Posted on 10/23/2017 11:20:11 AM PDT by drewh
If you thought Steve Bannon was a force on the inside, that's nothing compared to his gale-force potential now that he’s unleashed.
On Friday the self-described “wingman outside” was the keynoter at the California Republican convention, where he blasted as “one of the great dangers we face” the “permanent political class” embodied by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Today Bannon will be a featured speaker at a Hudson Institute forum on “countering violent extremism.” He’s lined up on a speaking program alongside David Petraeus and Leon Panetta, a pair of former CIA directors with extensive backgrounds in top military and government roles.
Bannon is now the de facto leader of the GOP insurgent wing. He’s the go-to man for Republican primary challengers but with a critical twist: he still has the ear, and maybe the heart, of President Donald Trump himself.
As The Washington Post reported over the weekend, Bannon and Trump are still in regular contact, with the president respecting his instinct to blow things up along the way. A week ago, just before McConnell appeared alongside Trump in the Rose Garden, Trump declared of Bannon, “I know how he feels.”
With this combination of media influence – Breitbart, plus wide coverage of his public appearances – and real and perceived influence in the White House, this is a force unlike any we’ve seen.
Bannon is arguably more powerful right now than when he was in power.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
The swamp has no idea how angry we are....
I support Bannon and the anti Rino purge of our party!!To hell with the GOPe!
I hope Bannon makes them squeal like the pigs they are!
POTUS can still call him anytime for advise!
Hakkaa Päälle!
Cut them down!
Wiki at one point labeled him as a white nationalist.
White is bad, nationalism is bad, but if you are a white nationalist you are pure scum.
At least that’s what the media is telling me what I have to believe.
“Having Bannon on the outside with this influence at Breitbart may have been a masterful taticial stroke.”
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.............Yeh............pure genius even!
Good Show, Boss.45!
;)
Never Fergit 2-LaUGH!
Amnesty Senators must be the first on the agenda.
Hatch, Heller and Flake MUST GO! in 2018
Graham and Alexander in 2020
Murkowsky, Hoeven, Rubio in 2022
McCain will be dead and Corker is quitting.
‘I know how he feels’
No doubt CINC never expected to be attacked and assailed like TEA party people, having been a centrist his whole life, and couldn’t appreciate the pain until he got in the Left’s way. I hope it runs off his back and he doesn’t take it personal.
somewhere Andrew is smiling...that's probably what he would have wanted
kEEP IN MIND, THOUGH...tHE PRINCE oF FOOL’S cp IS ALSO NOW LOCATED JUST OUTSIDE THE wh!
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DickG: AMERICAN (NOT AINO!)
RED: Retired, Extreme, Deplorable!
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I put Gorka in that same category. He and Bannon both are more valuable and powerful outside of the administration.
Bannon is arguably more powerful right now than when he was in power.
No sh*t Sherlock!
Where can I sign up? Winning.
JoMa
Obi-Wan KaBannon
Yoda Gorka
I agree but I also believe this is a pretty honest take on the current State of Bannon Influence by (whoda thunkit) ABC News.
And we are indeed better off with him out of the White House where things move at a snails pace. That is just not Bannon's style. Right now Bannon is having the time of his life and it is just so much fun watching him drive the MSM crazy.
>>Amnesty Senators must be the first on the agenda.
Hatch, Heller and Flake MUST GO! in 2018
Graham and Alexander in 2020
Murkowsky, Hoeven, Rubio in 2022
McCain will be dead and Corker is quitting.
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From your lips to God’s Ears.
Bannon/Clarke 2024
Clarke 2032
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