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Trump’s Approach: A Fresh Start Or Crazy Reckless?
New York Times ^ | 12/14/2016 | Thomas L. Friedman

Posted on 12/14/2016 4:09:58 AM PST by goldstategop

But my fellow Americans, whatever mix of motives led us to create an Electoral College majority for Donald Trump to become President — and overlook his lack of preparation, his record of indecent personal behavior, his madcap midnight tweeting, his casual lying about issues like “millions” of people casting illegal votes in this election, the purveying of fake news by his national security adviser, his readiness to appoint climate change deniers without even getting a single briefing from the world’s greatest climate scientists in the government he’ll soon lead and his cavalier dismissal of the C.I.A.’s conclusions about Russian hacking of our election — have no doubt about one thing: We as a country have just done something incredibly reckless.

There is actually something “prehistoric” about the cabinet Trump is putting together. It is totally dominated by people who have spent their adult lives drilling for, or advocating for, fossil fuels — oil, gas and coal.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016elections; fakenews; newyorktimes; tomfriedman; trump
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To: ClearCase_guy

DId Donald Trump set food in California during the campaign? And why does winning the “popular vote” there matter to anyone, except that it gives some measure of comfort to those who emotionally distraught at Hillary!’s loss?

It’s not difficult to imagine that, in fact, huge numbers if not millions of illegals voted in CA. It’s also the case that many native Californians have given up on voting as the state has swung into deep blue over the past couple of decades. If there were an actual contest there, the result might have been different, certainly as to the margin between the candidates.


21 posted on 12/14/2016 5:13:48 AM PST by EDINVA
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To: Ancient Man

“........liberals are pissed that no one gives a rat’s ass about what they think or say.”.....

You can add my name to the list of those who don’t give a rat’s ass.


22 posted on 12/14/2016 5:20:46 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: SamAdams76

“Every time I read a weepy MSM article like this, the sweeter our victory becomes.”..........

The NYT constantly reminds me of a dieing fish as it gasps for its last breath of air as lays on the beach sands. Soon it will be no more.................


23 posted on 12/14/2016 5:26:11 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: Ancient Man

Bullseye! Very well said.


24 posted on 12/14/2016 5:34:22 AM PST by Tucker39 (In giving us The Christ, God gave us the ONE thing we desperately NEEDED; a Savior.)
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To: goldstategop

Isn’t the whole NYT Building a safe space?


25 posted on 12/14/2016 5:34:38 AM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: goldstategop

The popular vote is a beauty contest.

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Are you saying that Hillary won a beauty contest?


26 posted on 12/14/2016 5:41:21 AM PST by Graybeard58 (Bill and Hillary Clinton are the penicillin-resistant syphilis of our political system.)
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To: MNJohnnie

...failed poltical and economic dogmas from the 1930s....

(((
Perfect description. Thanks.


27 posted on 12/14/2016 6:02:41 AM PST by Bigg Red (To Thee, O Lord, I lift my soul. Thank you for saving our Republic.)
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To: goldstategop

OnTheRatPlantationMan is so full of fake news facts that any conclusions he may come to should be dismissed easily by all.


28 posted on 12/14/2016 6:08:54 AM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: goldstategop

Easy answer its clearly a fresh start from the corrupt lying pigs in the Dem/MSM unholy alliance. The only people that still read this garbage are rats seeking crumbs of like mindedness.


29 posted on 12/14/2016 6:45:00 AM PST by Archon of the East
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To: Neoliberalnot

“This drivel should be banned from posting here.”

No it shouldn’t! “This drivel” gives us something to ridicule!


30 posted on 12/14/2016 6:50:12 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: goldstategop

The Ministry of Propaganda is just beside itself now that they confront their irrelevance.

No one is listening to them except their sycophants.


31 posted on 12/14/2016 7:09:06 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

The new york slimes is not read by anyone with even a partially functioning brain cell. Even my pet parrot won’t crap on it.


32 posted on 12/14/2016 7:25:07 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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