All it takes in this brave new world of moving forward based on facts is one opinion not found to be politically correct and the stentorian screams for censorship and zotting shut down all forward motion in this brave new world.
Posted on 11/29/2016 8:22:31 AM PST by usafa92
(CNN)President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Elaine Chao, the former labor secretary and wife of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, to be his choice for transportation secretary, an official briefed on the matter told CNN on Tuesday.
The announcement is expected to come this afternoon. Chao served as secretary of labor under President George W. Bush from 2001 through 2009 -- the longest tenure in the position since World War II -- and has been married to McConnell since 1993. She was the first Asian-American woman to serve in a Cabinet position.
Chao also served as the deputy secretary of transportation under President George H.W. Bush from 1989 to 1991. Following her time in government, Chao has held a position as a distinguished fellow at the Heritage Foundation in addition to conducting media appearances.
At the Transportation Department, Chao would have a key role in helping Trump get an infrastructure spending bill passed through Congress and start government-backed works projects -- a role likely to be complicated by her relationship with McConnell, who will also be a critical player in any infrastructure bill negotiations.
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I agree with the premise of your statement, obvious sarcasm of it aside.
So let's apply some facts and logic, shall we?
Mitch McConnell = NO FRIEND OF TRUMP.
Appointment of Chao is a SOP to McConnell (again, no friend of TRUMP.)
This smacks of BUSINESS AS USUAL, which is NOT what Trump was elected to continue.
Hurt feelings? No. Logic and reason, yes.
Fair point.
Seriesly? The Beltway Lives! Same old faces.. New challenges.
There must be some others who are just as capable as her to take on the monster called the DoT..
All it takes in this brave new world of moving forward based on facts is one opinion not found to be politically correct and the stentorian screams for censorship and zotting shut down all forward motion in this brave new world.
http://www.constantinereport.com/mitch-mcconnells-laws-embroiled-colombian-cocaine-shipping-scandal-nation/ https://www.thenation.com/article/mitch-mcconnells-freighted-ties-shadowy-shipping-company/ http://www.wnd.com/2001/01/7869/ https://www.yahoo.com/news/mitch-mcconnell-s-wife-sits-on-the-board-of-a-group-working-to-kill-the-coal-industry-041726501.html?ref=gs
I think that's the theory anyway.
Agree entirely.
“...I saw a man, he danced with his wife in Chicago...”
Nobody dances with their wives in D.C..
Other than Priebus and McFarland.
Is there something wrong with school choice? That’s a conservative position.
What you say is true, and the Constitution does empower the Federal government to build “post roads”. But we got along nicely without a Department of Transportation until about 1965.
Trump is going to do another stimulus of around the same size as Obama’s. He has been pretty open about this, and it’s one of the main reasons the NeverTrumpers I know cite for not supporting him.
If the job of Transportation Secretary is that of handing out pork, I can see how Mr. and Mrs. McConnell would be all over it.
I do think Trump will spend the money far more effectively than Obama. He will solidify his support amongst blue-collar union types.
But it’s not textbook Conservatism.
Very true. But Trump is the president-elect, so all Americans want him to do well.
What you say is true, but the primaries ended several months ago.
“All it takes in this brave new world of moving forward based on facts is one opinion not found to be politically correct and the stentorian screams for censorship and zotting shut down all forward motion in this brave new world.”
NOW you’re whining is starting to sound like the whimpering, melting snowflakes still filling in their coloring books and kneading their Play Dough.
He’s a swamp turtle so maybe she has a fish bowl next to the bed?
I am just a few ticks north of US 40, the old National Road, which was the first highway built and financed by the US Government.
There was a lengthy, spirited and protracted fight in Congress at the time over whether or not this was the proper role of government. It passed narrowly.
We do need to rebuild. A trillion is a LOT of money, however, and selling it as economic stimulus is decidedly not conservative (or economically sound.)
If they can figure a way to get that trillion out of other parts of the Federal budget, then I think we should all be fine with the infrastructure spending.
My wife took advantage of that and had every other Friday off.
“Wasn’t there some kind of scandal over her shipping company?”
https://www.thenation.com/article/mitch-mcconnells-freighted-ties-shadowy-shipping-company/
http://www.wnd.com/2001/01/7869/
I agree with this, but it doesn't necessarily mean that we're going to see the taxpayers foot the bill for it like they did last time. I'm hearing interesting things from Washington that suggest the a big transformation in infrastructure financing is going to be proposed by the Trump administration. Wall Street is probably going to play a huge role in financing infrastructure projects in the future.
Maybe that's not "textbook conservatism," but it sure doesn't sound like big-government Marxism either.
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