Joe Biden's Cabinet

[Muse]

That's okay, you don't need to answer my questions. I can see what kind of person you are.

You're not painting yourself a pretty picture.

 

[Blackjack200]

Your argument is that a staff director did not publicly denounce the foreign policy of the US government therefore is in appropriate for future government positions.
You use his band name as evidence of his complacency to US actions.

Should not be considered for leadership positions, absolutely not. If he wants to be a GS-14 somewhere, knock yourself out. His band name is evidence that he thinks the worst war crime of the 21st century was a funny joke.

 

[Blackjack200]

You're not painting yourself a pretty picture.

I'm very happy for your friend in the state department.

 

[TheVrolok]

Looks like another Obama admin. They may not be from the Black Lagoon but another Democrat cesspool nevertheless.

Black Lagoon?

 

[pauldun170]

His band name is evidence that he thinks the worst war crime of the 21st century was a funny joke.

You never considered that his band name, "Coalition of the Willing" might also represent the ability of using diplomacy to rally both allies and non traditional partner into rallying behind your cause.

Coalition of the willing is more than just the end result, a result you and I object to.
"Coalition of Willing" is the ability of a State Department to rally international support behind US foreign policy.
Your argument now seems to attack "competency"

 

[fskimospy]

Hey guys, maybe don’t give a shit who Blackjack thinks Biden should staff the government with considering he was willing to have the presidency staffed with Donald Trump rather than vote for Biden.

That tells you everything you need to know about his decision making abilities.

 

[MrSquished]

The Iraq war was a disgrace and it didn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out. Everyone knew 9/11 was being exploited for a pet war and the evidence against Iraq WMD was flimsy at best. I don't think using US leverage and costing us lots of our reputation to create a coalition of the willing is anything to be too proud over.

 

[cytg111]

When did going to a good school become a negative?

Around the time of Trump.

 

[Muse]

Should not be considered for leadership positions, absolutely not. If he wants to be a GS-14 somewhere, knock yourself out. His band name is evidence that he thinks the worst war crime of the 21st century was a funny joke.

It wasn't exactly popular to oppose. My congressional representative, Barbara Lee (who's currently been suggested to be the governor's pick to replace Kamala Harris in the Senate) is the only person in the House of Representatives to vote no:

Barbara Lee’s Lone Vote on Sept. 14, 2001, Was as Prescient as It Was Brave and Heroic

Barbara Lee’s visionary warnings and solitary courage should always be commemorated on 9/11.

theintercept.com

 

[MrSquished]

It wasn't exactly popular to oppose. My congressional representative, Barbara Lee (who's currently been suggested to be the governor's pick to replace Kamala Harris in the Senate) is the only person in the House of Representatives to vote no:

Barbara Lee’s Lone Vote on Sept. 14, 2001, Was as Prescient as It Was Brave and Heroic

Barbara Lee’s visionary warnings and solitary courage should always be commemorated on 9/11.

theintercept.com

You are talking about the Afghanistan war. The coalition of the willing and what he is talking about is the Iraq war. There were a lot more no votes then.

 

[Muse]

You are talking about the Afghanistan war. The coalition of the willing and what he is talking about is the Iraq war. There were a lot more no votes then.

doh! Well, woe unto anyone foolish enough to invade Afghanistan. At least Obama did get OBL. But that was Pakistan. Pakistan appears to be only a step above Afghanistan as a crazy house country... I don't know if you could call either 3rd world or "developing." To be a woman in either country is to be born into a waking nightmare.

 

[hal2kilo]

Well, the inevitable happened. Neera is out.

Neera Tanden is out as Biden's pick to lead budget office (msn.com)

 

[Brainonska511]

Well, the inevitable happened. Neera is out.

Neera Tanden is out as Biden's pick to lead budget office (msn.com)

From one article, it sounds like she will just get another job that doesn't require senate confirmation.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

From one article, it sounds like she will just get another job that doesn't require senate confirmation.

fuck it Biden should play the new way and just name her “Acting” then never appoint a permanent person or better propose other people who are more and more intolerable to Republicans

 

[Lanyap]

I really didn’t keep up with her controversy that close. Was she qualified for the job?

 

[Pohemi]

I really didn’t keep up with her controversy that close. Was she qualified for the job?

Well...according to whom? You know rethuglicons will shit on anyone Joe chooses for appointments.

It could be Jesus Christ himself. If he sides with the Democrats though or Biden wants to appoint him to a cabinet position, he'll be portrayed as Satan by rwnj "news".

 

[ch33zw1z]

fuck it Biden should play the new way and just name her “Acting” then never appoint a permanent person or better propose other people who are more and more intolerable to Republicans

Read my mind. But biden being a old timer politician won't play those games right away. But the clock is ticking.

 

[shortylickens]

Well, the inevitable happened. Neera is out.

Neera Tanden is out as Biden's pick to lead budget office (msn.com)

Rememeber when Republicans whined about not being able to get every last one of their billionaire slacker friends into office?

 

[Fanatical Meat]

I really didn’t keep up with her controversy that close. Was she qualified for the job?

Honestly I am not sure about how qualified she is, this is simply a great chance to name her acting like the former President did.
I know Republicans had trouble with some of her tweets if you can believe that.

 

[cytg111]

re Bidens cabinet

How fcking weird is it watching that ... coming from Spicer, Scaramucci, Sanders, McEnany...
An adult is in the room.
(edit : And brains... brains is back in the room.)
You can actually see her go into kindergarten mode when she has to explain Roe vs. Wade to that one reporter.

 

[dank69]

While it isn't going to happen, its interesting to me that conservatives would post something like this with Ilhan Omar tallied to Homeland Security, and not recognize the racist subtext of their concern trolling.

Who me?

 

[dank69]

Around the time of Trump.

Conservatives have been railing against "elitists" for decades.

 

[K1052]

I really didn’t keep up with her controversy that close. Was she qualified for the job?

She had mean tweets. Probably.

 

[Pohemi]

Conservative have been railing against "elitists" for decades.

I believe much of that started (and continues) due to 'educated liberals in urban centers' vs 'blue-collar workers in flyover states'. They couldn't have anyone pointing out how stupid and easily-misled those republican voters are, so they had to demonize those educated people instead.

Because education is a bad thing for rethuglicons...or at least for their voting base. It wouldn't allow them to remain in power/control if their voters started becoming educated "thinkers".

Keep 'em in line by keeping em dumb and controllable. Why do you think rethuglicons have been trying to actively ruin and strip the education system of funding for the past half century?

In any case...it's funny that their skewed definition of the term "elitist" is referring to their education level, and not their income. It's still hypocrisy and deflection in any case. Shocker.

 

[Muse]

Honestly I am not sure about how qualified she is, this is simply a great chance to name her acting like the former President did.
I know Republicans had trouble with some of her tweets if you can believe that.

Trumpism. She ragged on some people and they're rasty. So, they're full of shit, it's AFAIK got nothing to do with her qualifications to do the job.

She had mean tweets. Probably.

That's what they said on TV news, without going into details.