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The Mooch's replacement could be Stephen Miller
Axios ^

Posted on 08/05/2017 1:03:04 PM PDT by springwater13

Stephen Miller, the Trump senior policy adviser who just tangled on-camera with CNN's Jim Acosta, is under consideration for White House communications director, top Trump sources tell me.

The effort to find a Mooch successor is still in the name-gathering process, and Miller is not the top contender, the sources said.

But Steve Bannon likes the idea of Miller for the job, and Miller was the hero of the West Wing after he attacked Acosta as a "cosmopolitan" for his views on immigration.

When Miller finished that press briefing, his colleagues high-fived him, according to Sebastian Gorka, a national-security aide who's a favorite of the president's for his over-the-top TV hits.

The super-key point: Trump cares primarily about how people perform on TV. He's totally uninterested in the behind-the-scenes, unglamorous planning work of a comms director.

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


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1 posted on 08/05/2017 1:03:04 PM PDT by springwater13
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Be still, my heart! But... Miller needs to be behind the mic, not behind a desk in the Communications Office.

You can not teach what Miller has. He’s a class act, confident and KNOWLEDGE RICH. Sarah needs to go and Miller needs to be the permanent fixture in all briefings. Put her behind the desk. No one will care if your posture is bad and you sound like a hay seed behind the desk, cutting jokes and practicing your snark.

Miller absolutely rocks! Except he is equally skillful at policy, where he is probably very much needed.


2 posted on 08/05/2017 1:08:30 PM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Public Education/Academia are the farm team for more Marxists coming... infinitum.)
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It’s Miller time and Miller has earned it. I’m all in on this one.


3 posted on 08/05/2017 1:10:56 PM PDT by magua
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To: RitaOK

It’s Miller time and Miller has earned it. I’m all in on this one.


4 posted on 08/05/2017 1:11:02 PM PDT by magua
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To: springwater13

I’d rather see Dennis Miller as White House communications director. :-)


5 posted on 08/05/2017 1:14:23 PM PDT by Theo (FReeping since 1998 ... drain the swamp.)
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To: springwater13

Unnamed sources and you don’t even bother to list the writer

I am sick of y this crapola.

Let the WH make whatever announcement they need to make. All of this other stuff is BS. And really? Axios as a trusted source......BWAHAHAHAHA


6 posted on 08/05/2017 1:18:23 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Theo

LOL Dennis Miller should be somewhere in this administration ;)

The one thing I miss about O’Reilly being gone is Dennis Miller.


7 posted on 08/05/2017 1:20:44 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 (Inside Every Liberal is a Totalitarian Screaming to Get Out - D. Horowitz)
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To: springwater13

Some people call him Maurice


8 posted on 08/05/2017 1:28:43 PM PDT by Timpanagos1
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To: Timpanagos1

Or the space cowboy.


9 posted on 08/05/2017 1:32:51 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Freedom56v2

LOL! Dennis was a hoot, wasn’t he.


10 posted on 08/05/2017 1:32:54 PM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Public Education/Academia are the farm team for more Marxists coming... infinitum.)
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To: RitaOK

No, no no - Stephen is too smart for that job — put in Dana Perino!


11 posted on 08/05/2017 1:37:48 PM PDT by bunster
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To: springwater13

Fox News, citing administration sources, is reporting that Miller is not the top candidate for the Communications Director position.


12 posted on 08/05/2017 1:39:22 PM PDT by be-baw (still seeking...)
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To: springwater13

“He’s totally uninterested in the behind-the-scenes, unglamorous planning work of a comms director.”

How credible is Axios? This strikes me as very unlikely for a number of reasons that imho should be obvious...


13 posted on 08/05/2017 1:44:13 PM PDT by SteveH
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To: springwater13
Stephen Miller, the Trump senior policy adviser who just tangled on-camera with CNN's Jim Acosta, is under consideration for White House communications director

This would be a great choice, based on his demolition of Acosta - Miller is smart, articulate and unafraid. Would be a great recovery from the Scaramucci fiasco.
14 posted on 08/05/2017 1:48:07 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Timpanagos1

Because he speaks of the Pompatus of love.


15 posted on 08/05/2017 1:59:34 PM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election!)
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To: springwater13

Well they should banish Acosta as he never follows the rules and is terminally disruptive. Asks numerous questions and is combative, quarrelsome and petulant.

Miller is more needed in his current job of making policy. Luckily he has survived (so far) the McMaster pogrom against Trump loyalists.


16 posted on 08/05/2017 2:37:22 PM PDT by shalom aleichem
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I want Miller right where he is: in the President’s ear.

Running the Communications Office is like running a campaign. It really is the same job. The obvious choice is KellyAnne Conway.

I can almost guarantee they are negotiating with her to take the job with some flex time added in so she can still be with her family.

Watch and see.


17 posted on 08/05/2017 2:44:31 PM PDT by Semper911 (When you want to rob Peter to pay Paul, you'll always have the support of Paul.)
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To: shalom aleichem

If and I mean IF the President ever let ANYONE dismiss Miller it would be the biggest disappointment ever........especially if the dismissal came from Baldy McMaster........sheesh!


18 posted on 08/05/2017 2:45:47 PM PDT by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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To: springwater13

Miller = MSM nightmare.


19 posted on 08/05/2017 4:29:29 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (Lock. Them. Up.)
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To: springwater13

Miller, whatever his role should be, should be sent out in front of the cameras much more often.


20 posted on 08/05/2017 5:00:19 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn (Chuck Schumer--giving pond scum everywhere a bad name.)
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