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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: conservative98

I don’t know this guy but I like the thought of NOT hiring an insider. I hate the cesspool of DC.


81 posted on 07/09/2016 11:47:29 AM PDT by Yaelle (Sorry, Mr. Franklin. We've been extremely careless with our Republic.)
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To: conservative98

Would be a major coup. When Trump wins the presidency, having and in and able to assert influence of the defense intelligence agency, he can go after and purge the CIA/NSA/FBI et al of anti-american interests.


82 posted on 07/09/2016 11:48:58 AM PDT by Fhios (The U.S needs Hillary like a fish needs a bicycle.)
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To: 9YearLurker
You got it right.

We have a precedent.

The first Republican President picked a border-state Democrat as his running mate to "unify the country."

A month into his term, a Democrat murdered him. His "unifying" VP became President and was an unreconstituted racist and a disaster. No thanks.

Trump has to pick a running mate of absolutely impeccable, genuine, conservative credentials, not only because of the state of the country and Trump's own doubtful history, but because of the very real possibility that -- God forbid, but we have to face it -- the tribalist party will try to take him out.

83 posted on 07/09/2016 11:49:36 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: FredZarguna
LS knows more about our country's history in his 💩 than you can possibly know. I will say you have science posts down well, though.
84 posted on 07/09/2016 11:49:42 AM PDT by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: FredZarguna

He can change his registration at any time.


85 posted on 07/09/2016 11:49:45 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: 9YearLurker

What you miss is that most Democrats & Republicans are not really ideological. Those that are draw the attention, and give those on other sides something to focus on, and to get excited over. But over the past two hundred years, the sustaining motivators for Party identifications, have been at least as functionally based on social identification as on ideological identification.


86 posted on 07/09/2016 11:50:20 AM PDT by Ohioan
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To: usconservative

Today our struggle is NOT Dem vs Rep. That is the BS tug of war the oligarchy wants to distract us with. It is FREEDOM vs OLIGARCHY.

When you read Reddit there are so many young people who have been Dem or call themselves liberal, who get it. Including Bernie voters. Plenty of Dems see the immigration, terror, and economic issues the same as we do. They want to stop government corruption too. What side you are on in issues like gay marriage and abortion IS NOT TOP PRIORITY RIGHT NOW.


87 posted on 07/09/2016 11:51:23 AM PDT by Yaelle (Sorry, Mr. Franklin. We've been extremely careless with our Republic.)
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To: The Citizen Soldier
Zell Miller was not a conservative, except on National Security issues. That isn't good enough.
88 posted on 07/09/2016 11:51:26 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: Brookhaven
The parties are realigning. From left vs right to globalists vs nationalist.

You nailed it! The old left vs right dichotomy is breaking down.

89 posted on 07/09/2016 11:51:40 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: conservative98

Trump has vision. He is undoubtedly a marketing genius.

I like the way he takes his time to ponder over possibilities, takes time to see a vision that will carry his brand forward.

Bringing an outsider military General with him to Washington DC is brilliant.

I hope he follows through with it.

But I hope General Flynn is in the mode of MacArthur and Patton, not any of the desk warriors that learn weasel tongue like any other DC politician.


90 posted on 07/09/2016 11:51:42 AM PDT by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: FredZarguna

Right now, National Security, for lack of a better word, TRUMPS everything!


91 posted on 07/09/2016 11:52:22 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Yaelle
all themselves liberal, who get it. Including Bernie voters.

Bernie voters? "Get it?"

Wow.

The depths FR has sunk to...

92 posted on 07/09/2016 11:52:44 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: Ohioan

Not the Democrats and Republicans I know. Even if Democrats in my part of the country are such for social approval, they thoroughly adopt the ideology.


93 posted on 07/09/2016 11:52:54 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: ConservativeMind

An extremely positive idea which Trump, hopefully, will follow through on. Consider the alternatives; a gaggle of political assholery from Christie to Kasich to Cruz.
Lord have mercy!!!


94 posted on 07/09/2016 11:53:20 AM PDT by Arrian (How predictab)
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To: Aria
He could pick Daffy Duck and I’d still vote for him

From Daffy Duck for President

Daffy Duck, in an effort to outlaw Duck Season in favor of perpetual Rabbit Season, attempts to become a politician so as to change the law to suit him.[2] Through a civics lesson regarding the United States Constitution and with Bugs' help, Daffy learns that it is "We the People" who run the country, not any one man or duck as he experiences the separation of powers concept of the United States Federal government.

95 posted on 07/09/2016 11:54:13 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: dfwgator

No. It doesn’t. The Constitution is, always has been, and always will be what matters to someone who’s actually an American.


97 posted on 07/09/2016 11:54:23 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: ought-six

I lost all respect for Zell miller after he endorsed Sam Nunn’s daughter (Michelle) for the US Senate a few years ago. It looks like political favors trumped any conservative views that we swore he had. She is terribly liberal.


98 posted on 07/09/2016 11:55:39 AM PDT by Preachin' (I stand with many voters who will never vote for a pro abortion candidate.)
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To: Jim Noble

No Democrats. No way.


99 posted on 07/09/2016 11:55:55 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: conservative98
(In regard to Hillary) “If it were me, I would have been out the door and probably in jail,”

Works for me.
100 posted on 07/09/2016 11:56:13 AM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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