JUburton wrote:

The Dude wrote:i think his team is worse than him

yeah i think we're going to take a little solace in his calm post fucking america afterglow but once you see AG rudy guiliani and secretary of state newt gingrich and sec def jeff sessions we are all going to feel very, very bad.

The Dude wrote:i think his team is worse than him

Doll Is Mine wrote:Jared Kushner = chief of staff?

Jesus.

ReadingPhilly wrote:

JUburton wrote:

The Dude wrote:i think his team is worse than him

yeah i think we're going to take a little solace in his calm post fucking america afterglow but once you see AG rudy guiliani and secretary of state newt gingrich and sec def jeff sessions we are all going to feel very, very bad.

can't wait to see the reactions of all the people who voted for change when he appoints all these retreads.

heyeaglefn wrote:

Soren wrote:again, lol. Enough people voted against their self interest in anger do you honestly thing 2018 is going to look any different?

I do, Democrats will at least have hard evidence to use for anyone up for election. Take the drain the swamp and use it against them, point out what new messes have been created, etc.

jerseyhoya wrote:

Doll Is Mine wrote:Jared Kushner = chief of staff?

Jesus.

Should make Democrats happy

Doll Is Mine wrote:The White House has apparently decided against the traditional photo of both couples together on the WH lawn today.

drsmooth wrote:

Doll Is Mine wrote:The White House has apparently decided against the traditional photo of both couples together on the WH lawn today.

too sunny

drsmooth wrote:Jesus, just back from a brief dip into a politics conversation in a jazz forum, in which *numerous* participants alleging their "deep feeling for the music" were defending their drumpf votes. Sorry chumps, you.just.do.not.get.it.

while I feel strongly that alienation is the default modern human condition - and that there isn't really anything "wrong" with that; that it's almost an unavoidable, occasionally discordant, companion of a "healthy" impulse favoring individual dignity, individual rights - I can't say I've ever felt so alienated from so many members of my species, and despaired so sharply because of it.


It'll pass; baseball season will arrive

thephan wrote:That is the proverbial toddler with a hand gun (which will be not only legal, but encouraged).

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani made his case to be the next attorney general Thursday morning, telling CNN’s “New Day” that “there's probably nobody that knows the Justice Department better than me.”

One issue Giuliani said he is eager to tackle is cybersecurity, something he could address in another role he’s been rumored to be under consideration for, Secretary of Homeland Security. He told “Fox & Friends” that “I would like to invent the real overall holistic solution to cyber security.”

If asked to take on any role in Trump’s upcoming administration, Giuliani said he would feel a responsibility to at least consider it.

“Now when you talk to a president of the United States and he wants to you do a job, I certainly would not go into that conversation with a firm no in my mind,” he said. “But I would want to talk about maybe three or four other people that might be better for it. And if there aren't, maybe I would do it.”

"Mike's presence in the meeting is an indication of the role Mike will play,” a senior Pence aide told reporters on the flight to D.C. “When Trump first vetted Mike, and they sat down and talked about it, Mike asked him how he envisioned the role of the vice president, and it was clear that Mike's experience on Capitol Hill, his experience of 12 years in the House, plus serving in leadership, his familiarity with members of the leadership team there, as well as being a governor and part of the RGA executive committee, he has a lot of relationships not just on Capitol Hill but across state capitals across the country."

The aide continued, "So there is an appreciation that that is something Mike brings, so I think you will see Mike having a very active role as a liaison to Capitol Hill with both Leader McConnell and with Speaker Ryan.”

Pence won’t be “pigeon-holed in a legislative role,” the aide added. “He’s going to have a broader role than that, but a key component will be legislative.”

His broader role has already begun, the aide said. “Mike will have a large role in the transition,” the aide said.

As for Thursday's meeting between Trump and President Barack Obama, Christie said Trump's year-long birther smear campaign against the president wouldn't get in the way.

“I think that’s all passed us,” Christie said. “Fact is, the president said a lot of things — said a lot of things at the correspondents’ dinner, said a lot of things about Donald Trump — that were clearly attempting to delegitimize him. That’s politics, though. And I think what the two men recognize is that, now, this is about governing and leading the world. And they have a lot more important things to talk about than slights — whether real or perceived — in the past.”