At risk of actually creating a thread #2 on this year's election after it's pretty much over, it's time to create a new thread about Donald J. Trump: the man, the myth, actually it's pretty much all myth.
So one of the first things Trump did was to say that he expects the new Senate leadership to bring back recess appointments. Any new majority leader would have to say that he (definitely he) will let Trump do it. And honestly, I think he's probably right?
So the background is that the Senate has the right to review all Presidential appointments above a certain level, unless the Senate is in recess, in which case the President can appoint someone on an interim basis. This makes sense, right? What has happened in practice is that the Senate would just not confirm people, hold appointees forever until some political compromise was made. And then just, like, never actually go out of session. Even when everyone is gone from DC, to have one or two members of Senate leadership on the floor to like pretend that they still had quorum (which they do until someone makes a quorum call, even if there are obviously only two guys there). No one gets voted down, they just get eventually withdrawn. This system sucks.
But what will Trump do with this power? Well, remember the spoils system of the 1800s, where bureaucrats were given offices based on their support of the candidate? Basically that. Our country survived a century on a political bureaucracy, so not so bad, right?
Except, well, let's look at the quality of people Trump wants to nominate:
This list of cabinet members has been carefully crafted to own the libs. So lets just focus on one of the people above, Tulsi Gabbard.
I think I've made it known for years here that I consider Gabbard a Russian agent, or at least a Russian asset. She was once Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii, but she's always been something of a thorn in the side. She's anti-war, anti-American imperialism, and in favor of an isolationist United States. Oddly enough at about the same time as RT news switched from promoting left-wing causes to promoting right-wing causes, Tulsi Gabbard also switched and started having more right wing talking points. What a coincidence.
So basically, of anyone you want associated with intelligence, why not someone who share's Russia's values? What can go wrong? Since I've been doing WWII parallels, this is kind of like Churchill becoming PM and appointing Unity Mitford as head of MI6. The mind boggles.
Shall I add a bit more fuel to the fire? The Daily Beast here refers to The Daily Mail's report that Tulsi and her husband are tied to the Science of Identity Foundation (SIF), described as an alt-right branch of Hare Krishna, who apparently has a man-god leading them named Chris Butler. I mean, this report could be tabloid crap, but "alt-right Hare Krishna" was not a phrase I was expecting to hear, ever.
The national security establishment is unimpressed, with an off-the-record comment describing her nomination as "a left turn and off the bridge." W.'s UN Ambassador called Gabbard the "worst cabinet-level appointment in history." Well, until the next day when Matt Gaetz was nominated. If I were FVEY country, I would really consider stopping intelligence sharing with America, to avoid having their own agents compromised.
Honestly, I have no doubts in my mind that I could to a better job than Tulsi Gabbard -- in fact any of the forum regulars here would be a better choice to serve as our intelligence director. Including the Dutchman and the socialist Irishman, who at least would still have a chance of actually serving the interest of Western civilization, unlike this lady.
So that's what we have right now: a whole list of cabinet members designed to own the libs, make money, and reduce our republicanism. Oh, and without needing the Senate to approve them.
So one of the first things Trump did was to say that he expects the new Senate leadership to bring back recess appointments. Any new majority leader would have to say that he (definitely he) will let Trump do it. And honestly, I think he's probably right?
So the background is that the Senate has the right to review all Presidential appointments above a certain level, unless the Senate is in recess, in which case the President can appoint someone on an interim basis. This makes sense, right? What has happened in practice is that the Senate would just not confirm people, hold appointees forever until some political compromise was made. And then just, like, never actually go out of session. Even when everyone is gone from DC, to have one or two members of Senate leadership on the floor to like pretend that they still had quorum (which they do until someone makes a quorum call, even if there are obviously only two guys there). No one gets voted down, they just get eventually withdrawn. This system sucks.
But what will Trump do with this power? Well, remember the spoils system of the 1800s, where bureaucrats were given offices based on their support of the candidate? Basically that. Our country survived a century on a political bureaucracy, so not so bad, right?
Except, well, let's look at the quality of people Trump wants to nominate:
- Marco Rubio, Secretary of State - "Little Marco"
- Robert Kennedy Jr, Secretary of Health and Human Services - thinks vaccines are bad and once left a dead bear in Central Park, as you do
- Matt Gaetz, Attorney General - resigned Congress to take this job, just a few days before the Ethics Committee's report would have been released
- Doug Bergum, Secretary of the Interior - some state governor I don't know, name sounds like an ingredient in Earl Grey tea
- Elise Stefanik, Ambassador to the United Nations
- Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence
- Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense, veteran and Fox News host
- Sources say: Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security - this former rodeo queen and former governor is best known for securing her home by killing her family dog
This list of cabinet members has been carefully crafted to own the libs. So lets just focus on one of the people above, Tulsi Gabbard.
I think I've made it known for years here that I consider Gabbard a Russian agent, or at least a Russian asset. She was once Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii, but she's always been something of a thorn in the side. She's anti-war, anti-American imperialism, and in favor of an isolationist United States. Oddly enough at about the same time as RT news switched from promoting left-wing causes to promoting right-wing causes, Tulsi Gabbard also switched and started having more right wing talking points. What a coincidence.
So basically, of anyone you want associated with intelligence, why not someone who share's Russia's values? What can go wrong? Since I've been doing WWII parallels, this is kind of like Churchill becoming PM and appointing Unity Mitford as head of MI6. The mind boggles.
Shall I add a bit more fuel to the fire? The Daily Beast here refers to The Daily Mail's report that Tulsi and her husband are tied to the Science of Identity Foundation (SIF), described as an alt-right branch of Hare Krishna, who apparently has a man-god leading them named Chris Butler. I mean, this report could be tabloid crap, but "alt-right Hare Krishna" was not a phrase I was expecting to hear, ever.
The national security establishment is unimpressed, with an off-the-record comment describing her nomination as "a left turn and off the bridge." W.'s UN Ambassador called Gabbard the "worst cabinet-level appointment in history." Well, until the next day when Matt Gaetz was nominated. If I were FVEY country, I would really consider stopping intelligence sharing with America, to avoid having their own agents compromised.
Honestly, I have no doubts in my mind that I could to a better job than Tulsi Gabbard -- in fact any of the forum regulars here would be a better choice to serve as our intelligence director. Including the Dutchman and the socialist Irishman, who at least would still have a chance of actually serving the interest of Western civilization, unlike this lady.
So that's what we have right now: a whole list of cabinet members designed to own the libs, make money, and reduce our republicanism. Oh, and without needing the Senate to approve them.
"Kitto daijoubu da yo." - Sakura Kinomoto
