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applegrove

(118,677 posts)
Sun Nov 20, 2016, 09:04 PM Nov 2016

Is Christie Back In the Fold?

Is Christie Back In the Fold?

https://politicalwire.com/2016/11/20/christie-back-fold/

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“He was in. And then he was out. And now, he’s — well, it’s hard to tell exactly where New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie stands in the intrigue-filled orbit of those who surround the president-elect of the United States,” the Washington Post reports.

“What is clear is that Christie has become an object lesson of the perils that face those who try to navigate Donald Trump’s world, a place where loyalty is demanded, but not always one where it is returned in kind.”

“Nine days after the public humiliation of being unceremoniously dumped as the head of Trump’s presidential transition, Christie on Sunday showed up among the parade of potential Trump administration job seekers to meet with the president-elect at his New Jersey golf course.”


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bench scientist

(1,107 posts)
11. Christie prosecuted Kushner's father years ago.
Sun Nov 20, 2016, 09:57 PM
Nov 2016

He got sent to Federal prison. There's no love lost there.
Apparently the meeting today last a mere 30 minutes.

Siwsan

(26,263 posts)
16. Joseph Goebbels was propaganda chief.
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 09:25 AM
Nov 2016

Göring was Hitler's deputy.

Although Goebbels was a tiny guy with a limp, due to a club foot, Bannon kind of looks and acts like someone who has been hit in the head with a club. And, of course, both were/are bone-deep evil.

Siwsan

(26,263 posts)
18. You know, those names would have fit right into an Emily Litella skit!
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 12:56 PM
Nov 2016

I can almost hear her mixing up Goebbels and Gobbles!

DURHAM D

(32,610 posts)
9. Why not?
Sun Nov 20, 2016, 09:33 PM
Nov 2016

Trump is assembling a cast for White House Apprentice, not a cabinet. He is just thinking about entertainment value.



Loki

(3,825 posts)
12. This is going to sound extremely crude
Sun Nov 20, 2016, 10:42 PM
Nov 2016

but I think these sycophants would literally let him fuck them in public to get a job. Disgusting male units. Don't even qualify as men.

applegrove

(118,677 posts)
13. Yup - crude. But they are all republicans which automatically implies they
Sun Nov 20, 2016, 10:45 PM
Nov 2016

give in to the big moneyed interests as soon as they think of becoming politicians.

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