Free-market proponent and outspoken opponent of the minimum wage and Leviathan's regulatory zeal Andy Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurant Holdings, parent company of the Hardees and Carl's' Jr. chains, as Secretary of Labor.
And once again, the Left is squealing like a stuck pig.
And once again, it exemplifies the enigmatic behavior of a president-elect who is apparently able to bounce from protectionism and crony capitalism to defense of the free market without blinking an eye.
Somebody has made clear this message to Squirrel-Hair: "You can do what you want on Twitter or at Trump Tower, but don't mess up the cabinet appointments."
According to a survey released Thursday by Pew Research, just 41% of Americans approve of the job the president-elect has done making clear his “policies and plans.” That number is significantly lower than past presidents.
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It's not about Squirrel-Hair, at least here at LITD. It's about the furtherance of conservative principles
ReplyDeleteYou and all those generals he's picking and the others are known by the company whose buttocks you buss.
ReplyDeleteThat is the kernel of an idea that has destroyed many democracies, the idea that career military officers are simply better, more patriotic, more efficient than civilians. That is a deeply dangerous idea that needs to be snuffed out whenever it raises up its head. It is completely at odds with the entire American tradition.
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Save that for a post on career military officers.
ReplyDeleteYou mean career military officers appointed to serve in high civilian places by Trump? One already needs a waiver
ReplyDeleteBut there is precedent. Some ahick jocks are already saying these dudes are doers. And how!
The President Elect is known to have been guided to some extent during the campaign by a set of US Army and Marine Corps Generals who are emerging from the shadows. Among the ones likely to be advising even currently and would in all probability be a part of the core team are Gen Michael Flynn as Trump’s pick for National Security Advisor and Gen James Mattis for Defence Secretary. More uniformed officials from the four American Armed forces, including Gen Stanley McChrystal could find plumb and influential jobs running intelligence agencies or advising. The New York Times observed that the single thread which seems to join all of them is that they all had issues with President Barak Obama. Trump seems to carry the idea of a political opposition as one with a literal 180 degree opposite opinion. Expectations always remain that a presidential candidate once elected would quickly adjust himself to the ways of the establishment and proceed cautiously as far as change is concerned. One example from history of single minded pursuance of policy as a change from a predecessor was that of President Nixon in his approach to China; ping pong diplomacy took just five months to commence after inauguration of Richard Nixon.
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Bloggie don't do jackboots, but he just loves hahd powa?
ReplyDeleteAs I say, I may be willing to discuss this with you in a comment thread under a post on the subject of career military appointments, but that is not the subject here.
ReplyDeleteThe last line of your post refers to cabinet appointments.
ReplyDeleteAnd this is about Trump too, the authoritarian autocrat appointing all these corporate and military jackboots that you like. Can your jackboots beat their jackboots?
ReplyDeleteWait a minute Santa Claus wears Jackboots, and I for one do not get on Santa's wrong side.
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