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annabanana

(52,791 posts)
Sun Nov 20, 2016, 08:20 AM Nov 2016

Diversity? Damn straight I'd like to see some diversity.. How about an appointment that ISN'T

a raging right wing ideologue bent on sending us back to the 1800's doomed to drown in rising seas, choking on fossil fumes and embroiled in an apocalyptic WWIII !?!

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RKP5637

(67,109 posts)
3. And generally a white, ultra-christian, male with strong RW views and loves war and hostility. Plus
Sun Nov 20, 2016, 08:54 AM
Nov 2016

marginalizing diversity and civil rights.

Chemisse

(30,813 posts)
4. The NC governor was talked about but so far ALL male.
Sun Nov 20, 2016, 09:03 AM
Nov 2016

Perhaps just talking about appointing a woman is enough, in Trump's little mind.

mnhtnbb

(31,392 posts)
10. Haley is Gov of SC--not NC--but McCrory (NC) will soon be available
Sun Nov 20, 2016, 10:07 AM
Nov 2016

since he's lost to Cooper even though he has filed complaints challenging the election outcome in NC.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
2. His reactionary picks are just legitimizing the opposition and making it mainstream.
Sun Nov 20, 2016, 08:30 AM
Nov 2016

That pleases me. I went to my first protest since I was a kid.

 

Fast Walker 52

(7,723 posts)
5. Yeah-- in a way it would be good if he didn't try to sugarcoat the fascism
Sun Nov 20, 2016, 09:06 AM
Nov 2016

-- make it "pretty" with a couple of women and/or "diverse" with a single black face.

Big question-- any Hispanics or Asians in his cabinet?

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
7. I have my fingers crossed he doesn't offer the Sec Of Ed position to Michelle Rhee.
Sun Nov 20, 2016, 09:25 AM
Nov 2016

And if he does she declines.


Ditto for Romney at SOS.


Deplorables only...

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