Why Doesn't President Trump Need Glasses?

[Reagan]

Because he's got 2020 !!  

[BH85]

• These former national security officials who served during the administrations of Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, and/or Donald Trump, or as Republican Members of Congres are hoping he doesn't. 
• Adm. Steve Abbot
  Fmr Dep Homeland Security Advisor
• Mary Catherine Andrews
  Fmr Special Asst to the President
• Richard Armitage
  Fmr Deputy Secretary of State
• Christopher Barton
  Fmr Director, NSC Staff
• John Bellinger
  Fmr Legal Adviser, Dept of State
• Adm. Kenneth Bernard
  Fmr Special Asst to the President
• Amb. Robert Blackwill
  Fmr Deputy National Security Advisor
• Linton Brooks
  Fmr Under Secretary of Energy
• Kara Bue
  Fmr Dep Asst Secretary of State
• Amb. Richard Burt
  Fmr US Ambassador to Germany
• Victor Cha
  Fmr Director, NSC Staff
• Thomas Christensen
  Fmr Dep Asst Secretary of State
• Eliot Cohen
  Fmr Counselor of the Dept of State
• Joseph Collins
  Fmr Dep Asst Secretary of Defense
• Heather Conley
  Fmr Dep Asst Secretary of State
• Chester Crocker
  Fmr Asst Secretary of State
• Patrick Cronin
  Fmr Asst Administrator, USAID
• Amb. Sada Cumber
  Fmr US Special Envoy to the OIC
• Mike Donley
  Fmr Secretary of the Air Force
• Raymond DuBois
  Fmr Acting Under Secretary of the Army
• Amb. Eric Edelman
  Fmr Under Secretary of Defense
• Gary Edson
  Fmr Deputy National Security Advisor
• Richard Falkenrath
  Fmr Dep Asst to the President
• Aaron Friedberg
  Fmr Dep Asst to the Vice President
• Janice Gardner
  Fmr Asst Secretary of the Treasury
• Amb. James Glassman
  Fmr Under Secretary of State
• David Gordon
  Fmr Director, State Dept, Policy Planning
• Colleen Graffy
  Fmr Dep Asst Secretary of State
• Michael Green
  Fmr Senior Director, NSC Staff
• Sen. Chuck Hagel
  Fmr Secretary of Defense and US Senator
• Gen. Michael Hayden
  Fmr Director of the CIA and the NSA
• Amb. Carla Hills
  Fmr US Trade Representative
• Ash Jain
  Fmr Member, State Dept Policy Planning
• James Kelly
  Fmr Asst Secretary of State
• Rep. Jim Kolbe
  Fmr Member of Congress
• David Kramer
  Fmr Asst Secretary of State
• Stephen Krasner
  Fmr Director, State Dept Policy Planning
• Ken Krieg
  Fmr Under Secretary of Defense
• Amb. Frank Lavin
  Fmr Under Secretary of Commerce
• Rep. Jim Leach
  Fmr Member of Congress
• Bruce Lemkin
  Fmr Dep Under Secretary of the Air Force
• Michael Leiter
  Fmr Director, National Counterterrorism Ctr
• Peter Lichtenbaum
  Fmr Asst Secretary of Commerce
• Amb. Winston Lord
  Fmr US Ambassador to China
• James Loy
  Fmr Dep Secretary of Homeland Security
• Peter Madigan
  Fmr Dep Asst Secretary State
• Bryan McGrath
  Former US Navy Officer
• David Merkel
  Fmr Dep Asst Secretary of State
• John Mitnick
  Fmr General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security
• Holly Morrow
  Fmr Director, NSC Staff
• Amb. John Negroponte
  Fmr Director of National Intelligence, and Fmr Deputy Secretary of State
• Elizabeth Neumann
  Fmr Asst Secretary of Homeland Security
• Sean O’Keefe
  Fmr Secretary of the Navy and NASA Administrator
• Daniel Price
  Fmr Dep National Security Advisor
• Paul Rosenzweig
  Fmr Dep Asst Secretary of Homeland Security
• Nicholas Rostow
  Fmr NSC Legal Adviser
• Kori Schake
  Fmr Prin Dep Director, State Dept Policy Planning
• Wayne Schroeder
  Fmr Dep Under Secretary of Defense
• Robert Shanks
  Fmr Dep Asst Attorney General
• Rep. Christopher Shays
  Fmr Member of Congress
• John Simon
  Fmr Senior Director, NSC Staff
• Stephen Slick
  Fmr Senior Director, NSC Staff
• Amb. William Taft
  Fmr Deputy Secretary of Defense
• Shirin Tahir-Kheli
  Fmr Special Asst to the President
• Miles Taylor
  Fmr Chief of Staff, Dept of Homeland Security
• William Tobey
  Fmr Dep Administrator, Nat Nuclear Security Admin
• Amb. Robert Tuttle
  Fmr US Ambassador to the United Kingdom
• John Veroneau
  Fmr Dep US Trade Representative
• Michael Vickers
  Fmr Under Secretary of Defense
• Ken Wainstein
  Fmr Homeland Security Advisor
• Sen. John Warner
  Fmr US Senator
• Matthew Waxman
  Fmr Prin Dep Director, State Dept Policy Planning
• William Webster
  Fmr Director of the CIA and FBI
• Dov Zakheim
  Fmr Under Secretary of Defense
• Philip Zelikow
  Fmr Counselor of the Dept of State

[stevenash]

SWAMPSTERS

[BH85]

7 minutes ago, stevenash said:

SWAMPSTERS

So you are anti military also?

Admiral Abbot is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, a private, non-profit aid society dedicated to assisting Sailors, Marines and their families. Until June, 2003, he served as the Acting Homeland Security Advisor to the President, having served as the Deputy 
Homeland Security Advisor under Governor Tom Ridge. 
Admiral Abbot’s last military assignment was Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command, Stuttgart, Germany. He oversaw the daily activities of a Unified Command with an area of responsibility encompassing 89 countries and more than 13 million square miles.

[stevenash]

I served in the military and place a high value on it.  With that said, I do not automatically accept, unchallenged, the values/opinions of any individual whether civilian or military.  There are plenty of people who don't like Trump.  But there are a lot to do.  I wonder why it is that we never hear about those people?  Could it possibly be that the media is willing accomplice in the effort to get Trump out of office?

[BH85]

5 minutes ago, stevenash said:

I served in the military and place a high value on it.  With that said, I do not automatically accept, unchallenged, the values/opinions of any individual whether civilian or military.  There are plenty of people who don't like Trump.  But there are a lot to do.  I wonder why it is that we never hear about those people?  Could it possibly be that the media is willing accomplice in the effort to get Trump out of office?

You were quick to lump them all into Swampsters without even looking at the list. I agree there are Swampsters at all levels just like in the public sector, but there are also some good career minded people. 

[stevenash]

4 minutes ago, BH85 said:

You were quick to lump them all into Swampsters without even looking at the list. I agree there are Swampsters at all levels just like in the public sector, but there are also some good career minded people. 

I never stated that there werent.  If you are trying to create the suggestion that "all good people" dont support Trump, nobody is going to buy that.  Plenty of good people who support Biden and plenty of good people who support even though you and the vast majority of the media wont allow that fact to be known.

[stevenash]

2 minutes ago, SW1966 said:

Steve Nash admits he benefited from white privilege.

Yes, I truly benefitted from white privilege.   When I left college, I moved 1200 miles from home to an area where  i knew nobody.  My dad cosigned a $300 note that allowed me to move down here.  I began my work career as a service writer in a car dealership where I was not accepted very well because I was a "yankee".  But I persisted, didn't cry that others were mean to me or conspired against me, applied myself and lets just say that the results have been  pretty gratifying.  I don't recall  that getting the service writer job somehow denied that "opportunity" to a black person.  I do recall this.  I have a close family member who is a  pretty good high school basketball coach and know, for a fact, he had been told multiple times not to apply for the coaching job at this school or that school because they wanted a black coach.  So much for his white privilege.  And one more thing, I never had to use a government program to sustain myself.

[BS Wildcats]

30 minutes ago, stevenash said:

Yes, I truly benefitted from white privilege.   When I left college, I moved 1200 miles from home to an area where  i knew nobody.  My dad cosigned a $300 note that allowed me to move down here.  I began my work career as a service writer in a car dealership where I was not accepted very well because I was a "yankee".  But I persisted, didn't cry that others were mean to me or conspired against me, applied myself and lets just say that the results have been  pretty gratifying.  I don't recall  that getting the service writer job somehow denied that "opportunity" to a black person.  I do recall this.  I have a close family member who is a  pretty good high school basketball coach and know, for a fact, he had been told multiple times not to apply for the coaching job at this school or that school because they wanted a black coach.  So much for his white privilege.  And one more thing, I never had to use a government program to sustain myself.

It’s amazing when one applies themselves and does good, it’s white privilege.  It’s not the fact they wanted to better themselves.  But, when one doesn’t want to work and live off the government, it’s the fault of slavery.  If one has the desire, they can absolutely better themselves.

[Reagan]

1 hour ago, BH85 said:

• These former national security officials who served during the administrations of Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, and/or Donald Trump, or as Republican Members of Congres are hoping he doesn't. 
• Adm. Steve Abbot
  Fmr Dep Homeland Security Advisor
• Mary Catherine Andrews
  Fmr Special Asst to the President
• Richard Armitage
  Fmr Deputy Secretary of State
• Christopher Barton
  Fmr Director, NSC Staff
• John Bellinger
  Fmr Legal Adviser, Dept of State
• Adm. Kenneth Bernard
  Fmr Special Asst to the President
• Amb. Robert Blackwill
  Fmr Deputy National Security Advisor
• Linton Brooks
  Fmr Under Secretary of Energy
• Kara Bue
  Fmr Dep Asst Secretary of State
• Amb. Richard Burt
  Fmr US Ambassador to Germany
• Victor Cha
  Fmr Director, NSC Staff
• Thomas Christensen
  Fmr Dep Asst Secretary of State
• Eliot Cohen
  Fmr Counselor of the Dept of State
• Joseph Collins
  Fmr Dep Asst Secretary of Defense
• Heather Conley
  Fmr Dep Asst Secretary of State
• Chester Crocker
  Fmr Asst Secretary of State
• Patrick Cronin
  Fmr Asst Administrator, USAID
• Amb. Sada Cumber
  Fmr US Special Envoy to the OIC
• Mike Donley
  Fmr Secretary of the Air Force
• Raymond DuBois
  Fmr Acting Under Secretary of the Army
• Amb. Eric Edelman
  Fmr Under Secretary of Defense
• Gary Edson
  Fmr Deputy National Security Advisor
• Richard Falkenrath
  Fmr Dep Asst to the President
• Aaron Friedberg
  Fmr Dep Asst to the Vice President
• Janice Gardner
  Fmr Asst Secretary of the Treasury
• Amb. James Glassman
  Fmr Under Secretary of State
• David Gordon
  Fmr Director, State Dept, Policy Planning
• Colleen Graffy
  Fmr Dep Asst Secretary of State
• Michael Green
  Fmr Senior Director, NSC Staff
• Sen. Chuck Hagel
  Fmr Secretary of Defense and US Senator
• Gen. Michael Hayden
  Fmr Director of the CIA and the NSA
• Amb. Carla Hills
  Fmr US Trade Representative
• Ash Jain
  Fmr Member, State Dept Policy Planning
• James Kelly
  Fmr Asst Secretary of State
• Rep. Jim Kolbe
  Fmr Member of Congress
• David Kramer
  Fmr Asst Secretary of State
• Stephen Krasner
  Fmr Director, State Dept Policy Planning
• Ken Krieg
  Fmr Under Secretary of Defense
• Amb. Frank Lavin
  Fmr Under Secretary of Commerce
• Rep. Jim Leach
  Fmr Member of Congress
• Bruce Lemkin
  Fmr Dep Under Secretary of the Air Force
• Michael Leiter
  Fmr Director, National Counterterrorism Ctr
• Peter Lichtenbaum
  Fmr Asst Secretary of Commerce
• Amb. Winston Lord
  Fmr US Ambassador to China
• James Loy
  Fmr Dep Secretary of Homeland Security
• Peter Madigan
  Fmr Dep Asst Secretary State
• Bryan McGrath
  Former US Navy Officer
• David Merkel
  Fmr Dep Asst Secretary of State
• John Mitnick
  Fmr General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security
• Holly Morrow
  Fmr Director, NSC Staff
• Amb. John Negroponte
  Fmr Director of National Intelligence, and Fmr Deputy Secretary of State
• Elizabeth Neumann
  Fmr Asst Secretary of Homeland Security
• Sean O’Keefe
  Fmr Secretary of the Navy and NASA Administrator
• Daniel Price
  Fmr Dep National Security Advisor
• Paul Rosenzweig
  Fmr Dep Asst Secretary of Homeland Security
• Nicholas Rostow
  Fmr NSC Legal Adviser
• Kori Schake
  Fmr Prin Dep Director, State Dept Policy Planning
• Wayne Schroeder
  Fmr Dep Under Secretary of Defense
• Robert Shanks
  Fmr Dep Asst Attorney General
• Rep. Christopher Shays
  Fmr Member of Congress
• John Simon
  Fmr Senior Director, NSC Staff
• Stephen Slick
  Fmr Senior Director, NSC Staff
• Amb. William Taft
  Fmr Deputy Secretary of Defense
• Shirin Tahir-Kheli
  Fmr Special Asst to the President
• Miles Taylor
  Fmr Chief of Staff, Dept of Homeland Security
• William Tobey
  Fmr Dep Administrator, Nat Nuclear Security Admin
• Amb. Robert Tuttle
  Fmr US Ambassador to the United Kingdom
• John Veroneau
  Fmr Dep US Trade Representative
• Michael Vickers
  Fmr Under Secretary of Defense
• Ken Wainstein
  Fmr Homeland Security Advisor
• Sen. John Warner
  Fmr US Senator
• Matthew Waxman
  Fmr Prin Dep Director, State Dept Policy Planning
• William Webster
  Fmr Director of the CIA and FBI
• Dov Zakheim
  Fmr Under Secretary of Defense
• Philip Zelikow
  Fmr Counselor of the Dept of State

No one has ever denied that the Swap was against him.  Good thing that's not how we elect Presidents!

[WOSdrummer99]

16 hours ago, stevenash said:

they wanted a black coach

More passionate about the sport, I believe, is how he refered to this discrimination in the public school system.

[stevenash]

16 hours ago, BH85 said:

So you are anti military also?

Admiral Abbot is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, a private, non-profit aid society dedicated to assisting Sailors, Marines and their families. Until June, 2003, he served as the Acting Homeland Security Advisor to the President, having served as the Deputy 
Homeland Security Advisor under Governor Tom Ridge. 
Admiral Abbot’s last military assignment was Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command, Stuttgart, Germany. He oversaw the daily activities of a Unified Command with an area of responsibility encompassing 89 countries and more than 13 million square miles.

Just a quick FYI;  It is quite easy and quite common to become a part of the swamp without realizing it.

[5GallonBucket]

29 minutes ago, stevenash said:

Just a quick FYI;  It is quite easy and quite common to become a part of the swamp without realizing it.

Very very true