Another of Donald's "Best People" cabinet picks announced

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  1. Iriemon

    Iriemon Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    During the campaign, Donald said he will pick the "best people" for his cabinet appointments.

    Yesterday, Donald announced his latest pick.

    [video=youtube;VWZ-e3T1gVI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWZ-e3T1gVI[/video]

    The Department he couldn't remember that he would completely eliminate was the Department of Energy, the agency responsible for nuclear weapons and nuclear reactor safety, radioactive waste disposal, as well as energy policy.

    Yesterday, Donald picked Rick Perry to head the Department of Energy.
    http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/us/politics/rick-perry-energy-secretary-trump.html

    Atta boy, Donald. You're showing you are everything I expected you to be.
     
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    CrankyPant New Member

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    Just a few months ago, Trump was calling Perry stupid (for good reason.).
    Now he wants him in his cabinet.
    How does that work?
     
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    Dispondent Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I haven't noticed any tax cheats, no wonder liberals are all upset, that seems to be the standard they are used to...
     
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    I'm thinking of buying some Charmin and adult diaper stock, you know the sales must be thru the roof, every time Trump utters a word, makes a cabinet choice, twitters or if his name is even mention, the left involuntarily dump down both legs!
     
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    You pick a guy who has stumbled a few times and he will feel he has something to show you. Give Perry a chance in the position before you criticize him. Those that went before Perry have set a low bar for the Texas governor. Perry will work his butt off for Trump.
     
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    The bastions of the Liberal Establishment are crumbling!
     
  7. Zorro

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    Excellent Choice!

    The most important attribute for the exercise of power is an understanding of the restraint that must be imposed on any exercise of power.

    The Department of Energy, created to promote the generation of energy, was perverted into an agency largely considered with strangling initiatives to generate energy.

    Rick Perry will fix that:

    Drill Baby Drill:
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    President-elect Donald Trump has selected former Texas Gov. Rick Perry to be his nominee for energy secretary, the transition team announced Wednesday, which would make him head of an agency he once sought to eliminate.
    ...
    Perry will inherit a department that has seen domestic production of oil explode. And his selection is a nod to the traditional GOP emphasis on energy sources like coal and oil.

    "As the Governor of Texas, Rick Perry created created a business climate that produced millions of new jobs and lower energy prices in his state, and he will bring that same approach to our entire country as Secretary of Energy," Trump said in a statement. "My administration is going to make sure we take advantage of our huge natural resource deposits to make America energy independent and create vast new wealth for our nation, and Rick Perry is going to do an amazing job as the leader of that process."
    ...
    "I've never understood why, with all of our own reserves, we've allowed this country to be held hostage by OPEC, the cartel of oil-producing countries, some of which are hostile to America," Trump wrote in his book "Crippled America."
    ~
    http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/13/politics/rick-perry-energy-secretary/

    Perry isn't a fan of DoE loans to boondoggles like Solyndra.

    I think this picture would look a little better if Secretary Perry had a parrot on his shoulder
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    Rick Perry thecMexjcan born gaboomka is the same guy that LICE Trump said had to wear grasses in order to make himself look smart. Isn't just great that LICE Trump picks the dumbest stupidest Dikdo Heads he can find with the exception of Gen Mattis. Tillerson is obviously not dumb but he is also stuck way up Putin's ass line LICE Trumpmis that they will need a special mining machine to him out of Putin's Ass.
     
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    gamewell45 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Instead of trying to be snarky, why don't you weight in on his cabinet pick and let us know how you really feel about his selection of Perry?
     
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    Sure, it's his house, his picks, and I'm behind him 100%, in other werds, I love all of them ;)
     
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    Great choice! Someone who understands that energy development is more important to America than carbon boogeymen.
     
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    See, that was easy! :)
     
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    This is a nice excuse for picking a complete idiot. Perry has done more than 'stumbled a few times.'

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    The whole country is going to be crumbling because some people thought a stupid, orange, reality tv clown should be president.
     
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    Why did so many liberals leave California and New York to go to Texas?
     
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    I do have to admit that Trump confuses me. On one hand he seems really thin skinned. For instance his tweets about SNL making fun of him. Yet on the other hand he seems willing to work with, meet with, and in some cases appoint to his cabinet those people who were his most harsh critics.

    He likes to fight back no matter how petty the situation. Yet he quickly forgives no matter how brutal the insults thrown his way.
     
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    That's because Trump wouldn't let us see his taxes.
     
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    Iriemon Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    You mean other than the fact that Donald himself concealed his tax returns and hasn't paid taxes in years despite being a multi-billionaire?
     
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    Snark is all they have. They know the cabinet picks are as terrible as everyone else. However, the only requirement for a right winger to be happy these days is pissing off the left. It doesn't matter if it's factual, makes sense, or is even close to being a good idea. The right has become nothing more than trolls.

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    Sure, science denying idiots deserve to be in charge of everything.
    -Republicans
     
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    Sure. And if we have a nuclear accident he can always lead in a nationwide prayer.
     
  21. Conviction

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    I know, its the stock boom that really worries me.

    It's funny, the fed after 8 years feels comfortable raising the interest rates from record lows (propping up Obama's shameful economy). If they would of done that 4 years ago we'd be in recession right now. Given we have more confidence in our economy they can get away with it.

    Make no mistake, this well effect us negatively short-term but long-term we will have a stronger economy.
     
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    Iriemon Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    "Trump said"? You say that like that is reliable evidence of anything.
     
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    Right, because what would his stated motivation for appointing Perry to his cabinet have to do with this thread about Trump picking Perry for his cabinet?
     
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    He beat the drunken little war monger who let State Department emails onto the computer that Anthony Wiener was using to tweet pictures of his wiener to fifteen year old girls. So comparatively, he is clearly the shining superior choice.
     
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    Outstanding appointment. Perry will have a chance to do what he wanted to do and effectively shut down the DOE. Get rid of the climate evangelicals, stop the DOE from impeding economic growth. Get rid of the Solyndra boondoggles. Stop subsidizing expensive unreliable "green energy" and concentrate on making the US energy independent and prosperous.

    I am stoked more and more every day with what Trump is doing.

    MAGA
     

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