re: #157 lawhawk

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That’s McConnell’s wife btw. She was previously head of DOL under Bush. Skilled bureaucrat, but no transportation experience.

That’s yet another theme of Trump picks.

Not a single one seems to have any experience in doing the job that Trump’s picking them for.

Nominally, HHS pick Tom Price has experience as a doctor and heading up the House Budget Committee, but that’s a far cry from heading a massive bureaucracy. His key experience is his wish to gut Medicare - privatizing it. Yeah, that’s what the GOP wants to do. Gut safety net, kill Obamacare, and push all the costs on to the individual. That’s even though Medicare is far more cost effective in providing care/coverage (having millions of people under the plan drives costs down). Trump’s pick wants to savage all that. And more.

Carson has no experience with Housing, but Trump picked him for HUD. Living in a home doesn’t make one an expert.

Trump’s flirting with guys who were fired/investigated/charged with improper handling of classified info - Flynn and Petraeus. At least Petraeus was competent on battlefield strategy. Flynn was so bad that he was fired for incompetence and an inability to get along with others in the Pentagon. Flynn also has a problem with facts - an aversion in fact. Petraeus leaked classified info to his girlfriend who was writing a book. That’s a big no-no, and a world of difference from Clinton, who apparently had emails with some confidential info (a handful of paragraphs) sent to her on a private server that was not illegal in the slightest.

Really draining the swamp there, Donald. Granted Chao wasn’t the worst of Bush’s cabinet. But yeah again I don’t see how she qualifies for this at all. The only one that makes “slight” sense is Price. And you’re absolutely right, it shows how hypocritical they are for yamming about Clinton’s emails while making Flynn nat security adviser and considering Petraeus for anything.