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Barack_America

(28,876 posts)
Fri Dec 2, 2016, 07:56 PM Dec 2016

Well, there goes Palin's VA nomination.

Sarah Palin: Trump's Carrier deal is 'crony capitalism'

By MADELINE CONWAY 12/02/16 04:28 PM EST

Another conservative is calling “crony capitalism” on Donald Trump’s deal with Carrier, albeit an unexpected one — Sarah Palin.

In an op-ed for the website Young Conservatives, the former Alaska governor allowed that the details behind the manufacturer’s decision to keep some 1,000 jobs in Indiana at the president-elect’s behest, rather than move them to Mexico, are not yet clear. But touting the value of free markets, Palin signaled her disapproval if it was a case of “political intrusion using a stick or carrot to bribe or force one individual business to do what politicians insist.”


http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/sarah-palin-donald-trump-carrier-deal-crony-capitalism-232139

Good for...her??

Wow are we in the midst of a bizarre political moment.
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Well, there goes Palin's VA nomination. (Original Post) Barack_America Dec 2016 OP
Or she's already gotten the heave ho SoCalNative Dec 2016 #1
Her Dysfunctional Family Wellstone ruled Dec 2016 #2
This whole 'carrier thing' is stupid... Blanks Dec 2016 #3
I think it was our failure to put enough drugs into the drinking water. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2016 #4

Blanks

(4,835 posts)
3. This whole 'carrier thing' is stupid...
Fri Dec 2, 2016, 08:00 PM
Dec 2016

What the hell is the future president of the United States doing engaging himself in 'talks' like this?

We literally went from having a president who was a constitutional law professor to a president who is a carnival barker.

How did we get here?

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
4. I think it was our failure to put enough drugs into the drinking water.
Fri Dec 2, 2016, 08:19 PM
Dec 2016

and not having a successful formula for retroactive birth control.
But hey, that's just my take.

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