Trump Names Michael Flynn as National Security Advisor: Reports
Multiple outlets are reporting that Donald Trump has offered Michael Flynn the post of national security advisor. Frustratingly, the reports — like virtually everything about the Trump transition lately — are based on an anonymous source. L.A. Times:
Donald Trump has offered retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn the job of national security advisor.
That’s according to a senior Trump official.
The official wouldn’t say whether Flynn has officially accepted the job. Flynn has been a close advisor to Trump throughout the presidential campaign and has worked with him on national security issues during the transition.
The national security advisor does not require Senate confirmation. The job is based in the White House and its occupant has frequent access to the president.
If you have a long memory, you may recall that Flynn appeared on This Week in July and described himself as being from a “very strong Democratic family,” adding: “abortion, I think it’s a thing for women.” This is not important for a national security advisor, of course — but what is important is the way he then went flop flop flippity flop on the issue because he was hoping to be VP.
That did not say much for his integrity . . . which makes him a good match for Trump — as does his Special Affinity for Mother Russia. National Review:
Flynn’s attendance alongside Russian president Vladimir Putin at a gala hosted by the Russian-owned television station RT, and his frequent appearances on that network, have drawn fire from foreign-policy experts at both ends of the political spectrum. In an interview with the Washington Post, he said his speaker’s bureau had arranged his trip to Russia. He also dismissed the criticism his appearances on RT had generated, comparing the state-run network to CNN and MSNBC and saying he wanted to “help out to make sure they understand that we have people in our country who aren’t going to apologize for who we are.”
Then there’s this:
Fear of Muslims is RATIONAL: please forward this to others: the truth fears no questions… https://t.co/NLIfKFD9lU
— General Flynn (@GenFlynn) February 27, 2016
Being on your guard against Islamic extremism is common sense. “Fear of Muslims” is . . . not.
Nothing about any of this is surprising. Flynn was expected to be offered the position. And part of me would like to see us get along better with Russia.
But given Putin’s penchant for flattering Trump, it would be nice to have some hard-headed people close to Trump who could keep him from rolling over every time Uncle Vladimir wants to scratch his belly.
Michael Flynn is not that guy.
[Cross-posted at RedState.]
Actually that leaves out a heck of a lot, according to mark Bowden, he was the one who as a colonel reorganized the intelligence netairk that mar the surge possible, he pointed out the proliferation of salami groups that see proliferating all around the world including that 2012 dia memo, he he went be fooled by the carp that came out of centcom,
narciso (d1f714) — 11/17/2016 @ 8:23 pm…part of me would like to see us get along better with Russia.
We do. See, among other projects and interactions, the ISS for details. Our media and pols like and need a boogeyman and those left clinging to the Cold War look to “Russia.”
Russia today is essentially a regional power, long fallen from the superpower club of the USSR days. But they’re a proud people and Putin is the last gasp of a 20th century relic petrifying before your eyes. This too shall pass.
“In like Flynn.” – popculture, 1943
DCSCA (797bc0) — 11/17/2016 @ 8:31 pmI read somewhere that Trump was pissed at Flynn for lobbying for Turkey during the last month of the Presidential race.
steveg (5508fb) — 11/17/2016 @ 9:23 pmMaybe Flynn is being vetted for the Chris Christie treatment
Thank you narciso for adding pertinent information to this article.
Hope it’s updated accordingly.
NJRob (a07d2e) — 11/17/2016 @ 11:05 pmTrump can pick whomever he wants. The Senate has nothing to say about it.
Kevin M (25bbee) — 11/18/2016 @ 1:42 amOther choices were
Alex Jones
Ollie North
Alan Keyes
This is SO much better.
Kevin M (25bbee) — 11/18/2016 @ 1:45 amau contrair Patterico: and extremist Islamist wants to kill you (therefore fear is rational) and a moderate Muslim want the extremist to kill you (therefore fear is rational). Fear is that signal that enables survival. Fear of islam has been keeping people alive for 700 years (MOL)
sd Harms (c7dded) — 11/18/2016 @ 2:37 am== like virtually everything about the Trump transition lately — are based on an anonymous source. ==
Yep, that’s how politics works. Sometimes the rumors end up being true. Sometimes not. Sometimes these “anonymous” messages are sent up as trial balloons and sometimes they are advance scoops to a favored network or reporter. Sometimes “unsourced” rumors are even made up from whole cloth by adversaries or people with an ax to grind. We all find out for sure when actual offers are accepted, and announcements or nominations (as applicable) are officially made by an administration or future administration. A knowledge of some political history is useful to understand what may be going on behind the scenes and the planning or dynamics which may be involved.
elissa (ead691) — 11/18/2016 @ 5:00 amhttp://ace.mu.nu/archives/nancy-pelosi-facelift1.jpg
Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 11/18/2016 @ 5:13 amTrue but some of the more ridiculous claims as well, pompeo seems a good choice for company director
narciso (d1f714) — 11/18/2016 @ 5:46 amSessions AG per CBS radio. As to the WI boys, don’t question their value in GOTV whether they smile or not:
http://brilliantmaps.com/did-not-vote/
urbanleftbehind (e842c4) — 11/18/2016 @ 5:52 amIf Kobach is a quick snap for something, it confirms KS is in for its periodic Dem conniption in 18.
urbanleftbehind (e842c4) — 11/18/2016 @ 5:55 amAdmittedly one should ikhwan or wahhabi affiliates, but then they still pull the python bit about judean people’s front.
narciso (d1f714) — 11/18/2016 @ 5:57 amI thought he was heading there Flynn;’s been fulgilling that function for the past week.
CS had breaking news this morning. Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General. People wo opposeed him would have preferred to see him as Secretary of Defense. Yesterday, Sessions was being consulted on Trump’s Supreme Court nomination, so it looked close to some reporters.
Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee is anothere name that was talked about for Secretary of State.
Eva Moscoowitz withdrew herself from consideration as Secretary of Education because she feels she is needed now at Success Academy. She voted for Hillary Clinton, by the way.
Donal trump called Benjamin Netanyahu and wanted to see him but Netanyahu suggested he check protocol. So he saw the Israeli Ambassador to the United States instead. He met with the Prime MInister of Japan. That meeting went on for 9- minutes, much loger than scheduled. A lot of Trump’s meetings seem to be going on longer. Ivanaka Trump and Jared Kushner were in that meeting with the Prime Minister of Japan. Who came out of it saying he thinks they will get along (something like that) The only issues maybe had been Trump wanting more money from Japan, and his attitude taht it wouldn’t be terrible for Japan to have the atomic bomb – which Abe may also agree although that would be avery big step, and the more cautious thing is not to do it.
A number fof world leaders called Donald Trump on the phone, but the British Prime Minister had trouble reaching him (she eventaully did)
Sammy Finkelman (ad84eb) — 11/18/2016 @ 6:12 amLet’s assume Trump has a clear vision and specific goals for what he wants America to be (instead of saying whatever he thinks people want to hear), and that he’s picking people who agree with his vision and goals (instead of people who tell him how great he is).
There are several commenters here who support Trump. What is your understanding of Trump’s vision and specific goals?
DRJ (15874d) — 11/18/2016 @ 6:29 amDoesn’t putting Senators into the cabinet weaken our position of majority in the Senate?
Rev. Hoagie® (785e38) — 11/18/2016 @ 6:30 am==There are several commenters here who support Trump. ==
What an amazing thing to say right now with respect to the man who just won the 2016 election and who is going to be President of the United States.
elissa (ead691) — 11/18/2016 @ 6:44 amA democrat isn’t going to win an election in Alabama to replace Jeff Sessions.
shipwreckedcrew (56b591) — 11/18/2016 @ 6:46 am16): Not with R governors in ~35~ states. I think Mo Brooks would be the perfect successor to Sessions, for example, unless Bentley pulled a Blago (and for somewhat similar reasons).
urbanleftbehind (e842c4) — 11/18/2016 @ 6:49 amI didn’t know Pompeo’s background — he’s pretty impressive guy.
Finished first in his class at West Point, majoring in mechanical engineering.
Later went to Harvard Law School, and was an editor on the Harvard Law Review. Worked at Williams & Connelly.
Gave up law to start up a company called Thayer Aerospace, which was an aircraft components manufacturer.
Only 3 terms in Congress — seems like his name has been around longer than that. Came in with the Tea Party movement in 2010 election.
Favors keeping GITMO open and closing EPA.
Nice.
shipwreckedcrew (56b591) — 11/18/2016 @ 6:53 amI should have said there are several commenters who “supported” Trump. I’m addressing people who supported Trump all along, and I want to know what they think his vision and goals are.
What is your problem?
DRJ (15874d) — 11/18/2016 @ 6:54 amPompeo is impressive, shipwreckedcrew.
DRJ (15874d) — 11/18/2016 @ 6:55 am“Make America Great Again” is a vision but it is not a specific goal. I want to know what his supporters think Trump’s goals are. How will he make America great? It’s fine to give him time to build a Cabinet and start his Presidency, and he should have that, but we should already know what his goals are.
We didn’t know what Obama’s were at this point either, did we?
DRJ (15874d) — 11/18/2016 @ 7:06 amOf course, we did have a good idea of Obama’s objectives but his supporters didn’t listen.
DRJ (15874d) — 11/18/2016 @ 7:07 amA lot of tears being shed in the Civil Rights Division of the Dept. of Justice — Jeff Sessions has consistently referred to the ACLU “un-American”.
LMAO — couldn’t happen to a more “entitled” group of morons.
I had some unfortunate experiences with the Civil Rights Division while I was with DOJ. More than any other component of DOJ, they fly around the country racking up frequent flyer miles and frequent stayer points at top hotel chains, all for the purpose of lecturing the bumpkins of the country about all the things the Constitution “guarantees” folks.
More than any other component of DOJ, Civil Rights Division was stocked with nitwits from Ivy League schools with almost no actual experience doing anything other than sitting in the library in law school. “Group Think” was dominant, any anything contrary to accepted orthodoxies was not tolerated.
Good riddance.
shipwreckedcrew (56b591) — 11/18/2016 @ 7:08 amI always thought Sessions was first in line for AG, not Christie or God forbid Giuliani. As much as Trump’s alter ego as necessary, and enough of the freedom every Senate prima dona must have (which he would not have had as Chief of Staff.) And if anybody deserved to be first in line for anything he wanted, it is Sessions. He was Trump’s earliest and most steadfast supporter from the pezzonovantes.
nk (dbc370) — 11/18/2016 @ 7:22 amSessions is a former US Attorney and Alabama AG, as well as serving on the Senate Judiciary Committee. This is a good pick by Trump.
DRJ (15874d) — 11/18/2016 @ 7:29 amYou know, I’m pleased. And optimistic. So far, so good. Even with Bannon as court chamberlain and lightning rod.
nk (dbc370) — 11/18/2016 @ 7:35 amAnd he’s likely to face opposition from his colleagues in the Senate. Session was denied a federal judgeship in the Reagan Admin. over racially “insensitive” remarks he allegedly made to an African American Deputy AG when Sessions was the Alabama AG. He has always denied the remarks, but he was denied confirmation by a Dem. controlled Senate.
So he ran for Senate and was elected. Then he joined the Judiciary Comm in a big “FU” to them.
It will be interesting if they try to reach back 3 decades in an effort to oppose him. There will be a left-wing constituency to do so because he’s going to turn DOJ upside down.
But, IMO, this is just the kind of fight that Trump relishes — at the end of the day he knows he’s going to have 51 GOP votes for Sessions, and I suspect there are several Dems who will break ranks to support him — some of the “Purple 8” who are Dem senators up for reelection in 2018 from states Trump just won.
This would be a good fight to have — a prelude to any fight over the SC nominee — just to test the resolve of the Dems.
Schumer is probably smart enough to avoid it.
shipwreckedcrew (56b591) — 11/18/2016 @ 7:35 amPatience, elissa!
The people Trump is including in his search to fill his cabinet are an indication of the direction he and Mike Pence want to take the country. So far, so good. I am hopeful it will be 180 degrees from where we’ve been headed for the last 8 years.
Colonel Haiku (61bdd9) — 11/18/2016 @ 7:41 amA sitting president – on camera – encouraging protestors to confront the President-elect, what a class act. This fellow can’t vacate the Oval Office fast enough.
Colonel Haiku (61bdd9) — 11/18/2016 @ 7:47 amHaiku,
I, too, am optimistic but it could also be Trump picking based on loyalty, not merits. That is his choice and maybe that’s smart to do in Washington, but there are drawbacks.
Democrats don’t have to worry about drawbacks like media criticism but eventually they are called to account, as this election shows. Plus being accountable is not a bad thing.
DRJ (15874d) — 11/18/2016 @ 8:28 amFor me, one of the best things about a Republican winning this election is that it has shown what a disaster Obama has been for the Democrats.
DRJ (15874d) — 11/18/2016 @ 8:30 amNot really.
Do you have an answer to the question?
Patterico (aca8cf) — 11/18/2016 @ 8:45 amAnd that just tickles the $hit out oh me, DRJ. I love watching the leftists go down the crapper on that whole “Legacy” fiasco.
Rev. Hoagie® (785e38) — 11/18/2016 @ 8:47 am2018 Purple TEN Targets
Indiana – Donnely
Montana – Tester
Florida – Nelson
Michigan – Stabenow
Missouri – McCaskill
Ohio – Brown
North Dakota – Heitkamp
Wisconsin – Baldwin
West Virginia – Manchin
McCaskill, Brown and Baldwin deserve extra special attention and money.
Rick Ballard (d17095) — 11/18/2016 @ 9:17 amRick Ballard,
Cruz Supporter (102c9a) — 11/18/2016 @ 9:23 amManchin might pull a Phil Gramm or Ben Lighthorse Campbell and actually flip to the GOP. Of course, that’s been rumored for a good 4 – 6 years now, too. (LOL)
Pompeo at CIA, Sessions at DoJ.
This is good stuff.
During the election season, I said that when electing a President, we’re not just voting for a person to occupy the White House.
We’re actually electing a party to run the executive branch.
I often asked some of our #NeverTrump friends, “Who would you prefer as AG; Christie/Giuliani or Loretta Lynch/Tom Perez?”
Now, it turns out we’re getting an even better outcome; Jeff Sessions!
Cruz Supporter (102c9a) — 11/18/2016 @ 9:29 amYay Team Trump.
“Later went to Harvard Law School, and was an editor on the Harvard Law Review. Worked at Williams & Connelly” = “pretty impressive”
– shipwreckedcrew
“More than any other component of DOJ, Civil Rights Division was stocked with nitwits from Ivy League schools with almost no actual experience doing anything other than sitting in the library in law school.”
– shipwreckedcrew
Bit confusing, this. Is going to an Ivy League school good, bad, or neither?
Leviticus (efada1) — 11/18/2016 @ 9:33 amCruz Supporter,
If Manchin flips, then Casey in Pennsylvania makes my Purple Ten Most Wanted List. Klobuchar would then become 1st Alternate. Just think of the list as Schumer’s curb bit.
Rick Ballard (d17095) — 11/18/2016 @ 9:44 amC’mon man, can you at least spook Durbin into retirement? – LaHood the younger and Kinzinger would be alright.
urbanleftbehind (5eecdb) — 11/18/2016 @ 9:47 amRev. Hoagie® (785e38) — 11/18/2016 @ 6:30 am
If by “our” you mean Republicans, that depends on who the Governor of a state is, and state law.
In some states, like New York, a Senator can be appointed for a full two years and more. Charles Goodell was, after the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. He was appointed by Governor Nelson Rockefeller in August, 1968 and remained a Senator till after the election of 1970.
Also, at the beginning of 2009, Governor David Paterson appointed Kirsten Gillebrand as Senator, at the recommendation of Senator Charles Schumer, and she didn’t come up for election until 2010. And again in 2012, but neither time did the Republicans put up a serious candidate even against her.
Massachusetts used to be that kind of state (where someone could be appointed by the Governor and stay in the Senate for a full Congress without facing the voters) but they changed the law in anticipation of John Kerry being elected president I think, so now the appointment by the governor is for about three monhs and there is a special election that doesn’t take place in November.
nk (dbc370) — 11/18/2016 @ 7:22 am
He is more responsible than anybody else for the election of Donald Trump.
Sammy Finkelman (83cfe1) — 11/18/2016 @ 10:09 amshipwreckedcrew (56b591) — 11/18/2016 @ 6:53 am
That doesn’t sound good.
That’s the law firm that represented the mob, the National Enquirer, and the Clintons.
Sammy Finkelman (83cfe1) — 11/18/2016 @ 10:11 amCruz Supporter (102c9a) — 11/18/2016 @ 9:23 am
years now, too. (LOL) You’re leaving out Richard Shelby. He switched parties in 1994 when control of the Senate changed from Democrat to Republican.
Phil Gramm resigned from his seat in the House and ran for election as a Republican when he switched parties, so that is different.
Sammy Finkelman (83cfe1) — 11/18/2016 @ 10:15 amULB,
I’m hoping Durbin sticks around for the transformation of the Democrat Party into the Donner Party in the Deep Blue Hells.
Progressive – It’s what’s for dinner! should be its slogan.
Rick Ballard (d17095) — 11/18/2016 @ 10:26 amI like Flynn’s penchant for speaking his mind and have a hunch that his knowledge and real-time experience inform his firm stance on a number of issues.
Meanwhile, an update on the Canadian Border Watch:
“The flood of Trump-fearing American liberals sneaking across the border into Canada has intensified in the past week.
The Republican presidential campaign is… prompting an exodus among left-leaning Americans who fear they’ll soon be required to hunt, pray, pay taxes, and live according to the Constitution.
Canadian border residents say it’s not uncommon to see dozens of sociology professors, liberal arts majors, global-warming activists, and “green” energy proponents crossing their fields at night.
“I went out to milk the cows the other day, and there was a Hollywood producer huddled in the barn,” said southern Manitoba farmer Red Greenfield, whose acreage borders North Dakota.
“He was cold, exhausted and hungry, and begged me for a latte and some free-range chicken.
When I said I didn’t have any, he left before I even got a chance to show him my screenplay, eh?”
In an effort to stop the illegal aliens, Greenfield erected higher fences, but the liberals scaled them.
He then installed loudspeakers that blared Rush Limbaugh across the fields, but they just stuck their fingers in their ears and kept coming.
Officials are particularly concerned about smugglers who meet liberals just south of the border, pack them into electric cars, and drive them across the border, where they are simply left to fend for themselves after the battery dies.
“A lot of these people are not prepared for our rugged conditions,” an Alberta border patrolman said.
“I found one carload without a single bottle of Perrier water, orany gemelli with shrimp and arugula.
All they had was a nice little Napa Valley cabernet and some kale chips.
When liberals are caught, they’re sent back across the border, often wailing that they fear persecution from Trump high-haters.
Rumors are circulating about plans being made to build re-education camps where liberals will be forced to drink domestic beer, study the Constitution, and find jobs that actually contribute to the economy.
In recent days, liberals have turned to ingenious ways of crossing the border. Some have been disguised as senior citizens taking a bus trip to buy cheap Canadian prescription drugs.
After catching a half-dozen young vegans in blue-hair wig disguises, Canadian immigration authorities began stopping buses and quizzing the supposed senior citizens about Perry Como and Rosemary Clooney to prove that they were alive in the ’50s.
“If they can’t identify the accordion player on The Lawrence Welk Show, we become very suspicious about their age,” an official said.
Canadian citizens have complained that the illegal immigrants are creating an organic-broccoli shortage, are buying up all the Barbara Streisand CD’s, and are overloading the internet while downloading jazzercise apps to their cell phones.
Colonel Haiku (61bdd9) — 11/18/2016 @ 10:33 am“I really feel sorry for American liberals, but the Canadian economy just can’t support them,” an Ottawa resident said. “After all, how many art-history majors does one country need?”
Poor Orioles, going from Edgar Bennett Williams (the “W” of W & C) to Peter Angelos.
urbanleftbehind (5eecdb) — 11/18/2016 @ 10:35 amIF Flynn is really corrupt, he won’t take the job, because he’ll lose tha ability to make a lot of money – at least one way.
The problem isn’t even policy toward Russia itself because Trump, to sum it up succinctly, is not going to resell Alaska to Russia, and not just because he might need its 3 Electoral votes in 2020. He won’t do anything obviously against U.S. interests and Putin knows not to try.
And it’s probably not Estonia. It’s Syria.
Sammy Finkelman (be1929) — 11/18/2016 @ 10:44 amWhat a change. Susan Rice to Michael Flynn. Congenital liar to Truth-teller. How refreshing is that!
Colonel Haiku (61bdd9) — 11/18/2016 @ 10:49 am“There are several commenters here who support Trump. What is your understanding of Trump’s vision and specific goals?”
Take a trip to his website. A quick summery of the issues he prioritizes are working for the voters over special interests and lobbyists, improving trade deals, unifying the GOP and the country, commit to establishing rule of law and respect for the police, protect the second amendment, take an ax to Obama’s executive orders especially those affecting the second amendment and border security (day one job), build the wall, end common core, strengthen the military, increase employment, and restructure the tax code with the goal of freeing up enterprise and reducing the national debt.
This is what he has been saying for over a year, how do you not know it?
LBascom (1cae03) — 11/18/2016 @ 12:18 pmOh, I forgot repeal and replace Obamacare.
LBascom (1cae03) — 11/18/2016 @ 12:20 pmI’ve been there many times, LBascom. For instance, on his First Day in Office (scroll down to the video on the middle right), Trump promises to get rid of all the “bad executive orders” by Obama. Which ones do you think those are, because Trump doesn’t say.
As for ObamaCare, as I’ve pointed out countless times before, Trump never said he would repeal and replace it. He said he would ask Congress to repeal and replace it on Day One. That’s good and hopefully Congress will do that, but Trump has now said he may not want to repeal it. Hence my question about what his supporters think his goals are.
DRJ (15874d) — 11/18/2016 @ 3:55 pmI hope Trump said that because he knows Presidents have to follow the law, and they can’t repeal legislation. But it’s clear some of his supporters don’t know that.
DRJ (15874d) — 11/18/2016 @ 4:00 pmI hope he does the things you list, LBascom, and thank you for responding to my question. I appreciate learning what you think Trump’s goals are. Are there any specific executive orders you think he will overturn, and how far will he go to rework trade deals? I.e., will he impose tariffs?
DRJ (15874d) — 11/18/2016 @ 4:08 pmhe has picked people in keeping with his priorities, sessions did develop his plan on border inforcement, Flynn was at dia, when Islamic state was rising in Syria, and pompeo, saw it’s north African manifestation, by contrast Christie was way too friendly with salafis as was mike rogers,
narciso (d1f714) — 11/18/2016 @ 4:13 pmthat link, btw addresses the premises of ‘islamophobia,’ which was conjured up by Akbar ahmed, to shut down discussion, major coughlin would probably concur,
narciso (d1f714) — 11/18/2016 @ 4:31 pmDRJ, the first day video, that I referenced and you mentioned, put the priorities on executive orders concerning the second amendment and immigration. The list of Obama’s executive orders is long and noxious, and I’m sure will all be reviewed, but the two priorities are a start. To be honest, I don’t have a comprehensive list and couldn’t give you one that should be repealed. Do you?
As for free trade, I’ve mostly come to the conclusion it’s BS; the “free” part being about as descriptive as “affordable” is in the Affordable Care Act. Marx was for free trade as a way to destroy capitalism. I never really questioned the concept before Trump brought it up, just accepting the conservative dogma on the subject. Since, I’ve given it some attention and have been brought around by what I’ve seen.
See here:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevekeen/2016/11/11/trumps-truthful-heresy-on-globalization-and-free-trade/#3b1d9adb1e44
And here:
https://www.jerrypournelle.com/chaosmanor/back-to-normal-beginning-a-discussion-of-free-trade/
And especially here:
http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/06/26/american-presidents-washington-lincoln-agree-donald-trump-trade/
Hope that helps.
LBascom (1cae03) — 11/18/2016 @ 4:52 pmWhat do you think Trump’s priorities are, narciso? Do you agree with LBascom?
What about ObamaCare? My guess is that Trump may wait until he is in office to see what the polls say about ObamaCare. I think he is willing to go different ways — repeal, replace, or tinker with it — given his public statements up to now.
DRJ (15874d) — 11/18/2016 @ 4:54 pmI’d also like to know what elissa thinks are Trump’s priorities.
DRJ (15874d) — 11/18/2016 @ 4:54 pmi wonder what the diseased piggy would’ve done with the obamacares
happyfeet (28a91b) — 11/18/2016 @ 4:58 pmit’s a long list, which includes Obamacare, but still it’s in the purview of the leg, there are so many dumpster fires that this administration has set off,
narciso (d1f714) — 11/18/2016 @ 4:59 pmDRJ, I gave you a reply, but it got lost somewhere. Perhaps Patterico could restore it. It had three links, maybe that’s verboten, I don’t know…
LBascom (1cae03) — 11/18/2016 @ 5:01 pmKellyanne Conway was on Five on Fox today. She was asked about the rumor that Gen. Petraeus was being considered for Sec Defense. She said every position had a long shortlist, hut she did not deny that a man who has been convicted of mishandling classified information was being considered.
Mentioned on another cable show was the possibility that exCongressman Rogers, having been dumped from the transition team, is being considered as Clapper’s replacement.
Kishnevi (0cb353) — 11/18/2016 @ 5:08 pmI would tend to doubt it, re rogers, he is exactly the wrong sort, I don’t much coming re Petraeus, however Flynn was his deputy, so can’t dismiss it outright,
http://dailycaller.com/2016/11/17/venezuelan-diplomat-joins-chicago-communists-plotting-trump-resistance/?utm_campaign=atdailycaller&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social
narciso (d1f714) — 11/18/2016 @ 5:27 pmThe Mike Rogers rumored to replace Clapper is a different Mike Rogers than the former Congressman who was pushed out from the transition team.
There’s an Admiral Mike Rogers and there’s a (former) Congressman Mike Rogers.
Admiral Rogers graduated from the same high school as Don Rumsfeld, Charlton Heston, and Rock Hudson. And for those keeping track at home, neither of them is related to the late Fred Rogers or to Kenny Rogers. (LOL)
Cruz Supporter (102c9a) — 11/18/2016 @ 5:31 pmIf Karl Marx believed something about economics, that’s good enough for me!
I released your comment by the way LBascom.
Patterico (aca8cf) — 11/18/2016 @ 5:32 pmI would too, but she chose to sidestep it and use the time to express derision at your question instead.
Patterico (aca8cf) — 11/18/2016 @ 5:33 pmA microcosm of how Trump has changed people’s views for the worse.
Patterico (aca8cf) — 11/18/2016 @ 5:35 pmah New Trier, also David Asman, Marx was like a thinner Germanic version of Michael moore, he saw real problems but came up with ridiculous solutions,
narciso (d1f714) — 11/18/2016 @ 5:35 pmTrump 101:
Loyalty Trumps pragmatism.
DCSCA (797bc0) — 11/18/2016 @ 5:38 pmPragmatism Trumps ideology.
does anything the fishwrap say, turnout to be true,
http://www.weeklystandard.com/in-alabama-jeff-sessions-desegregated-schools-and-got-the-death-penalty-for-kkk-head/article/2005461
would this be considered clickbait,
narciso (d1f714) — 11/18/2016 @ 6:00 pmHere is a link to Obama’s 260 Executive Orders beginning with EO-13489. The orders are wide-ranging and most of them should be addressed in the various departments of governmrnt. For instance, EO 13732 relating to the procedures for civilian casualties in war should have input from Trump’s Defense Secretary and the DOD.
As narciso and LBascom say, my guess is Trump is most concerned with policies and EOs relating to ObamaCare, immigration, gun control, and climate change. But who knows, really? In addition, some of Obama’s most troubling actions didn’t even involve EOs. In immigration, for example, Obama did not legalize the DREAMERS by EO. Instead, he instructed Homeland Security not to deport them. That’s why you won’t find a 2012 EO in the 260 EOs for the DREAMERs.
DRJ (15874d) — 11/18/2016 @ 6:02 pmwell it’s not legislation, so it’s an executive decision, or an ukaz as the czars used to issue.
I didn’t think remnick could top himself with the last primal scream, but his interview with zaphod, comes close,
narciso (d1f714) — 11/18/2016 @ 6:06 pmMy “derision” (as you call it) was for the following comment: “several commenters here support Trump” which I do in fact take umbrage at because I believe that after the election we should ALL be giving the President-elect a fair chance to succeed and at least initially support him as he forms his administration. DRJ then amended her comment to read, “I should have said there are several commenters who “supported” Trump. I’m addressing people who supported Trump all along, and I want to know what they think his vision and goals are.”
Since that clarification clearly did not include me I did not feel obligated to answer the prosecuting attorney’s question.
My primary goal was met on the night of Nov. 8, 2016 when it became clear that Hillary Rodham Clinton would not be taking up occupancy in the White House and would not be naming the next batch of Supreme Court justices. ANYTHING else in the next four years that happens regarding Obamacare repeal/reform, protecting the second amendment, rolling back abusive progressive regulations, addressing the legality of the Iran deal, and enforcing our current immigration laws is pure gravy and sweet icing on the cake as far as I am concerned. None of these things would even be on the menu had not Donald trump won.
elissa (ead691) — 11/18/2016 @ 6:16 pmReuters: Americans want trump to focus on healthcare first.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-poll-idUSKBN13C2HM?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews
elissa (ead691) — 11/18/2016 @ 6:17 pmProsecuting atorney?
You find me offensive for some reason. Why is that?
DRJ (15874d) — 11/18/2016 @ 6:19 pmWhen did asking questions or even criticism morph into not supporting a President? If had voted for Trump. Would I be allowed to ask questions then?
DRJ (15874d) — 11/18/2016 @ 6:21 pmwe shall see with this next and penultimate sets of appointments will be, but they set tripwires all along the program, if you pull the subsidies, the costs will ‘necessarily skyrocket’ there’s an appeal pending, that could force more providers to drop out of the system
narciso (d1f714) — 11/18/2016 @ 6:25 pmI don’t see that anyone is stopping you from asking questions or criticizing, DRJ.
elissa (ead691) — 11/18/2016 @ 6:32 pmAnn Margret, let’s have something from that high school to get us going. But yet Rauner had his daughter sneak into a Chicago Public selective enrollment school.
urbanleftbehind (fd22f5) — 11/18/2016 @ 6:33 pmelissa, you make an important point, there. The important aspect to Trump’s victory is that it denies Hillary.
Trump may not turn out to be Calvin Coolidge, but we shouldn’t compare him to Coolidge or Reagan. We should compare him to what we would have gotten had he lost; and that’s Hillary. That would mean that at the DoJ, we’d have Loretta Lynch or Tom Perez instead of Jeff Sessions.
We might get John Bolton at the State Dept. What an improvement over John “I’m going to Antarctica!” Kerry. And Kerry’s predecessor. (LOL)
Cruz Supporter (102c9a) — 11/18/2016 @ 6:51 pmWhat do the folks who appear to be out for blood re: the president-elect think about the constant drumbeat of vilification faced by the people picked for cabinet slots? Full assault by the Democrats with bylines. Has there been a focused, effective, pushback by fair-minded, influential blogs and new media?
Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 11/18/2016 @ 6:58 pmThe face in my TV box said it was the Congressman.
Kishnevi (0cb353) — 11/18/2016 @ 6:59 pmBut we all know how TV reporters make sure of the facts.
Maybe the reporter heard the name, but had no idea the Admiral existed.
there is some, but the Wurlitzer, carrying the rants of the likes of hebert, still outnumbers them 10-1. of course this was one instance back when the solon of Scranton, removed all doubt
narciso (d1f714) — 11/18/2016 @ 7:00 pmNothin’ from nothin’ but Tucker Carlson’s new show has been dynamite. He is very effective and one of the best interviewers I’ve run across.
Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 11/18/2016 @ 7:01 pmis it wtvj, because they never get things wrong, sarc,
narciso (d1f714) — 11/18/2016 @ 7:02 pmSEEN ON FACEBOOK: “You don’t get to appoint Eric Holder, Thomas Perez, Sonia Sotomayor, Ken Salazar, Ernest Moniz, Lisa Jackson and Tim Geithner and then turn around and criticize the Republican who comes along for going hard-core with his people. You really don’t get to do that. You lost. Shut up.”
https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/249582/
Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 11/18/2016 @ 7:13 pmTucker Carlson is on fire!
Cruz Supporter (102c9a) — 11/18/2016 @ 7:21 pmuntil he fulfills all of conans conditions, right now he has possibly two
https://pjmedia.com/blog/an-open-letter-to-donald-trump/?singlepage=true
narciso (d1f714) — 11/18/2016 @ 7:21 pmthe only republican quoted is fideloflake,
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-sessions-newsmaker-idUSKBN13D22Y?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social
narciso (d1f714) — 11/18/2016 @ 7:32 pmone of these is not like the other,
http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-considering-retired-general-james-mattis-for-defense-chief-1479502633
narciso (d1f714) — 11/18/2016 @ 7:40 pm“A microcosm of how Trump has changed people’s views for the worse.”
Uh- huh. You didn’t bother reading the links I posted, did you?.
It’s cool, I get it. That giant sucking sound Perot spoke of NAFTA making with taking the jobs out of the country may have been right, but they weren’t lawyer jobs, so lawyers like you could care less.
Is why we blue collar types elected Trump. Is why conservatism has been revealed as the empty husk of pretension it is. Or at least has become. Modern day pharisees, convinced of their own righteousness, blind to their error. Saul before Damascus.
Well now you’re reduced to lap dogs barking at the heels of a man who’s shadow scares you. To bad, so sad, your insults and derision are just punchlines to be laughed at now.
LBascom (1cae03) — 11/19/2016 @ 11:25 amelissa,
You admit you “took umbrage” at my comment, which you then criticized instead of asking me to explain or clarify. Clearly, revisionism isn’t just for liberals.
DRJ (15874d) — 11/20/2016 @ 3:05 pm