Pompeo asks Clinton for advice as he preps for confirmation battle

[comradebillyboy]

As a sharply partisan Republican member of Congress, CIA Director Mike Pompeo tormented former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over her response to the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, which Pompeo called “morally reprehensible.” He also once liked a tweet that branded her successor, John Kerry, a “traitor.”

But now that Pompeo faces a tough confirmation process to become secretary of state himself, he has reached out to Clinton and Kerry, as well as every other living occupant of the office, to ask for guidance. Clinton, for one, has been willing to help.

“These were lengthy calls seeking advice” from the former secretaries, a person familiar with Pompeo’s prep work told POLITICO. “He understands the gravity of the challenge before him.”

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/10/pompeo-hearing-state-clinton-512155

Pompeo is a real POS but he's already off to a better start than Tillerson.

[Me.]

1. This Is Beyond Rich

while being mind-numbing.

[comradebillyboy]

2. But it does show what a classy patriot Hillary is

She always put the good of the nation above her personal feelings.

[Me.]

3. INdeed

She'd rather the State Dept. be set right than have the pleasure of taking a swipe.

[Wounded Bear]

4. "Don't be a Democrat and don't be a woman"...

Pretty simple, really.

[spanone]

5. I hope she advises him to do all the wrong things.

[rurallib]

6. "Tell the truth!" "Good gawd, I couldn't do that - what else you got"

always remember James Carville's advice "When your enemy is drowning throw him an anchor"

In this case it could save the country.

[Bayard]

7. Even if he does listen to her now

He certainly will not if he gets the job.

[NewJeffCT]

8. I would have told Pompeo

that my help is at the US embassy in Benghazi.

I guess that's why I never would work as Secretary of State.

[ProfessorGAC]

9. Yeah, Not Exactly Diplomatic

I would have been more direct. Fuck you Mike.

[tanyev]

10. I can never decide which type of Republican is worse.

The ones that genuinely believe the evil bullshit they spew, or the ones who know it’s bullshit and gleefully spew it anyway?