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Trump's Cabinet of Deplorables: Now with 33% fewer memes!
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Nov 15, 2016, 01:10 PM
 
It's not unusual for Presidents to stock the cabinet with cronies, er, respected colleagues... but what has been announced so far just seems like more of a kick in the pants than usual. Certainly some of them are being rewarded for cowtowing when it was needed, more than actual skills.

Bannon: friend of the white nationals movement, the man behind Breitbart and its sensationalist headlines
Guliani: Secretary of State, Attorney General?
Christie: Was head of transition team, but now Pence is... This is why he put up with being Trump's kicking dog the last year. Worth it?
Myron Ebell, climate change skeptic, in charge of EPA?
Mike McKenna, energy lobbyist, department of energy?
Sarah Palin, will she finally get to drill baby drill?

And Pence... what exactly is his role? Brain behind the man?
     
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Nov 15, 2016, 01:29 PM
 
It should make left's collective head explode, because many of them are "deplorable medieval Catholics" especially Bannon.
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Nov 15, 2016, 01:49 PM
 
Does the catholic church condone wife-beating then?
     
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Nov 15, 2016, 02:18 PM
 
Duh, no.
Have you stopped beating your spouse? Do you need absolution?
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Nov 15, 2016, 02:21 PM
 
Pepe is gonna be press secretary.
     
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Nov 15, 2016, 02:23 PM
 
Originally Posted by andi*pandi View Post
And Pence... what exactly is his role? Brain behind the man?
The Christ behind the Cracker.
     
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Nov 15, 2016, 02:25 PM
 
Pence was raise Catholic. Perhaps Conway and Bannon will bring him back to the dark side.
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Nov 15, 2016, 03:02 PM
 
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Duh, no.
Have you stopped beating your spouse? Do you need absolution?
So you're cool with Bannon abusing his wife?
     
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Nov 15, 2016, 03:33 PM
 
Originally Posted by andi*pandi View Post
So you're cool with Bannon abusing his wife?
First I have heard of it. Was he convicted in a court of law?
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Nov 15, 2016, 03:35 PM
 
Originally Posted by andi*pandi View Post
So you're cool with Bannon abusing his wife?
You fell for the misdirection, andi. He didn't give his opinion in any of the people and tied in a conspiracy theory about Hillary and then used it as a blanket smear of liberals.
     
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Nov 15, 2016, 03:38 PM
 
Myself, I'm saving any objections until official announcements. The media has a field day speculating after any election let alone one involving a trump administration.

I do find Reince a curious choice for CoS from a "anti-establishment " candidate. Doesn't this undermine his drain the swamp message?
     
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Nov 15, 2016, 03:38 PM
 
Originally Posted by Chongo View Post
First I have heard of it. Was he convicted in a court of law?
Charges were dropped because his wife didn't show up for the trial.
     
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Nov 15, 2016, 04:11 PM
 
Originally Posted by The Final Dakar View Post
You fell for the misdirection, andi. He didn't give his opinion in any of the people and tied in a conspiracy theory about Hillary and then used it as a blanket smear of liberals.
No, andi asked if the Church condoned wife beating after I merely pointed out that many of the "deplorables" Trump is selecting are also "medieval Catholics" and that would cause heads to explode.
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Nov 15, 2016, 04:24 PM
 
Originally Posted by Chongo View Post
No, andi asked if the Church condoned wife beating after I merely pointed out that many of the "deplorables" Trump is selecting are also "medieval Catholics" and that would cause heads to explode.
I was talking about your first post in the thread.
     
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Nov 15, 2016, 04:36 PM
 
And then Chongo implied I beat my spouse. Typical Trumpian deflection. Also, classy!

I have no problem with Catholics in the cabinet... in and of itself. These particular so-called Catholics however... I'm sure Jesus would weep.
     
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Nov 15, 2016, 04:55 PM
 
Actually, that's a Clintonian deflection.

Jesus wept when he read Podesta's emails about trying to subvert Catholic teaching.
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Nov 15, 2016, 04:59 PM
 
Originally Posted by Chongo View Post
Actually, that's a Clintonian deflection.

Jesus wept when he read Podesta's emails about trying to subvert Catholic teaching.
How does Jesus react to white nationalism?
     
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Nov 15, 2016, 05:43 PM
 
Originally Posted by The Final Dakar View Post
How does Jesus react to white nationalism?
Still not actually seen any from Trump or his people, only the Regressive media making claims.
"I have a dream, that my four little children will one day live in a
nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin,
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Nov 15, 2016, 06:14 PM
 
I think Palin should be the education leader person.
     
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Nov 15, 2016, 06:53 PM
 
Originally Posted by The Final Dakar View Post
How does Jesus react to white nationalism?
He weeps, because they hate his Church

Originally Posted by Cap'n Tightpants View Post
Still not actually seen any from Trump or his people, only the Regressive media making claims.
Shows how dumb they are to call Bannon a white nationalist when a core tenet is anti-Catholicism.
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Nov 15, 2016, 07:01 PM
 
Originally Posted by The Final Dakar View Post
How does Jesus react to white nationalism?
As a Middle Easterner, I'm sure he already gets lots of love from the TSA.
I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.
     
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Nov 15, 2016, 07:57 PM
 
Originally Posted by Cap'n Tightpants View Post
Still not actually seen any from Trump or his people, only the Regressive media making claims.
Naturally you wouldn't think Trump REPEATEDLY re-tweeting known white supremacist accounts means anything in this regard. And surely this is just the "Regressive media" ....

Remember that Bannon told Mother Jones in August that Breitbart is “the platform for the alt-right.” So when the site explains that “there are many things that separate the alternative right from old-school racist skinheads (to whom they are often idiotically compared),” the explanation reads a lot like a defense of a group in which Breitbart is a leading member.

Since Bannon identifies Breitbart as an alt-right news site, the question is whether the alt-right encompasses white nationalism, an ideology characterized by a belief that the United States' identity as a nation built by white people (or “European Americans,” as David Duke euphemistically calls them) is under attack and must be restored. The answer is clearly yes.

In their guide to the alt-right, Breitbart's Allum Bokhari and Milo Yiannopoulos acknowledge that the alt-right includes “real racists and bigots” but argue that “there's just not very many of them, no one really likes them, and they're unlikely to achieve anything significant in the alt-right.”

Why, then, is there so much online hate speech under the alt-right flag? Breitbart contends that most of it should be taken in jest. Here's more from Bokhari and Yiannopoulos:

The alt-right openly crack jokes about the Holocaust, loudly — albeit almost entirely satirically — expresses its horror at “race-mixing,” and denounces the “degeneracy” of homosexuals … while inviting Jewish gays and mixed-race Breitbart reporters to their secret dinner parties. What gives?

If you're this far down the article, you'll know some of the answers already. For the meme brigade, it's just about having fun. They have no real problem with race-mixing, homosexuality, or even diverse societies: It's just fun to watch the mayhem and outrage that erupt when those secular shibboleths are openly mocked. These younger mischief makers instinctively understand who the authoritarians are and why and how to poke fun at them.
There. See? Everyone should calm down, Breitbart explained, because hurling “vicious slurs and stereotypes” is akin to “jocks busting each other's balls at the college bar.”

So when Breitbart writes about “why white people seek black privilege” and stokes fear of refugees and resentment toward immigrants, we shouldn't view those stories as embodying white nationalist themes. Apparently we should laugh.
‘Can you name one white nationalist article at Breitbart?’ Challenge accepted! | WashingtonPost.com

So apparently all the racist, xenophobic, and sexist BS we routinely see under the "alt-right" banner in the comments sections of Breitbart, Reddit, Fox News, and other right-wing media is all just for "shits and grins".

And then, or course, there are these gems for headlines ....

10 of Breitbart's most incendiary headlines

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Nov 15, 2016, 08:07 PM
 
Dude, please, it's like....
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Nov 15, 2016, 10:00 PM
 
Originally Posted by Chongo View Post
Jesus wept when he read Podesta's emails about trying to subvert Catholic teaching.
Yeah, there was one in there from [email protected] that said "W33ping rite now."
I have plenty of more important things to do, if only I could bring myself to do them....
     
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Nov 15, 2016, 10:59 PM
 
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Jesus wept when he read Podesta's emails about trying to subvert Catholic teaching.
Originally Posted by Waragainstsleep View Post
Yeah, there was one in there from [email protected] that said "W33ping rite now."
No gmail account for JC!

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Nov 16, 2016, 10:22 AM
 
So, how about that cabinet?
     
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Nov 16, 2016, 11:20 AM
 
Originally Posted by Chongo View Post
It should make left's collective head explode, because many of them are "deplorable medieval Catholics" especially Bannon.
Originally Posted by Chongo View Post
No gmail account for JC!

GOSH. I can't take all these MEMES! Will NO ONE ELSE take a stand against memes here? I guess I'm the only one that will take a hard anti-meme stance.
     
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Nov 16, 2016, 11:55 AM
 
Originally Posted by Laminar View Post
GOSH. I can't take all these MEMES! Will NO ONE ELSE take a stand against memes here? I guess I'm the only one that will take a hard anti-meme stance.
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Nov 16, 2016, 04:07 PM
 
Originally Posted by The Final Dakar View Post
So, how about that cabinet?


Many people are calling to get their representatives to speak against Bannon. Telephone lines are flooded.
     
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Nov 16, 2016, 04:58 PM
 
Steve King approves of Bannon, which says a lot, none good.
     
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Originally Posted by andi*pandi View Post


Many people are calling to get their representatives to speak against Bannon. Telephone lines are flooded.
Since when have you been able to call your representative WITHOUT waiting an hour on hold just to get a cookie cutter response?
     
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Nov 17, 2016, 11:14 AM
 
It seems Pence has got hold of the reins, and ousted the lobbyists from the Cabinet short list. Trump is still auditioning Cabinet members at Trump Tower like this is a game show, and posting mysterious tweets about it.

Who do I text #256347 to so that we get great candidates?
     
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Welcome to The Apprentice: Cabinet Edition.
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I have plenty of more important things to do, if only I could bring myself to do them....
     
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Originally Posted by Waragainstsleep View Post
Welcome the The Apprentice: Cabinet Edition.
Live from New York, it's Trump Tower!
https://www.c-span.org/video/?418689...wer-lobby&live
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Jeff Sessions for AG. Also totally not a racist! I'm sure he'll work hard to uphold the BRA and subvert voter suppression.
     
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Also, what swamp draining pick!
     
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Originally Posted by Waragainstsleep View Post
Welcome to The Apprentice: Cabinet Edition.
“You're fired!”™
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Really? We got a concrete pick and no one on both sides comments?
     
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Originally Posted by The Final Dakar View Post
Really? We got a concrete pick and no one on both sides comments?
I guess BadKosh and Chongo are working on their pivot from deflecting things to be about Obama, Clinton, or liberals generally to something new, perhaps with lots of clever misspellings and catch phrases in BadKosh's case. I guess Chongo is just counting down the days until abortion becomes illegal and Planned Parenthood no longer exists.
     
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He could change his mind tomorrow, with a quick tweet. Who knows?
     
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We're waiting for the snowflakes to grow up.
     
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Originally Posted by besson3c View Post
I guess BadKosh and Chongo are working on their pivot from deflecting things to be about Obama, Clinton, or liberals generally to something new, perhaps with lots of clever misspellings and catch phrases in BadKosh's case. I guess Chongo is just counting down the days until abortion becomes illegal and Planned Parenthood no longer exists.
BadKosh just gave you your answer: Since being thrown into the worst economy and job market that the US has seen since the Great Depression with unprecedented levels student loan debt, the state of the US is now the fault of the lazy Millennials that don't want to work hard and are demanding absurd things like loving your neighbor.
     
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Trump, on presidential tasks, decorum, campaign promises: SQUIRREL!
     
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We're waiting for the snowflakes to grow up.
Their special place.
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So, the Trump voters got nothing? Tell me how establishment politician and racist Jeff Sessions will make America Great Again.
     
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I guess Chongo is just counting down the days until abortion becomes illegal and Planned Parenthood no longer exists.
I'll be happy when Planned Parenthood no longer receives $500,000,000 a year from the tax payers. Getting Roe overturned does not mean abortion will be illegal. It means it will be back in the hands of individual states
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I'll be happy when Planned Parenthood no longer receives $500,000,000 a year from the tax payers. Getting Roe overturned does not mean abortion will be illegal. It means it will be back in the hands of individual states
So you're in favor of increasing the financial burden on taxpayers due to more Medicare births and also potentially an uptick in maternal deaths?
     
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So, the Trump voters got nothing? Tell me how establishment politician and racist Jeff Sessions will make America Great Again.
This Jeff Sessions?
In Alabama, Jeff Sessions Desegregated Schools and Got the Death Penalty for KKK Murderer (Updated) | The Weekly Standard

Did he praise a KKK kleagle and call him a mentor? Did he give the eulogy for a known segrationist who signed the "Southern Manifesto?"
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BTW Snopes says unproven.
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