Georgia Knight said:

I understand why people don't share this view, but having worked in Congress and speaking frequently with Matt Gaetz - he is one of the most intelligent members of Congress we've had in the modern era.

Now can he be brash and was his personal life a complete wreck prior to getting married? Yes. But I like brash and the latter can be said for a lot of high ranking government officials.

That being said, Pete is the nominee (along with Noem) that I was most skeptical of. I've warmed up significantly with who has celebrated his selection - and I think the Undersecretary choices have been great - but I do understand the initial skepticism.

That being said, a Republican president should get his choices with a Republican held senate.

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TivoliDawg said:

Of course they didn’t. These choices are not mutually exclusive. No one expects a Republican to nominate some flaming liberal. There are dozens of qualified conservative Republican Generals and Admirals, etc. who could lead the pentagon. And none were chosen. Same with AG. Same with HHS.

Qualified folks were almost intentionally skipped over.

Pete has a shot to be okay, as long a there are no actual wars he has to fight. He can set the tone and culture of the DoD, but if he’s called into real action as the leader of America’s military, he’s so far out of his league. Hopefully, this decision will not cost anyone their lives.

And more than anything, I pray for peace.

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TivoliDawg said:

Lol. No.

As I’ve stated many times, it’s not an either/ or choice. You do not have to choose between some wacko, flaming, weirdo, and a guy who habitually lies to his own wives and is unqualified.

It’s concerning to me that it does not concern anyone else that these are the two choices we have been presented with. It was not that long ago that presidents used to nominate people who were qualified and normal. I think we should all try to pressure our senators and representatives to get back to that.

Additionally, that pressure actually works. When Matt Gaetz was nominated to be the attorney general, he is both completely unqualified and a sycophant. Pam Bondi is a sycophant… But at least she’s a prosecutor and is qualified for the job. So the pressure put against Matt Gaetz actually worked. The same thing would’ve happened with Pete. If he did not get confirmed, Trump would probably probably go nominate a four-star general from the army, who would be qualified. I posted many times that Pete has a chance to actually be successful because he was a leader in the military, just not a high-ranking leader.

If me talking about the ways that Pete is not qualified bothers you, just wait until the nomination of RFK this coming week. I’m about to have my head explode from that clown.

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