(03-13-2018 11:21 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(03-13-2018 09:56 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(03-13-2018 07:52 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(03-12-2018 07:56 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  I could care less about Russian collusion. My main issues with Trump are his tweets, his insults and some of his policies (but not all). I also don't think he's hired anywhere near 'the best of the best'. DeVos on 60 Minutes last night proved that.

The DeVos confirmation was a perfect example of how not all of the nominations the Dems opposed were born from complete obstructionism. DeVos has no business being Secretary of Education, and yet there she is. Her 60 Minutes interview didn’t shed light on anything new that her confirmation hearing didn’t expose.

Why shouldn't she be? I can see disagreement with her on policies, but the fact that she advocates a different approach from one that is clearly not working does not seem to me to be a reason why she has no business there. Maybe it is the exact reason why she should be there.

Have you seen her confirmation hearing or the 60 Minutes interview?

Yep. She pretty much flunked the standard bureaucratese questions. She doesn't know things that we would expect a typical bureaucrat to know.

As long as she was not appointed to be another typical bureaucrat, what difference does that make? Do I wish she knew the answers to those questions? Hell yes, but given her mission, they don't strike me as disqualifying.