Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team

Re:Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team by tptacek on Friday November 11, 2016 @10:54AM (#12931726)

When he is in fact not a more reasonable President than his campaign antics led us to believe, when he staffs the most important roles in the government with clowns and charlatans --- the most craven and discredited insiders of the Bush administration and the 90s GOP --- how are you going to feel about this conversation?

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Re:Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team by Confusion on Friday November 11, 2016 @11:28AM (#12932081)

I was not disagreeing that it was a rational strategy to pull as much respectable support as possible away from Trump. It's defensible, but it has to be acknowledged that its downside was worsening the worst case: a president with no respectable support and without the opportunity to choose respectable advisers.

It would be best if Trump would choose respectable Republicans as advisers. I hope they are offering their services and he considers them without malice.

All we can do at this moment is try to make the best of it. That means giving him a chance to do things right. If he doesn't, we'll see soon enough.

This is hope speaking, not rational prediction.

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Re:Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team by infinite8s on Friday November 11, 2016 @03:44PM (#12934163)

At that point, who cares about this conversation. I'd be more worried about the future of this planet.

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