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kentuck

(111,101 posts)
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 08:15 AM Jun 2015

I am more concerned about the team Hillary or Bernie will take with them to Washington?

If we need change, we need people with the vision to make it.

Who will we have calling the shots at Defense?

Who will be the Secretary of State?

What will be the economic policies of the new President?

As we have seen with our present President, it is very difficult to get things done without the proper team around him. In order for change to take place, there must be a mandate from the people. That is the only thing that can break the concrete around the feet of the politicians in Washington, in my opinion.

People are known by the company they keep. No President can do it alone.

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I am more concerned about the team Hillary or Bernie will take with them to Washington? (Original Post) kentuck Jun 2015 OP
HRC Will Most Likely Be Surrounded By DLC Third Way Types And Leftovers From The WJC Administration cantbeserious Jun 2015 #1
I think its a little early to be making those calls madokie Jun 2015 #2
It's difficult to have a one-person revolution. kentuck Jun 2015 #3
Sure we do but it's a little early to be picking a team madokie Jun 2015 #4
It's not too early to think about a team... kentuck Jun 2015 #5
Hillary's team Man from Pickens Jun 2015 #7
You should be. LWolf Jun 2015 #6

madokie

(51,076 posts)
2. I think its a little early to be making those calls
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 08:38 AM
Jun 2015

don't be counting the chickens before they hatch and all that.

Other than that I agree with the gist of your OP

our present President has two things going against him one I was not aware of until lately. One is his skin color and the other is the supporters of the candidate he ultimately beat out. This last one is the same thing that will happen again if we're not careful.

A picture paints a lot of words, likewise a few words can paint a big ass picture

madokie

(51,076 posts)
4. Sure we do but it's a little early to be picking a team
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 08:49 AM
Jun 2015

Who does Hillary surround herself with and who does Bernie or Martin or Lincoln. What kind of people are they, can and will pretty much tell us all we need to know at this point

I can be comfortable with any one of the four over what the 'CONs have to offer. Only one of our candidates worry me and I'll leave that to you to figure out

kentuck

(111,101 posts)
5. It's not too early to think about a team...
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 08:56 AM
Jun 2015

in my opinion.

If they are going to choose Bob Gates as their Defense Secretary or David Petraeus as their CIA chief, then I can scratch them off right now.

We need to know who these people associate with if we are ever going to get the change we need or any change at all.


Otherwise, it is like buying a pig in a poke.

 

Man from Pickens

(1,713 posts)
7. Hillary's team
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 11:09 AM
Jun 2015

Treasury - someone from Goldman Sachs
Commerce - someone from Goldman Sachs
Defense - someone from Goldman Sachs
Justice - will keep Lynch, the banks fucking love her
Health and Human Services - someone from PhRma
Housing and Urban Development - someone from Goldman Sachs
State - choice of big time lobbyists from Boeing and Lockheed

etc.

YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE

and sadly this is almost an actual list of what we already have now under Obama

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