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Why Trump is courting Romney for the State Department
American Thinker ^ | 11/29/2016 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 11/29/2016 6:39:37 AM PST by Evil Slayer

All the brouhaha over the alleged rifts within the Trump transition over Mitt Romney misses the point. I think it is theatre, a distraction by the same man who was able to direct media attention where he wanted it all throughout the campaign. Donald Trump has a plan that eludes his critics, who can’t help thinking about politics the way it has always been played, and still do not grasp his thinking nor the range of new tools he brings to the presidency. The Department of State is badly broken and desperately needs to be fixed. State requires fundamental restructuring as well

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: romney2016; trumpcabinet; trumptransition
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To: Liz
Michele, her daughters and her mother in Morocco's palace. LOOK AT THAT SMILE

Word is you can score lots of great choom in Morocco.


81 posted on 11/29/2016 8:41:58 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Alberta's Child
I agree with your view. Everyone seems to have the mistaken view that the problems in D.C. are political/policy - just kill off this program, change the goals of that program and we can save gazillions - maybe kill off an agency or two.

That isn't it. The problem is that the gross incompetence and cronyism at every level. D.C. manages everything at $.001 level but manages nothing at all to ensure that the taxpayers get value for what is spent. Termites have eaten at the foundations of everything and there is no solid wood anywhere. DoD dispairs of the DoD acquisition process, but no one can do anything about it. The F-35 is DoD's own poster child of a process gone amok. DHS makes every other agency look good. And so it goes.

ACA, aside, most of what the government does are legitimate missions and programs that have long been argued out. The problem is operational. We don't need policy wonks, left wing or right wing, liberal or conservative running things. We need competent management for a change empowered to reorganize the agencies and hold people accountable to getting done the vital work for the public.

So from that perspective, Romney is likely to be as good as we can do. After all, restructuring bankrupt organizations is what he used to do.

82 posted on 11/29/2016 8:46:04 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: Alberta's Child

He’s a globalist.


83 posted on 11/29/2016 8:47:08 AM PST by uncitizen (will never get tired of winning)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
If you want a polished CEO-type to reorg government agencies, there are plenty out there

Actually there aren't. Those kinds of CEOs are not polished, are not revered, and get paid a fortune to do what they do. Washington D.C. is awash in polished CEOs and that is a big part of the D.C. problem. They don't come to town to fix you. They come to town to sell to you, well, to sell to the Congress.

84 posted on 11/29/2016 8:48:27 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: uncitizen

I don’t necessarily disagree with you, but it’s funny you say that because I never had that impression of him before he ran for President.


85 posted on 11/29/2016 8:49:47 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("Yo, bartender -- Jobu needs a refill!")
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To: AndyJackson

He also use to do RomneyCare which morphed into Obamacare. This is the last thing Veterans need.

I, as a Vietnam Veteran, vote NO!!!


86 posted on 11/29/2016 8:55:34 AM PST by Balata
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To: Buckeye McFrog

LOL......did not know that.


87 posted on 11/29/2016 9:03:26 AM PST by Liz
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To: Alberta's Child

He was a real good actor.


88 posted on 11/29/2016 9:06:42 AM PST by uncitizen (will never get tired of winning)
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To: uncitizen

He always struck me as a businessman first, with politics as a “side job.” He wasn’t much of a globalist in his days in the private sector, was he?


89 posted on 11/29/2016 9:11:06 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("Yo, bartender -- Jobu needs a refill!")
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To: InterceptPoint

Enticing Mittens to do the walk of shame. More than once. And he’ll do it! Ack ack ack ack ack!


90 posted on 11/29/2016 9:51:48 AM PST by polymuser (There's a big basket of deportables.)
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Give Romney the damn VA job!

He's the turnaround guy, let him fix the VA!!!

91 posted on 11/29/2016 10:00:53 AM PST by KavMan
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To: wiseprince
The Rinos were just thoroughly beaten. All their top guys were summarily rejected by the people. You don’t appease the enemy, you annihilate them

That is great until you have to get legislation through the House and Senate.

I and all other republicans want to see the rinos gone but it will not happen until the next election for 2 years or longer. Until then he needs them our of Soro's control and working with him.

92 posted on 11/29/2016 10:19:32 AM PST by Lady Heron
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To: Lady Heron

That’s fine but he doesn’t have to appoint Romney as SOS to get legislation passed. If that’s the case he needs to use his bully pulpit to drive that home (like only he can).


93 posted on 11/29/2016 10:37:31 AM PST by wiseprince
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To: zzwhale

State should go back to doing its job, which is providing cover for the CIA.


94 posted on 11/29/2016 11:21:34 AM PST by WKTimpco
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To: Buckeye McFrog
"Word is..."

Take the train from Casablanca going south
Blowing smoke rings from the corners of my my, my, my, my mouth

Would you know we're riding
On the Marrakesh Express
All on board that train

95 posted on 11/29/2016 1:16:06 PM PST by drpix
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To: zzwhale
he is part of the globalist nwo
DONT KID YOURSELF FOR ONE NANO SECOND
Bolton is the man...

Bolton is just as much of a globalist, nwo hack as Romney and Hillary are...

96 posted on 11/29/2016 1:50:04 PM PST by Iscool
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To: Mollypitcher1

If Mitt does get a cabinet post, let it be the VA and HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE for turning that sclerotic mess around.

I guarantee you that he’s going to quickly find out that managing this massive federal bureaucracy is going to be a nightmare the likes of which he has never before encountered. There are many protections for federal employees that you don’t have do deal with in the private sector. Its not just reducing staff, cutting waste and improving efficiency like he does in the private sector. Its a different ballgame in government with the primary objective being to improve medical services to veterans and create incentives (both positive and negative) for federal employees to perform better. Going to be a big challenge, that’s for sure.


97 posted on 11/29/2016 2:05:22 PM PST by Starboard
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To: Madame Dufarge

But this is different, Romney doesn’t need the money to be hired away from the other side.

There is no way one could ever fully trust Romney. I guess we’ll see if there is a place he can serve without the risk of backstabbing.


98 posted on 12/02/2016 7:35:09 PM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies ('45 will be the best ever.)
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To: detective

I agree. During the primary elections- especially out west it was the former 2012 Romney delegates that were shutting others out of caucuses, changing the rules, and strong arming other republicans out of the voting process. It was despicable- particularly in Colorado.

Mitt was actively instigating all kinds of trouble for DJT, silently behind the scenes. He nearly cost Trump the nomination. The head of the major NEVER TRUMP Super PAC was Romney’s deputy campaign manager- Katie Packer.

And Katie arrived at the Republican Delegation Meeting in April (a very uncomfortable rude spectacle) to attempt to wrangle delegates or change the rules and steal the nomination from Trump. Thank goodness Paul Mannafort was representing Trump or they would have prevailed.

Romney’s minion, Katie, did everything she could to financially outspend Trump X 10. Romney verbally tried to destroy Donald Trump’s campaign. And the Never-Trumpers were still planning a steal the nomination for Cruz at the convention by delegate theft. They were funding millions of dollars to work-over Trump delegates and flip them in states Ted was in 2nd, 3rd, 4th and even 5th place. And then came the National Enquirer - Indiana (Praise be to Lee Harvey Cruz-Wald and Ted’s abrupt exit.)

Romney is a handsome charming venomous snake. And we all know that DJT knows this and will make the right decision. Wonder what happen to Katie Packer?

Top former Romney aide launches anti-Trump super PAC ...
www.politico.com/story/2016/01/top-former-romney-aide-launches...
Nov 26, 2016 · Katie Packer has spent months in ... a veteran Republican strategist who served as deputy campaign manager on Mitt Romney’s 2012


99 posted on 12/02/2016 8:21:08 PM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies ('45 will be the best ever.)
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