Transition Team/Cabinet Thread

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Petraeus is on a short list?  He'd never get confirmed in today's world.

[The Other Castro]

Kobach met with Trump about DHS, and didn't cover his papers:





http://cjonline.com/news/2016-11-21/kobach-took-plan-department-homeland-security-trump-meeting

[SATW]

I like Gabbard, would be great to see her in a fopo spot.

No to Petraeus and F**k no to Kobach.

[The Other Castro]

More on Gabbard:

Sara Murray ‏@SaraMurray  6h6 hours ago
Interesting meeting on Trump's agenda today: @TulsiGabbard. A source tells me she's under consideration for State, Defense & UN Ambassador

[ApatheticAustrian]

they are tolling us soooo hard.

[Illiniwek]

More on Gabbard:

Sara Murray ‏@SaraMurray  6h6 hours ago
Interesting meeting on Trump's agenda today: @TulsiGabbard. A source tells me she's under consideration for State, Defense & UN Ambassador

Lol ok...

[henster]

I know Gabbard is ambitious but jesus what Dem would be apart of this sh*tshow.

[henster]

I could understand if this was a Kasich administration but any Dem wanting to serve with people like Giulani, Sessions, and Bannon is hard to grasp.  Tulsi is pro-choice, pro-LGBT, pro-immigration it just seems bizarre she would want any part of this.

[Doimper]

I could understand if this was a Kasich administration but any Dem wanting to serve with people like Giulani, Sessions, and Bannon is hard to grasp.  Tulsi is pro-choice, pro-LGBT, pro-immigration it just seems bizarre she would want any part of this.

She is also an opportunistic tool, so it makes complete sense.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

I could understand if this was a Kasich administration but any Dem wanting to serve with people like Giulani, Sessions, and Bannon is hard to grasp.  Tulsi is pro-choice, pro-LGBT, pro-immigration it just seems bizarre she would want any part of this.

Gabbard and her Dad are not pro-LGBT.  Also she's always been disgusting, hyper-ambitious, opportunist with pretty much no real principles.  I don't see why folks are surprised by this; then again, I never understood her appeal to begin with.

[Classic Conservative]

I wonder if Trump is doing this just to remove a big key democratic star?

[Mr. Morden]

Looks like Elaine Chao is also up for something:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/us/politics/donald-trump-transition.html

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[Kingpoleon]

I could understand if this was a Kasich administration but any Dem wanting to serve with people like Giulani, Sessions, and Bannon is hard to grasp.  Tulsi is pro-choice, pro-LGBT, pro-immigration it just seems bizarre she would want any part of this.

Gabbard and her Dad are not pro-LGBT.  Also she's always been disgusting, hyper-ambitious, opportunist with pretty much no real principles.  I don't see why folks are surprised by this; then again, I never understood her appeal to begin with.

I really don't get Gabbard. Ed Case seems a lot better than her to me, and yet Case is considered on the state party's right wing while Gabbard appears to be stuck right in the middle for the state party. I really wish I had a better understanding of Hawaii's politics, because I really don't get it.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

Looks like Elaine Chao is also up for something:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/us/politics/donald-trump-transition.html

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Wasn't there a big kerfuffle because Chao was anti-coal or something?

[Kingpoleon]

Chao is probably being considered for Treasury, Labor, and Transportation.

Education:
B.A. in Economics from Mount Holyoke College(1975); student representative for the economics department at Mount Holyoke College
MBA from Harvard Business School(1979)
36 honorary doctorates, most recently a Doctor of Humane Letters from Georgetown University

Career:
(Pre-Politics):
Vice president for syndications at Bank of America Capital Markets Group in San Francisco
International banker at Citicorp in New York(four years)

(In-Politics):
White House Fellowship(1983)
Deputy administrator of the Maritime Administration in the U.S. Department of Transportation(1986-1988)
Chairwoman of the Federal Maritime Commission(1988-1989)
Deputy Secretary of Transportation(1989-1991)
Director of the Peace Corps(1991-1992)
President and CEO of United Way of America(1993-1997)
Distinguished Fellow with the Heritage Foundation(1996-2001, 2009-PRESENT)
Board member of the Independent Women's Forum(1996-?2001?)
Secretary of Labor(2001-2009)

Boards she is on:
- Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government
- Wells Fargo
- NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital
- News Corp
- Dole Food Company
- Protective Life Corporation


In short, she is most certainly qualified for any of the three above mentioned jobs and may even be qualified for other economy-related jobs.

[Mr. Morden]

Maybe Giuliani won't get either State or Homeland Security:

https://twitter.com/JesseRodriguez/status/800822029209444354

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[Absolution9]

Kobach met with Trump about DHS, and didn't cover his papers:





http://cjonline.com/news/2016-11-21/kobach-took-plan-department-homeland-security-trump-meeting

Kobach would be awesome at DHS.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

Can't wait for the Freedom in the World Report and the Economist Democracy Index to downgrade the United States to "flawed democracy status" after Kris "K" Kobach mass disenfranchises voters at a local and state level.

[Maxwell]

WTF:

https://twitter.com/jwpetersNYT/status/800712299719704576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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This is fcking bizarre. I used to have such a crush on Tulsi Gabbard because she was pro-Bernie and I got to see her speak at the rally Bernie held at my school, but now I'm just plain disgusted.

Gabbard's always been a horrifying blue dog with an eye towards self preservation above all else.

[Maxwell]

Maybe Giuliani won't get either State or Homeland Security:

https://twitter.com/JesseRodriguez/status/800822029209444354

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Someone who wears their glasses this crooked shouldn't be considered for any position with "intelligence" in the title:

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Petraeus is on a short list?  He'd never get confirmed in today's world.

Naming Petraeus for anything would be ironic after the whole "but Hillary's emails" thing.

[Maxwell]

Patreaus is still on probation, by the way.

[Pheurton Skeurto]

WTF:

https://twitter.com/jwpetersNYT/status/800712299719704576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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This is fcking bizarre. I used to have such a crush on Tulsi Gabbard because she was pro-Bernie and I got to see her speak at the rally Bernie held at my school, but now I'm just plain disgusted.

What happened to wanting Democrats in the Trump Cabinet as a bipartisan voice?

Great start he's off to appointing Jeff Sessions and Steve Bannon to key positions.

[Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God]

Gabbard statement

[Mr. Morden]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2016/11/21/talent-still-in-the-mix-for-defense-secretary/?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.8b6fbb34145c

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Meanwhile, Ray Washburne is being considered for Interior Secretary:

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/21/president-elect-donald-trump-considering-ray-washburne-for-secretary-of-interior.html