2020 US Election Thread

[Lisnaholic]

Originally Posted by Anteater

Imagine thinking that either Obama or Biden pick great people with zero conflicts of interest.

I don't think any observer of US politics is naive enough to imagine "zero conflicts of interest."

i) Biden, unlike Trump, has not been bragging about getting great people; he's just doing his job of appointing experts.
ii) Trump's much-lauded "best people" turned out to be Turkish agent/ perjurer Flynn, racist sociopath Miller, corrupt (and corrupting) sycophant Barr, unqualified beneficiaries of nepotism, Mr &Mrs Kutchener, etc etc.

To use a phrase passed around in the early days of the Trump admin, John Kelly was praised as "being the adult in the room". At least with Biden, not only will we have an adult in the room, there'll be an adult in every room.