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zzyzzx says

How many of those people participating in the poll are their actual constituents?

Nothing says scientific than a Twitter poll.

Repeal & don't replace.
Let the loved ones of Republicans suffer long painful deaths
because they are FINANCIAL FAILURES.
NO CASH,DIE.

But Lew did not have just any position at the bank.
...
Details about Lew’s exact responsibilities at Citigroup, where he worked from 2006 to 2008, are scant. He declined to comment for this article.
Lew’s first job at the bank was chief operating officer of Citigroup’s wealth management unit, which flourished under his watch.
By the fall of 2007, the wealth management group handled $1.8 billion in client assets, up 34 percent from the year before, according to financial statements. More than 15,000 financial advisers and bankers worked under Lew.
In January 2008, he switched to Citigroup’s alternative investments unit. A press release announcing his new position as chief operating officer of the group said he would “oversee coordination between the operations, technology, human resources, legal, financial and regional departments.”
...
Sanders said in a statement Wednesday that although he applauds Lew’s public service, he worries about the number of economic advisers in the White House who have spent time on Wall Street. Michael Froman, deputy national security adviser for international economic affairs, also came from Citigroup’s hedge fund and private equity shop, known as the alternative investments unit.
“In my view, we need a treasury secretary who is prepared to stand up to corporate America and their powerful lobbyists and fight for policies that protect the working families in our country,”

Heraclitusstudent says

Or found dead of a heart attack in his bed, his head under the pillow.

Or the barbell will fall on his neck.

It's to reassure Israel, an ally for decades and whose creation we voted for, after Obama's mandate-less, sudden, etc. etc. etc. bizarre deed a few days ago.

Sweet!

I'm sure Deb N. really voted for Trump. Trump is doing exactly what the label on the bottle said Trump will do under these circum stances. He's tough on baked in shit.
And his non stick surface gets everything nice and clean.

I GUARANTEE that Trump voters will turn on Trump - rightfully so based on Trump OVER-FILLING THE SWAMP ALREADY - faster than any group of voters for a POTUS in U.S. History.

Because Trump REALLY IS A LYING, CHEATING, NO-GOOD, DIRTY ROTTEN PIECE OF SHIT HYPOCRITE.

Wait, I thought Trump was gonna start WW3 when he announced he was going to modernize the Nuke Force?

They should really try focus group stuff before they jump from one narrative to a contrary narrative.

Is Trump General Ripper or one of the Cambridge Spies? Legacy Oligarch media needs to make up it's mind.

freespeechforever says

I GUARANTEE that Trump voters will turn on Trump - rightfully so based on Trump OVER-FILLING THE SWAMP ALREADY - faster than any group of voters for a POTUS in U.S. History.

If he fucks up, that'd be great if they turned on him.

Obama totally failed to reform banking, be transparent, get us out of Iraq and Afghanistan, put a stop to 4th Amendment busting mass surveillance, told them they could keep your doctor, that premiums would go down, and wind down middle east intervention. His supporters stayed with him.

I'll be the first to turn on our President if he fucks up. I call it as I see it.

POLL - How many people want free stuff taken away?

Yes - 16%
No - 84%

Did our handout society ever give you doubt?

All hail the individual mandate. If you drive a car, you must have insurance. If you exist, you must have healthcare coverage. Sorry Repubs, it has gotta happen.

As bad as Christie sucked towards last 6 years of term, Corzine was worse

the butthurt is strong

NO, I'm saying you are an idiot, which you must know is true.

That's nothing. Trump will get in office, grab some pussy, and award himself the Distinguished Pubic Service Medal.

"POLL - How many people want free stuff taken away?

Yes - 16%
No - 84%

Did our handout society ever give you doubt?"

Free stuff? I thought Ironman posted every day on here how expensive Obamacare is.

Nice job on the shotgun retouching...

The true meaning of patnet, as the founding parents expected...

T L Lips says

can only mean your problem with it all now is partisanship

He got a bridge closed though.

wow.
So you are implying that russia telling hillary where to campaign is a fact.
Looks like the russkies were in control of this election from both sides right from the start...

Tim Aurora says

Ironman says

Paul Ryan: ‘Russia didn't tell Hillary Clinton not to go to Wisconsin or Michigan’. They didn’t put the server in her basement or put the stuff on Anthony Weiner’s laptop

I think you are mixing opinions such as above

Tim Aurora says

( That Russians hacked the election)

What exactly do you mean by hacked the election?

I know you're a bit slow, but I was responding to your last sentence. As is typical.

"Christie being a Repub, has had to deal with the same Blue state congress, so there ain't a heck he can get done."

The intelligence community has been routinely lying to Americans for decades. Snowden's leak made it very obvious, and irrefutable. How can you possibly be surprised that Americans are skeptical of what they say?
To blindly believe in the alphabet soup's decrees at this point would be like investing in a new hedge fund administered by Bernie Madoff.

What gets me is Obama came in office touting himself as the Transparent president.
The very first three whistleblowers he encountered he made them enemies of the state.

Snowden
Manning
Asange

Tim Aurora says

If it does not have the confidence of America, America cannot lead the world. I guess, Trumpites are OK with that, and he is the President.

Maybe Trumpies use their brains in life instea dof blidnly following what the left says -like braindead zombies?

Iraq had WMD "intellegince" lead to the war in iraq and 1,000s of young American dead. ISIS is junior varsity-that is intelligence too.

Hopefully Trump has the sense to question, challenge and thoroughly analyze the intelligence community and not drag us into another iraq war or beleiev ISIS is junior varsity. Lefties-brain is a beautiful thing to waste.

"Being the idiot that you are, what does closing a lane to a bridge have to do with Christie having to deal with a Blue congress????"

Wow--you really are slow. You said "so there ain't a heck he can get done". I said--he was able to get a bridge closed. He found a way to get that done...

It is amazing that Harwood still has a job. Donna Barzile nut still seems to make a living as a talking head on the Georgey Stevens show.

This isn't journalism at all. It is sponsored promotionals.

Tim Aurora says

Paul Ryan accepts that Russians hacked the election

That's not what the article says, not even remotely, nor is it true. Russia did not hack the elections. That's a blatant falsehood. Russia hacked into the DNC campaign servers, copied emails, and then released them to the world. The DNC campaign servers are not the election.

Saying that Russia hacked the elections is like saying someone who plays the stereo in their car loud enough for other drivers to hear has hacked the highway transportation system. It is a ridiculous claim, and those who make it should not be taken seriously.

joeyjojojunior says

"POLL - How many people want free stuff taken away?

Yes - 16%

No - 84%

Did our handout society ever give you doubt?"

People aren't asking for free health care. They are asking for affordable healthcare with reasonable costs that won't bankrupt them the first time they get sick. The fact is that capitalism has completely failed to provide decent affordable health care. If capitalism worked for health care, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

Yep--and there are so many other systems out there that we could copy/model our system on. Systems that deliver better healthcare for much, much less money. It shouldn't be this difficult.

anonymous says

Hey - what do you think Trump's son and daughter in law are going to do for privacy in their shack a few blocks away?

Probably the same things that allow Carlos Slim to drive his own car down streets of Mexico City without any kind of security detail; something like aid and abet the russian mob, similarly to how Slim aids and abets the el chapo types in mexico.

TROLL THREAD!

TROLL THREAD!

He also funded massive border walls in Jordan and Tunisia, too. With US taxpayer dollars.

Tim Aurora says

And that is the problem with America. The intelligence of a country is its "intelligence". It is what decides the strategy vis-a-vis our enemies. If it does not have the confidence of America, America cannot lead the world. I guess, Trumpites are OK with that, and he is the President. Well it was good till it lasted . Lets give the reigns to China and Russia.

Democrats: 1965-2016 "Question Authority!"
Democrats: 2016- "How DARE you question the authorities?"

MMR says

They had their chance; GOPe have to maintain their power; if Trump paints them as uncooperative and recalcitrant against bills that the public supports in principle, they will be on hot seat. He can do this all day long and even if nothing gets done, he will use social media to pass any heat on him to others.

You got it.

The Establishment is against the Reformer, shock of shocks. That never happens in World History. He'll likely will fail and bebesmirched in the process. Then the Establishment is really in trouble.

Ryan has been against Trump since day one, his mentor was an Establishment convicted Pedophile named Hastert. When he wasn't structuring payments to get around bank reporting requirements. Trump's real problem is the GOPe: Graham, McCain, McConnell, Ryan, and others hate him, they like it the way it is.

T L Lips says

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/jack-lew-had-major-role-at-citigroup-when-it-nearly-imploded/2013/01/10/a913431e-5b6b-11e2-9fa9-5fbdc9530eb9_story.html?utm_term=.4aca44c01e72

cant use this article, it is from 2013, long before Bezos took over WaPo

Ironman says

Folks, you can't make this shit up....

Why would you ? It's called security. He's going to have a detail of secret service protecting him for the rest of his life. This was very easily their idea.

Do you know the definition of hypocrisy ? I'd love to hear your explanation of the hypocrisy going on here.

Ego baiting Trump: he can't admit that Russians did the hack. That would force him to admit that the election was rigged and undermine his victory.