Omarosa: Trump campaign keeping 'list' of enemies

CNN ^ | 11/10/16 | Eugene Scott

[Trump-a-licious]

Ya, I mean it’s not like Obama would use the IRS to go after the tea party...

[DoodleDawg]

Yes, the very person we want to emulate at the start of the Trump administration.</sarcasm>

[DoodleDawg]

America needs a Pinochet.

Like hell we do. We need a president with vision and respect for the rule of law, and we will have one in about two months. We don't need a military dictator.

[Lazamataz]

You’re right.

But let’s meet halfway.

Motorcycle Death Squads for the first 100 days.

[Tax-chick]

Thank you.

[ZULU]

We also need the obligatory picture of Omorosa. :)

[TheConservativeBanker]

For those of us too delicate to think Trump has an enemies list, think of it as his sh** list. Plenty of us here have one and might share it with Trump if he asked.

[PTBAA]

Not the same, the old boss hated America and Americans.

[Blue Highway]

One America News Network or OAN is pretty conservative but they get no respect from other networks and are treated like they don’t even exist. Channel 116 and 616HD on Verizon or Frontier Communications. Call your cable company and demand they add that channel to your service.

[jimfree]

I may have to deal with Never Trumpers in the Maryland GOP. Some prominent people in the party went to the other side. They will not get back in for free.

[cymbeline]

“Like the Clintons or Obama never had one?”

As soon as I get an enemy I’ll have one.

[ZULU]

I have seen them. They are great. My cable monopoly doesn’t carry them though. :(

[virgil]

He might be. Setting bad precedents really sucks after the worm turns. And the democrats set a lot of bad precedents.

[nonsporting]

Criminals should be afraid. We should prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law—libel, fraud, interference, etc.

The left sure doesn’t hesitate to abuse the law. We mean to honestly keep it.

[uncitizen]

Which one of them said “We will reward our friends and punish our enemies”? Obama wasn’t it?

[Tax-chick]

Obama claimed to love America: he just wanted to remake it in his image. We don’t need any more of that. We need a constitutional government, not anyone’s personal fiefdom ruled by anyone’s whims and snits.

[Zenjitsuman]

the Clinton’s list was fatal, over 100 dead from their list

[Sir Napsalot]

Good grief, this is CNN, people.

All of a sudden, we should TRUST the reporters after the year-long election smears and lies?

[ladybug56]

She’s just being honest. As if other people don’t have a list of people either physical list or memory of people who have did them wrong. There is such a thing as forgive but don’t forget. He would be foolish to allow people who clearly don’t want his policies to succeed to get a nose under the tent to upset the apple cart.

[sphinx]

Every President is entitled to staff his administration with people who support his priorities and agenda. This will naturally include people who rallied to the campaign, who by all means should be recruited, assuming they are substantively qualified for the job for which they are being considered. But this should be put in a positive context, as a matter of building a cohesive team and changing the direction of the country. Talking in negative terms about enemies lists and blackballing opponents is stupid.

Just to round out the discussion, most administrations will also want to deliberately reach out to at least some people who did NOT support the campaign. This is a matter of healing wounds, building bridges, and expanding the coalition. It is also important to ensure that one's own inner circle doesn't become an isolated echo chamber. A good president needs some people around him who do not worship at the feet of the Dear Leader, and who are willing to tell him unpleasant truths. Obama provides a cautionary example.