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Wed Nov 16, 2016, 01:01 AM Nov 2016

Ken Blackwell: Trump admin will "make the trains run on time" [View all]

Not the Onion.

With Bannon Pick, Trump Invites Alt-Right Into White House

So far, the Trump camp has not responded to the criticism of Bannon, and what has come out of the campaign has not been encouraging. “Bannon is going to be keeper of the image of Trump as a fighter against the status quo, and Reince is going to utilize his personal connections with the speaker and others, to make the trains run on time,” Ken Blackwell, a former Ohio state official and a member of the Trump transition team, told The Wall Street Journal. When you are trying to convince America that its new leader is not a fascist, it’s best not to make any Mussolini references.
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I was just going to say... CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2016 #1
And he didn't succeed. The trains didn't run on time. SharonAnn Nov 2016 #7
Yeah, that's the ironic stupidity of it all Maeve Nov 2016 #19
Fascist efficiency is what's being discussed. Hortensis Nov 2016 #30
"Why, no, that idiom has nothing to do with fascism." Beartracks Nov 2016 #2
Until he finds out defunding Amtrak is an option bhikkhu Nov 2016 #3
Ken Blackwell KT2000 Nov 2016 #4
Sure. But who's going to be in them? Behind the Aegis Nov 2016 #5
Beat me to it!!! nt msanthrope Nov 2016 #17
Blackwell gopiscrap Nov 2016 #6
What an incredibly stupid man. Solly Mack Nov 2016 #8
And a dangerous man. He worked hard to disenfranchise voters in Ohio in 2004. suffragette Nov 2016 #11
Very. Solly Mack Nov 2016 #12
Did you see this?: annabanana Nov 2016 #14
Damn Solly Mack Nov 2016 #15
I think the people in denial about Trump believing what he's said is a combo of the liars, fools or suffragette Nov 2016 #21
Please do find it and let me know when you do. Solly Mack Nov 2016 #22
I posted it in Video. Here's the link suffragette Nov 2016 #23
Thanks! Off to view. Solly Mack Nov 2016 #29
And John Lewis came to Ohio then to lead a protest against Blackwell's actions. nt pinboy3niner Nov 2016 #24
Blackwell was so blatant and used every trick in the book and then some, suffragette Nov 2016 #26
My grandmother, bless her, died in here sleep at the age of 94 in 2006. Feeling the Bern Nov 2016 #9
WTF? Does anyone even know what that means? It sounds like a 1940's term. C Moon Nov 2016 #10
It's a common term in British politics, and it always refers to Mussolini muriel_volestrangler Nov 2016 #13
Family Research Council's Starkly Anti-Gay Ken Blackwell Leading Trump's Domestic Transition Team Grey Lemercier Nov 2016 #16
OMFG eShirl Nov 2016 #18
In all fairness, the Republicans will probably defund Amtrak... brooklynite Nov 2016 #20
1 uponit7771 Nov 2016 #25
Any lie will do, does not matter how ridiculous it sounds, Trump just needs to say words. Thinkingabout Nov 2016 #27
Il Douche! dhol82 Nov 2016 #28
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