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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsToday, it began...
The truth finally put on its shoes...
Bannon represents the base moreso than Donald Trump. That is why Roy Moore was able to defeat Luther Strange in the primary in Alabama, even though Trump campaigned for Luther Strange.
As of today, the Republican Party is deeply divided. There is no comfortable place for any Republican to hang his hat. If they continue to support Donald Trump, they risk alienating the base of Breitbart and Bannon. Simply put, they are in a pickle.
Today was a very busy day.
On top of it all, the FBI visited Paul Ryan.
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Today, it began... (Original Post)
kentuck
Jan 2018
OP
thbobby
(1,474 posts)1. So sad to laugh so much and enjoy
the trump show while democracy is being decimated. Still, this stuff is funny.
kentuck
(111,110 posts)2. Funny like a funeral...
We don't need this shit.
BumRushDaShow
(129,450 posts)3. "As of today, the Republican Party is deeply divided."
And along that note, I stumbled upon this today -
Drudge calls Bannon 'schizophrenic'
By Julia Manchester - 01/03/18 10:24 AM EST
Drudge Report editor Matt Drudge on Wednesday ratcheted up his criticism of Stephen Bannon, calling him "schizophrenic" after explosive new comments from the the former White House chief strategist.
"No wonder schizophrenic Steve Bannon has been walking around with a small army of bodyguards," Drudge said in a one of his rare tweets, which are always deleted.
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/367203-drudge-calls-bannon-schizophrenic
By Julia Manchester - 01/03/18 10:24 AM EST
Drudge Report editor Matt Drudge on Wednesday ratcheted up his criticism of Stephen Bannon, calling him "schizophrenic" after explosive new comments from the the former White House chief strategist.
Link to tweet
"No wonder schizophrenic Steve Bannon has been walking around with a small army of bodyguards," Drudge said in a one of his rare tweets, which are always deleted.
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/367203-drudge-calls-bannon-schizophrenic
kentuck
(111,110 posts)5. Drudge is a big ass dummy...
BumRushDaShow
(129,450 posts)6. The irony burns!
kentuck
(111,110 posts)7. It's red irony.
It's red hot.
BumRushDaShow
(129,450 posts)8. And some more molten stuff
As much as the president himself, the chief of staff determines how the Executive branch which employs 4 million people will run. The job has been construed as deputy president, or even prime minister. But Trump had no interest in appointing a strong chief of staff with a deep knowledge of Washington. Among his early choices for the job was Kushner a man with no political experience beyond his role as a calm and flattering body man to Trump during the campaign.
It was Ann Coulter who finally took the president-elect aside. Nobody is apparently telling you this, she told him. But you cant. You just cant hire your children.
Bowing to pressure, Trump floated the idea of giving the job to Steve Bannon, only to have the notion soundly ridiculed. Murdoch told Trump that Bannon would be a dangerous choice. Joe Scarborough, the former congressman and co-host of MSNBCs Morning Joe, told the president-elect that Washington will go up in flames if Bannon became chief of staff.
So Trump turned to Reince Priebus, the RNC chairman, who had became the subject of intense lobbying by House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. If congressional leaders were going to have to deal with an alien like Donald Trump, then best they do it with the help of one of their own kind.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/01/michael-wolff-fire-and-fury-book-donald-trump.html
It was Ann Coulter who finally took the president-elect aside. Nobody is apparently telling you this, she told him. But you cant. You just cant hire your children.
Bowing to pressure, Trump floated the idea of giving the job to Steve Bannon, only to have the notion soundly ridiculed. Murdoch told Trump that Bannon would be a dangerous choice. Joe Scarborough, the former congressman and co-host of MSNBCs Morning Joe, told the president-elect that Washington will go up in flames if Bannon became chief of staff.
So Trump turned to Reince Priebus, the RNC chairman, who had became the subject of intense lobbying by House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. If congressional leaders were going to have to deal with an alien like Donald Trump, then best they do it with the help of one of their own kind.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/01/michael-wolff-fire-and-fury-book-donald-trump.html
And Coulter confirmed the account!
kentuck
(111,110 posts)9. When you need to take the advice of Ann Coulter...
you know you're in trouble.
BumRushDaShow
(129,450 posts)10. It's pretty scary
marble falls
(57,204 posts)4. Its a good day when the GOP srts their hair on fire.