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Trump picks Elaine Chao for transportation secretary
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| 11/29/2016
| Phil Mattingly
Posted on 11/29/2016 8:22:31 AM PST by usafa92
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I guess this is part of the price to keep Mitch on the team. Interesting pick with Trump's stated goal of modernizing our infrastructure. Not sure what to make of this.
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posted on
11/29/2016 8:22:31 AM PST
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usafa92
To: usafa92
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posted on
11/29/2016 8:23:27 AM PST
by
Paladin2
(No spellcheck. It's too much wwork to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
To: usafa92
So the turtle will know everything that goes on in cabinet meetings?
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posted on
11/29/2016 8:23:55 AM PST
by
Yaelle
To: usafa92
Chao has held a position as a distinguished fellow at the Heritage Foundation It would appear the Mrs is more Conservative then the Mister.
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posted on
11/29/2016 8:24:51 AM PST
by
MNJohnnie
(This revolt is not ending, it is merely beginning.- Pat Caddell)
To: MNJohnnie
we know who wears the pants in that relationship.
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posted on
11/29/2016 8:26:03 AM PST
by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
To: usafa92
Considering it is coming from CNN...I’ll wait until I hear something from Trump or his Transition Team...
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posted on
11/29/2016 8:26:09 AM PST
by
HarleyLady27
('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
To: usafa92
It's the China connection: "Elaine Chao was born in Taipei, Taiwan. The eldest of six daughters, Chao was born to Ruth Mulan Chu Chao (趙朱木蘭 Zhào Zhū Mùlán), a historian, and Dr. James S.C. Chao (趙錫成 Zhào Xīchéng), who began his career as a merchant mariner and later founded a successful shipping company in New York called Foremost Shipping.[5] Chao's parents had fled to Taiwan from Shanghai, mainland China, after the Chinese Communists took over after the Chinese Civil War in 1949. When she was 8 years old, in 1961, Chao came to the United States on a freight ship with her mother and two younger sisters. Her father had arrived in New York three years earlier after receiving a scholarship.[6]" (Wikipedia)
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posted on
11/29/2016 8:26:35 AM PST
by
xzins
To: usafa92
Not a good sign. The more establishment figures are in the administration, the more they can screw things up.
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posted on
11/29/2016 8:26:51 AM PST
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
To: usafa92
Yawn. If this keeps Mitchy onboard the Trump Train, okay.
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posted on
11/29/2016 8:26:56 AM PST
by
BAW
(It is Yuge!)
To: usafa92
Me neither, but I have faith in Trump's ability to select the right people of the correct character.
I HOPE I don't have to be worried about "selection burn-out"
Take a break, chief ... a day or two on the links will do a world of good
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posted on
11/29/2016 8:27:02 AM PST
by
knarf
To: usafa92
Yep sometimes ya gotta play ball. There was likely no way around it after Mitch announced the Senate was not likely to entertain infrastructure bills.
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posted on
11/29/2016 8:28:59 AM PST
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: usafa92
I guess this is part of the price to keep Mitch on the team. Yep. Trump is no fool. But this will help and I am sure she will do what Trump wants and do OK.
To: usafa92
Does he hate women and immigrants or not?
To: xzins
Wasn’t there some kind of scandal over her shipping company?
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posted on
11/29/2016 8:30:33 AM PST
by
RummyChick
(Trump Train Hobo TM Rummychick. Example - Ryan Romney Kasich. Quit trying to Jump on the Train)
To: plain talk
“Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer”...
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posted on
11/29/2016 8:31:19 AM PST
by
TiGuy22
To: Paladin2
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posted on
11/29/2016 8:32:02 AM PST
by
ptsal
To: usafa92
This is about compromising your enemies position... Think Mitch will be on sunday shows saying negative things about his cabinet choices before confirmation? ???? So this neutralizes him. He plays way way beyond the horizon that most can see.
To: usafa92
If the quid-pro-quo here is the Nuclear Option, I’m all for it!
To: usafa92
Damn sure ain’t draining the swamp. I’m tired of these political payback appointments from Trump. Chou and her worthless husband should not be rewarded in any way. Both are RINOs of the first degree.
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posted on
11/29/2016 8:32:31 AM PST
by
NKP_Vet
(In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle,stand like a rock ~ T, Jefferson)
To: usafa92
She is actually a very good choice, an excellent choice in fact. She knows a lot about transportation. She was the head of the Maritime Administration, served as a member of the Federal Maritime Commission, and served as the Deputy Secretary of Transportation.
Let’s judge her on her experience in the transportation field, not to whom she is married too. She will be head of a department for which she is well qualified to serve.
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