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The Hegseth "incident."

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  • jon-nycJ Online
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    jon-nyc
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    #51

    Look at you, the soft bigotry of low expectations.

    Only non-witches get due process.

    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

      Look at you, the soft bigotry of low expectations.

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      Horace
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      #52

      @jon-nyc said in The Hegseth "incident.":

      Look at you, the soft bigotry of low expectations.

      Of whom do I have low expectations? I made a claim to the psychologies of those who hate Trump, and how that should make them more impressed with his win. That claim isn't based on expectations, it's based on what those people say.

      Education is extremely important.

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        @LuFins-Dad said in The Hegseth "incident.":

        Was the Trump campaign the biggest comeback ever? Or was it one of the biggest collapses by the Dems ever?

        Neither.

        Recall Nixon not only lost in 60, he then lost statewide election in CA. Everybody, including Nixon himself, wrote off his future political career.

        As for the Dems, they suffered a clear loss but put it in historical perspective- Trump’s win was the 44th biggest electoral college victory out of the 60 we’ve had. That’s like 75th percentile.

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        #53

        @jon-nyc you’re trying to quantify the rhetorical. Did DJT overcome 2 impeachments, multiple felony indictments and an almost conviction of 36 counts, a civil sexual assault litigation, and being labeled an insurrectionist and literal Hitler because he’s so incredible? Or did people elect him because they thought the alternative was even worse?

        The Brad

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          #54

          Regarding the Sec. of Defense - still not sure why people with TDS (Trump Deification Syndrome) think he is a qualified candidate? (regardless of "well, so and so was Secretary and had no qualifications")

          In any normal organization, picking someone from his level and trying to make him CEO would be laughed at.

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          • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

            @LuFins-Dad said in The Hegseth "incident.":

            Was the Trump campaign the biggest comeback ever? Or was it one of the biggest collapses by the Dems ever?

            Neither.

            Recall Nixon not only lost in 60, he then lost statewide election in CA. Everybody, including Nixon himself, wrote off his future political career.

            As for the Dems, they suffered a clear loss but put it in historical perspective- Trump’s win was the 44th biggest electoral college victory out of the 60 we’ve had. That’s like 75th percentile.

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            #55

            @jon-nyc said in The Hegseth "incident.":

            Trump’s win was the 44th biggest electoral college victory out of the 60 we’ve had.

            And in 2016, his margin of victory (in electoral votes) was greater than Biden's in 2020 (77 vs 74) , and only 7 less than JFK (77 vs 84). Looks like 2024 will be the more than JFK.

            Screenshot 2024-11-25 at 10.58.35 AM.png

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              Horace
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              #56

              I only learned this election that electoral vote numbers per state, change every year.

              Education is extremely important.

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              • HoraceH Horace

                I only learned this election that electoral vote numbers per state, change every year.

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                @Horace said in The Hegseth "incident.":

                I only learned this election that electoral vote numbers per state, change every year.

                Not every year, every census.

                The Brad

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                • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                  Regarding the Sec. of Defense - still not sure why people with TDS (Trump Deification Syndrome) think he is a qualified candidate? (regardless of "well, so and so was Secretary and had no qualifications")

                  In any normal organization, picking someone from his level and trying to make him CEO would be laughed at.

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                  wrote on last edited by
                  #58

                  @taiwan_girl said in The Hegseth "incident.":

                  Regarding the Sec. of Defense - still not sure why people with TDS (Trump Deification Syndrome) think he is a qualified candidate? (regardless of "well, so and so was Secretary and had no qualifications")

                  In any normal organization, picking someone from his level and trying to make him CEO would be laughed at.

                  In any normal organization, you're not choosing from an incestual talent pool.

                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                  • JollyJ Jolly

                    @taiwan_girl said in The Hegseth "incident.":

                    Regarding the Sec. of Defense - still not sure why people with TDS (Trump Deification Syndrome) think he is a qualified candidate? (regardless of "well, so and so was Secretary and had no qualifications")

                    In any normal organization, picking someone from his level and trying to make him CEO would be laughed at.

                    In any normal organization, you're not choosing from an incestual talent pool.

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                    @Jolly I agree with you.

                    But I think if Senators looked at this with ration, it would be much better. Tell the President to be that this candidate just is not qualfied. Dont make us reject him.

                    (yes yes yes yes, both sides are guilty. If VP Harris won, and she nominated a Sec. of Defense with the same qualifications, all the Dem senators would be talking about how great he was.)

                    At some point, putting blind loyalty in front of good of the country is not a good thing.

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                      @jon-nyc said in The Hegseth "incident.":

                      Trump’s win was the 44th biggest electoral college victory out of the 60 we’ve had.

                      And in 2016, his margin of victory (in electoral votes) was greater than Biden's in 2020 (77 vs 74) , and only 7 less than JFK (77 vs 84). Looks like 2024 will be the more than JFK.

                      Screenshot 2024-11-25 at 10.58.35 AM.png

                      jon-nycJ Online
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                      jon-nyc
                      wrote on last edited by jon-nyc
                      #60

                      @George-K said in The Hegseth "incident.":

                      @jon-nyc said in The Hegseth "incident.":(in electoral votes)...

                      Not a valid comparator over time as the number of total EVs has increased.

                      Only non-witches get due process.

                      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                      • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                        @Jolly I agree with you.

                        But I think if Senators looked at this with ration, it would be much better. Tell the President to be that this candidate just is not qualfied. Dont make us reject him.

                        (yes yes yes yes, both sides are guilty. If VP Harris won, and she nominated a Sec. of Defense with the same qualifications, all the Dem senators would be talking about how great he was.)

                        At some point, putting blind loyalty in front of good of the country is not a good thing.

                        HoraceH Online
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                        Horace
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                        #61

                        @taiwan_girl said in The Hegseth "incident.":

                        @Jolly I agree with you.

                        But I think if Senators looked at this with ration, it would be much better. Tell the President to be that this candidate just is not qualfied. Dont make us reject him.

                        (yes yes yes yes, both sides are guilty. If VP Harris won, and she nominated a Sec. of Defense with the same qualifications, all the Dem senators would be talking about how great he was.)

                        At some point, putting blind loyalty in front of good of the country is not a good thing.

                        Corporations are judged by easily quantifiable measures of success. There is no such measuring stick for government organizations, and that fact complicates the selection process of the employees at every level, including the top. We can say that a bad CEO will be bad for the corporate profits. What can we actually say about a "bad secretary of defense"? Some hand waving about geopolitical stuff that armchair generals have lots of opinions about?

                        Education is extremely important.

                        taiwan_girlT 1 Reply Last reply
                        • HoraceH Horace

                          @taiwan_girl said in The Hegseth "incident.":

                          @Jolly I agree with you.

                          But I think if Senators looked at this with ration, it would be much better. Tell the President to be that this candidate just is not qualfied. Dont make us reject him.

                          (yes yes yes yes, both sides are guilty. If VP Harris won, and she nominated a Sec. of Defense with the same qualifications, all the Dem senators would be talking about how great he was.)

                          At some point, putting blind loyalty in front of good of the country is not a good thing.

                          Corporations are judged by easily quantifiable measures of success. There is no such measuring stick for government organizations, and that fact complicates the selection process of the employees at every level, including the top. We can say that a bad CEO will be bad for the corporate profits. What can we actually say about a "bad secretary of defense"? Some hand waving about geopolitical stuff that armchair generals have lots of opinions about?

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                          @Horace Part of the problem is that most government appointed positions like the one we are talking about force the leader to be very short term focused because they know they are gone after just a few years and really have no accountability for their actions.

                          "Oh, I did this and it resulted in this immediate positive impact" Even though in five years it is a major problem and the initial thing never should have been done.

                          Good CEO's have the ability to think longer term. (Yes, they are also watching the stock price on a day to day basis........ LOL)

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                          • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                            @Horace Part of the problem is that most government appointed positions like the one we are talking about force the leader to be very short term focused because they know they are gone after just a few years and really have no accountability for their actions.

                            "Oh, I did this and it resulted in this immediate positive impact" Even though in five years it is a major problem and the initial thing never should have been done.

                            Good CEO's have the ability to think longer term. (Yes, they are also watching the stock price on a day to day basis........ LOL)

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                            @taiwan_girl said in The Hegseth "incident.":

                            @Horace Part of the problem is that most government appointed positions like the one we are talking about force the leader to be very short term focused because they know they are gone after just a few years and really have no accountability for their actions.

                            "Oh, I did this and it resulted in this immediate positive impact" Even though in five years it is a major problem and the initial thing never should have been done.

                            Good CEO's have the ability to think longer term. (Yes, they are also watching the stock price on a day to day basis........ LOL)

                            The U.S. military is not a corporation. Any sane corporation would have cut its expenses and fed Taiwan to the Chinese Dragon a long time ago.

                            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                            • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                              @George-K said in The Hegseth "incident.":

                              @jon-nyc said in The Hegseth "incident.":(in electoral votes)...

                              Not a valid comparator over time as the number of total EVs has increased.

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                              @jon-nyc said in The Hegseth "incident.":

                              @George-K said in The Hegseth "incident.":

                              @jon-nyc said in The Hegseth "incident.":(in electoral votes)...

                              Not a valid comparator over time as the number of total EVs has increased.

                              Are you saying that Biden‘s margin of victory in 2020 should be discounted?

                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                              • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                @George-K said in The Hegseth "incident.":

                                @jon-nyc said in The Hegseth "incident.":(in electoral votes)...

                                Not a valid comparator over time as the number of total EVs has increased.

                                George KG Offline
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                                @jon-nyc said in The Hegseth "incident.":

                                Not a valid comparator over time as the number of total EVs has increased.

                                Since 1912, the number of electors has risen by 7.

                                Screenshot 2024-11-25 at 12.09.10 PM.png

                                Still a greater margin than Bush (twice), Carter, and Biden.

                                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                  jon-nyc
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                                  #66

                                  In that list he’s 20th out of 26. Still 76th percentile.

                                  Only non-witches get due process.

                                  • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                  • George KG George K

                                    @jon-nyc said in The Hegseth "incident.":

                                    @George-K said in The Hegseth "incident.":

                                    @jon-nyc said in The Hegseth "incident.":(in electoral votes)...

                                    Not a valid comparator over time as the number of total EVs has increased.

                                    Are you saying that Biden‘s margin of victory in 2020 should be discounted?

                                    jon-nycJ Online
                                    jon-nycJ Online
                                    jon-nyc
                                    wrote on last edited by jon-nyc
                                    #67

                                    @George-K said in The Hegseth "incident.":

                                    @jon-nyc said in The Hegseth "incident.":

                                    @George-K said in The Hegseth "incident.":

                                    @jon-nyc said in The Hegseth "incident.":(in electoral votes)...

                                    Not a valid comparator over time as the number of total EVs has increased.

                                    Are you saying that Biden‘s margin of victory in 2020 should be discounted?

                                    Seems like a whattaboutism fail.

                                    I never mentioned anything about ‘discounts’. I merely used his 75% performance as counter evidence that his opponent party ‘collapsed’. That just doesn’t apply in such an historically narrow victory. I wouldn’t say the GOP collapsed in 2020 either. Or the Dems in 2000, etc.

                                    Only non-witches get due process.

                                    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                      @LuFins-Dad said in The Hegseth "incident.":

                                      Was the Trump campaign the biggest comeback ever? Or was it one of the biggest collapses by the Dems ever?

                                      Neither.

                                      Recall Nixon not only lost in 60, he then lost statewide election in CA. Everybody, including Nixon himself, wrote off his future political career.

                                      As for the Dems, they suffered a clear loss but put it in historical perspective- Trump’s win was the 44th biggest electoral college victory out of the 60 we’ve had. That’s like 75th percentile.

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                                      @jon-nyc said in The Hegseth "incident.":

                                      Recall Nixon not only lost in 60, he then lost statewide election in CA. Everybody, including Nixon himself, wrote off his future political career.

                                      He did pretty good in the 1972 election, too.

                                      26b59625-e15b-4521-9e95-e51953fe858e-image.png

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                                        #69

                                        If(!) this checks out, it sounds like there are lots of incidents. The Koch bothers even pushed him out of a charity they run. He seems to have a problem with his cups as well as with women.

                                        Bad combo for a SecDef. They feed on each other.

                                        (Again, if...)

                                        Only non-witches get due process.

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                                        • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                          If(!) this checks out, it sounds like there are lots of incidents. The Koch bothers even pushed him out of a charity they run. He seems to have a problem with his cups as well as with women.

                                          Bad combo for a SecDef. They feed on each other.

                                          (Again, if...)

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                                          @jon-nyc Detailed article on this. If even half is true, not very good at all.

                                          https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/pete-hegseths-secret-history

                                          I still think he unqualified, but this additional stuff will make me think that he will soon come out with a statement, "although untrue, it is becoming a distraction to the great work ahead by President Trump, and therefore, I am withdrawing from the nomination."

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