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Re:Ajit Pai apparently mismanaged $9B fund–new FCC boss star... by hummusandsushi on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @05:19PM (#27989856)
Thank you for the additional context, I did not know about these particulars. I think it would be very interesting how the tradition might change if someone from a different party (or even an independent) managed to fill a seat.

Clearly I am not an expert in the American political process, but the language of the parent comment has been used to deliberately mislead and I wanted to make it clear in what way it may be misleading.

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Re:Ajit Pai apparently mismanaged $9B fund–new FCC boss star... by meepmorp on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @06:54PM (#27990797)
Pardon me, but I did not deliberately mislead anyone. The guy to whom I was responding to was speaking of a corrupt person nominated by a corrupt president, and I was pointing out that Pai had been on the FCC for years before Trump made him chairman. (I'm assuming the corrupt president was meant to be Trump, because duh).
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Re:Ajit Pai apparently mismanaged $9B fund–new FCC boss star... by rbanffy on Thursday July 29, 2021 @04:49AM (#27994295)
You were technically correct, as Professor Farnsworth would say, "The best kind of correct", but he was named chairman by Trump. Until that point, he was, to quote Ford Prefect, "mostly harmless".
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