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Originally posted by LS1 GTO:

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Originally posted by Ronin1069:
I'm so fucking happy right now!

General Mattis is tapped to be Sec of Defense
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By the way, "this" quote is real:

I come in peace, I didn't bring artillery. But I am pleading with you with tears in my eyes: If you fuck with me, I'll kill you all.
- Marine General James Mattis, to Iraqi tribal leaders
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Gloat all you want Ronin but remember this - he's still part of the Navy.

Which department?

(I see mbinky beat me to it)!

I was beat to it twice...but as an Army grunt I have to walk everywhere so I'm slower.

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Originally posted by rekstrom:
I am so friggin ecstatic about this appointment! Fellas, the entire DOD is about to become the "Men's department!"


(All respect to our awesome women who serve, you all know what I mean).

If someone goes to Gen. Mattis to request a sex change, he will probably perform it right there free of charge.



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I'd tell you all the three things Marines and bananas have common but I'd likely get chased out of this bar too.

Shouting match erupts between Clinton and Trump aides

https://www.washingtonpost.com...m_term=.adb37830e397

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The raw, lingering emotion of the 2016 presidential campaign erupted into a shouting match here Thursday as top strategists of Hillary Clinton’s campaign accused their Republican counterparts of fueling and legitimizing racism to elect Donald Trump.

The extraordinary exchange came at a postmortem session sponsored by Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, where top operatives from both campaigns sat across a conference table from each other.

Clinton communications director Jennifer Palmieri condemned Bannon, who previously ran Breitbart, a news site popular with the alt-right, a small movement known for espousing racist views.

“If providing a platform for white supremacists makes me a brilliant tactician, I am proud to have lost,” she said. “I would rather lose than win the way you guys did.”

Kellyanne Conway, Trump’s campaign manager, fumed: “Do you think I ran a campaign where white supremacists had a platform?”

“You did, Kellyanne. You did,” interjected Palmieri, who choked up at various points of the session.

“Do you think you could have just had a decent message for white, working-class voters?” Conway continued. “How about, it’s Hillary Clinton, she doesn’t connect with people? How about, they have nothing in common with her? How about, she doesn’t have an economic message?”

Joel Benenson, Clinton’s chief strategist, piled on: “There were dog whistles sent out to people.. . .Look at your rallies. He delivered it.”

At which point, Conway accused Clinton’s team of being sore losers.

“Guys, I can tell you are angry, but wow,” she said. “Hashtag he’s your president. How’s that? Will you ever accept the election results? Will you tell your protesters that he’s their president, too?”

Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook also acknowledged that her operation had made a number of mistakes and miscalculations, while being buffeted by what he repeatedly described as a “headwind” of being an establishment candidate in a season where voters were anxious for change.

He noted, for example, that younger voters, perhaps assuming that Clinton was going to win, migrated to third-party candidates in the final days of the race.

Strategists for Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.), who waged a strong challenge against Clinton for the Democratic nomination, agreed. “There was a large part of the Democratic primary electorate who had concerns about the secretary’s veracity and forthrightness,” said Jeff Weaver, Sanders’s campaign manager.

Clinton’s campaign insisted, again and again, that their candidate had been held to a different standard than the other contenders — as evidenced by the controversy over her use of a private email system while secretary of state.

Palmieri contended that many political journalists had a personal dislike for the Democratic nominee, and predicted that the email issue will go down in history as “the most grossly overrated, over-covered and most destructive story in all of presidential politics.”

“If I made one mistake, it was legitimizing the way the press covered this storyline,” Palmieri said.

Mook added that Trump deftly used his rally speeches to “switch up the news cycle.”

“The media by and large was not covering what Hillary Clinton was choosing to say,” Mook said. “They were treating her like the likely winner and they were constantly trying to unearth secrets and expose.”

“Money and mechanics matter, but passion about a candidate matters more ,” added Mike DuHaime, a strategist for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie

Benenson, meanwhile, served notice that the election may be over but that the battles it spawned are not.

“You guys won, that’s clear,” Benenson said. “But let’s be honest. Don’t act as if you have a popular mandate for your message. The fact of the matter is that more Americans voted for Hillary Clinton than for Donald Trump.”

At which point Conway turned to her side and said: “Hey, guys, we won. You don’t have to respond. He was the better candidate. That’s why he won .”

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Originally posted by LS1 GTO:
I'd tell you all the three things Marines and bananas have common but I'd likely get chased out of this bar too.

Do you know why they put Marines on Navy ships?



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How do you tell the four branches of the armed services apart?

When a helicopter flies over the base...

Squid (points to sky): "There goes a helo."

Zoomie (points to sky): "There goes a helicopter."

Grunt (points to sky): "There goes a chopper."

Jarhead (points to sky): "Ooh!... ooh! ooh!..."

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Originally posted by TigerDore:

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Originally posted by LS1 GTO:
I'd tell you all the three things Marines and bananas have common but I'd likely get chased out of this bar too.

Do you know why they put Marines on Navy ships?



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Yes - because a boat with oars vs the training required for a Marine to operate it was never found to be cost efficient.

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Originally posted by LS1 GTO:

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Originally posted by TigerDore:

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Originally posted by LS1 GTO:
I'd tell you all the three things Marines and bananas have common but I'd likely get chased out of this bar too.

Do you know why they put Marines on Navy ships?



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Yes - because a boat with oars vs the training required for a Marine to operate it was never found to be cost efficient.

Okay, my information was wrong then. I was told it was because sheep were too obvious.



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Just watched his Cincinati speech.

Wow. Just wow.


Every second the clock ticks, Obama and the establishment shrink in stature and grow in irrelavance.

Well done Sir!

The only thing that would make me happier than Mad Dog being appointed Sec of Defense, is Romney NOT being appointed Sec of State.

Trump for the win

I hope those dickheads keep screaming racism at us for the next four years. Go ahead motherfuckers, it's worked great so far, pound that shit into the ground!

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Originally posted by parabellum:
BTW, have the curb feelers yet been removed from Air Force One?

(older guys are more likely to get that joke, I guess)

Some good things Trump has done lately:

A few thoughts:

1.) First, I can’t remember George W. Bush or Obama ever going out of their way to save working class jobs, much less before they were even sworn into office, so that’s a good sign.

2.) Second, I don’t really like the conservative method of using tax incentives to stop companies from moving factories abroad. I prefer tariffs, but I guess this is better than nothing.

3.) Third, the most important thing here is that this is a break with laissez-faire doctrine. Hopefully, it is a harbinger of things to come.

Since Mad Dog is going to be the Secretary of Defense.....can we change it back to the Department of War? Just saying that would cause a few of our enemies gulp in nervousness.

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Originally posted by TigerDore:
Kim Jong-Un, Ali Khameni and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi heard this.... a little bit of pee came out.

It's going to be interesting to see how the world reacts to a real Alpha-male President for a change. Even Bush Jr wasn't this proactive and ambitious.

A SecDef with combat experience? How old-fashioned and brutish.

The confirmation hearings should be good fun.

Jeb! on the milk carton. OMG. I just choked on a cracker laughing at that.