Discussion: Bannon Claims McConnell Asked Trump To Drop 'Drain The Swamp' Rhetoric

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Of course he did. Turtles like swamps.

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Bannon showing up for interviews always seems like a sign that something weird is up.

I don’t think interviews go particularly well for him. And it smacks a bit of a desperate ploy.

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“In one of the first meetings in Trump Tower with the President, as we were wrapping up, he (McConnell) basically says ‘I don’t want to hear any more of this “drain the swamp” talk.’ Flat-out,"…

"Listen, lad. I built this kingdom up from nothing. When I started here, all there was was swamp. Other kings said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built it all the same, just to show 'em. It sank into the swamp. So, I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So, I built a third one. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp, but the fourth one… stayed up! And that’s what you’re gonna get, "

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While it’s entirely possible and in character for McConnell to have said that, I take everything Bannon says with a grain of salt. Why would Charlie Rose even have him on his show?

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Eyeballs + ad money??

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“They’re not going to help you unless they’re put on notice they’re going to be held accountable
if they do not support the President of the United States.”

Obama: LMAO.

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“And so therefore, now that you’re out of the White House,you’re ‘going to war’ with them?” Rose asked.

“Absolutely,” Bannon replied.

ummmm

(EDITED)

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better headline: Bannon Desperately Clings to Fading Relevance

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I ain’t watching, but I get that it’s not all about me.

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That blame has to go to 60 Minutes.

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@ralph_vonholst So any day now we’ll be hearing: “This is supposed to be a happy occasion! Let’s not bicker and argue about 'oo killed 'oo.” I can hardly wait.

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Charlie Rose Gets Two Bit Whore to Suck Himself Off

But I’ve never been any good at headlines.

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Here’s what George Clooney had to say about Bannon:

Steve Bannon has called himself a “street fighter,” but George Clooney has another way to describe the controversial former advisor to President Donald Trump: a “failed fucking screenwriter.”

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So unfair! Why aren’t we hearing more from Tad Devine?
Bernie voters deserve a voice too!

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Is Bannon a real threat or just a legend in his own mind?

The media gives him plenty of attention, but his belligerent, grandiose rhetoric always sounds hollow to me. Like a drunk swaying on his bar stool, bellowing how management shit-canned him because he was smarter than them.

ETA: Shoulda read the comments first. Definitely the drunk swaying on his bar stool.

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You know who I want to see talk about the 2016 election? Martin O’Malley, discussing policy while doing sit-ups shirtless on the beach. Granted, I’d mute my television, but the ratings would be incredible.

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Michael: “How bad do you think it’s gonna be?”

Clemenza: “Pretty g-ddam bad. Probably all the other Families will line up against us.”

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Anybody up for a snicker at the expense of Bannon -

check out the quips by GClooney on Bannon @ ‘Vulture’/nymag.com
(sorry Josh)
(kudos to mike-houston for precedence)

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Roy Moore: “Using those quotes is the epitome of slander and libel, sir. For the record, what exactly is a ‘Clemenza’? In my youth, I have heard of a credenza, but a Clemenza sounds Italian to me and the good people of Alabama, so watch it with those $700 words.”

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