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That's an understatement.
On the flip side, Priebus is about as establishment as they come. It's sort of crazy because he has one of the guys the alt-right hated the most and always refer to as a check/squish/etc and then he has one of the ultimate alt-right guys as well.
There is no flip side.
Same concerns existed with Hillary and Blumenthal, Brock, Media Matters & their other media arms. It's an unhealthy development for sure but we were getting it either way with these two candidates.
Listen, if Hillary had been elected and then moved Blumenthal or Brock into the White House as her chief advisor I would have a huge problem with it. But Bannon is far worse than those two guys. They're sleazy, but Bannon is a white nationalist and an anti-semite. This hiring needs to be condemned by Republicans and Democrats alike in Congress. Who has the courage to do so?
Come on man, you're better than this. Bannon is horrifying for so many reasons and on so many levels that this comparison is just awful.
Seemed to work for the tea party.GoBirds said:
I will cop to admittedly giving specifically Tim a hard time on this specific point.
I'm not finding much on him about anti-semitism except for comments from his ex-wife. Do you have any quotes from him?
I agree on your take of what BB is today and has morphed into during this campaign.
I saw Andrew Breitbart at a semi-formal function once and your perfect description of Bannon would also have been perfect for Andrew.
I think the take on Bill Kristol as "Renegade Jew" probably sealed it. There have been a couple other articles with similar language since.
A quote is fine. I already read that article and it seems focused on some Breitbart writers.
Andrew Breitbart and Steve Bannon were two radically different people.
At this point it sounds to me like you're doing your best to deny the evidence right in front of you. We have his quotes to his wife which you're disregarding. We have the Breitbart articles which were authorized by him, yet which you've apparently chosen to ignore since they're not direct quotes from the man himself. And we have that last Trump commercial, reportedly sanctioned by Bannon, which came right out of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion and basically suggested a secret Jewish cabal in control of the world's media and politicians.
I still want to know where Kellyanne Conway is going to go. I saw that Laura Ingram is 1st choice for Press Secretary.
Good. The last time a Republican President had a cozy relationship with Congress we got stuck with Medicare D
Because it is HIS choice to choose who he wants and Bannon (who I know nothing about) will be an adviser not put in a position of making policy.
I've been trying to convince people of this since he had the nomination. If you look at the guys historical stances, he's more center left than center right, but always somewhere in the middle. He said what he had to in order to get elected, like every other politician ever. But I think he's (at least initially) listening to the people that stuck with him when it would have been VERY easy to jump ship.
If you surround yourself with extremists, why should anyone think you are going to be a centrist?
- Who's next?
He was tapped as Trump's chief strategy and policy adviser. I think people have a right to be concerned, considering his views, and his connections to the white nationalist movement.
I think it's the other way around.
If he passes his tax plan, way more. Plus if he does his massive Infrastructure plan.
So far I haven't been ecstatic about his "money people". Judging from Trump's business history, it seems likely he'll have no problems expanding the debt. Can he help lower the debt to GDP ratio though...that's the big question.
I think people are reading to much into that. For all we know the order could have been based on who picked their nose last.
Would be really nice if Sanders, Clinton or Obama were as thoughtful.
Ok. We will wait.
Well in our defense the pig is pretty ugly and the lipstick and tweaks are an improvement.
How about Obama's connections to MANY connections that concerned most Americans. You people are amazing.
So you loved fixing the infrastructure under Obama, but with Trump it is a terrible idea. Got it.
Gotta spend money to make money! Besides I have been assured by the Democrat party that the national debt is not a problem.
- Priorities, priorities.
No, i would love it if Trump has a massive bill to upgrade the countries infrastructure. But it will add a lot of debt doing it. That was Tim's original question which I was resp0nding to.
Yeah God forbid he reach out to world leaders. Bet he wont bow down to him like Obama did to some.
The debt meant nothing to the democrats the last eight years. Glad you are concerned now.
