confirmation hearings & other such issues for Americans
Here are my thoughts on the confirmation hearings:
I love what Ben Carson had to say.. except that he seemed to downplay the role of environment in "ruining" children's lives... Environment is virtually everything. Govt can help but only WISE govt that doesn't impulsively just throw $$ at the problem and expect everything to do a 180 immediamente..
I love what Jn McCain had to say.. that was an awesome little speech. Maybe i will grab it off the i-net and post it here. Off the top of my head, cannot recall exact quotes.. but i do know i enjoyed listening to it and agree w/ every word..
Mattis was good. I hope he gets it.. My guess is he will
Tillerson did great except for ONE problem, and it is no small problem. No, it is a doozy:
He would not call Putin a war criminal! I am greatly appreciative of Marco Rubio asking that Q! God bless him!
And Rubio also was quick to point out that the information on which he based this description of Putin ("war criminal") is NOT classified, so
why didn't Tillerson know that Putin is a war criminal? Either Tillerson is not following the news half as much as one in his ( nominee) position should be (which is unlikely) or he does not want to go against Putin. Either one is really, really problematic. And of course most of us say it is the latter. We do not believe for one minute that someone who has been doing business in Russia, directly w/ Putin does not know about his record of killing people who do not agree w/ his govt.. journalists and others.
Putin is against the US. Until we realize that fully, we are in big trouble.
I am not rooting for this nomination. Yeh, sure, he claims he needs more information.. Really? I don't. I mean there has been substantial reporting on such things. even w/ Fox, which is more trustworthy than the others..
whatever..
(I don't see any problem w/ the other folks awaiting nomination.. yeh, the Ds will fight tooth and nail but who cares? they dont have the numbers)