My longstanding view is that the country benefits from more good public servants no matter who is president. The executive branch's responsibilities go far beyond the president. They can't just be turned off for 4 years.
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Replying to @baseballcrank
That's only true if those public servants are not bent to the will of a corrupt administration. If we are going to govern by narcissistic dysfunction, I'd rather good people not be corrupted by it. Let the charlatans have their day; result is the same with less long-term damage.
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Replying to @RadioFreeTom @baseballcrank
The problem is good people can’t get hired unless they unflinchingly loyal to the President, can’t have criticized him once in public. Happened to me at the beginning of the Admin. Still happening today. Presidential Personnel is about personal loyalty above all other factors.
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Replying to @BrianSchoeneman @baseballcrank
What, you don't want to be vetted after a life and career by some kid finishing up at GW? Amazing.
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@baseballcrank taken their own advice on this point? Perhaps they should first abase themselves before Trump before scolding others for refusing to do the same.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
I'm not knocking anyone for choosing not to work for Trump, but for trying to scold people out of it who are willing to do so.
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I will always scold people for accepting political positions that require them to support the policy of a bad person. I mean, technically, *I* work for the president, duh, but I am actually a non-political employee, not an appointee., There's a difference. /1
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Obama's defense policy was awful. It would have been more awful without Bob Gates.
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Replying to @baseballcrank @RadioFreeTom and
Good thing we're talking about Obama here.
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Replying to @SaltySportsNut @baseballcrank and
Not only are we suddenly talking about Obama, but I'm not sure I even agree with the point about Gates. But that's just sand thrown in our eyes at this point.
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I thought you were speaking of a principle. I am.
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Replying to @baseballcrank @SaltySportsNut and
I don't recall saying "No one should work for Obama." But you're trying to avoid the unbelievable wrongness of what you said, which was to imply that if better people worked for Trump we wouldn't be where we are now. Better people did. And here we are anyway.
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