Anonymous
Post 12/13/2016 16:52     Subject: Exxon CEO to be SOS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Kansas vs. Detroit

I'll take Kansas thanks


You are comparing a whole state to a city? Do you know WHY Detroit went bankrupt? It's government was TOO large and pensions were too fat. A problem that a lot of cities are facing. While in Kansas, people cannot even get basic services because they failed to realize that they needed more government than they thought.

Also, I do not know if you have been to Detroit lately, but there is a huge amount of development AND gentrification. The bankruptcy was a reset button. So right now, I would take Detroit and it would not even be close.


yeah, but you know exactly why PP prefers Kansas to Detroit
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2016 16:06     Subject: Exxon CEO to be SOS
Anonymous wrote:Kansas vs. Detroit

I'll take Kansas thanks


You are comparing a whole state to a city? Do you know WHY Detroit went bankrupt? It's government was TOO large and pensions were too fat. A problem that a lot of cities are facing. While in Kansas, people cannot even get basic services because they failed to realize that they needed more government than they thought.

Also, I do not know if you have been to Detroit lately, but there is a huge amount of development AND gentrification. The bankruptcy was a reset button. So right now, I would take Detroit and it would not even be close.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2016 15:20     Subject: Exxon CEO to be SOS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Good pick, endorsed by Ms Rice who voted for Obama and wasn't an ardent Trump supporter. I like Condelezza Rice and which she'd get it


Also endorsed by Bob Gates and Jim Baker.

These are all serious foreign policy professionals.


Dick Cheney endorsed him, too - why'd you leave him off the list?


I did not know Cheney did ..... now I am concerned!
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2016 15:11     Subject: Exxon CEO to be SOS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Good pick, endorsed by Ms Rice who voted for Obama and wasn't an ardent Trump supporter. I like Condelezza Rice and which she'd get it


Also endorsed by Bob Gates and Jim Baker.

These are all serious foreign policy professionals.


Dick Cheney endorsed him, too - why'd you leave him off the list?
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2016 14:54     Subject: Exxon CEO to be SOS
Kansas vs. Detroit

I'll take Kansas thanks
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2016 14:53     Subject: Exxon CEO to be SOS
Anonymous wrote:Good, interesting choice from what I have seen so far. Much more overall international experience that Hillary Clinton or John Kerry, with management and negotiation skills to boot. (And please, save the typing about Senate Foreign Relations.) Should be a nice little shake-up down at Foggy Bottom.

Looking forward to the confirmation hearings.


He has actually run a major organization unlike Hillary and Kerry who have been life long politicians who had not run a fricking thing until they were appointed SoS.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2016 14:50     Subject: Exxon CEO to be SOS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:306 Electoral votes and losing the popular vote by almost 3 million is nothing close to a landslide.


The presidency, control of the senate, control of the House, 33 Republican governors and the same number of state legislatures.

Call it what you want ........


One word: Kansas. GOP economic theories are a disaster.

And facts: nowhere close to a landslide. In fact, in the lowest quartile.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/dec/12/donald-trump/donald-trumps-electoral-college-victory-was-not-ma/
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2016 14:18     Subject: Exxon CEO to be SOS
Good, interesting choice from what I have seen so far. Much more overall international experience that Hillary Clinton or John Kerry, with management and negotiation skills to boot. (And please, save the typing about Senate Foreign Relations.) Should be a nice little shake-up down at Foggy Bottom.

Looking forward to the confirmation hearings.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2016 14:15     Subject: Exxon CEO to be SOS
Drill baby, drill.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2016 14:12     Subject: Re:Exxon CEO to be SOS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Did he beat his wife?

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/604696.page


Well if he was ever accused of it, DCUM can jump right to the conclusion that he did it, and do their part to perpetuate fake news.


You mean like Bill Clinton was accused and you jumped right on that too?

Ouch.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2016 13:34     Subject: Exxon CEO to be SOS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:306 Electoral votes and losing the popular vote by almost 3 million is nothing close to a landslide.


The presidency, control of the senate, control of the House, 33 Republican governors and the same number of state legislatures.

Call it what you want ........


Yes you own the swamp now and you can't blame the other person when you fail bigly. For a man starting with a 2% deficit and 3 million votes, it won't take long to lose the less than 1% avg margin in 4 states if he can't fulfill his promises.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2016 13:31     Subject: Exxon CEO to be SOS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:306 Electoral votes and losing the popular vote by almost 3 million is nothing close to a landslide.


The presidency, control of the senate, control of the House, 33 Republican governors and the same number of state legislatures.

Call it what you want ........


I call it "Your Responsibility." You've given birth to this abomination, so let's see what you do with it. Everything is your responsibility now. Everything that goes wrong is your fault.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2016 13:08     Subject: Re:Exxon CEO to be SOS
Anonymous wrote:With Rice, Gates and Baker testifying in support of the nomination, it will sail through.

Quite apart from the fact that there are Democratic senators up for reelection in 2018 who are vulnerable and will support this and other nominations.


rice, gaets, and baker all have consulting ties with exxon
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2016 12:49     Subject: Re:Exxon CEO to be SOS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:With Rice, Gates and Baker testifying in support of the nomination, it will sail through.

Quite apart from the fact that there are Democratic senators up for reelection in 2018 who are vulnerable and will support this and other nominations.


Not enough to change the basic fact that this guy is in bed with Russia, and we are in frequent conflict with Russia.

He will be cast out on those grounds.


Who is going to vote against him other than some Democrats?
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2016 12:47     Subject: Re:Exxon CEO to be SOS
Anonymous wrote:With Rice, Gates and Baker testifying in support of the nomination, it will sail through.

Quite apart from the fact that there are Democratic senators up for reelection in 2018 who are vulnerable and will support this and other nominations.


Not enough to change the basic fact that this guy is in bed with Russia, and we are in frequent conflict with Russia.

He will be cast out on those grounds.