaximusBraveheart on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 1:38pm.
How's that working out?
PS: Talk of QE3 & silver jumps from $35 to 38 today. QE is theft & a huge tax on all of us. The good spin, it is a tax on the 45% who don't pay any tax...
-- Maximusbraveheart -- Is TRUTH knowable? Moral Relativism is the abandonment of Truth. Truth is knowable. Truth conforms to Reality. Reality is observable by evidence & witness in this day & from history. Relativism is Sesame Street play land.
yes we can.........
Submitted by USA4freedom on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 9:25am.
yes we can.........
Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.
Insert: your name, 2008, the Republican party.
yes we can.........
Submitted by USA4freedom on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 9:26am.
great minds think alike...
Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.
Insert: your name, 2008, the Republican party.
O...bama.. O...bama..
Submitted by USA4freedom on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 9:27am.
O...bama.. O...bama..
Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.
Insert: your name, 2008, the Republican party.
he must be a racist
Submitted by ohio granny on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 9:31am.
he must be a racist because the only candidate running for president using only slogans is the current occupant of the white house. remember hopy changy with nothing of substance? after two and a half years in the office he still has less experience than any of the republicans currently running.
how dare a democrat slander obama by being racist?????
Zbig, the worst Sec State in
Submitted by jdhawk on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 9:32am.
Zbig, the worst Sec State in the worst presidency since WWII except for the present one with a daughter that mouths DNC talking points on a daily basis. And your calling the rest of us ignorant?
Forget about attempting to put lipstick on the pig that is your legacy. It isn't working.
I think he is a "dick," too!
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Actually, he was Carter's National Security Adviser
Submitted by Galvanic on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 10:06am.
Brzezinski is another PhD who screwed things up in his government tenure, but is now celebrated as a wise old sage on foreign policy as if he brough about world peace.
He seems to appear only in friendly venues where no one raises questions about the Carter years and his impact. He got Iran wrong. He got Afghanistan wrong. And he got the Islamic world wrong.
Don't forget about Warren
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 12:08pm.
Don't forget about Warren 'the Cadaver' Christopher...........and, yeah!!!! He DID nail the whole Boy Blah-Blah schtick in a very well-constructed and delivered statement!!!! Of course, the guy is so stupid that he wouldn't even recognize it that way.......
"It's historic"
Submitted by Free Stinker on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 9:34am.
"It's historic"
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
If I recall it was during
Submitted by Gat New York on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 9:35am.
If I recall it was during Zbigniew Brzezinski's tenure that we had the most incoherent and inept foreign policy until Obama. How inept was Brzezinski to believe that kicking out the Shah of Iran and allowing the radical Muslims to take over Iran was sound policy? So Zbig who exactly is the lightweight here?
Is he talking about himself?
Submitted by clairesolt on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 9:49am.
It is an apt description of him. Nobody ever heard of him, and it seemed weird that a guy with a Russian sounding name was directing a bad foreigh policy. He never has had the sense to get off the stage after we all called for the hook.
The only thing dumber
Submitted by Bodini on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 10:00am.
The only thing dumber might be supporting the Muslim Brotherhood's takeover of Egypt and then giving them a few $Billion in US aid.
oh boy
Submitted by ripper58 on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 9:35am.
the Bamster ain't gonna be happy with Zbig.........hahahahahahahaha
Too true
Submitted by Blonde on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 11:28am.
Mika's Blackberry must have been going "bong, bong, bong" during her dad's segment, the White House trying to wake her up and make daddy stop!!!!
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You mean like: "Hope and
Submitted by malcum on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 9:38am.
You mean like: "Hope and Change"?
Zibigniew has it exactly correct
Submitted by cocodrie on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 9:41am.
This is the exact description of the Carter and of the Obabbel administrations.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
Move
Submitted by grammajane on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 9:41am.
Maybe he and his daughter could move back to where they come from. It must be awful to live here with such mean, stupid and ignorant people. Get going, you will not be missed by anyone here.
It looks like we found out
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 9:48am.
It looks like we found out what side of the family Mika gets her "brains" from.
We have a large public that's very ignorant about world affairs
I beg to disagree. If anything the people in this country (especially those on the Right) are even more informed about what is going on in the world than ever before. It is the libturds that prove time and time again to be the ones that follow the Pied Piper because of what they hear and not what is said.
Yes and we had a lot of
Submitted by buddyc on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 9:53am.
Yes and we had a lot of "experts" like Mika's dad who were failures and losers.
I like "change you can count on" or "win the future" or "lean forward" (NBC's Obama campaign slogan) or "yes we can". All really signficant and meaningful.
Never trust an old Carter hack...
Submitted by Mary Louise Turner on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 9:49am.
Why are all these old Carter and Clinton hacks appearing on TV regularly? They can't (and shouldn't) be taken seriously, especially old goofballs such as Zbigniew Brzezinski. He and his boss wreaked havoc with our foreign policy and were the worst in this category until Ears & Co. showed up...
The beautiful part about being on the left in 2011 ....
Submitted by Kenyon Schraeder on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 9:51am.
... is that you never have to justify, quantify, qualify or support what you say with verifiable facts, especially to the faux "journalists" who are already on "the payroll". Truth be darned at all costs.
As long as what is being said discredits or maligns conservatives and/or their beliefs, and as long as it feathers the left's nest, it's considered warranted and tolerated, then embraced and preached as being "the truth".
Considering that the media, entertainment industry and educational system here in America all march solidly left, "the truth" is indeed a very rare commodity to come by. One must diligently and continually search for it among the piles of journalistic, entertainment, academic and political dung being deliberately tossed out in our midst each day.
I am always amazed
Submitted by packman on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 9:51am.
at the number of people from other countries who have come here and who have enjoyed the freedoms and liberties of being an American, yet they are constantly telling us how screwed up we are, how bad a country this is, etc., etc. Zbig can take his sorry butt back to Russia where things are...well, just absolutely wonderful!
"...Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want bread..." ~Thomas Jefferson
Zbig's just feeling sad ...
Submitted by Kenyon Schraeder on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 9:53am.
... that he's forever linked with Jimmy's administration. Tough to shake some things, especially that.
Zbig Brzezinski was Born in Poland
Submitted by Comrade Jim on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 10:33am.
And Poland might not want him back as it is Obama and Democrats like Brzezinski who are leaving Poland vulnerable to the re-establishment of the Soviet Union under Putin.
I heard him utter his wisdom on Morning Joe this AM and . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 9:55am.
. . . when I thought about whom he was particularly describing, the first name that popped into my head was Barack Obama.
I wonder if he or anyone on the show even realized it. Was Buchanan there?
Yeah Right!!
Submitted by GerryC on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 9:56am.
Obviously he was talking about OH!bummer. But, he should be happy that the administration he served in is not the worst ever any more.
This just in.................
Submitted by Tomorama on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 10:05am.
"We have a large percentage of the media that's very ignorant about world affairs, facts, the truth and very susceptible to simplistic slogans by candidates who appear out of nowhere, have no track record, but mouth appealing slogans that are repeated by the liberal mouthpieces who get daily tweets from the WH."
thanks zbig
Submitted by scarletandgold on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 10:09am.
for stating the obvious...your right the public fell hook ,line and sinker for hope and change and yes we can...we have been bamboozled and hood winked ever since...but coming from a progressive failure like you is a good thing...lol
Brzezinski like any good
Submitted by jkwtrading on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 10:18am.
Brzezinski like any good intellectual traitor liberal just adds details to why they fail. His purpose is to just add those detailed reasons, as to why they are idiots.
Gee Zbig, throw up another
Submitted by Beukeboom on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 10:23am.
Gee Zbig, throw up another easy one to knock down.
And he calls US ignorant?!?
Like we give a damn what he
Submitted by jessieH on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 10:33am.
Like we give a damn what he thinks.
Who's to blame?
Submitted by CobraMan on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 11:46am.
"We have a large public that's very ignorant about world affairs, and very susceptible to simplistic slogans by candidates who appear out of nowhere, have no track record, but mouth appealing slogans."
If this is true, then who's to blame? It's the press, the journalists, that reduces everything to 15 second sound bites and 5 minute "analysis" of "world affairs," correct? It's the press, the journalists, who repeat campaign slogans incessantly, who minimize and simplify everything they report to fit into their allocated time slots. But, thanks to the internet and the vast stores information available to anyone with a connection, this is rapidly changing. More and more people are becoming more and more knowledgeable about domestic and global "affairs " despite of what I like to call "popcorn journalism," (ready to eat in five minutes or less), the kind your own daughter practices. So, take your condescending attitude, your personal 15 second analysis of the intelligence level of America in general elsewhere, you pompous jackass. Your opinions, and those of the journalists themselves, are of little consequence these days.
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Putting the zees into dozy
Submitted by Jack Bauer on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 11:42am.
Zbig Brzezinski: 'Ignorant' Americans Susceptible to 'Simplistic Slogans
You mean like
YES WE CAN
WE'RE THE ONES WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR
HOPE AND CHANGE
PASS THE BONG
All of the above Mr Obama? --- How about ALL OF THE BELOW, instead.
as said in "Northern Mexico" aka the southern U.S.
Submitted by mom_rox on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 12:20pm.
¡Si, se puede!
Yeaux, Big Z
Submitted by trahantg on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 11:54am.
Can you spell Ayatollah Khomeni??
So much for your credentials
This is the reason...
Submitted by pepperoniprince on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 3:39pm.
...we made fun of the Poles when we were kids. And they thought us Italians were idiots! Open your mouth, and vomit falls out, Berzerkski.
DO NOT LIKE a foreigner
Submitted by AngryInOhio on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 5:32pm.
DO NOT LIKE a foreigner talking about "ignorant Americans"....AMERICANS can call each other ignorant, but not somone who wasn't born here.
Really? This is rediculous!
Submitted by djwolf12 on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 10:04pm.
This guy was in the JIMMY CARTER ADMINISTRATION. They got trounced in 1980 and was a disgrace. EVEN Barack Milhous Nixon is now starting to use the phrase "Crisis in Confidence". Why would anyone in their right state of mind listen to anything this fool says?
Hey Zbig, you expatriate Polish commie puke...
Submitted by Dave. on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 10:25pm.
If it weren't for the 'ignorant' people who inhabit this country, and specifically Ronald Wilson Reagan (yeah, the guy who stomped your former boss' ass flat in the 1980 election), your erstwhile Polish comrades would still be living in slavery to the USSR, as neither you, nor Jihad Jimmy, had the foggiest idea how to do anything about it, other than kiss the asses of one fossilized Soviet premier after the other.
And if you don't like it here, comrade, then be my guest and get the F out, and take your spawn with you.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Dave
Submitted by Radical1979 on Wed, 07/13/2011 - 10:43pm.
i think this guy is the exception. My husband hires Polish guys (green cards) who LOVE this country and would love to stay. On the whole, the Polish people love the U.S., or at least they did until BO came into office.
The difference
Submitted by Galvanic on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 12:26pm.
Brzezinski is a naturalized American and an academian who prefers socialist agendas because he has never had to work under one; he is financially successful and set for life, so he can afford to pontificate about socialist programs.
Ask Polish nationals who suffered under years of Communism what they prefer, and they'll likely tell you it's capitalism.
Keen Observation
Submitted by Samaritan01 on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 3:34pm.
"Hope and Change", simplistic indeed and it was sadly successful. When he's right he's right!
Bamster wins again...
Submitted by MaximusBraveheart on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 12:55am.
Our new slogan may be pass the beer. Four more years would be intolerable!
-- Maximusbraveheart -- Is TRUTH knowable? Moral Relativism is the abandonment of Truth. Truth is knowable. Truth conforms to Reality. Reality is observable by evidence & witness in this day & from history. Relativism is Sesame Street play land.