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re: Maybe Mattis was one of the people Rosenstein consulted with on the 25th amendment. Trump’s tepid endorsement of Mattis and speculation that he may be a Dem indicate that his days are numbered. ... and the other comments

Mattis is not exactly what his public persona leads most people to believe he is. He has gotten a lot of mileage out of the "Mad Dog Mattis" persona and some well-publicized, and admittedly cool, quotes from his military career.

He has always been, however, just as most generals are, a political animal. Those of us Freepers who followed his performance during what was known as the Haditha marines trial debacle saw him in a different light.

He was still a three-star when he was put in charge. He then proceeded to leave Col. Chessani, Sgt. Wuterich and the rest of his fellow marines twisting in the proverbial breeze in the face of a politically motivated JAG prosecution of their alleged war crimes. Shortly afterwards he received his fourth star.

He is a genuinely great war fighting general, but he's also a politically motivated creature of the swamp, as his record as SecDef and tepid support of his president's agenda demonstrates.

The Sunday political talk shows on 10/14/18

Below the FreeRepublic Sunday talk show thread link.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3696436/posts?page=1

The major talking points of the day
Hurricane talk and hostages released. My former senator wins worst political talk show pundit ever.

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): White House National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow; Cui Tiankai, Chinese ambassador to the United States. The panel will be Brit Hume of Fox News; Julie Pace of The Associated Press; Karl Rove, former Bush White House senior adviser; and Philippe Reines, former Hillary Clinton senior adviser.

Highlight of Fox News Sunday:
Larry Kudlow is frank, straight and on the mark.

Link to Fox News Sunday Below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62lSkx11kaU

MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Sen. Marco Rubio, R-FlaJosh Hawley, Missouri attorney general and Republican Senate candidate; Stacey Abrams, Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate; John Brennan, former CIA director. The panel will be Peter Baker of The New York Times; Lanhee Chen of the Hoover Institution and director of domestic policy studies at Stanford University; Carol Lee of NBC; and Andrea Mitchell of NBC and anchor of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports.”

Highlight of Meet the Press:
John Brennen, former head of CIA and an announced Communist. Recently lost security clearance, now gets all his security info from NBC

Link to Meet the Press show below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj3_38Vrnac

FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.; Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., author of “Them: Why We Hate Each Other — and How to Heal”; Anthony Salvanto, CBS News elections & surveys director. The panel will be Susan Glasser of The New Yorker, Susan Page of USA Today and Jonah Goldberg of National Review.

Highlight of Face the Nation

My home state Senator discusses sexual assaults. Accuses Trump of belittling Doctor Ford. The WORST political guest ever award goes to Chris Van Hollen.

Below the link to Face the Nation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-t3yZbDHzg

THIS WEEK (ABC): Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.; Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz.; Kudlow. The panel will be ABC’s Tom Llamas; former Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.J.; Democratic strategist and former DNC Chair Donna Brazile; Maggie Haberman of The New York Times; and Rich Lowry of National Review.

Highlight of This Week with George Stephanopolous
Got to smile, Christie is back battling with Donna Brazille

Link to This Week below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeXUIidtooY

STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Rubio; Abrams; Sanders. The panel will be Scott Jennings, former special assistant to President George W. Bush; Amanda Carpenter, author of “Gaslighting America: Why We Love It When Trump Lies to Us”; Democrat strategist Paul Begala; and Symone Sanders, former national press secretary for Bernie Sanders 2016.

Highlight of State of the Union
Senator Marco Rubio denies global warming caused by human activity.

Link to This Week below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QGyKmj62CE

SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES (FNC): No info at this time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxuGGfIqk4Q

Agree with you on Mattis. He is definitely part of the Establishment. He wanted to hire Anne Patterson, but that was vetoed by the WH. He also put the brakes on Trump's desire to stop admitting transgender personnel into the military and paying for their surgeries.

Trump would like to get out of Afghanistan. Mattis and McMaster won the day as the troop numbers were increased. Trump may want to get rid of Mathis and pursue a different approach to American involvement in various conflicts. Of course, he still has Bolton to deal with.