Red Mosquito

elliseamos wrote:"Lloyd Austin retired from military service more than four years ago. The law states that an officer must have left the service at least seven years before becoming secretary of defense. But I hope that Congress will grant a waiver to Secretary-designate Austin, just as Congress did for Secretary Jim Mattis."
-President Elect JR Biden, Jr.

so he's a civilian

look

he's black

just appoint him

elliseamos wrote:No way you top page that for 4 years.

one page down, one thousand to go

96583UP wrote:

elliseamos wrote:"Lloyd Austin retired from military service more than four years ago. The law states that an officer must have left the service at least seven years before becoming secretary of defense. But I hope that Congress will grant a waiver to Secretary-designate Austin, just as Congress did for Secretary Jim Mattis."
-President Elect JR Biden, Jr.

so he's a civilian

look

he's black

just appoint him

before Mattis it had only been a non-civilian 1 other time... in 1950... There could be votes against this nom. from both sides. It’s a poor choice.

96583UP wrote:

elliseamos wrote:No way you top page that for 4 years.

one page down, one thousand to go

He can handle it. Obama was president for 8 years and his thread is only 3 pages long.

elliseamos wrote:

96583UP wrote:

elliseamos wrote:"Lloyd Austin retired from military service more than four years ago. The law states that an officer must have left the service at least seven years before becoming secretary of defense. But I hope that Congress will grant a waiver to Secretary-designate Austin, just as Congress did for Secretary Jim Mattis."
-President Elect JR Biden, Jr.

so he's a civilian

look

he's black

just appoint him

before Mattis it had only been a non-civilian 1 other time... in 1950... There could be votes against this nom. from both sides. It’s a poor choice.

i think you missed the part where he's black

Seeing criticisms for how he oversaw the Iraq withdrawal. The Bush/ Obama transition mess meant the withdrawal was happening regardless, but it seems we burned some bridges with the Iraqi military that made pushing back against ISIS much harder and more Iran centered.

Oh, and a big core of ISIS were the insurgent prisoners the Iraqis released as soon as we were out of the picture.

I'm lost. How is that "every single thing" from the NYP story?

elliseamos wrote:I'm lost. How is that "every single thing" from the NYP story?

Because Stephen L. Miller said so!

Hatfield wrote:

elliseamos wrote:I'm lost. How is that "every single thing" from the NYP story?

Because Stephen L. Miller said so!

Who?

BurtReynolds wrote:

i just discovered the new theory that Kamala Harris can't be Vice-President because her parents are immigrants. This is touted by the lawyer that is now representing Trump.


What the hell is wrong with this country?

blueviper wrote:i just discovered the new theory that Kamala Harris can't be Vice-President because her parents are immigrants. This is touted by the lawyer that is now representing Trump.


What the hell is wrong with this country?

Trump and his acolytes have made us far, far more stupid.

wease wrote:

blueviper wrote:i just discovered the new theory that Kamala Harris can't be Vice-President because her parents are immigrants. This is touted by the lawyer that is now representing Trump.


What the hell is wrong with this country?

Trump and his acolytes have made us far, far more stupid.

Speak for yourself. I'm smarter than ever.

simple schoolboy wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

‘we still prefer the less bad option’

-80 million people

Even if everything about Hunter Biden is true, we chose the guy with a criminal son vs. the criminal.

Harris 2024!

I think the real issue is that the media largely ignored the Hunter Biden and Tara Reade stories and took every opportunity to twist Trump's words to make him look bad.

Trump is a complete ghoul and that shines through pretty clearly, it didn't really feel necessary to hammer him on out of context quotes and gaffs.

All that really accomplished was further eroding people's trust in the media.

Didn't Reade give specific verifiable details that the press looked into and found unverified?