BREAKING: Trump's ACTING SecDef is quitting...

[brooklynite]

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[Zoonart]

1. Acting Sec. of Defense who cannot get a

wait for it.... security clearance.

[Vinca]

7. Dead boy or live girl . . . we'll never know.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

17. It's the other way: dead girl or live boy.

Edwin Edwards
....

First political comeback: Edwards vs. Treen, 1983
....

Before election day, Edwards joked with reporters: "The only way I can lose this election is if I'm caught in bed with either a dead girl or a live boy". Edwards zinged Treen many times, once describing Treen as "so slow it takes him an hour and a half to watch 60 Minutes." During a gubernatorial debate in 1983, Treen asked Edwards, "How come you talk out of both sides of your mouth?" Edwards instantly responded, "So people like you with only half a brain can understand me."

[malaise]

33. Domestic violence

on steroids

[Takket]

8. Why would that stop him?

Since when have rules slowed down drumpf? Just ignore them and let someone sue if they want.

[Grasswire2]

26. my thread from yesterday has a link to the whole ugly story on yahoo

[link:https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212197354|

[Zoonart]

28. Thanks for the linky.

[gratuitous]

2. "Decided not to go forward with his confirmation process"

Is that how we're saying "Couldn't pass an FBI background investigation" nowadays?

[maryellen99]

3. I bet he's quitting because he won't go along with trump preemptively nuking Iran nt

[atreides1]

4. I don't think so!

It has more to do with his inability to pass the FBI background check...

[Eugene]

10. FBI background check found a domestic violence incident from 2010.

FBI examining 2010 domestic fight involving acting defense secretary Shanahan; accounts differ on aggressor (USA Today)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/06/18/defense-secretary-fbi-patrick-shanahan-wife-domestic-violence-altercation/1470811001/

Trump picks the best people.

[maryellen99]

15. Wow!

Trump sure knows to pick them doesn’t he?

[nykym]

27. ONLY

the Best People you know!

[sop]

32. Shanahan wants to get out of town before his life is completely ruined by Trump

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These domestic violence stories would have turned into another media frenzy during the confirmation process, much like Rob Porter's wife-beating WH fiasco last year.

Shanahan was at Boeing for 30 years before becoming Acting SecDef, he probably planned to profit from steering military contracts to his old company. Now, those hopes have been dashed.

Once again, someone enters into Trump's orbit and is forced to flee with his/her reputation in tatters. I wonder if there's anyone left in DC willing to go down with this sinking ship?

[Doodley]

20. My first thought.

[Skraxx]

5. Dayum

[Vinca]

6. Oh, boy. Another chance for Meatloaf in the Trump administration!

I think Shanahan is lucky #51 to go.

[BootinUp]

11. Nugent? Voight? Cha chi? Many excellent

Choices! Lol.

[jayfish]

22. Uhhhh... Dennis Miller?

Duuuuhhh...

[spanone]

9. CNN announced he wants to spend more time with his family....

[Sanity Claws]

16. the same family that he got a DV conviction about?

[delisen]

19. Thought the DV was by his spouse

[Sanity Claws]

23. You might be right

The article said it was unclear who was the aggressor.
I see that they are now divorced.

The phrase is so hackneyed.

[leftieNanner]

37. It was also his son

Who beat his mother with a baseball bat. And shanahan worked to defend his son for the assault which left the woman with internal injuries requiring surgery. And a fractured skull.

[PA Democrat]

12. MSNBC reporting there were problems with his security clearance

over police report involving domestic violence.

Trump chooses only "the best" people.

[klook]

13. Paging Ted Nugent! (nt)

[sarabelle]

14. "Extreme vetting" obviously is a failure. nt

[Brother Buzz]

18. Hey nimrod, how could he go forward with the confirmation process

when you never officially nominated him?

[jayfish]

21. Sorry, but...

having Sec Def on ones resume will take care of the family thing for generations to come. A sad sack of putrid BS.

[peggysue2]

24. Not surprised by this

Read an article about 10 days ago saying the Trumpster was asking friends and advisors what they thought of Shanahan--capability, loyalty. Shanahan made a less than supportive comment about one of Trump's utterances. That seems to be all it takes, a whisper of disapproval. Think it might have been over the USS McCain controversy. Or maybe something behind the scenes.

Ugh! Who in their right mind would work for this maniac.

[yonder]

25. Watching this turnover is like trades, acquisitions, drafting, etc. in a pro sports league

only being less fun to watch, far more serious and potentially catastrophic.

[Takket]

29. Out if the frying pan

And into the fire.

The Heritage Foundation has seized control of the military. Something that should terrify us all

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[Achilleaze]

30. The republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief* picks so many losers

...as he and his KGOP republican cronies continue to piss on US Intelligence, and to systematically undermine US Security.


* Dirty Donny (R)

[JDC]

31. "More time with his Family". Comical

[mahatmakanejeeves]

35. There's MUCH more to the Shanahan backstory. His son also assaulted his ex-wife with a baseball bat.

Philip Bump Retweeted

NEW: There’s MUCH more to the Shanahan backstory. His son also assaulted his ex-wife with a baseball bat. As Shanahan wrestled with whether to pull his nomination, he told all in lengthy interviews Monday and Tuesday with The Washington Post.

Link to tweet

[ancianita]

36. His family must be thrilled.

[dawnie51]

38. Read todays Wash. Post on this......

a real eye opener. Whos is making these nominations? Cause it isn't Dump. The kind of ugly stuff pouring out about this guy and his family is probably just what they have on nearly all of these rethugs. So again, who's making the decisions?

[Johnny2X2X]

39. Outrageous and dangerous

So the guy running our defense department for the last several months shouldn’t have been given access to anything secret because he can’t pass a background check.

Guy is untrustworthy and had access to everything a foreign power could want. If you can see how this is 500 times worse than “her emails” I don’t know what planet you’re from.

[Harker]

40. Bolton has his application in. n/t

[OnDoutside]

41. Only the best ! From the cast of Blazing Saddles hoodlums !

[HopeAgain]

42. All the best people nt