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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRick Perry top pick for Energy Secretary
Wasn't that the dept he could not remember in the debates when asked what 3 depts he campaigned on that he would get rid of as president?
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-12-11/rick-perry-said-to-be-trump-s-top-candidate-for-energy-secretary
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Rick Perry top pick for Energy Secretary (Original Post)
lunasun
Dec 2016
OP
Oh for pity's sake, am going to have to dig up my discarded "Goodhair" gifs - the grifters just
UTUSN
Dec 2016
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putitinD
(1,551 posts)1. Well, that is a no-brainer (Rick Perry that is).
UTUSN
(70,652 posts)2. Oh for pity's sake, am going to have to dig up my discarded "Goodhair" gifs - the grifters just
never go away!1
IADEMO2004
(5,554 posts)3. The Onion headlines are now facts. What a world.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)4. Ok I found it YES . He would be heading the dept he wanted to get rid of but can't remember what
it's called . Oh surreal
rusty fender
(3,428 posts)5. Someone will have to remind him every morning
that he is the Secretary of ...of ...something
And his name.
And hide the bottles....
frazzled
(18,402 posts)6. I have a feeling
that all executive branch departments will be wiped out or severely reduced, and a quasi imperial presidency will be installed.
All these picks are like vulture capitalists who swoop in to buy up businesses and sell them off piece by piece, pocketing the dough for themselves while thousands, or millions, become jobless.