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Ubik said:
There were rumours about Petreaus earlier on. Petreaus, the guy that actually got done for being knowingly careless with classified material.
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What did he do? Googled and nothing other than his affair shows up.
 
Revan said:
Quite amazing, I would have loved Romney as president right now. Hoping that he gets Secretary of State. His views on most stuff are very center-based, in a time when Republicans have gone far-right.

For someone very religious, it is amazing to see how he supports evolution and thinks that creationism shouldn't be taught in schools, is pro-choice when it comes to abort, isn't anti-gay marriage and so on. Also, if I am not mistaken when he was governor he had his own 'Obamacare'.

And most importantly, he acknowledges the threat of global warming.
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I don't really follow this stuff, but why isn't he President right now? Sounds like he'd be a popular choice.
 
pocco said:
I don't really follow this stuff, but why isn't he President right now? Sounds like he'd be a popular choice.
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Obama beat him, was unlikely to run again after that.
 
Ubik said:
Romney would be a very sane choice, but would seem completely at odds with Trump on Putin/Russia and NATO.
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That would be a good thing since the likes of Mike Flynn seems to be another pro-Russian stooge after Putin wined and dined him in Moscow.

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Raoul said:
That would be a good thing since the likes of Mike Flynn seems to be another pro-Russian stooge after Putin wined and dined him in Moscow.

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Indeed, but don't see how he squares the circle of having his top diplomat disagree so fundamentally on that. Latest chat is that it's nothing to do with being SoS anyway.

Also LOL at who else is sitting at that table :lol:
 
Penna said:
There's absolutely no way that someone like Trump doesn't accept evolution. Most church-going Christians accept evolution, let alone someone like him. I can't speak about the extent of his faith or whether it even exists, but this exchange between the Pope and a journalist a few months ago sums up my views.
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Wha wha what? You ever been in the southern US?
 


First - good lord that's ugly, two - why is Ivanka sitting in?

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Had to edit this back in as original tweet with photo was deleted, since Trump had denied the press pool access to the meeting. Wonder why.
 
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Carolina Red said:
I've never liked or voted for her, but... A position in FEMA... She's handled some serious natural disasters pretty well in SC. Secretary of State? Hell no.
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Administrating FEMA is actually one of those positions that actually does require a background in emergency management. The current administrator being a prime example.
 
pocco said:
I don't really follow this stuff, but why isn't he President right now? Sounds like he'd be a popular choice.
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Obama beat the shit out of him, and very rarely the one who loses the elections wins again the nomination of the party (Nixon did it though).

He is though a popular choice in this forum (and left wing media) because his policies are center right at a time when Republican Party has gone far right. I would say that he is comparable with George W Bush when it comes to policies, but without being an idiot.
 
Trouble is, there's an industry for getting a higher profile the more vile you are. Hopkins is the same over here.
 
Ubik said:
Trouble is, there's an industry for getting a higher profile the more vile you are. Hopkins is the same over here.
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It's because she's given a platform, not just by the usual hateful rags like the Daily Heil but also on moderate channels.

I mean LBC radio which is often moderate was happy to throw their own Ken Livingstone under the bus but had no qualms with offering Hopkins her own feckin weekend radio show.
 
Ubik said:


First - good lord that's ugly, two - why is Ivanka sitting in?

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Had to edit this back in as original tweet with photo was deleted, since Trump had denied the press pool access to the meeting. Wonder why.
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Trump meets with the Japanese, I don't see the big deal here
 
Kaos said:
It's because she's given a platform, not just by the usual hateful rags like the Daily Heil but also on moderate channels.

I mean LBC radio which is often moderate was happy to throw their own Ken Livingstone under the bus but had no qualms with offering Hopkins her own feckin weekend radio show.
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The likes of Farage, Hopkins & co getting publicity doesn't happen by accident.
 
Wiki on jess sessions -

Sessions was ranked by National Journal in 2007 as the fifth-most conservative U.S. Senator, siding strongly with the Republican Party on political issues. He supported the major legislative efforts of the George W. Bush administration, including the 2001 and 2003 tax cut packages, the Iraq War, and a proposed national amendment to ban same-sex marriage. He was one of 25 senators to oppose the establishment of Troubled Asset Relief Program. He has opposed the Democratic leadership since 2007 on most major legislation, including the stimulus bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act.

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At Sessions' confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, four Department of Justice lawyers who had worked with Sessions testified that he had made several racist statements. One of those lawyers, J. Gerald Hebert, testified that Sessions had referred to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) as "un-American" and "Communist-inspired" because they "forced civil rights down the throats of people."[13]

Thomas Figures, a black Assistant U.S. Attorney, testified that Sessions said he thought the Ku Klux Klan was "OK until I found out they smoked pot." Sessions later said that the comment was not serious, but apologized for it.[14] Figures also testified that on one occasion, when the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division sent the office instructions to investigate a case that Sessions had tried to close, Figures and Sessions "had a very spirited discussion regarding how the Hodge case should then be handled; in the course of that argument, Mr. Sessions threw the file on a table, and remarked, 'I wish I could decline on all of them,'" by which Figures said Sessions meant civil rights cases generally. After becoming Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee, Sessions was asked in an interview about his civil rights record as a U.S Attorney. He denied that he had not sufficiently pursued civil rights cases, saying that "when I was [a U.S. Attorney], I signed 10 pleadings attacking segregation or the remnants of segregation, where we as part of the Department of Justice, we sought desegregation remedies."[15]

Figures also said that Sessions had called him "boy."[10] He also testified that "Mr. Sessions admonished me to 'be careful what you say to white folks.'"[16] Sessions was also reported to have called a white civil rights attorney a "disgrace to his race."[17]

Sessions responded to the testimony by denying the allegations, saying his remarks were taken out of context or meant in jest, and also stating that groups could be considered un-American when "they involve themselves in un-American positions" on foreign policy. Sessions said during testimony that he considered the Klan to be "a force for hatred and bigotry." In regards to the marijuana quote, Sessions said the comment was a joke but apologized.[14]

In response to a question from Joe Biden on whether he had called the NAACP and other civil rights organizations "un-American", Sessions replied "I'm often loose with my tongue. I may have said something about the NAACP being un-American or Communist, but I meant no harm by it."[12]

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Revan said:
It is getting worse and worse. He's one of the most conservative arseholes around.
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He's basically a card carrying racist.

At this point it looks like Trump is planning on getting as rich as possible for four years. Investigative journalism is going to be very important.
 
'Tiddles Trump becomes the first cat to join a Presidential administration'
 
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