To paraphrase Churchill,
An empty taxi arrived at the Senate and when the door was opened, Rand Paul got out.
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Paul is a man of principle. But the principles change with his self-interest.
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welcome back 2016
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Iâm stealing that saying
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As bad as this Administration has been, youâre now going to basically get the competence level of DeVos, Carson and Pruitt running foreign policy. They have no quality staff, no policy coherence whatsoever (except their love of Mother Russia), and no vision. Poor Mattis has to try to keep things together while these morons cede half the world to Russia and declare a trade war (or maybe real war) on the other half. I half expect Trump to send the Navy to Panama to punish the Panamanian govât for kicking his ass out of the Trump Tower building there, or to stalk MexicoâŚjust becauseâŚyou knowâŚMexicans. Trump will start a campaign to re-seize the Panama Canal because that was an issue from his generation (âWe stole it fair and square!â). You donât think thatâs coming? Using the military to defend his business interests like the British East India Company? You watchâŚitâs coming.
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What a consummate little twerp!
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Because of course he did. Rand wants to be SEEN as taking tough stands. He doesnât really want to have to back it up. That would require spine and principle and heâs a republican for heavenâs sake.
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This may seem like an oblique comment but if you know anyone among your acquaintances who was a middle-class person in the immediate postwar years in England, ask that person what it was like. Because a precipitous decline in a world powerâs power brings inconveniences in its wake. Just saying.
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too vivid !
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Pompeo is an apocalyptic, bible thumping freak. You donât want him conducting nuclear diplomacy. https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/988525136151183365
"The people that worked under him at the CIA that came to usâŚwere scared shitless.â
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Few people realize how long rationing lasted. That and the grayness - or should I say greyness - coupled with a post-modern rebuilding plan that was devoid of beauty made visitors understand the general cheerlessness of the inhabitants. Since the island basically saved civilization on itâs own until the US joined, our gratitude cannot be overstated.
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As I posted earlier. A no vote on Pompeo was always going to be âa statement of no confidenceâ, given that McConnell has rigged the system to serve Trumpâs whims. Pompeo has at least served, though without distinction, in government. He may well be the best that we can expect from the Great Trump. There is always someone worse in the bottomless GOP basket of degenerates.
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Hereâs why Donnelly and Manchin removed their spines through their sphinctersâŚ
Both are listed by most outlets as âtossup.â Itâs pathetic.
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Rand Paul was promised something. Donât hold your breath or anything, but weâll see what it is soon enough.
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I think most âLibertariansâ Iâve met mostly like the sound of the word.
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Is irasdad slip siding into the kink?
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Oh, its all OK because I just heard Susan Del Persio, a Republican and idiot mouthpiece say this just means most Dems will be seen as obstructionists because most of them are against Pompeo. Interestingly, this is the same line tRump is trying to make politically.
Imho this makes those that oppose him total heros, willing to do the real work of the committee in assessing his real value towards doing that particular job. It should and will be predictably a Badge of Honor for all Dems as soon as Pompeo, like all other tRump appointees crashes and burns, since all of them have turned out to be such assholes, ready to fuckup at any moment in their respective jobs.
The last time a SoS was voted in on a straight party vote was for the most part aeons ago. Its a position thatâs supposed to garner a high degree of confidence from Senators in both parties in representing our country abroad. It says more about tRump and the sycophants that surround him getting this nomination through by a whisker, but who also have no problem putting a partisan in that position representing US diplomacy.
For all their talk about how bad Hilary was as SoS, she was confirmed 94-2. John Kerry was confirmed 94-3. Colin Powell was unanimously confirmed. Condoleeza Rice was 85-13. Sorry, but no matter how you look at it, Pompous Pompeo breaks the moldâŚand not in a good way either.
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I guess his oxycontin courage wore off. Maybe his neighbor can beat the shit out of him again.
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Donât worry about it. Iâm sure Susan Collins will come through to say no to Mike. LOL
Maybe the other suckersâŚerâŚDemocrats who switched in favor of Pompeo will change their mind since all Democratic Congresspeople were frozen out of the State Dinner (yet a new low for DJT).
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Rand Paul Flip-Flops On Pompeo, Now Pledges Support
Well, of course he does. Did anyone here expect he wouldnât? I donât think so.
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