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drray23

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35. I agree with your assessment.
Thu Feb 2, 2017, 12:21 PM
Feb 2017

If you listen carefully, these are the points that were buried in his speech :

1) we have to support president trump and respect each other . Translation: get in line

2) i will review the way the state department is run and make sweeping changes (he alluded to it when saying that current methods may be ild and inefficient).

3) everybody has to be accountable. This is corporate speech for "i will fire your ass" if you dont follow my orders to the letter.


He was talking to smart people, diplomats who will not have missed all of the inuendos .


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Another crook,thief,CONMAN.. coco22 Feb 2017 #1
+1, I've seen them talk like they were sane ... Enron CEO comes to mind. He was on crack uponit7771 Feb 2017 #5
He also sounds like a person with tangible and close ties to Russia that can't be trusted. I've uponit7771 Feb 2017 #2
It looks good to the media.. coco22 Feb 2017 #7
+1, He sounds sane next to a person who in a serious tone ask for better ratings for Arnold uponit7771 Feb 2017 #12
That's why the seeming sane-looking are so dangerous! ananda Feb 2017 #17
On CNN they were saying.. coco22 Feb 2017 #41
Exactly. He's part of the Putin wing of our government. brush Feb 2017 #55
+1, "Putin Wing"... PERFECT !!!! uponit7771 Feb 2017 #56
We'll see. C_U_L8R Feb 2017 #3
+1, God ... I miss smart people on TV ... anyway we can get Obama back!? no?...shit uponit7771 Feb 2017 #14
By what standard? SHRED Feb 2017 #4
+1, by the standard of quoting the Enquirer?... yeah, MiniPootin is not sane uponit7771 Feb 2017 #16
He can't last, he said we should have respect for others Motley13 Feb 2017 #6
Lots of people start out that way BeyondGeography Feb 2017 #8
It happens carpetbagger Feb 2017 #9
I have to agree... The_Voice_of_Reason Feb 2017 #10
It was a very tough speech Yupster Feb 2017 #21
I agree with your assessment. drray23 Feb 2017 #35
That's what I heard too Yupster Feb 2017 #36
I just missed his speech to State Dept workers - What happened? Did he say something against Pachamama Feb 2017 #11
not the first two, of course OKNancy Feb 2017 #13
Let's ask those 1000 state department dissent cable signatories in 6 months if the inference was Pachamama Feb 2017 #19
Tillerson is not demented. trump IS. MoonRiver Feb 2017 #15
He is a terrible person...look at the human rights aspect. Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #40
I agree. Just saying that everything is relative. MoonRiver Feb 2017 #42
The first court pick is Obama's pick...the GOP stole it. Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #49
A silver tongued fox in the henhouse... SticksnStones Feb 2017 #18
I'm scratching my head at this post and some replies SHRED Feb 2017 #20
Agree. I am baffled. nt DLevine Feb 2017 #30
.... Syndrome. Being mentally sane gets rewarded now uponit7771 Feb 2017 #43
When you have an insane person in the WH, ANYONE looks good by comparison Motley13 Feb 2017 #44
Illuminating isn't it? RandiFan1290 Feb 2017 #50
+a brazillion truebluegreen Feb 2017 #52
Sad that sane gets brownie points Phoenix61 Feb 2017 #22
So did Ted Bundy. MgtPA Feb 2017 #23
Fuck Tillerson SHRED Feb 2017 #24
This guy is wrong for many reasons. kstewart33 Feb 2017 #25
yeah, he's a mere sociopath. unblock Feb 2017 #26
Normalize these people at your own risk. old guy Feb 2017 #27
Tillerson has only one asset grantcart Feb 2017 #28
I'm sure he'll do a heckuvajob. DLevine Feb 2017 #29
Maybe if we can overlook the human rights charges, which have gotten very little notice. enough Feb 2017 #31
So did Bernie Madoff, and Jeffrey Skilling, and Ken Lay . . . . hatrack Feb 2017 #32
I think getting his stock dividends tax free was a big selling point on the job MattP Feb 2017 #33
Ok, he may have sounded reasonable but his ties to Russia completely disqualify him to be SOS. chelsea0011 Feb 2017 #34
He didn't sound reasonable to me Yupster Feb 2017 #37
Tillerson is not the biggest problem we have La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2017 #38
He is not really. Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #39
I would question the sanity of anyone who wants to work under tRump. logosoco Feb 2017 #45
If he was sane he wouldn't be tainting his reputation by being associated with Trump. Vinca Feb 2017 #46
All con men are suave rock Feb 2017 #47
His sanity is the least of my concerns about him. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2017 #48
Nothing against LGBT fairness truebluegreen Feb 2017 #51
Most Big Corp CEOs sound reasonable in public dalton99a Feb 2017 #53
He probably is, compared to Trump. alarimer Feb 2017 #54
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