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President Trump has blown his chance

November 13, 2016 By doubleman

Many people who supported Hillary Clinton have extended a hand to Donald Trump and hope that he will attempt to unite the country. I am not one of those people. Instead, I plan to fight Trump from day one. For those planning to give him a chance, let me submit that he just blew that chance.

It’s being reported that Trump has hired Steve Bannon as chief strategist and senior advisor. He’ll be in the White House closely directing policy and communications.

Bannon is a white supremacist domestic abuser and his hiring in such an important role is as clear a sign as we need that Trump intends to follow through on every despicable campaign promise, harness the forces of racism and xenophobia, and engage in every dark conspiracy theory he peddled in.

Trump also hired Reince Priebus as Chief of Staff. That’s fine, but who cares.

So, chances over. Full-on fighting on all fronts can begin.

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  1. Christopher says

    November 13, 2016 at 11:45 pm

    …given what seemed to be a strained relationship between the two, but better than the Breitbart guy getting CoS. Neither of them meets the Bartlet criteria, though. (I’ll just let that one sit and see who understands the reference!)

  2. JimC says

    November 14, 2016 at 10:46 am

    Bannon is a white supremacist domestic abuser

    I hadn’t heard anything like that.

    But Breitbart is an immoral enterprise, and running that alone should disquality him.

    • doubleman says

      November 14, 2016 at 11:06 am

      The white supremacist?

      or the domestic abuse?

      • JimC says

        November 14, 2016 at 11:15 am

        n/t

        • doubleman says

          November 14, 2016 at 11:36 am

          And from an Anti-Trump Republican:

          Oh, hell! White supremacist, anti gay, anti Semite, vindictive, scary-ass dude named Senior Strategist. After vomiting, be afraid, America.

          • JimC says

            November 14, 2016 at 5:39 pm

            But isn’t that her opinion, not actual evidence?

            Since I posted this I’ve seen his ex-wife quoted.

            Again, I don’t like the guy … but that’s a hell of a label to apply if we’re not sure.

            • doubleman says

              November 14, 2016 at 8:57 pm

              What do you mean by evidence?

              Do you need a criminal conviction?

              • JimC says

                November 14, 2016 at 9:29 pm

                “white supremacist domestic abuser” is not a phrase I use lightly.

                So I don’t know — multiple accusations would help. His wife said he was anti-semitic; did she say he was abusive as well? Has anyone else said it?

                • SomervilleTom says

                  November 15, 2016 at 1:07 am

                  There is no question that under his control (he is, after all, the CEO) breitbart.com has been the mouthpiece of the alt-right.

                  If not his ex-wife, how about an editor who worked for him:

                  “Andrew Breitbart despised racism. Truly despised it,” former Breitbart editor-at-large Ben Shapiro wrote last week on the Daily Wire, a conservative website. “With Bannon embracing Trump, all that changed. Now Breitbart has become the alt-right go-to website, with [technology editor Milo] Yiannopoulos pushing white ethno-nationalism as a legitimate response to political correctness, and the comment section turning into a cesspool for white supremacist mememakers.”

                  Do we really have to seriously discuss whether or not the new wave of German neo-Nazi groups are anti-Semitic? Really? We’re talking about a crowd that loves vdare, American Renaissance, and Richard Spencer.

                  The latter proudly proclaims on it’s front page (emphasis mine):

                  NPI is an independent organization dedicated to the heritage, identity, and future of people of European descent in the United States, and around the world. It was founded in 2005 by William Regnery and Samuel T. Francis, in conjunction with Louis R. Andrews.

                  Do you seriously challenge whether this is a white supremacist site? How explicit does their bigotry have to be?

                  Just how far into this cess-pool does America have to jump before you agree that it smells like feces?

                • Christopher says

                  November 15, 2016 at 1:09 am

                  …as blood-boiling as it may be, just reading the Breitbart site for oneself would provide ample evidence.

                • JimC says

                  November 16, 2016 at 9:49 am

                  Is Roger Ailes responsible for everything on Fox? Everything?

                  Your questions are all unanswerable; I’m asking specifically about the label as applied to Steve Bannon. I don’t think we know. Breitbart is horrific and immoral, and that alone should be disqualifying. But I’m wary (as others are) of a “Cry wolf” effect. I know you are not, and that’s fine — but please don’t jump all over every question I raise as if I’m an apologist.

                • SomervilleTom says

                  November 16, 2016 at 1:13 pm

                  Fox News has been egregiously deceptive and partisan since its inception. It has also been sexist for the same period.

                  I certainly do hold Mr. Ailes responsible for that, yes. That is what “editorial control” means. That phrase — “editorial control” — is a specific term with very real legal and commercial consequences.

                  It also should have political consequences.

                • SomervilleTom says

                  November 16, 2016 at 1:16 pm

                  I asked the following questions:
                  1. Do we really have to seriously discuss whether or not the new wave of German neo-Nazi groups are anti-Semitic?
                  2. Do you seriously challenge whether [Richard Spencer’s site] is a white supremacist site?
                  3. How explicit does their bigotry have to be (in order for someone to say “yes” to question 2)?
                  4. Just how far into this cess-pool does America have to jump before you agree that it smells like feces?

                  Which of those four questions is “unanswerable”?

                  I ask because to me their answers are so blindingly obvious that I view them as rhetorical, rather than actual, questions.

                • JimC says

                  November 16, 2016 at 2:16 pm

                  To use your favorite phrase, you’re missing the point.

                  I don’t care about your rhetorical questions, and you left out the first one, about the alt right. It’s an undefinable term. I AM OK with people disagreeing with me about politics. Without endorsing these people or anything they say, I will defend their right to say it.

                  What I do care about is this country, and the Democratic Party’s role in it. Steve Bannon (apparently) will have a large role in what the President does for a while. So I ask you — rhetorically — whether it’s wise to label him a “domestic abuser” when we don’t know?

                  When he really starts doing things, I would like to have some credibility and not be dismissed as rumor mongering. Am I overthinking this and being overcautious? Probably — but, to my mind, it’s a better quest than your search for moral high ground. There will be plenty of moral high ground to stand on later.

  3. sabutai says

    November 14, 2016 at 8:13 pm

    Trump is like a foreign exchange student preparing a birthday party. He knows ten people, and wants ten people there, so he invites everyone he knows whether it makes any sense.

    I read he’s thinking Vince McMahon for Commerce. Another couple days it’ll probably be his limo driver for Transportation.

    • Jasiu says

      November 14, 2016 at 8:41 pm

      But same thing…

      • SomervilleTom says

        November 14, 2016 at 8:50 pm

        Neither one is remotely qualified to serve in that office. It’s like putting Donald Trump in the Oval Office — a nightmarish fantasy.

  4. joeltpatterson says

    November 15, 2016 at 4:48 am

    From journalist Sarah Kendzior:

    Two quotes you need to read side by side.
    1. From Trump
    2. From Trump's chief strategist, Steve Bannon

    Spread this widely. pic.twitter.com/lKMoDpMW0X

    — Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) November 14, 2016

  5. JimC says

    November 16, 2016 at 8:43 pm

    I’m not familiar with this writer, but I just saw this on Twitter.

    Other protestations regarding the Bannon appointment claim that Breitbart under Bannon has become anti-Semitic. Keep in mind that Andrew Breitbart and his friend Larry Solov (a Jew who is now Breitbart CEO) conceived of the idea of founding Breitbart News Network, with “the aim of starting a site that would be unapologetically pro-freedom and pro-Israel.” It was certainly that way when I worked there and to be honest I haven’t seen any change from the Jewish/Israel point of view. Certainly, Solov who was Andrew’s closest friend would make very public protestations if the Breitbart sites became anti-Semitic

    In fact, it was under Bannon’s tutelage that Breitbart expanded into Jerusalem, a project Andrew spoke to me about in 2011, but I assume was dropped when he passed away.

    This morning Joel Pollak a senior editor at Breitbart (who I worked for at Breitbart) and an observant Jew tweeted:

    I know Joel well enough to say if he thought there was the slightest Antisemitism coming from Steve Bannon he would have left Breitbart a long time ago.

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