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A curveball in Trump’s Veep search: He’s seriously considering a retired general
The Washington Post ^ | July 9, 2016 | Robert Costa

Posted on 07/09/2016 11:04:55 AM PDT by conservative98

Edited on 07/09/2016 11:52:16 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Flynn, 57, a registered Democrat but fierce critic of President Obama, previously ran the Defense Intelligence Agency.

The persons, who spoke with The Washington Post on Saturday, requested anonymity to discuss their private conversations in recent days with Trump

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016veep; flynn; fredzarguna; generals; michaeltflynn; mikeflynn; trump; trumpflynn; usarmy; veepstakes; vp; vpshortlist
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To: 9YearLurker

Stockdale was pro-abortion.

How about Flynn?


41 posted on 07/09/2016 11:24:45 AM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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To: plain talk

you do realize the registered republicans act like democrats, especially in Georgia.

Registered democrat? ... absolutely NFW.


42 posted on 07/09/2016 11:25:24 AM PDT by Dacula (Southern lives matter!)
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To: 9YearLurker

It’s exactly what Trump is doing. I’m a little amazed that some people on our side are buying into the media headlines.


43 posted on 07/09/2016 11:26:11 AM PDT by dowcaet
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To: dfwgator

Prior to running for President Reagan had a long history as a Republican, he didn’t just wake up one day and change? To suggest otherwise is disingenuous at best.


44 posted on 07/09/2016 11:26:43 AM PDT by WHBates
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To: conservative98

not for VP

Flynn might be a great choice for Secy of Defense, depending upon his detailed views....


45 posted on 07/09/2016 11:28:14 AM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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To: dfwgator

Reagan was not a registered Democrat when he ran for President.


46 posted on 07/09/2016 11:28:25 AM PDT by FredZarguna (And what Rough Beast, its hour come round at last, slouches toward Fifth Avenue to be born?)
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To: A CA Guy
Why is the General a Democrat? Usually those are political Generals not serious Generals.

It really doesn't matter as long as he has the abliity to flush the Muzzie fagots out of the Pentagon that Ohomo let in.

47 posted on 07/09/2016 11:29:12 AM PDT by Tonytitan
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To: dfwgator
Some Democrats are more conservative than the Country Club Republicans that plague the GOP today.

OK. Name one.

48 posted on 07/09/2016 11:29:20 AM PDT by FredZarguna (And what Rough Beast, its hour come round at last, slouches toward Fifth Avenue to be born?)
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To: Grampa Dave

I hope to heaven you are correct!


49 posted on 07/09/2016 11:30:09 AM PDT by Lady Heron
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To: conservative98
Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn

Education Flynn graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a Bachelor of Science degree in management science in 1981 and was commissioned a distinguished military graduate through Reserve Officers' Training Corps. He also holds three master's degrees and an honorary doctorate. He is also the recipient of the Congressionally approved Ellis Island Medal of Honor and the 2012 Association of Special Operations Professionals Man of the Year award.

Career

Flynn's assignments included multiple tours at Fort Bragg, North Carolina with the 82nd Airborne Division, XVIII Airborne Corps, and Joint Special Operations Command, where he deployed for Operation Urgent Fury in Grenada and Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti. He also has served with the 25th Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, and at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana, and the Army Intelligence Center at Fort Huachuca, Arizona.

Flynn commanded the 111th Military Intelligence Brigade from June 2002 to June 2004. He served as the assistant chief of staff, G2, XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, from June 2001 and the director of intelligence, Joint Task Force 180 in Afghanistan until July 2002.[3] Flynn served as the director of intelligence, Joint Staff from July, 2008 to June, 2009, then the director of intelligence, International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan from June 2009 to October 2010. He also served as the director of intelligence, United States Central Command from June 2007 to July 2008, and the director of intelligence for Joint Special Operations Command from July 2004 to June 2007, with service in Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom) and Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom).

Flynn is a graduate of the Military Intelligence Officer Basic Course, Military Intelligence Officer Advanced Course, Army Command and General Staff College, the School of Advanced Military Studies, and Naval War College. He earned a Master of Business Administration in Telecommunications from Golden Gate University, a Master of Military Art and Science from the United States Army Command and General Staff College, a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College and an honorary doctorate from the Institute of World Politics in Washington, DC...

Source: Wikipedia

50 posted on 07/09/2016 11:30:27 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: FredZarguna

“OK. Name one.”

Zell Miller. Just sayin’.


51 posted on 07/09/2016 11:30:51 AM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: 9YearLurker
There is a world of difference between “once a Democrat” (which I btw was) and a Democrat.

There can be but it is no guarantee. There are a lot of former Democrats in the Green Party and the Progressive Party.

Given his earlier position, he would be uniquely qualified to call BS on Hillary's claims concerning her handling of sensitive materials. Provided he doesn't have a skeleton of a similar nature in his closet. Hopefully, that is being carefully vetted.

52 posted on 07/09/2016 11:31:03 AM PDT by CommerceComet (Hillary: A unique blend of incompetence and corruption.)
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To: A CA Guy

He is considered to be “fiercely critical” of Obama. This may be a good choice. My husband was once a democrat. People do change.


53 posted on 07/09/2016 11:32:22 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: trisham

A local Radio host interviewed Tom Tancredo at the DC event of Hold Their Feet to the FIRE a couple weeks ago. Tancredo said that if Trump tries to put through the wall, the immigration & trade promises he’s talked about, the republican congress will impeach him, so he better pick a VP that they hate more than they hate Trump.


54 posted on 07/09/2016 11:33:52 AM PDT by AuntB (Trump is our Ben Franklin - Brilliant, Boisterous, Brave and ALL AMERICAN!)
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To: proud American in Canada

good man

in this clip the obvious O’bama shill tries to paint him in a corner - can’t do it.

Would be a good man in the administration - Maybe DOD - but maybe not as VP -
Can we afford to spring an unknown on the public at the late date.

Also - the Donald needs someone who can be a ‘working’ VP - Trump leads by delegating - need someone already known to the general public - remember, unfortunately, it isn’t just us who keep up on things that vote. The great ignorant mass also gets to vote. ... We need a known candidate and with administrative and such experience -


55 posted on 07/09/2016 11:34:08 AM PDT by maine-iac7 (A Christian is as a Christian does - "By their works...")
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To: conservative98

Head fake alert!!!!!!!!!


56 posted on 07/09/2016 11:34:19 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: LS
Please be serious. There was no National Democrat Party at the start of the Civil War. There were three regional parties. The Democrats couldn't even agree on a candidate the party was so fractured.

And, um, people who start posts with "um" are fatuous poseurs.

57 posted on 07/09/2016 11:34:23 AM PDT by FredZarguna (And what Rough Beast, its hour come round at last, slouches toward Fifth Avenue to be born?)
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To: Tonytitan
Why is the General a Democrat? Usually those are political Generals not serious Generals.

It really doesn't matter as long as he has the abliity to flush the Muzzie fagots out of the Pentagon that Ohomo let in.

I think it matters very much. There's something wrong with a grown man who is a registered Democrat. It speaks to his mindset, and not in a good way.


58 posted on 07/09/2016 11:35:50 AM PDT by Cinnamontea
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To: proud American in Canada

“I like it great idea”

you like suicide too? The guy is a registered Democrat. Anybody with a “D” after their name is not to be put on the Republican ticket. Its so stupid of an idea I won’t elaborate further.


59 posted on 07/09/2016 11:36:09 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: conservative98

This cryptically came out some days ago:

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3446968/posts


60 posted on 07/09/2016 11:36:40 AM PDT by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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