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(11,875 posts)wait for it.... security clearance.
Vinca
(50,299 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,545 posts)....
First political comeback: Edwards vs. Treen, 1983
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Before election day, Edwards joked with reporters: "The only way I can lose this election is if I'm caught in bed with either a dead girl or a live boy". Edwards zinged Treen many times, once describing Treen as "so slow it takes him an hour and a half to watch 60 Minutes." During a gubernatorial debate in 1983, Treen asked Edwards, "How come you talk out of both sides of your mouth?" Edwards instantly responded, "So people like you with only half a brain can understand me."
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malaise
(269,103 posts)on steroids
Takket
(21,600 posts)Since when have rules slowed down drumpf? Just ignore them and let someone sue if they want.
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)Zoonart
(11,875 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Is that how we're saying "Couldn't pass an FBI background investigation" nowadays?
maryellen99
(3,789 posts)atreides1
(16,084 posts)It has more to do with his inability to pass the FBI background check...
Eugene
(61,919 posts)Trump sure knows to pick them doesnt he?
the Best People you know!
sop
(10,221 posts)Last edited Tue Jun 18, 2019, 04:03 PM - Edit history (1)
These domestic violence stories would have turned into another media frenzy during the confirmation process, much like Rob Porter's wife-beating WH fiasco last year.
Shanahan was at Boeing for 30 years before becoming Acting SecDef, he probably planned to profit from steering military contracts to his old company. Now, those hopes have been dashed.
Once again, someone enters into Trump's orbit and is forced to flee with his/her reputation in tatters. I wonder if there's anyone left in DC willing to go down with this sinking ship?
Doodley
(9,105 posts)Skraxx
(2,981 posts)Vinca
(50,299 posts)BootinUp
(47,171 posts)Choices! Lol.
jayfish
(10,039 posts)Duuuuhhh...
spanone
(135,855 posts)Sanity Claws
(21,850 posts)delisen
(6,044 posts)Sanity Claws
(21,850 posts)The article said it was unclear who was the aggressor.
I see that they are now divorced.
The phrase is so hackneyed.
leftieNanner
(15,137 posts)Who beat his mother with a baseball bat. And shanahan worked to defend his son for the assault which left the woman with internal injuries requiring surgery. And a fractured skull.
PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)over police report involving domestic violence.
Trump chooses only "the best" people.
klook
(12,160 posts)sarabelle
(453 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,449 posts)when you never officially nominated him?
jayfish
(10,039 posts)having Sec Def on ones resume will take care of the family thing for generations to come. A sad sack of putrid BS.
peggysue2
(10,836 posts)Read an article about 10 days ago saying the Trumpster was asking friends and advisors what they thought of Shanahan--capability, loyalty. Shanahan made a less than supportive comment about one of Trump's utterances. That seems to be all it takes, a whisper of disapproval. Think it might have been over the USS McCain controversy. Or maybe something behind the scenes.
Ugh! Who in their right mind would work for this maniac.
yonder
(9,668 posts)only being less fun to watch, far more serious and potentially catastrophic.
Takket
(21,600 posts)And into the fire.
The Heritage Foundation has seized control of the military. Something that should terrify us all
Link to tweet
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Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)...as he and his KGOP republican cronies continue to piss on US Intelligence, and to systematically undermine US Security.
* Dirty Donny (R)
JDC
(10,130 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,545 posts)NEW: Theres MUCH more to the Shanahan backstory. His son also assaulted his ex-wife with a baseball bat. As Shanahan wrestled with whether to pull his nomination, he told all in lengthy interviews Monday and Tuesday with The Washington Post.
Link to tweet
ancianita
(36,126 posts)dawnie51
(959 posts)a real eye opener. Whos is making these nominations? Cause it isn't Dump. The kind of ugly stuff pouring out about this guy and his family is probably just what they have on nearly all of these rethugs. So again, who's making the decisions?
Johnny2X2X
(19,082 posts)So the guy running our defense department for the last several months shouldnt have been given access to anything secret because he cant pass a background check.
Guy is untrustworthy and had access to everything a foreign power could want. If you can see how this is 500 times worse than her emails I dont know what planet youre from.