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    Jeezus a thread originally about Tillerson quickly turns into being an argument about Trump's IQ

    Anyways, I'm a pretty staunch supporter of Tillerson. Dude is arguably Trump's best pick. He's extremely smart and well-spoken.
    He's pretty progressive too: got BP to open up to climate change scientists and acknowledge climate change is real and work towards solutions, and got the Boy Scouts to admit gay kids.

    Anyways, most people, both left and right, don't know what the fuk SoS does. SoS is America's premier diplomat. Tillerson with his negotiating background at BP with various countries makes him perfect for this, long story short.
    Secondly, the State Department is probably the largest and far-reaching (globally) department of the government. Not many corporations have more people employed. Additionally, the State Department is notorious for being wasteful and inefficient, so SoS has to also be an effective administrator. Well, what a surprise! BP is one of the few corporations larger than the State Dept.


    Anyways, from what I've heard so far on Tillerson
    - High level officials retired/resigned, which in political jargon means they were fired for being wasteful POS government employees. No one who has a career in government is dumb enough to leave their job simply because of politics/party change.
    - Layoffs in certain areas have started

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    Quote Originally Posted by astro61200 View Post

    Amazing how times have changed, just 100 years ago he'd have been the person selling snake oil on the side of the road.

    and Obama in 1917 ?

    serving coffee to Woodrow Wilson

    Oh wait! Bill Clinton said that about Obama in 2010

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    I'm a big fan of tillerson as well. Very smart and very calculated.

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    A lot of people are saying ............ Tillerson is busy with secret meetings, back room deals, kick backs and back channels with his Russian comrades to rape american consumers. They're cooking up a master plan to get oil to $200/barrel and gasoline to $10/gallon.

    I have a team of investigators in Siberia and you cannot believe what they're finding.

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    Let's come back to this in just 2 years...Tillerson, Mattis, Kelly, McMaster -- I'll bet at least half of them will be no longer be part of the Trump Admin.

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    Quote Originally Posted by weekndornah View Post
    Jeezus a thread originally about Tillerson quickly turns into being an argument about Trump's IQ

    Anyways, I'm a pretty staunch supporter of Tillerson. Dude is arguably Trump's best pick. He's extremely smart and well-spoken.
    He's pretty progressive too: got BP to open up to climate change scientists and acknowledge climate change is real and work towards solutions, and got the Boy Scouts to admit gay kids.

    Anyways, most people, both left and right, don't know what the fuk SoS does. SoS is America's premier diplomat. Tillerson with his negotiating background at BP with various countries makes him perfect for this, long story short.
    Secondly, the State Department is probably the largest and far-reaching (globally) department of the government. Not many corporations have more people employed. Additionally, the State Department is notorious for being wasteful and inefficient, so SoS has to also be an effective administrator. Well, what a surprise! BP is one of the few corporations larger than the State Dept.


    Anyways, from what I've heard so far on Tillerson
    - High level officials retired/resigned, which in political jargon means they were fired for being wasteful POS government employees. No one who has a career in government is dumb enough to leave their job simply because of politics/party change.
    - Layoffs in certain areas have started

    Boy for the sake of the country i hope are right about this

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sam Odom View Post
    Donk

    when you get 70yo will see what sort of wife/GF you'll have
    according to a few sbr'ers, that day is rapidly approaching for my old ass.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shafted69 View Post

    I have a team of investigators in Siberia and you cannot believe what they're finding.
    team of investigators????

    I saw these "cracker jack" investigators in action.....


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    Quote Originally Posted by 19th Hole View Post
    Yup....Trump has the net worth of an absolute moron.
    Yeah, if anything, a person's net worth proves he knows how to govern. Good point.

    Quote Originally Posted by lakerboy View Post
    No coin actually Trump has a very high IQ.
    Couldn't care less. He's obviously going to be a destructive fool when it comes to the position we elected him for, which is all that matters. In over his head. No surprise.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shafted69 View Post
    A lot of people are saying ............ Tillerson is busy with secret meetings, back room deals, kick backs and back channels with his Russian comrades to rape american consumers. They're cooking up a master plan to get oil to $200/barrel and gasoline to $10/gallon.

    I have a team of investigators in Siberia and you cannot believe what they're finding.
    is that right huh? Like who?

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    Again, it's an absolute joke that we had Trump and Clinton running against each other in an election of this magnitude. Two of the worst candidates in history. Embarrassing indictment of the dumbed-down American electorate.

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    He's been out of the country working for the most part and cleaning house to staff up his department the rest of the time. This is what's wrong with politics and government, everyone wants them to spend 3 hours a day talking to cameras but then ask why isn't anything getting done.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sam Odom View Post
    and Obama in 1917 ?

    serving coffee to Woodrow Wilson

    Oh wait! Bill Clinton said that about Obama in 2010
    So then you agree about Trump.

    It's not so hard to make these Trump guys see the light about the conman.

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