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TwilightZone

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8. Agreed - I think it's completely intentional.

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #5)

Tue Nov 29, 2016, 11:10 AM

Nov 2016

I think he's intentionally picking the worst candidate he can come up with for each position. Why is anyone's guess.

I thought that Ben Carson for HUD was going to be the most egregious example, but I think Petraeus tops that.

Edit: the Tom Price pick is probably equally egregious, if not more so.

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