Pompeo: I was employee of the month at Baskin Robbins,

[Greybnk48]

twice! I love meatballs, (my dad's), I teach Sunday school at the church for the kids that can't sit still (and so I don't have to listen to that boring shit), and I totally kick ass at corn-hole! I beat my son all the time!

Pompeo said all of this except the bit about boring shit, and he didn't say "totally kick ass." Almost word for word.

Compare this to Hillary and John Kerry! It's like they're interviewing a manager at the local mini-mart for the position of Secretary of State after the caliber of statespeople we've recently had!

[OnDoutside]

1. I had to switch off at that point.

[Greybnk48]

2. My Republican tourettes has kicked in

and I'm screaming at the T.V. I may have to shut it off to. This is a parody of our country as us older people know it.

[fleur-de-lisa]

3. He beats his son at corn hole? Too easy!

[Greybnk48]

4. LOL! Now they're letting ROJO talk.

Ron Johnson (R-WI) one of the dumbest people to ever serve in the Senate. He's worth listening to for the entertainment factor alone.

[Clarity2]

5. Am I in the twilight zone?

Did he really say that, and when/where? Is he 5 years old in this twilight episode too?

[Greybnk48]

7. It was the lions share of his opening statement!

Not kidding! I was horrified too!

[Clarity2]

10. Opening statement for what?

I dont turn on the tv until evening. I have to limit it for my sanity.

[Greybnk48]

12. His confirmation hearing for SECRETARY OF STATE

of the U.S.A.!

[Clarity2]

17. Oh yeesh

I didnt realize it was today.

Boy, hes making a great first impression 🙄

[Proud Liberal Dem]

6. WTF seriously?

This "fluff" stuff is outrageous when talking about putting somebody (already in charge of the CIA) in charge of the State Department. Lo how our once proud country has fallen........

[Greybnk48]

8. It really is stunning. Things have changed

drastically since Newt Gingrich in the mid-90's and Bush-Cheney.

The Obama's classed up the joint for 8 years, but we're sliding back to coarseness and commoness again.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

11. It seems like we're trading down lower and lower every 8 years under GOP control of WH

We had a solid 8 years of competence in the WH under Clinton, traded down for 8 years of incompetence under Bush II, 8 years of competence and peace under Obama, and now we've REALLY traded down under Trump, mostly in part because no sane person even wants to be associated with Trump (and probably knows that they're possibly even subjecting themselves to criminal liability with him). This insanity needs to stop! People in this country need to get a clue that Republicans hate and have attacked "the government" so much they simply have lost the ability to GOVERN at all, let alone competently and stop electing them to government positions.

[Greybnk48]

13. Add to that, the incompetent rogues gallery

he has in place in the line of succession, beginning with Pence, that makes it practically unfeasible to impeach Trump. Surely done by design with no regard for our country. What a mess we're in.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

15. We are just screwed

Enough of the population screwed us all over in November 2016. I still can't get over it. I feel pretty much like I did when Bush II got elected but worse (and I thought it couldn't get any worse than that). I thought that we all learned our lesson after Bush II. Apparently not.

[Greybnk48]

16. What galls me is that Trump got in with such

a small number of eligible voters actually voting for him. Definitely not the majority of Americans. And here we are.

I think it's shameful that people don't pay attention to what's happening in their own country and don't vote. And when I was canvassing door to door for Hillary, I ran into a more than a few people who said they didn't vote and weren't interested. And I'm in a politically engaged town. I'm sure it's much worse elsewhere.

On a positive note, I am so very excited with the youth movement today! Having come of age in 1966, they feel like the real deal to me and with that is hope.

[IluvPitties]

9. Pompeo will serve Trump his two scoops.

[Greybnk48]

14. Good one!